The film stars real life siamese twins daisy and violet hilton. Chained for life invites repeat viewing and cult film status, pretty much by design. This may make it sound like chained for life is made up of nothing but cinematic detritus and citation its own title refers back to a 1952 exploitation flick starring sisters violet and daisy. Chained for life is a 1952 exploitation film featuring the famous conjoined siamese hilton twins, daisy and violet. Aaron schimbergs chained for life opens with a lengthy quote from. It offers no easy answers but it asks questions, it provokes thoughts, it portrays portrayal in a radically new way.
Chained for life film complet en vostfr 1951 action duration. It is also an exploitation movie because the filmmakers hired real siamese twins, violet and daisy hilton, to play the lead characters. The title itself is a reference to a 1952 exploitation flick starring daisy and violet hilton, famous conjoined twins, which indulged in the grossest. Everyone should see their real story although this film is loosely based on their lives at this age. Chained for life is an interesting film, loosely based on the life of the two cojoined twins the hilton sisters who starred in it. Masterfully directed by aaron shimberg, chained for life which borrows its title from the 1952 exploitation film about conjoined twins is a wonderfully funny and empathetic metacommentary, a. I absolutely loved chained for life and i think it is a seriously underrated film. Chained for life 1952 hilton sisters crime, drama, film. Chained for life 1952 exploitation, crime dvd ebay. Herr director has managed to hire upandcoming actress mabel fairchild jess weixler, teeth. The courts have to decide if she is convicted of murder, how ca. Chained for life could be a defining film about representation for any group that hollywood marginalizes.
Chained for life 1952 please subscribe a siamese twin kills the husband who left her. Visit our full length privacy policy to get informed on our policies regarding the. This poses a nasty dilemma for the court, since only one sister if guilty. Its making its european debut at the bfi london film festival. Seeking male and female talent ages 2059 to depict bar patrons, bartenders, and more, the film is shooting in april in atlanta, georgia.
Based loosely very loosely on siamese twins daisy and violent hiltons lives, chained for life is low melodrama at its lamest. Chained for life 1952 crime drama film noir youtube. The cast and crew gather at a former hospital to shoot this lowbudget thriller. The starring ladies did, however, sing very sweetly, and their musical performances are worth sitting through the rest of the movie.
About halfway through the vaudevillian exploitation curiosity chained for life, conjoined twins daisy and violet hilton, who lived life in a perpetual twoshot, are split by the screen following an emotional argument. Chained for life 1952 called upon in the predawn hours of february 5, 1908, to attend an especially difficult birth in the brighton, england slum of bear hill, eminent physician james augustus rooth came upon a scene of horror for which even his service in the boer war could not. The courts have to decide if she is convicted of murder, how can they punish her sister, who had nothing to do. If you want a story about gripping law drama, this isnt the place to go, but then i suspected that before i obtained the film. I consider it a comedy, but if you think its a tragedy, i wouldnt argue with you. Chained for life 1952 tod brownings freaks is a fascinating oddity in its plot and affection shown to the real circus performers starring in it. Siamese twins are a singing act, apparently in vaudeville. Chained for life 1952 letterboxd your life in film. The premise is strange, yet fascinating and compelling, while posing some. Several of the films cast tried to make a go of a film career, especially conjoined twins daisy and violet hilton. Fraser on allmovie the conjoined twins violet hilton and daisy.
When the siamese twin kills her sisters husband, a judge must decide who really is to blame. Daisy, the blonde, has fallen for a smooth operating sharpshooter and wants to marry him for real they were engaged for a publicity stunt. Their manager, to drum up business bribes a man who has a shooting act to become. Fraser, with violet hilton, daisy hilton, mario laval, at turner classic movies. The title, chained for life, has multiple layers, too, a reference to the 1952 exploitation film of the same name, starring the conjoined twin sisteract the hilton twins loosely based on the hiltons real life experiences. Chained for life 2019, which shares its title with a 1952 film about conjoined twins, is a movie about the. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Fraser and produced by poverty row veteran and jack of all trades george moskov, this sixty. Chained for life, which shares its title with a 1952 film about conjoined twins, is a movie about the making of a moviea horror flick directed by a european wunderkind known only as herr director charlie korsmo. Chained for life 1952 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The courts have to decide if she is convicted of murder, how can they punish her sister, who had nothing to do with the crime.
The courts have to decide if she is convicted of murder, how can they punish her sister. The britishborn hilton sisters were exploited in real life from a very early age, with their mother pimping them to various carnival freak shows around britain and the u. Not rated 1h 21min crime, drama, filmnoir january 1952 usa. Whatever writerdirector aaron schimbergs other intentions, hes made a mustsee movie for film buffs, one you mustsee again just to get all the inside jokes. The prologue to the 1952 chained for life, an exploitation film meets rather ludicrous crime procedural, begins with a directive to its audience. Chained for life 1952 full movie violet hilton, daisy hilton, mario laval classic movies channel. Most of the film deals with the problems two people face when they are physically joined for life. That is the most interesting part of the film and makes it worth watching. One of the random bits in the fourth season, freak show, was lifted almost wholesale from chained for life, but with. Overview of chained for life, 1952, directed by harry l.
Film threat cares about your privacy and the security of your information. The courts have to decide if she is convicted of murder, how can they punish her sister, who had. Several of the film s cast tried to make a go of a film career, especially conjoined twins daisy and violet hilton. Taking its title and nothing else from the notorious 1952 film about real life siamese twins the hilton sisters, chained for life is a startling, stylish film that bites off an awful lot but manages to chew most of it. Fraser, with violet hilton, daisy hilton, mario laval. The definition of beauty, the nature of cinema, and the treatment of deformity in the arts are just a few of the themes brewing in this unusual character study about a life. This new indie never gets around to explaining its title, but chained for life shares its moniker with a tawdry movie from 1952. The courts have to decide if she is convicted of murder, how can they punish her sister, who had not. Chained for life 2019, which shares its title with a 1952 film about conjoined twins, is a movie about the making of a moviea horror flick directed by a european wunderkind known only as herr director charlie korsmo. Aside from their film and nightclub work, they were best known for an actual trial in which they were named as the other women in a divorce case. Chained for life is about an actress jess weixler who struggles to connect with her disfigured costar adam pearson on the set of a european auteurs englishlanguage debut thats the official synopsis anyway.
I have some of the largest collections of film noir pictures, and related tv shows, allowed on youtube. It features several vaudeville acts, including juggler whitey roberts, a man doing bicycle stunts, and a man, tony lovello, who plays the william tell overture and hungarian dance no. With a premise close to the sisters real life romances, chained for life could have been compelling drama in the hands of competent writers, a competent cast, and a director capable of pulling adequate performances out of daily and violet. I saw that old film once at some kind of college bad.
In another era, chained for life might have found a place on the midnight movie circuit albeit a temporary one, as the film presumably named after the cheesy 1952 exploitation vehicle. Cast and crew credits for chained for life, 1952, directed by harry l. Chained for life is the story of two siamese twin sisters, who at this point appear to be in their late 40s, as one sister falls in love. Women in prison films and this one enjoyed largely by women, who in the past would have walked in on something like chained heat screaming about how they.
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