Tod Robbins

Clarence ?Tod? Robbins (1888-1949) was an American author.

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1888 - 1949

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He authored two story collections, Silent, White, & Beautiful and Who Wants a Green Bottle?, and two novels, The Master of Murder and The Unholy Three. The latter was twice adapted for the screen, a silent version directed by Tod Browning in 1925 and a sound version directed by Jack Conway in 1930. Both adaptations starred Lon Chaney, Sr. Robbins was also the author of the short story "Spurs," which Browning used as the basis for his 1932 cult film Freaks.

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Tod Browning - 1925 - 1930 - Lon Chaney, Sr. - Freaks

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Robbins emigrated to the French Riviera from New York and refused to leave during the Nazi occupation of France. He spent the war in a concentration camp and died in 1949.

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French Riviera - New York - Nazi - Concentration camp - 1949

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