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John Aasen is a Actor American born on 4 march 1890 at Minneapolis (USA)
John Aasen (March 5, 1890 – August 1, 1938) was an American silent film actor who was one of the tallest actors in history.
Avant de commencer sa carrière cinématographique, John Aasen était franc-maçon. Il haussa le degré de maître maçon au Temple maçonnique de Highland Park le 14 juillet 1924.
D'après le livre Guinness des records en 1978, sa taille est mesurée à 7 pieds, soit 2,134 m. Juste avant sa mort, à l'âge de 46 ans, il a été médicalement mesurée à 7 pieds 0,9 pouces, mais il avait perdu une certaine hauteur en raison de l'âge et ne pouvait plus se tenir droite entièrement. En juin 2008, l'université de Loma Linda a confirmé que le squelette de 7 pieds et 2,4 pouces (soit 2,19 m) qu'il avait dans leur collection était celui de John Aasen.
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Nationality USA
Birth 4 march 1890 at Minneapolis (USA)
Death 1 august 1938 (at 48 years) at Mendocino (USA)
Birth 4 march 1890 at Minneapolis (USA)
Death 1 august 1938 (at 48 years) at Mendocino (USA)
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John Aasen est né le 5 mars 1890 à Minneapolis. Sa mère, John Aasen, Kristi, née Danielsen à Rollag, dans le Numedal , était une femme norvégienne extrêmement grande d'environ 2,20 m de hauteur.Avant de commencer sa carrière cinématographique, John Aasen était franc-maçon. Il haussa le degré de maître maçon au Temple maçonnique de Highland Park le 14 juillet 1924.
D'après le livre Guinness des records en 1978, sa taille est mesurée à 7 pieds, soit 2,134 m. Juste avant sa mort, à l'âge de 46 ans, il a été médicalement mesurée à 7 pieds 0,9 pouces, mais il avait perdu une certaine hauteur en raison de l'âge et ne pouvait plus se tenir droite entièrement. En juin 2008, l'université de Loma Linda a confirmé que le squelette de 7 pieds et 2,4 pouces (soit 2,19 m) qu'il avait dans leur collection était celui de John Aasen.
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Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
, 1h12Directed by Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Circus films, Children's films
Actors Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Francis Ford, George Brasno, John McGuire, J. Carrol Naish
Rating67%
Charlie Chan takes his wife and twelve children on an outing to a circus after receiving a free pass from one of the owners, Joe Kinney. Kinney wants Chan to find out who is sending him anonymous threatening letters. Nearly all of the circus workers are suspects, since Kinney is very unpopular. However, when Chan goes to meet him during the night's performance, he finds the man dead, seemingly killed by a rampaging gorilla who somehow escaped from his cage.
Carnival (1935)
, 1h17Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Jimmy Durante, Florence Rice, Lee Tracy, Sally Eilers, Thomas E. Jackson, John Aasen
Roles Circus Giant
Rating62%
Freaks (1932)
, 1h4Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Circus films, Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities
Actors Wallace Ford, Edgar Allan Woolf, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates, Harry Earles
Roles Giant (uncredited)
Rating77%
The film opens with a sideshow barker drawing customers to visit the sideshow. A woman looks into a box to view a hidden occupant and screams. The barker explains that the horror in the box was once a beautiful and talented trapeze artist. The central story is of this conniving trapeze artist Cleopatra, who seduces and marries sideshow midget Hans after learning of his large inheritance. Cleopatra conspires with circus strongman Hercules to kill Hans and inherit his wealth. At their wedding reception, Cleopatra begins poisoning Hans' wine. Oblivious, the other "freaks" announce that they accept Cleopatra in spite of her being a "normal" outsider: they hold an initiation ceremony in which they pass a massive goblet of wine around the table while chanting, "We accept her, we accept her. One of us, one of us. Gooba-gobble, gooba-gobble". The ceremony frightens the drunken Cleopatra, who accidentally reveals that she has been having an affair with Hercules. She mocks the freaks, tosses the wine in their faces and drives them away. The humiliated Hans realizes that he's been played for a fool and rejects Cleopatra's attempts to apologize, but then he falls ill from the poison.
Should Married Men Go Home? (1928)
, 20minutesDirected by Leo McCarey, James Gibbons Parrott
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edna Marion, Charlie Hall, Edgar Kennedy, Jack Hill
Roles Very Tall Golfer (uncredited)
Rating66%
Ollie and his wife are enjoying a quiet Sunday at home until Stan shows up, eager to play some golf. After Stan breaks the Hardys' Victrola and nearly sets fire to their house, Mrs. Hardy chases the boys out. At the golf course, they are partnered with a pair of comely young lasses to complete a foursome. The girls want to be treated to sodas, but the boys are short of money. Stan leaves his watch to settle the thirty-cent bill. On the course, they tangle with rude golfer Edgar Kennedy, and wind up in a mud-throwing battle with several other linksters.
Growing Pains (1928)
, 20minutesDirected by Robert A. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Mary Ann Jackson, Bobby Hutchins, Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Jean Darling, Allen Hoskins
Roles Circus giant
Rating26%
Why Worry? (1923)
, 1hDirected by Sam Taylor, Fred C. Newmeyer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Jobyna Ralston, Harold Lloyd, John Aasen, Jim Mason, Wallace Howe, Leo White
Roles Colosso
Rating72%
Harold Van Pelham (Lloyd) is a rich businessman who fancies himself deathly sick when in fact he is perfectly fine. He decides to sail to a small, nearly unknown island some distance West of South America named "El Paradiso" for his health.