| PRINCE RANDION - INDIAN ARMLESS & LEGLESS MAN |
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| Rabindranath Tagore |
| PRINCE RANDION was proud of his Hindu heritage as these photos illustrate. Though independent in many ways, Randion was of necessity accompanied by an attendant in his travels. |
| Prince and his wife Princess Sarah were probably married ca. 1894 Sarah was born in Peter's Hall, Demerara and was of East Indian descent. The couple were parents of four daughters and a son. |
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| Randion earned extra cash by selling this bio pamphlet when he appeard in the Coney Island Hippodrome Freak Show in 1932. Ajax the sword swallower was on the same bill. |
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| "He has a wise and seasoned face, shrewd eyes and a quiet sense of humor. He has accumulated a sizeable fortune and says that no physical handicap need matter if the mind is dominant" - Faith Service, Motion Picure (magazine), April 1932 |
| Video capture from Tod Browning's "Freaks" (1932) with Matt McHugh. Randion is about 60 years old. Most of the "freaks" in the film had at least one line and a close-up. In Randion's close-up he opens a matchbox, takes out a match and strikes it, lights a cigarette and smokes--all done by manipulation with his lips and teeth. His line was: "Anything I can do in the act, bro?" |
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| Randion's son, Richard, holding "the only living half-boy" Johnny Eck who was also in the movie "Freaks" (photo courtesy Pandemonium magazine) Richard was born in 1895 in British Guiana |
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| "Freaks" publicity still |
| PRINCE RANDION died of a heart attack in Manhattan, New York on Dec 19, 1934 shortly after doing an evening show at Sam Wagner's Fourteenth Street Museum. Though he left many descendants they have politely refused to be interviewed concerning their show business ancestor. |
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