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Sunday, May 29, 2016
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Daisy and Violet Hilton's life story has been captured on film by Leslie Zemeckis in her award winning documentary entitled Bound by Flesh.
Bob
Daisy and Violet are ideally remembered in 2014's award-winning, 92-minute documentary BOUND BY FLESH, written, produced and directed by Leslie Zemeckis
The Hilton twins were the
featured roles in the 1997
Broadway musical "Side Show"
Daisy and Violet Hilton
real life Siamese twins
were star attractions in
carnivals in the 1930s
Didn't the Hilton Sisters eventually own a hotel?
Not these sisters Bob
You're confusing them
with Nicky & Paris &
they aren't even twins
Big difference Bob as
Daisy & Violet were
multi talented as well
as being joined at the hip
Nicky & Paris are famous
only for being famous &
for being spoiled rich
(& a clever video clip)
Daisy and Violet not only never owned anything, their very last chance at a payday, a poorly attended appearance at a drive-in movie in North Carolina left them ripped off by the promoter. He took what sad receipts came in, and left the sisters without even a ride back to their room. A sympathetic grocery store owner gave them jobs sorting produce in back of his store, just to help them get some income. Later, he arranged two cash registers so that the twins could check customers out in two lanes. The sisters were found dead in their lonely room, having refused to the end to undergo surgery which specialists knew could separate them successfully. The documentary noted above, by Leslie Zemeckis, is a perfectly realized telling for them. Remember to stay tuned for the coming release of Ms. Zemeckis's documentary on Mabel Stark. She is continuing editing right now, striving to wrap production ahead of her busy summer.
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