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I Married a Munchkin (1994)

I Married a Munchkin (1994)

Documentary
Release Date: 1994, January 1
Directors: Tom Palazzolo
Countries: United States of America
Cast: Elizabeth Berrington, Jerry Maren, Meinhardt Raabe, Ozma Baum Mantele, Carla Beesbor, Amy Garvey, Margaret Pellegrini, Mary Ellen St. Aubin, Patty Swenson, Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky, Nels P. Nelson, Betty Tanner

Overview:

Chesterton, Indiana's annual WIZARD OF OZ parade (as well as their many Oz-themed festivities) provides the backdrop for I MARRIED A MUNCHKIN, Tom Palazzolo's study of the life and career of Mary Ellen St. Aubin. Self-described as "normal, but little," Mary Ellen details her early start in show business as a performer in an all-dwarf vaudeville act, her brief appearance in 1946's THREE WISE FOOLS, her 1948 marriage to former Munchkin Parnell St. Aubin and their subsequent retirement from entertainment to run a bar (called the Midget Club) in the South Side of Chicago. Two other former Munchkins (Margaret Pellegrini and Clarence Swensen) briefly appear among the day's revelry. Also included is a postscript (shot some time after the initial film) featuring Mary Ellen briefly describing the original size of her role in THREE WISE FOOLS, which originally featured a line and an ill-fated "flying" effect. - Tom Fritsche

Keywords:

short film