Jan 01, 1994
34 min
Full-HD

I Married a Munchkin (1994)

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

Category

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

Carla Beesbor

Dorothy Braid Contest Winner

Amy Garvey

Dorothy Braid Contest Winner

Tom Palazzolo

Himself

Margaret Pellegrini

Sleepyhead

Mary Ellen St. Aubin

Herself

Patty Swenson

Herself

Elizabeth Berrington

Herself

Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky

Himself

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