The read
It runs a compact 34m.
Synopsis
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
Ratings
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Tom PalazzoloDirector
Cast
- Carla BeesborDorothy Braid Contest Winner
- Amy GarveyDorothy Braid Contest Winner
- Tom PalazzoloHimself
- Margaret PellegriniSleepyhead
- Mary Ellen St. AubinHerself
- Patty SwensonHerself
- Elizabeth BerringtonHerself
- Karl 'Karchy' KosiczkyHimself
- Ozma Baum ManteleOzma
- Jerry MarenHimself
- Nels P. NelsonHimself
- Meinhardt RaabeHimself