Midget Exploitation a very small genre but still a great one.
Terror of Tiny Town aka
Terror Comes to Tiny Town is an impossible to find midget movie.. or at least it was in the days of VHS. i think it's available on DVD now though, i'm not sure. i need to find out and obtain it. unable to get a copy growing up though, i've only heard of what sounds like one of the best movies ever. filmed in like 1938, it's a black and white western featuring an all midget cast. they even ride shetland ponies
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Wizard of Oz. we all know that one.
Under the Rainbow with Chevy Chase, Carrie Fischer and Mako, another midget classic. taking place in a dream sequence of the hotel the midget actors of the
Wizard of Oz (who do nothing but drink and raise hell) were over-booked at during the films production.. then a tour bus breaks down outside, filled with japanese tourists, all in white suits taking photographs of everything non-stop have to check in.. add a nazi midget
(Billy Barty) searching for his japanese contact. shit, this movie has everything!
Time Bandits came out the same year as
Under the Rainbow.. holy shit, what a year! It's about a bunch of midget bandits that travel through time robbing people. John Cleese and Shelley Duvall were also in this Terry Gillium directed film.
that's all i can think of that has more than a couple token midgets. i'm sure there's a Snow White movie or two i missed. if anyone knows of any other please say so!
