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Post by snsurone on Mar 10, 2019 12:29:30 GMT
Personally, I hate the term "little people".
IMHO, it's more offensive than "dwarf" or "midget".
There have been some well-known midgets on the large and small screens: Billy Barty, Michael Dunn, David Rappaport, Herve Villechaise.
And, of course, Disney's famous Seven Dwarfs.
I don't know of any women midgets on the screen.
Do you?
Sadly, these people generally suffer numerous health problems, and usually don't live long lives.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Mar 10, 2019 13:06:54 GMT
I think some of the munchkins of The Wizard of Oz lived to be quite old. My favorite actors of small stature include: Peter Dinklage Jordan Prentice Warwick Davis Tony Cox |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Mar 10, 2019 13:20:02 GMT
Linda Hunt has hypopituitary dwarfism and is 4 feet 9" tall. She is an Oscar winner for The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), in which she became the first person to ever win an Oscar for playing the opposite sex. She has had a great career in films and TV. She's been married to her wife, Karen Kline, since 2008.     I'm not certain but have always suspected that she was the inspiration for "Edna Mode" in The Incredibles (2004).  |
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Post by snsurone on Mar 10, 2019 13:58:10 GMT
If memory serves me correctly, there is a scene in CHARLIE CHAN AT THE CIRCUS where the great detective has tea with a dwarf couple.
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Post by koskiewicz on Mar 10, 2019 15:14:24 GMT
The film "The Terror of Tinytown" features an all midget cast. And it's a western, to boot!
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 10, 2019 17:41:10 GMT
LITTLE PEOPLE OF AMERICA Little People of America (LPA) is a nonprofit organization that provides support and information to people of short stature and their families.
RE: NONE of these gentlemen are/ were in the group of people formerly called "midgets".
"Midget" refers to a person who is very short, but normally proportioned. The term midget is now rarely used and is considered offensive. But its usage was very common until the end of the twentieth century. It has given way to "short person" or "little person". "Dwarf" refers to a person with one of several varieties of a specific genetic condition called dwarfism. A dwarf has disproportion of body parts. This is generally caused by a genetic or nutritional disability. Any adult human below the height of 4'10" (147 cm) is considered a dwarf. With reference to legends or folklore, a dwarf is considered a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man, who lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 10, 2019 17:48:59 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 10, 2019 20:22:33 GMT
ZELDA RUBENSTEIN "A marvelously quirky and distinctive 4' 3" character actress, with a larger-than-life presence on film and TV, Zelda Rubinstein gave up a long and stable career in the medical field as a lab technician in order to strive for something more self-fulfilling as middle age settled in. At the age of 45, the feisty lady gave up the comfort of a stable paycheck and attempt an acting career, a daunting task for anyone but especially someone of her stature and type. Within a few years, she had beaten the odds and became a major movie celebrity thanks to one terrific showcase in Steven Spielberg horror classic, POLTERGEIST... " An outspoken social activist, Zelda was a staunch advocate for the rights of little people who formed the nonprofit Michael Dunn Memorial Repertory Theater Company in Los Angeles in 1985. 
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 10, 2019 20:33:00 GMT
MEREDITH EATON "Meredith Eaton is well known for her breakout recurring role as feisty attorney Bethany Horowitz, on the ABC hit series Boston Legal (2004). Meredith has also guest starred on several critically acclaimed prime time shows, such as House (2004), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), and Without a Trace (2002). Prior to her role on Boston Legal (2004), Meredith was best known for her role of Emily Resnick, the spitfire attorney on the CBS prime time drama, Family Law (1999). Other memorable roles have been on NYPD Blue (1993) and Dharma & Greg (1997)." She is 4' tall. None of this has anything to do with Classic Films but … the OP did ask !
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 10, 2019 20:39:26 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 10, 2019 20:47:57 GMT
Edna Marie "E" Mode, the costume lady, is based on Edith Head, who worked as a studio costume designer on hundreds of movies over more than fifty years.
 The look sure is similar to Linda Hunt's tho' !
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 10, 2019 21:52:48 GMT
MICHAEL DUNN1966 Nominee Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role Ship of Fools (1965)  as Evil Dr. Miguelito Loveless in ten episodes of The Wild Wild West
 He sings too .. many of his songs are on YouTube 
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Post by sostie on Mar 10, 2019 22:00:09 GMT
Can't do better than this little gang  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 10, 2019 22:05:16 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 11, 2019 6:44:33 GMT
Harry and Daisy Earles ~   in Tod Browning's FREAKS Harry/Kurt (stage name/real name) came over to the U.S. from Germany around 1915 with his sister, Grace/Freida. Once they arrived, they worked for a man named Earles, at which time they adopted his last name. in the early 1920's, their sister Daisy/Hilda joined them and in the mid- to late- 1920's, their sister Tiny/Elly arrived. The four worked in the movies while simultaneously working for Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus. Around 1930, the four left the movie business in favor of the circus, where they worked until the mid-1950's. During this time, they made very few film appearances (most notably The Wizard of Oz (1939) as Munchkins and Daisy's brief blink-and-you-miss-it shot in Best Picture winner The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)). The foursome retired in the mid 1950's. Grace died in 1970, Daisy in 1980 and Harry in 1985. For more info on Harry Doll/Harry Earles/Kurt Schneider, check out Steven Cox's book "The Munchkins of Oz".
Harry was 3' 3" tall and died at the age of 83. Daisy as 3' 5" and she diad at the age of 72. |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Mar 11, 2019 14:39:26 GMT
Edna Marie "E" Mode, the costume lady, is based on Edith Head, who worked as a studio costume designer on hundreds of movies over more than fifty years.
The look sure is similar to Linda Hunt's tho' ! That makes more sense than my theory. I knew of Edith Head but have never seen her face until now.
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Post by Cooper, the Golden Retriever on Mar 11, 2019 14:57:16 GMT
Linda Hunt has hypopituitary dwarfism and is 4 feet 9" tall. She is an Oscar winner for The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), in which she became the first person to ever win an Oscar for playing the opposite sex. She has had a great career in films and TV. She's been married to her wife, Karen Kline, since 2008. I'm not certain but have always suspected that she was the inspiration for "Edna Mode" in The Incredibles (2004). I thought the same thing about the connection with Edna Mode! BTW Linda Hunt's Oscar for YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY also was probaly the first for a lesbian..
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Post by Doghouse6 on Mar 11, 2019 15:38:10 GMT
If memory serves me correctly, there is a scene in CHARLIE CHAN AT THE CIRCUS where the great detective has tea with a dwarf couple. They were brother/sister act George and Olive Brasno, and were featured in a saucy Latin dance routine in that film as well. 
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Post by Doghouse6 on Mar 11, 2019 15:43:51 GMT
Billy Curtis worked pretty steadily from the late '30s into the '80s, and of course appeared in The Terror Of Tiny Town and The Wizard Of Oz at the start of his film career. Every once in a while, he had a role with some substance, such as that of the mistrustful and combative carny performer called "The Major" in Hitchcock's Saboteur.  |
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Post by snsurone on Mar 11, 2019 17:45:10 GMT
Great to hear from you again, Dog.
It's been quite a while since you posted.
I hope everything's OK with you.
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