The Terror of Tiny Town
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| Directed by | Sam Newfield |
| Produced by | Jed Buell (producer) Abe Meyer (associate producer) Bert Sternbach (associate producer) |
| Written by | Fred Myton (writer) Clarence Marks (additional dialogue) |
| Starring | See below |
| Cinematography | Mack Stengler |
| Editing by | Martin G. Cohn Richard G. Wray |
| Release date(s) | 1 December 1938 |
| Running time | 62 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $100,000 (estimated) |
The Terror of Tiny Town is a 1938 American film produced by Jed Buell, directed by Sam Newfield, and starring Billy Curtis. It is the world's only musical Western with an all-midget cast.
Using a conventional Western story with an all midget cast, the filmmakers were able to showcase gags such as cowboys entering the local saloon by walking under the swinging doors, and pint-sized cowboys galloping around on Shetland ponies while roping calves.
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[edit] Plot summary
The plot is about a cowboy helping out a beautiful ranch owner menaced by local thugs.
[edit] Cast
- Billy Curtis as The Hero (Buck Lawson)
- Yvonne Moray as The Girl (Nancy Preston)
- Little Billy Rhodes as The Villain (Bat Haines)
- Billy Platt as The Rich Uncle (Jim 'Tex' Preston)
- John T. Bambury as The Ranch Owner (Pop Lawson)
- Joseph Herbst as The Sheriff
- Charlie Becker as The Cook (Otto)
- Nita Krebs as The Vampire (Nita, the dance hall girl)
- George Ministeri as The Blacksmith (Armstrong)
- Karl Karchy Kosiczky as The Barber (Sammy)
- Fern Formica as Diamond Dolly
- William H. O'Docharty as The Old Soak
The film presents Jed Buell's Midgets. Many of them were also in the performing troupe, Singer's Midgets, and played Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz, released in 1939.
[edit] Reception
In 1986, the movie was featured in an episode of the Canned Film Festival.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Margulies, Lee (June 10, 1986). "'Canned Film Festival' on TV, Worst of the Big Screen On Its Way". Los Angeles Times: p. 10. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/58617354.html?dids=58617354:58617354&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
[edit] See also
- Even Dwarfs Started Small – German film featuring an all-dwarf cast
- List of films in the public domain
- List of Columbia Pictures films
[edit] External links
- The Terror of Tiny Town at the Internet Movie Database
- The Terror of Tiny Town is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
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