January 1, 1994
34m
EN
Tom Palazzolo
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
Carla Beesbor
Dorothy Braid Contest Winner
Amy Garvey
Dorothy Braid Contest Winner
Tom Palazzolo
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Himself
Margaret Pellegrini
Sleepyhead
Mary Ellen St. Aubin
Herself
Patty Swenson
Herself
Elizabeth Berrington
Herself
Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky
Himself
Ozma Baum Mantele
Ozma
Jerry Maren
Himself
