Documentary

I Married a Munchkin

Name: I Married a Munchkin
Director: Tom Palazzolo
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1994-01-01
Duration: 34 min
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Carla Beesbor, Amy Garvey, Tom Palazzolo, Margaret Pellegrini, Mary Ellen St. Aubin

January 1, 1994

34m

TMDB7.0· 2

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