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THE TERROR OF TINY TOWN
75th Anniversary
(1938) dir Sam Newfield w/Billy Curtis, Yvonne Moray, "Little Billy" Rhodes, Billy Platt, Joseph Herbst [62 min; 16mm]
One of the most bizarre oddities in the history of film, THE TERROR OF TINY TOWN is there's no other way to put this the one and only all-midget Western. Though we're sure the cast was exploited in many ways (this was 1938 after all) and it's full of size-oriented gags, the film doesn't scream of exploitation because there are no average sized people during most of the film. While the plot is pretty typical for a Western, the overall effect of casting the film with only little people is totally surreal.
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LocationThe Brattle Theatre (View)
40 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
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