Great Moments In Midget Movie History

January, 2000

Freaks (1932): This spooky horror classic revolves around an aristocratic circus dwarf named Hans (Harry Earles) who falls hard for a full-size trapeze artist. When the big gal stabs him in the back, the freaks unite against her. The moral: Little men can have big tempers.The Terror of Tiny Town (1938): The first, only and probably last all-midget musical Western extravaganza.Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971): Mr. Wonka had the sweet ideas in Roald Dahl's children's classic, but it wa...