Jerry Maren
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Biography: Jerry Maren (born Gerard Marenghi; January 24, 1920 – May 24, 2018) was an American actor who played a Munchkin member of the Lollipop Guild in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Maren, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Adult: No
Birthday: January 24, 1920
Age: 105 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: May 24, 2018
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At the Circus
Overview: Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter's accomplices steal the money so he can take over the circus. Antonio Pirelli and Punchy, who work at the circus, together with lawyer Loophole try to find the thief and get the money back.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-10-20
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
Overview: In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?
Genres: Fantasy Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-29
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Superman and the Mole Men
Overview: Reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane arrive in the small town of Silsby to witness the drilling of the world's deepest oil well. The drill, however, has penetrated the underground home of a race of small, furry people who then come to the surface at night to look around. The fact that they glow in the dark scares the townfolk, who form a mob, led by the vicious Luke Benson, intent on killing the strange people. Only Superman has a chance to prevent this tragedy.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-23
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The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
Overview: A small time promotor/hustler takes the pint-sized baseball team to Japan for a match against the country's best little league baseball team which sparks off a series of adventures and mishaps the boys come into.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-30
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Little Cigars
Overview: A gangster's former mistress hooks up with a troupe of circus midgets who, as a sideline, rob banks and casinos.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-22
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Bigfoot
Overview: Bigfoot kidnaps some women and some bikers decide to go on a rescue mission to save them.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-21
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Side Show
Overview: A teenage boy who runs off to join the circus as a side show puppeteer stumbles onto the dark secrets of the fellow performers.
Genres: Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-05
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The Terror of Tiny Town
Overview: In a wild west community populated entirely by residents with dwarfism, the Larson and Preston familes have been in a generations-long feud, recently strained by the actions of cattle rustler and overall devious criminal Bat Haines. Buck Larson, the hero of our tale, takes on Haines, and tries to win the heart of Nancy Preston while resolving the tensions between his and her families.
Genres: Western Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-01
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Hamburgers
Overview: Comedy special starring Charlie Callas, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bobby Vinton, and many other young comedians.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-02
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Hello, Dolly!
Overview: Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-12
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Planet of the Apes
Overview: Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-07
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The Hollywood Shorties
Overview: In 1980s Los Angeles, a professional dwarf basketball team composed of recognizable-but-typecast actors finds itself the unwitting vanguard of a revolution to represent little people as something other than objects of curiosity.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-12
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Spaceballs
Overview: When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-24
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High School U.S.A.
Overview: Set in a senior high school class, J.J. pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique which culminates in a race at the end of the movie between the two rivals in this light comedy.
Genres: TV Movie Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-16
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Flesh and Fantasy
Overview: Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The second involves a psychic who predicts murder. The third is about a man who literally meets the girl of his dreams.
Genres: Mystery Romance Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-10-29
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Under the Rainbow
Overview: In World War II era Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel Rainbow and overbooks with royalty, assassins, secret agents, Japanese tourists, and munchkins. Secret Service agent Bruce Thorpe and casting director Annie Clark find romance amidst the intrigue and confusion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-07-31
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Frankenstein Rising
Overview: A modern day descendent of Frankenstein becomes obsessed with his ancestor's work and seeks to replicate them and create a living man from lifeless tissue.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-20
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The Being
Overview: Toxic waste dumping in a small Idaho town turns a young boy into horrible mutant monster. The town's police chief and a government scientist team up to stop the monster, which is quickly killing off the town's citizenry.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-18
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The Lord of the Rings
Overview: The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
Genres: Adventure Animation Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-15
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That's the Spirit
Overview: A vaudeville performer returns from the dead to help his wife and daughter, who are being dominated by a greedy banker.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-06-01
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The Wizard of Oz
Overview: Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-15
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Dahmer vs. Gacy
Overview: A secret government lab run by Dr. Hess (Art LaFleur) has been trying to create the ultimate killer using the DNA of infamous killers Jeffrey Dahmer (Ford Austin) and John Wayne Gacy (Randal Malone), but there’s one big problem: they’ve escaped! Bloody mayhem stretches across the United States as they go on the ultimate killing spree. Trying to stop the maniacal madness is Ringo (Ford Austin), a hick warrior being trained by God (Harland Williams), using only a shotgun and a bottle of whiskey. In his road trip to hell, he must first fight off his own demons, not to mention an army of Japanese ninjas and a Super-serial killer (Ethan Phillips)! It all leads up to the ultimate showdown!
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-24
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Glorious Technicolor
Overview: The history of color photography in motion pictures, in particular the Technicolor company's work.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-07
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I Married a Munchkin
Overview: 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
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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We're Off to See the Munchkins
Overview: The last eight surviving Munchkins from The Wizard of Oz share their memories in this 1993 documentary hosted by Oz historian John Fricke.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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A Tribute to the Wizard of Oz
Overview: A tribute to the characters and makeup artists from the Wizard of Oz, as performed and created by some of the top makeup people in Hollywood. On September 12, 1998, a group of top makeup artists gathered in Studio City, CA, to pay tribute to Jack Dawn and his team from the seminal 1939 classic, The Wizard of Oz.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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The Bible According to Hollywood
Overview: Filmmaker Phillip Dye's documentary explores the many biblical adaptations Hollywood has produced throughout the years, including The Ten Commandments, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Ben Hur, The Bible ... In the Beginning and many more titles. With iconic clips, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the likes of Charlton Heston, Peter Ustinov and Virginia Mayo, Dye's film is a celebration of the golden age of epic moviemaking.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Fingers at the Window
Overview: In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-22
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Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema
Overview: Documentary recounting the making of Tod Browning's Freaks. Featuring interviews with experts and actual sideshow performers, this film gives a fascinating insight into the cast members, production and public reaction to this controversial classic.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-10
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
Overview: Documentary about the making of the 1939 MGM classic film The Wizard of Oz. Includes interviews of cast and crew members, their families and fans of the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-20
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Bit Players
Overview: The story of two men who played Oompa Loompas in the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory movie.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-15
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The Dreamer of Oz
Overview: The film is the biography of Frank Baum, the children's book author and creator of the fantasy world Oz.
Genres: Family Drama Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-10
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Maisie Was a Lady
Overview: Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the family's many problems.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-10
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House
Overview: Roger Cobb, a divorced horror novelist coming to terms with the disappearance of his young son, inherits an old mansion home to malevolent supernatural residents.
Genres: Comedy Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-06
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Tiny Troubles
Overview: Alfalfa "trades in" his whining baby brother for another baby--who turns out to be a midget criminal.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-18
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Americathon
Overview: In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-10
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