Singer's Midgets
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Singer's Midgets
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[edit] Biography
Austrian born Manager "Baron" Leo Singer formed a troupe of vaudevillian midgets, mostly of Eastern European descent. The two-dozen or so "Singer Midgets" came to the United States around 1916 and appeared on the Pantages vaudeville circuit for nearly two decades before their big break as Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) (although all 124 of the Munchkins were billed as Singer's Midgets, only about thirty actually were). In The Wizard Of Oz film, MGM hired Leo Singer and his troupe and billed the whole troupe as "Singer's Midgets". None of the actors were billed individually.
[edit] Film
Wizard Of Oz: 2 Disc Special Edition DVD (1939)
[edit] Books
Munchkins Of Oz by Stephen Cox
