I Married a Munchkin

I MARRIED A MUNCHKIN presents the life and times of Mary Ellen St. Aubin, a woman small in stature who lived large. She and her husband, Parnell St. Aubin--one of the original Munchkins from The Wizard of Oz--were in show business for much of their lives, until they retired to run the legendary Midget Club on Chicago's South Side.

1:42Copy video clip URL The footage begins. 

1:49Copy video clip URL A woman cosplaying as the “Wicked Witch of the West” from the “Wizard of Oz” is introduced. 

1:58Copy video clip URL The woman’s two daughters are each cosplaying as Dorothy Gale from “The Wizard of Oz”. 

2:20Copy video clip URL Footage of the “Army of Munchkinland” from “The Wizard of Oz” is shown. 

2:31Copy video clip URL Footage of the tornado scene form “The Wizard of Oz” is shown. 

2:47Copy video clip URL A man is shown running backwards through a street during a storm. 

3:05Copy video clip URL Footage of a “Wizard of Oz” themed parade is shown. 

3:12Copy video clip URL “Black and White” film footage is shown. 

3:31Copy video clip URL A young girl named “Mary Ellen” is pointed out in the film footage. 

3:39Copy video clip URL Mary-Ellen St. Aubin, one of the actresses who played a female “Munchkin” in the “Wizard of Oz”, is introduced. 

4:10Copy video clip URL St. Aubin says that she “was the only midget in the family”. 

4:18Copy video clip URL A photo of the St. Aubin family is shown. 

4:50Copy video clip URL St. Aubin can be seen in the parade with one of the male “Munchkin” actors. 

5:09Copy video clip URL A man can be seen dressed in dazzling all white rain gear while standing in the street. 

5:19Copy video clip URL A woman holds up a sign for a “pie baking contest”. 

5:42Copy video clip URL Martial Arts students are shown taking part in the parade. 

6:23Copy video clip URL More of the “Munchkin” actors and actresses are seen on a parade float. 

7:25Copy video clip URL Footage from “The Wizard of Oz” is shown. 

7:35Copy video clip URL There is apparently some confusion about where a “Tin Man” contest is supposed to be held. 

8:18Copy video clip URL Footage of the “Chicago World’s Fair” in nineteen-thirty-three is shown, and St. Aubin’s husband was there as “Little Elmer – the Smallest Midget”. 

8:32Copy video clip URL Footage of the the famous “Midget Village” at the “Chicago World’s Fair” begins. 

10:43Copy video clip URL The Mayor of “Midget Village” is introduced.

11:00Copy video clip URL A midget boxing match is shown.

11:26Copy video clip URL A reproduction of Fort Dearborn is shown. 

11:47Copy video clip URL An issue of the “Midget Village News” is shown. 

12:08Copy video clip URL A female midget performing a cabaret dance with white feathers is shown. 

12:54Copy video clip URL A woman cosplaying as “Glenda, the Good Witch” is introduced. 

12:58Copy video clip URL A man cosplaying as the “Cowardly Lion” is shown. 

13:47Copy video clip URL A photo of St. Aubin in a midget dance troupe is shown. 

15:50Copy video clip URL A photo of St. Aubin as a dance star is shown. 

18:37Copy video clip URL St. Auburn says that she was nineteen when her mother passed away. 

19:09Copy video clip URL “Black and White” footage of St. Aubin in a film called “Three Wise Fools” is shown. 

19:54Copy video clip URL St. Aubin mentons that in the film, the midget actors and actresses primarily played Leprechauns. 

20:08Copy video clip URL More “Black and White” footage of St. Aubin in the “Three Wise Fools” is shown. 

20:54Copy video clip URL “Black and White” footage of the midget actors and actresses playing Leprechauns is shown. 

22:05Copy video clip URL St. Aubin talks about getting a job as a “Twenty-Six Girl” in a Chicago tavern. 

22:57Copy video clip URL St. Aubin can be seen in a wedding photo. 

23:11Copy video clip URL St. Aubin mentions how she and her husband “Little Elmer”, opened a “Midget Club Bar”. 

23:21Copy video clip URL A midget bartender is interviewed. 

24:16Copy video clip URL A patron at the “Midget Club Bar” is interviewed. 

25:20Copy video clip URL St. Aubin is interviewed at the “Midget Club Bar”. 

25:56Copy video clip URL Two people, one cosplaying as the “Tin Man” and the other as the “Scarecrow” can be seen standing with St. Aubin. 

30:36Copy video clip URL St. Aubin mentions that the bar lasted until nineteen-eighty-two, when the City of Chicago bought the property and turned it into a branch of the Chicago Public Library system. 

31:35Copy video clip URL A “Munchkin” actor and a “Munchkin” actress, both of whom were in “The Wizard of Oz”, can be seen at the parade. 

31:58Copy video clip URL St. Aubin mentions that her husband passed away in nineteen-eighty-seven. 

35:39Copy video clip URL Midget actors and actresses are shown gathered in a gazebo, waving to a singing crowd. 

37:37Copy video clip URL The interview with St. Aubin begins to conclude. 

38:09Copy video clip URL The credits begin to roll. 

40:43Copy video clip URL An additional interview with St. Aubin is played. 

43:21Copy video clip URL The footage ends.