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Jun 3 10 8:51 PM
Jun 3 10 9:39 PM
Bill Warren wrote:Don Glut wrote: Is this just me or has this bothered anyone else out there? Peter Dinklage sometimes is cast "straight."
Don Glut wrote: Is this just me or has this bothered anyone else out there?
Jun 4 10 12:20 AM
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Jun 4 10 1:35 AM
Sid Terror wrote: Remember the stories about them trying to jack up their fees to MGM for THE WIZARD OF OZ so a nation wide casting call was instituted?
Jun 4 10 1:40 AM
Jun 4 10 3:16 AM
Bill Warren wrote: Sid Terror wrote: Remember the stories about them trying to jack up their fees to MGM for THE WIZARD OF OZ so a nation wide casting call was instituted?And in which Billy Barty did not appear. When I asked him why not, he wasn't entirely sure, but thought he was probably working in another (movie at the time, or several. Notice how many of the Munchkins never made another movie..
Jun 4 10 8:56 AM
Rick wrote:It was LIVING IN OBLIVION. Dinklage has a great line about the scene, "it must be a dream, 'cause there's a midget in it."About 6 years ago I was called to audition for a Broadway show. When I arrived, the waiting room was occupied by four or five tubby, middle-aged character actors like myself, and two little people who were there on a break from rehearsals for the Radio City Christmas show. During our waiting-time conversation, we found out we were all there for the same role. One of the little guys said, "I guess they really don't know what they want."Neither of the little guys got the job, though, and, even worse, I didn't either.
Jun 4 10 9:00 AM
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Ted Newsom wrote:SAG and/or Child Protective Services may have been a factor at that time. This may have limited the hours an underage actor can work during a day, which is a production pain.
Jun 4 10 10:33 AM
Jun 4 10 11:00 AM
TomWeaver999 wrote: a midget/dwarf/whatever the word is, to give the shot a "funny," macabre quality. A Whalesian quality, if you will.
Jun 4 10 11:02 AM
zogstar67 wrote: But did he have a comedy routine like some of the others? Or did they go with Barty because he could be counted on to ham it up for the comic scene while a real baby sitting there wouldn't be particularly funny?
Jun 4 10 12:11 PM
Jun 4 10 12:26 PM
davlghry wrote: Bill Warren wrote: I think Barty was 7 or 8 when those scenes were shot, so he wasn't all that far from BEING a baby.Barty was truly disturbing in the "Honeymoon Hotel" number from FOOTLIGHT PARADE as a horny, leering child peeking through keyholes and chasing showgirls like a pint sized Harpo.
Bill Warren wrote: I think Barty was 7 or 8 when those scenes were shot, so he wasn't all that far from BEING a baby.
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