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Under the Rainbow is a 1981 American comedy film directed by Steve Rash and starring Chevy Chase, Carrie Fisher, Eve Arden, and Billy Barty. [2] Set in 1938, the film's plot is loosely based on the gathering of little people in a Hollywood hotel to audition for roles as Munchkins in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
Little Billy Rhodes as The Villain (Bat Haines) (as Little Billy) Billy Platt as The Rich Uncle (Jim 'Tex' Preston) (as Bill Platt) John T. Bambury as The Ranch Owner (Pop Lawson) (as John Bambury) Joseph Herbst as The Sheriff; Charlie Becker as The Cook (Otto) Nita Krebs as The Vampire (Nita, the dance hall girl)
Munro's big break came in March 1958, when she was cast as the female lead in Disney's Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959). Although the film was shot in Hollywood, it was cast out of London. Disney saw her in Pick Up Girl, and she was screen-tested over a two-day period. Disney liked her so much, he signed her to a five-year contract.
Joseph Anthony Cox (born March 31, 1958) is an American actor known for his roles in Bad Santa, Friday, Me, Myself & Irene, Date Movie, Epic Movie, Disaster Movie, and Leprechaun 2. He is also known for his role in George Lucas's Willow, as an Ewok in Return of the Jedi, and as the Preacher in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice. [1]
The rambunctious (but cute) 5-year-old was a favorite on set, and the cast all remember him always making up songs. (Two of them actually made it into the film.)
The loss of a Hollywood great is never easy, but in certain cases, a star's passing comes long before it was their time to go. Talents like Amy Winehouse, Prince, Whitney Houston, Cory Monteith ...
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 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz.
[3] In the 1960s, Fantastic Voyage featured miniature people, but no major film revisited the concept until the 1980s. Grantland ' s Claire L. Evans said in 2015, "The conceit, being inherently silly, was reframed as a vehicle for broad physical comedies and family movies." She said, "These kinds of films reframe domestic life—a bowl of ...