Sunday, March 29, 2026

Tonight's Stinker: The Terror of Tiny Town (1938)

Tonight's Stinker The Terror of Tiny Town (1938) https://youtu.be/6dX9Yw6nX8M?si=_HybVlj6n_HkC6B0 Starts off with an announcer telling you about the movie you're about to see, then a midget comes out from back stage saying he plays the hero, then another midget comes out & says he plays the villain.... The two get to bickering, and the announcer suggests we just watch the movie.... Role opening credits & the movie opens with midgets doing a musical number..... So anyway, Bat Haines - The Villain has been stealing cattle from the Lawsons & the Prestons while convincing them that one has been stealing from the other, and the sheriff is ion on it.... Bat later tries to rob a stagecoach, but Buck Lawson - The Hero saves the day, along with Nancy Preston.... Tex Preston & Pop Lawson try to keep the two apart, but they meet in secret.... Buck also starts to wise up to the sheriff's inability to catch criminals, & why bot his family & the Prestons are losing cattle... Employs pretty much every western cliché of the mid 1930s, but with midgets, with most of the gags being about midgets walking under tall things, climbing to reach high spaces & crawling into tight spaces, while pretending take it's self seriously, and a few goofy characters..... Still, it maintains a good pace......

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