The Tiki, Goth, and Killer Midgets Thread - Beyond Tiki

J JOHN-O Tiki Socialite Dogtown, USA Joined: May 16, 2008 Posts: 2721	J JOHN-O Posted posted on Tue, Apr 6, 2010 5:40 PM On 2010-04-06 13:38, FilthyMidget wrote: Tucson is almost here! The Filthy Midget Nice image Natalie !! Are you familiar with its background ? That's midget Harry Earles who starred in both versions of "The Unholy Three". That's the film where the image is from. There was the 1925 silent version and the 1930 remake which was one of the first talkies. Both versions also starred Lon Chaney (Sr) but the first was directed by the great Tod Browning. Boy, those were the good old days when you could portray midget gangsters strangling small children. :) Harry Earles also starred in Tod Browning's masterpiece, "Freaks" (1932). He was also uncredited as one of the Lollipop Guild in "The Wizard of Oz" (far right). Yeah, I know the Poly-Pop folks here could care less but I know a card-carrying Goth girl like you can appreciate this priceless gruesome information !! And for anyone else who ever wanted to post on Gothic horror or killer midgets, THIS IS YOUR THREAD. (Edited, in deference to all of the cat lovers out there. I didn't know they had their own special interest group in Washington DC :(). [ Edited by: JOHN-O 2010-04-07 07:57 ]

On 2010-04-06 13:38, FilthyMidget wrote:
Tucson is almost here!

The Filthy Midget

Nice image Natalie !! Are you familiar with its background ?

That's midget Harry Earles who starred in both versions of "The Unholy Three". That's the film where the image is from. There was the 1925 silent version and the 1930 remake which was one of the first talkies. Both versions also starred Lon Chaney (Sr) but the first was directed by the great Tod Browning. Boy, those were the good old days when you could portray midget gangsters strangling small children. :)

Harry Earles also starred in Tod Browning's masterpiece, "Freaks" (1932). He was also uncredited as one of the Lollipop Guild in "The Wizard of Oz" (far right).

Yeah, I know the Poly-Pop folks here could care less but I know a card-carrying Goth girl like you can appreciate this priceless gruesome information !!

And for anyone else who ever wanted to post on Gothic horror or killer midgets, THIS IS YOUR THREAD.

(Edited, in deference to all of the cat lovers out there. I didn't know they had their own special interest group in Washington DC :().

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2010-04-07 07:57 ]

Post #522432 by JOHN-O on Tue, Apr 6, 2010 5:40 PM