10-Ton Guests Make Merry At Midget Smoker
14:15:45 High angle of 3 elephants seated around table w/ five little people watching as midget / dwarf throws into mouth of elephant. Elephant eating from table; midget in tuxedo (Karl ‘Charlie’ Becker) eating sandwich. Gives woman midget a hug.
14:16:09 CU bouquet of flowers thrown into elephant’s mouth & swallowed.
14:16:13 Midgets at table pouring coffee, CU drinking.
14:16:19 MCU Elephant blows out smoke from long cigarette in mouth; Dwarf woman smokes cigarette; elephant smoking.
Animals; Circus Promotional Film ; Oddities; Gags; Stunts; 1936; 1930s; Depression;
NOTE: May be staged around Charles Becker & Ziggy during California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego, 1935-1936 when Leo Singer’s Midget Circus was in residence. Becker later played the Mayor of Munchkinland in Wizard of Oz. Or supposedly Becker trained Mitzi, the first elephant, brought back by Frank Buck at the Exposition.
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10-Ton Guests Make Merry At Midget Smoker 14:15:45 High angle of 3 elephants seated around table w/ five little people watching as midget / dwarf throws into mouth of elephant. Elephant eating from table; midget in tuxedo (Karl ‘Charlie’ Becker) eating sandwich. Gives woman midget a hug. 14:16:09 CU bouquet of flowers thrown into elephant’s mouth & swallowed. 14:16:13 Midgets at table pouring coffee, CU drinking. 14:16:19 MCU Elephant blows out smoke from long cigarette in mouth; Dwarf woman smokes cigarette; elephant smoking. Animals; Circus Promotional Film ; Oddities; Gags; Stunts; 1936; 1930s; Depression; NOTE: May be staged around Charles Becker & Ziggy during California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego, 1935-1936 when Leo Singer’s Midget Circus was in residence. Becker later played the Mayor of Munchkinland in Wizard of Oz. Or supposedly Becker trained Mitzi, the first elephant, brought back by Frank Buck at the Exposition.