Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Last of the Munchkins !

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Posted by Steve Matz (Member # 1890) on 09-21-2014, 06:21 PM:

Not exactly sure when this Photo was taken but Jerry Maren(4th from left(Lollipop Kid) is the only surviving Munchkin.He's One of the trio singing the Lollipop Song in "Wizard of Oz" He appeared in a number of Televison Shows later on; one of them being "The GONG SHOW" in the late 70's. He is in his 90's...

One thing that's kind of Pathetic is all the Actors that played Munchkins were under contract in 1938 to receive only $50.00 a week. TOTO the Dog, whose real name was Terry at the time of Filming received $125.00 a week... [Confused]

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0546439/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1206094/?ref_=nv_sr_3

BTW: 3 discribincies in how much TOTO(Terry got paid) Maren says $200 per week, Author of "The Making of Wizard of Oz" said $150.00 per week and IMDB says $125.00...Which ever is correct is still a disgrace to the Little People playing the Munchkins!

Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 09-22-2014, 01:58 PM:

This was par for course in the studio era.