Born Leopold von Singer , he was an Austrian-born American manager of an entertainment troupe called Singer's Midgets, that were a popular vaudeville group in the first half of the twentieth century. He was responsible for casting many performers in the iconic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz".
He formed Singer's Midgets in 1912 or 1913, recruiting new people and began building the Liliputstadt, a "midget city" at the "Venice in Vienna" amusement park. When World War I began they went to the United States, performing in vaudeville. In the 1930’s some of his troupe appeared in films, , such as Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), They Gave Him a Gun (1937), Block-Heads (1938), and The Terror of Tiny Town, a 1938 Western with an all-dwarf cast. Also in 1938, Singer signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to provide 124 proportionately-sized little people to play Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
The Singer Midgets disbanded in the mid-1940s, with many members either returning home to their native Europe or professionally joining the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus tours
He formed Singer's Midgets in 1912 or 1913, recruiting new people and began building the Liliputstadt, a "midget city" at the "Venice in Vienna" amusement park. When World War I began they went to the United States, performing in vaudeville. In the 1930’s some of his troupe appeared in films, , such as Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), They Gave Him a Gun (1937), Block-Heads (1938), and The Terror of Tiny Town, a 1938 Western with an all-dwarf cast. Also in 1938, Singer signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to provide 124 proportionately-sized little people to play Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
The Singer Midgets disbanded in the mid-1940s, with many members either returning home to their native Europe or professionally joining the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus tours
Born Leopold von Singer , he was an Austrian-born American manager of an entertainment troupe called Singer's Midgets, that were a popular vaudeville group in the first half of the twentieth century. He was responsible for casting many performers in the iconic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz".
He formed Singer's Midgets in 1912 or 1913, recruiting new people and began building the Liliputstadt, a "midget city" at the "Venice in Vienna" amusement park. When World War I began they went to the United States, performing in vaudeville. In the 1930’s some of his troupe appeared in films, , such as Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), They Gave Him a Gun (1937), Block-Heads (1938), and The Terror of Tiny Town, a 1938 Western with an all-dwarf cast. Also in 1938, Singer signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to provide 124 proportionately-sized little people to play Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
The Singer Midgets disbanded in the mid-1940s, with many members either returning home to their native Europe or professionally joining the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus tours
He formed Singer's Midgets in 1912 or 1913, recruiting new people and began building the Liliputstadt, a "midget city" at the "Venice in Vienna" amusement park. When World War I began they went to the United States, performing in vaudeville. In the 1930’s some of his troupe appeared in films, , such as Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), They Gave Him a Gun (1937), Block-Heads (1938), and The Terror of Tiny Town, a 1938 Western with an all-dwarf cast. Also in 1938, Singer signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to provide 124 proportionately-sized little people to play Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
The Singer Midgets disbanded in the mid-1940s, with many members either returning home to their native Europe or professionally joining the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus tours
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