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Dwarf Major 
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Unholy Three, The (1930) |
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The film
starts with an introduction to the acts in a carnival. |
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While the
ventriloquist, Professor Echo, puts on his act |
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there's a
woman pickpocket in the audience. She turns out to |
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be in
collaboration with the ventriloquist. There's a dwarf who |
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is
obstreperous to everyone and he kicks a boy in the face |
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causing a
riot. The leads to the carnival being closed and the |
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Unholy Three
having to hide out. They are the strongman |
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(Ivan Linow),
the dwarf (Harry Earles) and Professor Echo |
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(Chaney)
accompanied by the female pickpocket (Lila Lee). |
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For some
reason they're running a pet shop. Chaney is |
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disguised as
a woman and Harry Earles as a baby. Earles as the baby is
simply hilarious and Echo uses his ventriloquist skills to
'make' the parrots talk. But selling 'speaking impaired'parrots
isn't their only vice. They use their entrée into the owners'
houses to case them for a later robbery. |
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Harry Earles
is billed as "the midget". |
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Notes
Lon Chaney site |
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