You should definitely examine "The Terror of Tiny Town" (1939) - a 'musical midget western' - try
IMdB (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0030845) and Bad Movies (http://www.badmovies.org/movies/tinytown/) for details.
Also have a look at "Freaks" (1932) - tagline is "Can a full grown woman truly love a MIDGET?"
And don't forget Mini-Me in the Austin Powers movies.
For an interesting angle on dwarf-tossing (sadly associated with Australia, where it took off in the 1980s), try: http://www.balloondancer.co.uk/dannyblue/uglyside.htm.
Ricky Onsman
PWD (NSW), Sydney, Australia
> > I'm raising the issue of 'performing midgets'
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