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Tom Thumb Stories
Tom Thumb has been a popular character in English myths and legends for centuries and has inspired numerous other stories, books, movies and even comics. The Story of Tom Thumb in English Folk Lore. General Tom Thumb was also the stage name of Charles Sherwood Stratton, a midget who became a great circus success in America in the 19th century.
Books Tom Thumb made his first appearance in literature with Henry Fielding’s The History of Tom Thumb the Great which was eventually titled The Author’s Farce and was later dramatized in a play called Tom Thumb the Great by playwrights Eliza Haywood and William Hatchett.
Movies Chuck Jones released a short animated film in 1940 called Tom Thumb in Trouble, following on from the work of Ub Iwerks. Then in 1958, a live musical version of tom thumb was made by George Pal starring Russ Tamblyn. The title was kept in lower case to make the point that the lead character was rather small. A more interesting modern version with distinctively dark undertones was made in 1993 caled The Secret Adventure of Tom Thumb and featured a technique known as stop motion automation. Lastly in 2002 the two smallest people in the history of literature where brought together in The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina. Elijah Wood narrated the part of Tom. Tom Thumb Elsewhere The Tom Thumb Locomotive was a pioneering bit of railroad invention in 1830 between Baltimore and Ohio. |
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