{"id":3782,"date":"2007-07-25T10:11:47","date_gmt":"2007-07-25T17:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3782"},"modified":"2023-09-16T10:15:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T17:15:15","slug":"terror-of-tiny-town-the-1938","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3782","title":{"rendered":"Terror of Tiny Town, The (1938)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Here comes Buck Lawson &#8212; hit leather!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Poster-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Poster-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Poster-89x128.jpg 89w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Poster.jpg 349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe son (Billy Curtis) of a rancher (John T. Bambury) falls in love with the niece (Yvonne Moray) of his father&#8217;s enemy, &#8220;Uncle Jim&#8221; (Billy Platt). When Jim is shot, Buck (Curtis) is the suspect &#8212; but the real killer (&#8216;Little Billy&#8217; Rhodes) is on the loose.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dwarfs and Little People<\/li>\n<li>Falsely Accused<\/li>\n<li>Feuds<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Ranchers<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this infamous, decidedly un-p.c. &#8220;novelty film&#8221; draws upon &#8220;every &#8216;B&#8217; western convention and cliche around&#8221;. I disagree with Peary, however, that it&#8217;s &#8220;no worse than a lot of &#8216;B&#8217; westerns of the period&#8221;: actually, it <em>is<\/em>, simply because the majority of the all-dwarf cast &#8212; who appear to be in the movie because of their size, not for any other reason &#8212; are irredeemably bad actors. Yvonne Moray as the central love interest is particularly awful; at a certain point, when she hears that Buck is in trouble, she literally pauses for a second or two before meekly stating (without emotion), &#8220;Buck! Oh, Buck!&#8221; The sole humor comes from the novelty of the film&#8217;s concept, which is mildly amusing at first (yes, it&#8217;s funny to see cowboys riding ponies instead of horses, and walking right under saloon doors), but quickly wears thin. On the other hand, this is a movie no hardcore film fanatic can go without sitting through at least once, simply due to its notoriety. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A few mildly amusing puns<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Hy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Hy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Hy.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Hy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Hy-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Hy-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Groaningly bad acting and dialogue<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Acting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Acting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Acting.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Acting-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Acting-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Acting-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A bizarre scene in which a giggling bartender drowns himself in beer<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Drowning.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Drowning.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Drowning.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Drowning-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Drowning-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Terror-of-Tiny-Town-Drowning-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, simply for its cult status. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0030845\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.badmovies.org\/movies\/tinytown\/index.html\">BadMovies.org Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=749&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Here comes Buck Lawson &#8212; hit leather!&#8221; Synopsis: The son (Billy Curtis) of a rancher (John T. Bambury) falls in love with the niece (Yvonne Moray) of his father&#8217;s enemy, &#8220;Uncle Jim&#8221; (Billy Platt). When Jim is shot, Buck (Curtis) is the suspect &#8212; but the real killer (&#8216;Little Billy&#8217; Rhodes) is on the loose. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Dwarfs and Little People Falsely Accused Feuds Musicals Ranchers Westerns Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this infamous, decidedly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3782\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3782"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91670,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3782\/revisions\/91670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}