Born Charles Stratton, General Tom Thumb’s appeal as a performer was not just his diminutive size. Stratton was a talented singer, actor, and improviser, and he seemed to charm everyone he met.

One reason for the enormous and enduring success of his Tom Thumb persona, was that Charles Stratton was, from the start, a talented actor, singer, and comic. He could respond to questions ...

Pairings Of The Past The idea of a Tom Thumb Wedding stems from a real event in the real life of a really, ultra-diminutive 19th century actor, Charles Stratton — whose stage name was Gen.

S. STRATTON (known as Gen. Tom Thumb) and his suite. They were proceeding to Niagara town, being advertised to appear there that day. They had scarcely left the Wetland House five minutes when the ...

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The only thing lower case about this production is the Metro spelling of tom thumb. Otherwise, film is top-drawer, a comic fairy tale with music that stacks up alongside some of the Disney classics.