Article: MIDGET MAYHEM! Nightly orgies. Endless drinking. Caught by police in butterfly nets. The remarkable story of the most famous Wizard Of Oz Munchkin.

Byline: JANE KELLY

ON THE face of it, she was the very picture of magical innocence that entranced millions of children worldwide in one of the most famous films ever made, The Wizard Of Oz.

Known as Tiny Doll and just 3ft 6in tall, she achieved lasting fame as a Munchkin - the laughing midgets who brought joy and colour to the land of Oz.

But behind the fantasy lies a very different story of the Munchkin stars, a shocking story of drunkenness, depravity and sexual rapacity that all but destroyed their reputation.

It is a story from which Tiny Doll, who died this month aged 90, and her midget siblings spent a lifetime trying to ...

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