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14. Feb. 2023 · Documentary about the making of the 1939 MGM classic film The Wizard of Oz. Includes interviews of cast and crew members, their families and fans of the film...
- 50 Min.
- 8,8K
- strangerwithnoface
- Personnel Pickles
- Makeup Madness
- Sinister Snowflakes
- Munchkin Mania
- Garland and Gale
- End of The Road
The Wizard of Oz saw key people come and go. Director Norman Taurog was the first director to be hired. He was replaced at test shooting stage by Richard Thorpe. Thorpe lasted longer, but not by much. He was dismissed after a matter of weeks – quoted in an article for The Telegraph, producer Mervyn LeRoy said he “just didn’t understand the story… t...
It may have looked fun being part of Dorothy’s gang on the Yellow Brick Road. Beneath that Technicolor surface, things were far from peachy. Take Ray Bolger for instance. He played the Scarecrow under layers of restrictive makeup, and there wasn’t a happy ending. Vanity Fair writes that he “removed the rubber prosthetics mask from his face the last...
Oz was a magical land of wonder and enchantment. Its weather on the other hand was like something out of a horror movie. Vanity Fair describes how “In the scene in which Dorothy is awakened in a poppy field by a blanket of snow engineered by Glinda the Good Witch, production reportedly used chrysotile asbestos.” Margaret Hamilton had more than a ca...
Much of the-behind-the-lens hoopla revolved around the Wizard of Oz’s beloved Munchkins. The little people portraying them were depicted as unruly, and in some stories abusive. Was this really the case? In some instances, yes! The Telegraph mentions one incident “when a little person named Charles Kelley turned up on set packing two loaded pistols....
Judy Garland lit up the screen with her star performance as Dorothy Gale. The actress herself apparently hated the experience. As has been well-documented, the Hollywood system mistreated Garland appallingly. She was on pills and worked exhaustingly long hours. Her box office bankability was more important than her welfare. On the set of Oz, there ...
Baum’s original Oz stories had their fair share of darkness. Indeed, when Walt Disney released unofficial sequel Return To Oz in 1985, its harsh tone shocked audiences familiar with the Technicolor classic. That film was a commercial failure, but the surprising thing is that the 1939 version nearly went the same way. If it wasn’t for the movie appe...
24. Aug. 2018 · From shocking behind-the-scenes mistreatment of actors to rumored suicides, here is everything you never knew about the making of The Wizard of Oz, including what happened to the famous ruby...
27. Mai 2024 · Based on L. Frank Baum’s novel, the film tells the story of Dorothy Gale, a young girl swept away from her Kansas home to the fantastical land of Oz. Along her journey, she befriends a scarecrow, a tin man and a cowardly lion — each seeking something they believe they lack.
5. Apr. 2012 · Watch rare footage and interviews from the making of the classic film Wizard of Oz. No ownership claimed.
- 10 Min.
- 535,7K
- Ebony Jade
2. Dez. 2019 · Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) won the film rights to the popular book and soon after set out to create the magical fantasy world of Oz. Photographed here are some of the high level executives at the...
25. Juni 2020 · Appalling Behind the Scenes Facts from The Wizard of Oz. The Wizard of Oz is one of the greatest movies of all time and you're about to discover the amazing and down-right...
