Amazing Facts You Should Know about The Wizard of Oz
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- You're about to discover 10 AMAZING behind the scenes facts about The Wizard of Oz, such as: the secret behind the tornado effect, two crazy ideas the filmmakers had to portray the Cowardly Lion and more! Enjoy!
Time Stamps:
00:00 - Intro teaser
00:10 - The tornado was a stocking
00:38 - How they did the color transition when Dorothy enters Oz
01:00 - Some munchkins weren’t really munchkins
01:37 - They almost cast a real lion
01:41 - Ray Bolger almost was the Tin Man
02:17 - The strange jitterbug deleted scene
02:37 - Oops! Dorothy forgot her ruby red slippers
02:53 - Makeup tricks for the Horse of a Different Color
03:10 - The Scarecrow’s brain didn’t actually work
03:26 - “Over the Rainbow” was almost cut from the movie
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Check out the MANY near-death experiences from the set of The Wizard of Oz 👉 ruclips.net/video/LKN5OBmPJog/видео.html
Can you do fun facts about jaws?
It's a Spielberg Movie
In one part robert shaw who played quint broke his legs while filming the part where quint was killed
Could you do Rookie of the Year
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Over the Rainbow IS the greatest movie musical number ever produced.
Thank you, Judy Garland.
Thank Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg too; they wrote it! :-)
@John C. Mellor It's totally an awesome movie, but the actors were treated horribly! Judy was forced to wear a to small dress and smoke a pack of cigarettes every day because she 'was to fat'.
i agree, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at no.2 :0
@@oo686oo The dress was Judy's size, and she did not smoke, because (a) she was an anti-smoker at the time, and (b) it would have served no purpose and only wasted time and ruined her lungs.
More importantly, Over The Rainbow changed the way musicals were made forever, because since then almost every musical has a desire theme. You can check for yourself!
I remember being scared by the tornado scene as a child and I am still impressed by that scene today !
That's why the 3D version was rated PG for "scary moments"
That tornado looked more real then the ones in the movie "Twister"...lol
That tornado is totally the goat. Perfectly menacing in every way. As a kid watching this movie it was conpletely scary to me. Really amazing work better than any cgi could do.
Well twister was made in the 90's and it was painful to make the cgi
twister was cgi…i prefer the old skool makeup 💄 vs cgi technology… makes it look cartoonish
@@halloweenjunkie666 it's hard to make a full length movie tornado movie with practical effects
Twister is one of my favorite movies. Filming a whole movie like they did in the 1930’s obviously wasn’t going to cut it. In my opinion, for 1996, the CGI is amazing. In some shots of the tornadoes, it took a full day to render a single frame, which is weird to think about today when you can create a similar effect in less then 30 minutes. The movie had so many visual effects shots to do, that ILM (Industrial Light & Magic, a visual effects company) couldn’t do all of the effects in time for the release, so they hired self-employed visual effects artists to do the effects for some shots (most were using home computers, which were very slow and took a long time to render shots). I loved Twister so much as a kid that I started doing VFX for fun.
Agree. Over the Rainbow is by far the greatest song ever written for a film. And Judy Garland singing it so plaintively and with such beauty, warmth and longing, is forever stamped in our hearts and souls.
I still can't get over how realistic that tornado looks, even to this day. The first time I watched the movie as a kid, it really freaked me out. And the fact it was created using manual effects over 80 years ago (and probably looks even more realistic than most CGI-created objects) just shows how much of an achievement it truly was.
That wasn't the only reason why the Jitterbug number was cut from the final film. The other reason was that the filmmakers thought if they had left it in, it would've dated the movie, as the Jitterbug was a popular dance around that time. They wanted the movie to be timeless, so they removed the scene from the final cut.
It's facts like this - logical planning - that are fascinating, as well as the technical stuff.
I think we need to use more practical effects in movies....CGI is another thing that causes movies today to look dated after a few years.
@@NairAthul Say it loud for all to hear.
@Beelzebot timeless doesn't mean modern. It means still relatable and engaging regardless of the era it is consumed in. A lot of book, like Sherlock Holmes are still timeless because despite the era it is set in , because it seems like it's own little world that the reader can escape two. Similarly, the Wizard of Oz is its own pocket universe that movie lovers even 100 years in the future can escape to. However a movie like, for eg the Avengers series, may lose its relevance after a few decades when CGI drastically improves and the present version looks too outdated (and a lot of those movies revolve around SFX rather than heart and soul).
Also the sepia tone was intentional, to reflect the boring, colourless life in Kansas in contrast with the wonderful land of Oz.
@@NairAthul While I in large agree with pretty much everything you said, I have to add one thing to your "may lose its relevance after a few decades when cgi drastically improves".
Bad cgi will always be bad cgi, and that goes for outdated cgi aswell - BUT the same can be said for practical effects... My point is, that if it is a great movie, with a great script, great acting/directing/music etc etc, the effects - be they practical or computer generated - have little to do with the movie's longevity.
The mechanical shark in 'Jaws' is pretty clunky, but it never detracts from the absolute thrill of the story, no matter how many times I see that movie.
And advances in technology makes the first Toy Story look like a cheap knock off compared to the smoothness and incredible details presented in the third one - but the amazing script and the fantastic voice acting never make me see it as inferior.
Not gonna say that the 20 something Marvel movies will be timeless classics, because that's too early to tell. Just putting it out there, that outdated effects doesn't neccessarily mean irrelevant movie.
My brother is a film major and he explained the iconic "opening the door" scene to me years ago. Painting the room and providing a double with a sepia-toned outfit was brilliant.
The special effects here can be impressive.
It still looks good because they used real sets and props. CGI still has a falseness to it even in 2021.
@@YTAG33 Yeah, sure, like there's never been such a thing as an unconvincing practical effect. Why, I'll bet you've seen a lot of movies where you were looking straight at CGI without knowing it. ;-)
"Can be?" They are! :-)
Yeah. And at that time it’s also surprising how there wasn’t any animating or rotoscoping for the twister. They had to use a ginormous sock to make it look like it _is_ one to capture the realistic effect.
@@inaciosthirdstudio It wasn't a sock, it was a thirty-foot tube of muslin.
1:41 Also Buddy Ebsen was allergic to the silver paint used for the tin man and so he lost that part too.
It wasn't an allergy, and it wasn't the paint. The aluminum powder that they dusted the white greasepaint with got into his lungs and aggravated a bronchial condition he had. When Jack Haley took over, the make-up had been reformulated into an aluminum paste.
It's fun to note, though, that some years later, Ebsen played the Scarecrow in a stage version of "Wizard" that used music from the film!
Buddy Ebson was saving himself for The Beverly Hillbillies' Jed Clampett role 23 years down the Yellow Brick Road. In the meantime, he developed the Ebson Ink-Jet Printer.
@@IMCcanTWEESTED , Yeah and he came from a rich family because his grandfather had invented Ebsen Salts.
@@IMCcanTWEESTED His name was Ebsen, not Epson. And don't forget Barnaby Jones! :-)
@@MaskedMan66 Ebsen did not kill himself
Over the rainbow became Judy's theme song forever after.
NSS!
Which puts the lie to certain people's insistence that she "suffered" while making the movie.
@@dunruden9720 Don't be rude.
YES!!!
I can't listen to it it's too sad.... 😔
This is the first time I've seen time stamps along the bottom of the video. I wish more people did that.
I like that too. I've also been seeing this recently in videos of music albums-- so you can see where a certain song is within the video. Helpful.
When I first read this I thought: "What? Lots of people do this....".
Then I looked at the timestamp: *3 years ago*
That's quite pleasing actually, it seems your wish is coming true and adding timestamps is becoming much more common practice among the uploader community!
This was my favorite movie growing up. When I was in the hospital my Dad read me the script and then I asked for the Movie for my 5 year old birthday. I got it and watched it that day alongside my dad who explained the scary parts😂🥰 I alternated between being Dorothy and a witch for like 5 consecutive Halloween’s after that!!🌪🧙🏽♀️👠 I still love the movie very much- it has a very special place in my heart. It also introduced me to Judy Garland as a singer so I really got into her music and now that I’m sort of a singer she is very much an inspiration to me:)
What a great story! The Wizard of Oz really is something special, it's one of the reasons I was inspired to be a filmmaker! 😊 God Bless, I hope you're having a wonderful day!
Thank you so much @@emmielaine7352 glad I could share my story; yours is great too! That’s very cool that the movie inspired you to be in your career! Wishing you all the best with it🧡
@@mayartist4315 Aww, thank you! I hope you find joy and success as well! 😊
Great memory. Amazing we can que it up to watch any time.
Which Witch?
As a kid, watching that tornado was terrifying, that was a insane effect for that time period.
If you look closely, Dorothy's hair changes in almost every shot.
Snatch her weave
P H R O G xD 🤣🤣🤣😂😂
@@x.blushinq.rblx.x43 I0HD9QHDPQDNU08E392OPJQDJNEUU0 STOPPPP I CANT-
It because director change
It’s because they filmed the scenes at different times so her hair grew explaining its different lengths
To be honest this movie scared me when I saw this when I was little. I watched this in school and the witch scared me making run to my teachers arms 🤣🤣
Awww 🥰 that is cute
That’s adorable
Yeah, it definitely has some scary scenes; I’m surprised they showed it in school!
Some these kids shows are really to scary🎭😵 for children! They don't care! 😈👿👹👺💩🔥👽💀🙈🙉🙊🐵🐒🦍🦍🐢🐸🐲🐉🐊
Teacher turned it into an rko moment
It’s amazing to see how each individual helped make or could have broken such an amazing, and iconic film!
this film encapsulates all that is cinema - you have the child star, the signing, the b+w to color. A true gem
What signing?
@@dunruden9720 they meant singing it must have been spellcheck or something
@@alexconn7473 More likely a misspelling.
I love this musical...always will, it’s a classic. I grew up watching this. My mom had me watch this when I was like 6. I try not to miss it when Christmas comes around.
0:30 Rear projection was highly developed in the 1930's. They used it extensively in "King Kong" and "All Quiet on the Western Front," among others; and even as late as "The Pride and the Passion" (1957). The Tornado was so good that it was re-used in "Cabin in the Sky" (1943).
Seeing this movie when it first came out was probably like seeing Jurassic park when it came out. It amazed so many people
Also Star Wars
@@andrewscasualmtb Indeed! Even though there's been far more spectacular imagery in SW movies since then (the last one with its planet-wide flotilla of Star Destroyers was particularly awesome), I still remember the feeling of having the _Devastator_ basically passing over my head as it pursued the _Tantive IV._
That tornado scene was and still is incredible! 👍
Sure is, you don't always need CGI to make a great movie scene!
The 🌪️ tornado scene terrified me so much as a kid. It"s amazing what special effects could do with hose and chicken wire...wow!
“The sum of the square root of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the third side.”
"That's a right triangle, you idiot!"
"D'oh!"
I often wondered if that was an inside joke because the Scarecrow didn't actually get any smarter (just like the cowardly lion didn't suddenly get nerves but developed courage throughout his journey with Dorothy, and the tin man didn't actually get a heart but was shown that he already had one. Even Dorothy had the power to return home at any time if she only knew to tap her heels together).
@@JustWasted3HoursHere No dude, he is talking about the scene from The Simpsons, when homero finds a pair of glasses. Now I know that's a reference to the wizard of oz
Not in Oz, pal!
@@JustWasted3HoursHere It's no inside joke, but anyone who's read the book will know, as you rightly point out, that the whole team already had what they wanted. It's worth mentioning that by his second appearance in the Oz series (the third book) the Lion is back to being cowardly; that is, he's easily frightened. But still possessing the inner courage that he always had, he never fails to come through in tough situations, especially when other people are in danger.
@@MaskedMan66 True, and actually the Lion exemplifies what courage really is: Being afraid to do something but doing it anyway. I hear Netflix is rebooting The Wizard of Oz. If they do it exactly like the books that would be interesting, as they are quite different from the movies we've had so far.
_"Somewhere, over the rainbow...weigh a pie."_
😄😄😄 I've been mishearing the words all this time!
its way up high silly
@@suptumberlumbertumberlumbe9305 r/wooooooosh
@@margaritapeggyschuylervanr2486 jokester
Judy had better enunciation than that. She very distinctly sings, "way up high."
The wizard projection with his big head scared me the most
Yes, it was terrifying. I would squint my eyes during that scene ... looking but not looking.
Hahaha😂😂😂😂awww
Wizard of Oz has more symbolism and messages hidden in plain sight than any movie.
Only to those who think they see them.
Over the rainbow song is perfect for the beginning of the movie because of the the time period. The great depression has made the world seem colorless and dark and people know that somewhere out there was a world full of color and prosperity just waiting to be found 😔🌈🤑
The Depression had ended six years before this movie, and in any case, it was set in 1900.
The wizard makes a veiled reference to the depression when he describes his arrival in Oz: "...times being what they were, I accepted the job."
@@williamwingo4740 Except that he arrived in Oz in the mid-to-late 19th century.
@@MaskedMan66 The Depression did not end in 1933. It had just begun.
@@floydlooney6837 No, it began in 1929. The recovery began in 1933.
I always admire this movie, it was ahead of its time.
When I was kid (early '60s), I had a 45rpm of "Over the Rainbow." The B-side was the cut song, "The Jitterbug".
cool fact!!
@@kitty3613 Had no idea it was from the movie until about 20 yrs ago.
Wish I still had the 45....
@@bellhopwalrus2517 So was it a cover by some other singers? I mean, why would "Over the Rainbow" have a non-"Wizard" B-side?
I love your videos, keep up the good work! ❤️
Great video. Seen this film so many times, now looking closer at certain things. Thanks.
Another fun fact: During the Cowardly Lion’s big entrance, Judy Garland kept giggling 🤭 and couldn’t do the scene like she was suppose to, she was just 17 years old; basically she was just having fun; but the director wasn’t having it, he took Judy Garland aside and slapped her right in the face and right in her face he told her to “go in there and work.”
Another Fun Fact: Bert Lahr Struggled on the Dancing of production due to his costume. Margaret Hamilton suffered on makeup containing copper and caught fire on set. Jack Haley replaced Buddy Ebsen due to makeup. Judy was 16 and Shirley Temple almost got the role.
Can you do another episode of fun facts about Wizard of Oz! Please!
Being an avid fan, I already knew all of those facts. What I've been wanting to know for a long time is how they projected the Wizard's big head when Dorothy & company arrived at the Emerald City. They didn't have 3D projection back then. That's the only special effect I could never figure out.
Double exposure. Same as Glinda’s bubble.
@@djh68 Thanks for your reply, but not sure I understand what that means.
Dead simple. An actor (not Frank Morgan) in the huge mask was dressed in black against a black background. When filmed, the black vanished and they superimposed that over the throne room set.
@@MaskedMan66 Thanks! Now I'm curious who the actor was if not Frank Morgan.
@@ThirdOfJune4444 Nobody's sure; it may have been Paul Adams, who was Frank Morgan's stand-in, or one of the makeup personnel like Norbert Miles. The voice was Morgan's of course; he recorded the lines for the Great Head, then the sound department re-recorded them in a big concrete tunnel to give it that amazing echo you hear in the movie.
Really good video. Thanks for taking the time to put it up for me and everyone else.
This film was truly a gift to the world.
The fun fact about the twister is crazy!! Also I rewatched the movie and realized they never call it a tornado 🤔 just cyclone and twister. I could have sworn it was a tornado growing up 😂
I think it’s both an era and regional thing, though cyclone I believe is more associated with a tropical storm in the South Pacific region.
Cyclone and twister are other names for a tornado, I wonder if the 1939 film was made before tornadoes got their name? 🤔
Same thing really.
@@coryjamieson3171 The Tri-State Tornado was called "tornado" in the papers, so it's probably just a regional thing.
I thought that was a real tornado that was used in the movie
Jennifer Divers me too! I thought they had recorded a real one and imposed it, not used a pice of fabric. Got me, too.
Looks a lot more realistic than the CGI in Twister! Scared the crap out of me as a kid!
I still get scared when I see the tornado in The Wizard of Oz!
@@melissacooper4282 in my opinion, it’s the best tornado ever in a movie
If it was then they'd actually be dead
I love your videos man .I love your channel.
Another great one!
Thanks👍
I love the tornado scene but even with your description "it was a twisted bit of muslin and chicken wire" I still don't get how it moved so around the way it did at ground level, and how they got the dirt cloud at the bottom so perfectly. I would love to see a photograph of the set pieces. Without a human hand in it for scale. I guess it will always be a mystery to me.
The muslin tube was thirty feet long, so it would be much taller than a human being, never mind his hand! ;-) The way it worked is detailed in various books; basically the top and the bottom of it were in tracks moving at different speeds while the wind machine blew Fuller's Earth all over the place.
@@MaskedMan66 Okay. I was under the impression it was a little set model. But still I’d like to see the mechanics of it working in real time. Such a great effect.
@@bugpal There was a miniature set-- I saw a film test of the cyclone-- but I don't think it was seen in the film.
Wow that was incredible about the tornado shot being 30 ft stocking and chicken wire. Those special effects guys knew there stuff.
their
No chicken wire.
That tornado is flawless....great scene
I agree, Over the Rainbow is the greatest movie song, because I grew up with it.
the is one of my favorite movies
Same:)
You shoudnt they sexually abused her, drugged her etc. thats why she died so young
The costumes were super uncomfy and some of the main charachters couldnt eat
The first tin man was hospitalized because of all the metal makeup and he was wearing
Sameee
@@Emileio Yeah I know what happened on set was bad but it is still a really good movie its a family film people call it a classic.
Chris Wells yeah ik
the Scarecrow dance is the only deleted scene from the final cut of the movie, to completely survive or remain fully intact, the rest of the deleted scenes, are sadly believed to be lost to history, destroyed long ago. Except for a few surviving seconds of footage in the trailer for the reprise of Ding Dong the Witch is Dead in Emerald City, which is my favorite of the lost scenes.
Mitchell Lewis, who played the Winkie Captain, had a second role as the High Priest or Prime Minister of the Emerald City. He was very colorfully decked out in ornate robes that reportedly weighed a hundred pounds! But he was tall and strong and managed very well.
The Wizard of Oz is my most fave movie today...and you can see it's influence on many popular ensemble movies of today. Star Wars is an example...
It was one of many influences for George Lucas.
I absolutely agree! Mark that just brings the whole magical imagination thing together.
This channel I'd so underrated....u need more subs....keep up the good work my dude😃😉👍
Kemji Osuji have to agree. They fill in on the details.
I agree that somewhere over the rainbow is the best movie song
Its title is "Over the Rainbow."
Somewhere Over The Rainbow is what made the movie a HIT, with out that song it would have never been the same....♥
Excellent information.
I always thought that tornado scene was amazing....even now. I thought it looked even more realistic than “Twister”
Don't forget that the scarecrow was carrying a PISTOL in the forest scene!
I'm curious; is that gun a big deal to today's audience? I grew up in the 70's & 80's and we never thought anything of it when the movie came on once a year to a major network. The foursome had protection with them in the Haunted Forest ... a hatchet, witch repellent, and so on.
Yes, just as the Tin Woodman carried a pipe wrench and the Cowardly Lion carried a big net and a spray can of Witch Remover. They were after killing the Wicked Witch, remember?
@jm gee You don't change the imagery of a classic movie; it would be like changing the color of Scarlett O'Hara's gown in "Gone With the Wind." It's a big no-no!
@@eduardo_corrochio The Tin *Woodman* always carried his axe; in the book, he actually used it a lot, mainly for building things, but also for fighting deadly foes.
i love this movie, great facts.
This movie was way ahead of its time
Andrew Grove yes, thanks to the director Victor Fleming. He did so well with his choices.
Great video! I agree that the song The Goat! is the best song in the movie. Can you do one on The NeverEnding Story next?
Wyatt Glover TV yes, that would be a good one. The Neverending Story is a good one, please.
I saw a play of the Wizard of Oz a couple of years ago, and they included the Jitterbug in the play.
Cool 😎 Wizard Of Oz! 👧🐺🌈⛪🌪🌫🤖💂🦁👸👺🐒🐵🙊🙉🙈🙈🏰🏰🎈
That would be the version created by England's Royal Shakespeare Company in the late 1980's. They brought that back as well as Dorothy's reprise of "Over the Rainbow" and the reprise of "Ding! Dong! The Witch is Dead." I've been in that show three times, the last time as the Cowardly Lion. :-3
Masterpiece for its time!
For all time!
Agreed. Over the rainbow is amazing song
Agree it was a great movie one of the best
peter papadimitriou yes, it was. 🙂
You forgot to mention that Buddy Ebson couldn’t play the tin man because he was allergic to the make-up.
I think they left it out because that’s a really commonly known piece of trivia.
@@ddespair I wasn’t aware of it
His surname was Ebsen, and it wasn't an allergy. The aluminum powder which was dusted over the paint on his face got into his lungs and triggered a bronchial condition he had.
@Gregory Dahl Quit it with the "lead poisoning" guff already. There was no lead poisoning. Ebsen's hair remained dark until he got older, he spoke perfectly normally, and "The Beverly Hillbillies" was about the Clampett family; Milburn Drysdale was a supporting character.
He recovered well enough that he made two movies that were both released the same year as "Wizard." :-)
This movie has to be one of the most fascinating classic films around, with such a strange history behind it. Plus, so many people were involved with its making, off and on ... there had to be mistakes and mishaps along the way.
So much was cut for time and other reasons. Remember when the Witch is livid because Dorothy's been saved from the poppy field, and in the tower room her head monkey hands her a copper hat? That was The Wishing Cap, and it was all but removed from the movie-- but they mistakenly left it in briefly (like the Witch's dialogue before sending her army to the Haunted Forest, "They'll give you no trouble, I promise you that. I've sent a little insect on ahead to take the fight out of them" in reference to the Jitterbug number).
There is so much trivia about The Wizard of Oz. But remember, no actor hanged himself on the set near the Tin Man's house. It's just one of the large exotic birds they used in that scene, moving around in the background, lol.
You refer to the Golden Cap (not "Wishing Cap"), and its presence in the movie wasn't a mistake. You are correct about the sarus crane!
I love your videos so much
Well i do like over the Rainbow.
It sounds cool.
And the lion animated looked real.
Awesome video welldone.
Can you please do the Man with the Iron mask.
Thank you.
The Lion wasn't animated.
@@MaskedMan66 I now the didn't use a animated lion but the idea of using one would have looked realistic.
@@arissimion67 No, it would have looked animated.
Still, my favorite movie. Its kindness and clarity is unheard of today.
@Beelzebot She runs away because she loves her dog and wants him to live. She doesn't steal anyone's shoes or sing about them. Her mission is not mercenary; it is a task put upon her by the Wizard, and the dictator's former slaves are delighted for her to take the broom-- which the Wizard had also asked for. There is no occult ceremony, and there was no murder; both deaths were accidents.
I think the tornado from oz is the best tornado scene I have ever seen
- Walt Disney was one of those who was inspired to make the Wizard of Oz, because his latest film, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was the most popular and successful film at that time. Even though Disney couldn't make an animated film since the rights were already given to MGM, most parts were taken from Snow White and incorporated into the Wizard of Oz, such as the witch being ugly like the old hag, and actress Adriana Caselotti, the voice of Snow White, sings the one line in the Wizard of Oz - "Wherefore art thou, Romeo?" in the Tin Man's "If I Only Had a Heart."
- Producer Mervy Leroy was hired as the new head of production by MGM, since the original head, Irving Thalberg, passed away. Leroy agreed to take the part, and the decision of Oz was given to Leroy. Leroy hires Arthur Freed, a song lyricist, as an uncredited associate producer.
-The mathematical formula that the Scarecrow gives after receiving his brain diploma is actually supposed to be the Pythagorean Theorem, except it has nothing to do with square roots or isosceles triangles. :)
- The famous shot where the farmhouse falls onto the camera as it lands in Oz was down with the camera being filmed from the ceiling of a soundstage. Then a miniature farmhouse was dropped onto the soundstage floor, which was covered with fog machines and painted to look like a sky. The film was ran in slow motion and then ran back in reverse.
-The famous "SURRENDER DOROTHY" skywriting special effect was down by being filmed from the bottom of a glass tank filled with thick, tinted water. A tiny, witch figurine was then propped on the end of a syringe pen, which was then placed into the tank by a wire and then spread the words in black ink backwards across the tank while the shot was filmed from below.
- Shirley Temple was originally auditioned to play Dorothy, but after hearing Temple sing at an audition, the producers thought that her singing voice wasn't the right type for the role of Dorothy.
- It took four directors to make the "Wizard of Oz"! First was Richard Thorpe, who was fired the first two weeks of shooting since his scenes didn't give the right fanatical atmosphere needed. Next was Victor Fleming, the only credited director for the film, who, at the time, was also directing another very popular film, "Gone With the Wind". Third was George Cukor, who even though he didn't film any footage, changes Richard Thorpe's original blonde wig and makeup for Dorothy, encouraging Judy Garland to act in her natural manner. He even alters makeup and wigs for the other characters. Cukor was also hired to be a substitute director for "Gone With the Wind" while Fleming worked on "The Wizard of Oz". But however, rival tensions are growing between Cukor and actor Clark Gable, since Cukor's directing pace was excruciatingly slow. Gable threatened to quit shooting "Gone With the Wind" unless "Selznick Studios" executive and producer David O. Selznick hires Fleming as director. Selznick liked the idea, so Cukor is fired and Fleming is hired. Finally, the substitute director hired to finish the Wizard of Oz is another very popular director, King Vidor, who didn't want his name to be credited at all costs until his friend's passing in 1949.
- It also took 14 writers to write the script for the Wizard of Oz. Three of them were the only credited writers for the screenplay; Edgar Allan Woolf, Florence Ryerson, and Noel Langely. Langley is known for his greatest revisions that we know of today in the film, such as the Kansas counterparts for the Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion and witch, changing Dorothy's slippers from silver to ruby, and adapting the famous line, "There's No Place Like Home." Next, Ryerson and Woolf were hired to make improvements for the script, making it more similar to the original Baum book. However, producers disliked the script and reassigned the script to Langely. The script then kept expanding and revising through the creative minds of writers and directors until the script was finally finished on October 8, 1938.
- The Tin Man costume was so stiff and clunky that Jack Haley could not sit in it. So in order to rest between takes, he had to stand on an oversized board.
- During the scene in which Dorothy slaps the lion, Judy Garland could not stop cracking up from doing that scene, even when they were taking a break. Director Victor Fleming (Who had a close friendship with Garland on the set) would actually slap Garland in attempt to appease her. Then Garland overheard Fleming telling a worker that he felt so ashamed for hitting Garland that he wish he could kill himself. But Garland forgave Fleming by kissing him to keep their friendship in vain. However, on the second take of the sence, Garland still couldn't stop smiling from giggling. If you watch the scene in that film, when the lion asks if his nose was bleeding, Garland replies , "Well of course not. My goodness what a fuss you're making." Between those very two lines, you can actually see Garland slightly smirk from holding in a giggle.
Jonathan Smith very good write up. First off, thanks. Second off, amazing how you know so much on Walt Disney and such. But anyway, thanks a lot. Very informative. 👍 Thanks.
@@hewgrebe4771 Sure thing! I'm glad you understood and were interested. :)👍
Just a couple of things regarding your otherwise excellent summation:
Judy was always the first choice for Dorothy; an MGM exec in New York ordered a singing test for Shirley-- not a true audition-- which was done, but was only a formality.
The reason that Fleming slapped Judy-- and only once, mark you-- was because they were trying to finish the last shot of the day, and closing time was coming on fast. Usually, they just let Judy's giggle fits play out, but there wasn't time on this occasion. After she nailed the take, Fleming asked John Lee Mahin to break his nose, Judy overheard, and you know the rest.
The truth is that Judy had a big crush on Fleming, and was disconsolate when it was announced that he would be leaving to work on "Gone With the Wind." For many days, nobody dared mention Vivian Leigh's name in Judy's presence if they knew what was good for them!
@@MaskedMan66 Thanks so much! :)👍❤
@@jonathansmith8672 You're welcome! (two years later, sorry pardon)
Dorothy's fear while crying in the witch's castle scared me the most. It was so real.
Judy was one of the most brilliant actresses who ever graced the screen with her presence.
It's because one of the producers beat her (not really but wouldn't be surprised as she did get slapped by one for messing up a take)
@@bigprojects2560 Nobody beat her! That's BS. The slap from director Victor Fleming was a one-time-only desperation move to snap her out of a giggle fit when they had to get a shot done and were up against the clock. Fleming hated what he did and Judy forgave him.
@@bigprojects2560 Another thing: the movie only had one producer.
It's funny you say that I cried during that scene every time, I even promised myself once I'm not going to this time and still did, I was such a sucker for this movie. Back then I didn't even realize what a phenomenal talent Judy Garland really was.
Phenomenal!!!
I agree. I first saw The Wizard of Oz when I was 5 with my grandparents.
The Simpsons already picked up the mistake about the Isosceles triangle, when Homer finds glasses in the toilet he says the same thing the scarecrow says, someone from a cubicle then can be heard saying "That's a right triangle, you idiot!"
When the scene played I was waiting for it to cut to the simpsons at the end 😂
Speaking of mistakes, it's Isosceles. And who says the Scarecrow had it wrong? Things work differently in Oz!
And, it's cubicle. Not cubical.
I'm SO sorry about my spelling mistakes, you'll be happy to know that tomorrow I'll be whipped till bleeding and my thumbs will be cut off for my mistake. I've made the proper adjustments
I didn't really picked up the Scarecrow's mathematical mistake until I saw that episode of The Simpsons.
The heck with the witch. That tornado scared to crap out of me as a kid. Even now it's pretty ominous to look at.
EXCELENTE !!
Mickey Carroll did NOT dub any Munchkin voices nor did he dub Aunt Em's voice during the tornado scene. Most of the little people spoke English. I dont know where information was found, buy it is incorrect.
Mickey Carroll's voice wasn't even heard in the movie.
I Would Agree with you,
best movie ever and my other favorite is: the sound of music lovely muisic for both of these musicals !!
I agree about Over The Rainbow
It's crazy to think it was made SO MANY years ago but still big
The tornado in the Wizard of Oz was more realistic than the CGI ones in Twister from 1996.
Yes thats the one that hooked and fascinated me to this day of tornadoes.
Wow. That’s amazing. 🤩
I think I have watched that movie about 30 times! (I'm 75 now) I' m going to look it up and watch it again!
🌈👠👠👧🏻🐶🌽🤖🦁 💚 I'm hugest All-Time fan of this movie 😍
OzzyOzSome1 whoa calm down on the emojis
@@Cerberus_001 sorry it's just I'm hugest fan of this movie
@@ScarecrowWizardofOzFan no I am I saw 100000 tinea
OzzyOzSome1 great graphics! They look good. Like this film a lot, too. Thanks. 👠👠
Is this a part 2 for the Wizard of Oz video you did like 5 days ago?
Love Over the Rainbow❤️❤️❤️
Over the rainbow one of my favourite favourite movie song ever
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I’m so early it says 5 hours ago
I love this movie so much
Thanks for the video. I agree Over The Rainbow was a great song and Judy Garland singing it makes it even better. The Tornado is also a very amazing effect. A Stocking and Chicken wire. Who would have guessed. Amazing really. Lastly, I still can't believe they were considering a real lion in the role of The Cowardly Lion. I mean, it would have been amazing, but at the same time, very scary for all involved. Anyway, thanks again for the video.
1:26 That is not true. That was Clara Blandick's voice. She used that sort of call in a few films.
Correct! She played another literary aunt, namely Aunt Polly, in "Tom Sawyer" in 1930 and "Huckleberry Finn" in 1931. I remember her using that same sort of call when rounding up Tom, Mary, and Sid.
@@MaskedMan66 Yes! Tom even said, "When she calls like that, she means it!" (Or, something to that effect!)
Poor dorothy though, she was abused and sexually harassed on set, back then it was easier to get away with stuff like that.
No, she was not.
I think the long hours and the forced drug use was abuse. But I don’t think there’s any reputable evidence on the munchkins harassing her if that’s what you’re talking about
Supposedly the dwarf men ran under her dress but they aren't that short. They would still have to bend way down and the dress hangs rather flat. Seems kind of far fetched. Did she stand around with her legs spread wide out or something?
just some more of those anti-hollywood ding dongs that probally just love thinking of stuff like that...their own fantasies !
@@tonyhogg9839 Not only that, but at 4'11", Judy wasn't much taller than most of them. They would have had to lie down, actually, and in those costumes, lying down wasn't an option; besides, Adrian (the costume designer) would have had a fit. And Victor Fleming would have fired anyone who tried anything with his star.
Wow They Did Pretty Good With The Tornado Cuz It Looked Very Realistic And Life Like Along With The Dark Clouds And The Debris Ball Or Debris Cloud
All They Needed To Add Is Some Lightning And Thunder
What really makes the Oz movie so great, is that while it is a children's film, the dialogue works for adults as well, and the best movies are ones that capture the imagination of everyone.
As the prologue says, it's for "the young and the young at heart." 🙂
Im almost 63 years old, i purchased the stream yesterday and watched it 3times since then....i love it😂!
Never would of guessed that that’s what happens on set.
*would have
To what do you refer?
HA remember the hanging munchkin in the original
Smoki - bbq - Sauc yes! And they showed, in some other thing, the scene where the normal cast was walking down the yellow brick road and they had markings where you could see the person before they found him. Sad.
I saw that to but I was to scared to see it on movie..
It didn't even happen.
@@judygarlandfan22 shut up. We know what we saw.
@@CreativN8tiv What you thought you saw
I agree with over the rainbow 🌈 🙌🏾
How do you mean?
Great thanks
Just watched the wizards of oz, my favorite movie ever. Over the rainbow is a hit too.💗💕💓😉😍😘