SO agree. The Oscars should give her a special posthumous honor - long overdue. And, for that matter, they should do the same for the other really great character actor in the movie, Frank Morgan, who played 5 roles in the film.
@@broddybounce Start something like that, then people will be demanding such awards for thousands of dead people in all areas of entertainment who aren't around to appreciate them.
@@FaytLinegod Wrong. I mean, come on, *why* would she have been snubbed?? Seriously. Here's the truth: Judy charmed everyone, especially her three co-stars, not to mention director Victor Fleming and producer Mervyn LeRoy, who was Judy's biggest fan and fought to star her in the film when studio heads still thought she wasn't ready to play the lead in a movie. Judy had previously worked with Billie Burke, Jack Haley, and Buddy Ebsen, so she was already friends with them. It didn't take any time at all for her to make friends with Bolger, Lahr, Morgan, and Miss Hamilton. She was whipsmart and able to memorize lines very quickly, and having grown up in vaudeville, she was easily able to relate to people older than she was. She was quickly accepted into Lahr, Haley, and Bolger's circle, and even became both victim and instigator of the practical jokes that particular team loved to pull on each other.
Judy Garland shouldn’t be scared of Margaret Hamilton because of her Character she played…but without the makeup she had to play the character Miss Gultch
I just read an article on this. Judy Garland wasn't allowed to eat anything other than chicken soup or black coffee because they wanted to keep her looking young. To suppress her appetite she was forced to smoke UP TO 80 CIGARETTES A DAY AT 16 YEARS OLD. That's just awful. Margaret Hamilton plays the villain in the movie but in real life she was the total opposite. Truth is stranger than fiction.
The irony thing is Margaret Hamilton's portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West would scare generations of children, yet in real life she was a former kindergarten teacher and deeply loved children.
Most villains are played by people who are nice in real life. :-) One of the nicest people I've ever met was Jacqueline Pearce, who played a murderous megalomaniac named Servalan in a sci-fi series called "Blake's 7."
And don't forget Carroll O'Conner from All in the Family. He was Archie Bunker and he always talking with his messed up English. In real life he had a masters degree in English. Go Figure.
MaskedMan66 Ya Really. I have to send a message to the one who put this video up. They forgot the most famous scene when Dorothy threw water on Scarecrow and some of hit The Witch and she melted.
+MaskedMan66 At the theatre company I take classes at my director is a super nice woman and she's played the wicked witch, Miss Hannigan, the evil queen from Snow White (they wrote their own musical of it), Carabosse (they also wrote a Sleeping Beauty musical, Mrs. Lovett, and the witch from Into the Woods, they're doing The Little Mermaid soon and I think she'll be Ursula
A small detail I watch for in the movie, when Dorothy dreams Ms. Gulch turns into the flying witch in her window, right at the moment when the witch laughs, she tilts her head back, which makes her so bad-assed! Look for it, and it will make you grin big time!
I dunno!!!! Check out this video below and go to 30:43 !!!! She definitely could have given this one a run for her money 😂 ruclips.net/video/dj-VsjJ31wI/видео.html
I say the fun irony of this character is that she’s wicked and hates Dorothy, yet behind the scenes she was literally the nicest woman ever and she was the only support for Judy Garland when she was going through a hard time.
Judy was not going through a hard time; playing Dorothy Gale was a dream come true for her, and she got along with everybody; she had worked with Billie Burke, Buddy Ebsen, and Jack Haley already, and quickly made friends with Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, and all the rest. Making the movie was hard work, she would have liked to eat more at mealtimes, and her corset was uncomfortable, but that's about as "bad" as she had it.
@@MaskedMan66 I’m not saying she didn’t like making this movie, and yes she should have eaten more, but she was being harassed by munkins, the director slapped her for laughing, and plus the rest of the cast had worse injuries. Ray was suffocating in his rubber mask, Buddy was replaced because of the toxic makeup, Jack had to sleep right side up in his costume on his break, Margaret had third degree burns, and a munkin hung himself (yet that last one is still a conspiracy) and Burt wasn’t allowed to eat and his costume was 300 pounds and made of real lions skin
@@b.radleypro.369 No, she should not have eaten more, because she was in the habit of eating too much, and she knew that and wanted to trim down. Judy was not being harassed by anybody. Victor Fleming did not slap her for laughing, he slapped her because the laughing fit she was having (and she constantly got the giggles) had ruined several takes and the studio was fast approaching closing time. He hated having to do it, and she forgave him. Case closed. Nobody ever said that moviemaking was easy, and the cast were all well aware of that. Ray dealt with his make-up, because he loved being the Scarecrow, which was his lifelong ambition. Buddy's make-up was not toxic, it's that the aluminum powder got into the air and then into his lungs, where it kicked off a bronchial condition he had. Jack reclined on a leaning board (much as did Anthony Daniels when he played See-Threepio in the "Star Wars" movies), and that was a good thing, as it took the weight off of his feet and allowed him to relax. Yes, Miss Hamilton had third degree burns on her right hand, but she healed and got on with her job, which she loved. Nobody hanged himself (it's not a conspiracy, it's a stupid urban myth dreamed up by some yutz in the 1970's). Bert was allowed to eat, but tended to opt for milkshakes so he wouldn't damage his make-up. His costume was SEVENTY pounds and it's no big deal that it was made of lionskin, since people have been wearing animal skins, fur, and other bits since we've been wearing anything.
@@b.radleypro.369 Don't forget that the director has Garland smoke up to 80 cigarettes a day to keep her from "getting fat". Behind the scenes this movie was not so much fun. But yes, Margaret Hamilton adored children and was indeed a very sweet woman.
larry falter indeed the performance is so great . Often enough such performances became ignored by Juries. Agnes Moorehead is another example. The right people have them in their hearts and that counts in the end. I saw Wizard of Oz as child with fear, as adult until now over and over. It is magic. Wonderful Margaret Hamilton, Judy, Billie Burke, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, unforgetable moments
The Wicked Witch scared the piss outta me when I was a kid and watched it every year on CBS. When I got older, I realized I was terrified back then because of Margaret Hamilton’s amazing talents. She set the evil witch bar so high that it’ll never be touched by anyone. Finding out later that she was a sweetheart who adored children made me love and appreciate her even more.
Miss Hamilton actually took a lot of her cues from Martha Wentworth, who played the Wintergreen Witch in the 1937 radio series _The Cinnamon Bear._ That character was green, cackled a lot, and called the child heroes of the series "my pretties."
Yes,I can't help but chuckle every time I see her look up,as Glinda says,"Be gone,before someone drops a house on you,as well," as if SHE,the wicked witch of the West,the quintessential villain,fears that she actually may not be as powerful as she believes herself to be,if Glinda warns her that,like her sister,she,too,could get crushed and killed by a house dropping out of the sky. Still,at least in the end,she does get what's coming to her,by getting drenched by a bucketful of water and thus meeting her well deserved untimely end.
+Andrew Colin Wilson Interesting idea, but it would have been more trouble than it was worth in 1939. Still, maybe that could have been a way of resolving the whole Gale Sondergaard thing. In "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz," Miss Piggy played all four witches: Glinda, Tattypoo, and the two Wicked Witches.
@@andrewcolinwilson1 No. The script has Dorothy call Glinda "a beautiful witch," and Miss Hamilton, despite her beautiful soul, did not have a '30s beauteous physiognomy.
She taught Jim Backus (Mr Howell on Gilligan's Island) when he was a child. Considering how old he was when on Gilligan's Island. She taught in the Cleveland Ohio School System back in the 1930's.
In 1979 I had the pleasure of seeing "The Wizard of Oz" at St. John's University to benefit charity; two rows in front of me sat Miss Hamilton. She spoke after the movie, telling anecdotes and answering questions from the audience. The entire audience fell in love with her; afterwards there was a reception line where everyone got to say a few words and shake her hand. She was absolutely one of the nicest, most humble and loveliest ladies I have ever met. One of my most cherished memories ever.
Oh yes. She literally defined the concept of a witch as we know it. The reason when you think of the term "witch," you think green skin, dark robes, and a pointy black hat and broomstick, it's all because of Margaret Hamilton's performance.
Yeah she kept in touch with Judy Garland after the movie ended and they were good friends. Judy Garland said that Margaret Hamilton was more of a mother to her than her own (often drunk) mom. Margaret even attended Judy's high school graduation
@@MaskedMan66 She did, Margaret Hamilton talked about it on the Merv Griffin show in the early sixties. Unfortunately no footage of the show survives today, but it sounds like the sort of thing Margaret Hamilton would have done, she loved children and saw in Judy a kid who needed help.
Looming back at her performance, Margaret Hamilton's portrayal of the Wicked Witch was genius and iconically legendary. God bless her for some of the best memories of my childhood !
+Elena DI RUVO In the 30s yes, but right now I think this is one of Dorothy's awesome moments. I just wonder where the hell that attitude went when Glinda told her she could go home any time she wanted.
@@Shanethefilmmaker At Munchkinland first whisk of ruby slippers to Dorothy's feet, Glinda manipulatively withheld from Dorothy the shoes' full operating instructions. But had Glinda told D that D could in three shoe taps be back in Kansas, movie over.
This lady Margaret Hamilton was put here on this earth to play this role. She has been my favorite character since the first time I saw this movie as a child. No one in all of movie history can do a more splendid job of this role as she. She made movie history for all time past,present and future when she played this role. I just love her and at 65 I am still so awed by what she did!
Margaret Hamilton was one of the greatest character actors in film screen history. She made the movie an exciting fast-paced action packed masterpiece. She will be remembered for her two great rolls as Miss Gulch and Wicked Witch of the West. She made the movie a memorable one!!! Thanks Margaret!!!
The original Karen! Poor little Toto! The fact that in roughly 10 minutes of screen time, she made this character an ICON shows how amazing Hamilton was. Best witch period!
Poor Toto? Poor Miss Gulch! That leg wound could have turned nasty. She may have ended up losing a leg. Shame on Dorothy for letting her dog do that. Toto could have attacked Aunt Em! 😂
@@andrewmurray5542 There's no way a bite from a tiny dog like that would have led to amputation. Toto would not have attacked Aunt Em. "Gentle with gentle people," remember?
Simply love the line when she says "Well my little pretty, i can cause accidents too!" and then i imagine her throwing fireballs around all Munchkinland xD
+Adamguy2003 Not all over Oz; the Good Witches defended the North and South. Her power was confined to the Winkie Country. But she certainly did enough damage there.
Margaret Hamilton to me proves to me that God has a sense of humor because I realized later after I grew up that Margaret Hamilton was an actress long before she landed the part for the wicked witch; because she naturally had the natural facial features for it with her nose and her voice and it was perfect and very believable because it was by far my favorite movie ever since I was a child; so much so that later when I had children of my own I made sure that I purchased a copy for them to love and enjoy as much as I did when I was a youngster and eben to this day that movie the wizard of oz still holds a special place in my heart to this day! Forever a classic!
Miss Hamilton had already done ten movies when she landed the part of the Wicked Witch and continued to appear in movies and the stage for the next 30 years.
Back in 1979 St. John's University in Queens featured a charity event where they showed "The Wizard of Oz" and appearing in person was Margaret Hamilton. She sat in the audience and later spoke and answered questions. She was absolutely lovely in every sense of the word. The entire audience fell in love with her; she received the most prolonged standing ovation I have ever seen. One of my more fonder memories.
AND....when I was a kid, it only came on the TV once a year. We had no VCR's, DVD's, computers nor was it shown at the theater. A real treat when it came on!
And not everyone had a color TV either which meant some people had to see the film in black and white. It actually seemed scarier in black and white. When we finally got a color TV everyone in the neighborhood came to our house to see the film in color since no one on our street had a color TV.
Charley Grapewin really doesn't get enough accolades for his work on the film. The way Henry is totally unimpressed by Miss Gulch's imperiousness is hilarious.
@@bobbyhoffman5967 That's because the producer had a different vision from the casting director. Mervyn Le Roy wanted a slinky, sexy witch like Snow White's stepmother. But the casting director wanted a "typical" fairy tale wicked witch.
@@MaskedMan66 Victor Fleming was a genius. He was known as a fixer and saved so many films from certain death. It's hard to believe he fixed both The Wizard Of Oz and Gone With The Wind in the same year.
Always thought Maggie should have won a special award for this uniquely legendary performance. She scared the SSSS outta me as a kid. Ironic, because in real life, she loved children and was a very gentle lady.
+Kirk Barkley Most performers who play villains are real sweethearts in real life. :-) I've met Dave "Darth Vader" Prowse, Jacqueline "Servalan" Pearce, and Geoffrey Beevers, Anthony Ainley, and Eric Roberts, all of whom played the Master on "Doctor Who." Every one of those people were the nicest folks you could ever want to meet.
Kirk Barkley I met her on a NYC street in the 1970s. She lived in the Gramercy Park neighborhood. Absolutely delightful woman, hard to imagine she could portray such evil.
The movie's total run time is 101 minutes. She's in it for 12 minutes and made her character one of the most memorable of all time. She should have won the best supporting actress Oscar that year.
She should have received an Oscar nomination for this role. Back then, no one knew how iconic the film and its memorable cast of characters would become. When I was a child we would play "Wizard of Oz" for days after the film was shown on TV. I always wanted to be the witch.
me too. very important work of filmography. I have met many women over the years who reminded me of her and they always turned out to have the same personality as her and were trying to hurt people. Problem is the ones in real life were really hurting kids and women.
Margaret was an incredible actress so nice off set. But when she became the witch she was terrifying and frightened generations of kids even today 85 years later. One of the most iconic villains of all time.
Best ever. Remains the best villain character acting performance in history. All others after her were just copies. From Darth Vader to Tharnos to all of them.
Margaret Hamilton should've DEFINITELY won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for her performance! She did a phenomenal job as the Wicked Witch of the West and no one else could have topped her performance! Growing up as a kid in the 90s I was _terrified_ of her! She was so wicked, evil, and diabolic! She will always be the *BEST* witch in cinematic history! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Try growing up as a kid during the 60's! This was broadcast annually, on one of the 3 networks we had back then, NBC, CBS, or ABC. It got the most showings on CBS and NBC, respectively. She and the tornado were the most formidable scenes in the movie. Used to give me nightmares, but I never missed it when it was broadcast, usually in early spring during the 1960's.
@@Rodin99 20 years earlier for me but the same...for the crystal ball scene and when she first appears in the munchkinland I had to hide around the corner. It was a legendary and horrifying performance by Hamilton.
@@Rodin99 You heard wrong. Billie Burke was a kind and gracious lady. On her first day visiting the Munchkin City set, about fifty of the American performers gathered around her and asked for her autograph, which she was happy to do. Someone spoke on behalf of one little man who couldn't speak. To the man's delight, Miss Burke began to talk to him in sign language! Turned out she'd learned it in school so she and her friends could chat behind their books during boring classes. She and the man had a good conversation. 🙂
As a kid, I really only thought of the dream sequence as after the tornado picked up the house, but actually she only dreams the tornado picks up the house, and this is confusing slightly because the whole "pre-munchkinland" section of the film is made to look like there is no color, which then ends when munchkinland begins. But the dream begins before the house is picked up by the tornado. It is kind of a cinematic trick to make you think the house really was picked up by the tornado. Because at the end, you know, the house is where it always was. As a five year old I was just overwhelmed by the whole movie!
There actually exists a clip where Margaret Hamilton talks with Mister Rogers, and she seemed like such a sweet, wonderful lady. It takes real good acting chops to be so sweet in real life, and play one of the most despicable and wicked characters in film :-)
WishfulThinkingArt Yup! I've met Dave Prowse (Darth Vader of "Star Wars"), Jacqueline Pearce (Servalan of "Blake's 7"), and Anthony Ainley (the Master of "Doctor Who"), just to name a few, and they've all been very kind and welcoming.
I love how uptight and poised she is while playing Mrs, Gulch… versus her manic goblin body language as the Witch, clamouring around the set like a deranged child with the zoomies. They’re like mirrors of the same unpleasant person. Margaret slayed.
The Witch who will always reign Supreme above the rest. Margret Hamilton was superb in this role and very convincing. A fantastic actress and a nice lady. A School Teacher by trade and Grandmother of many. A class act of a once respectable hollywood.
@@MaskedMan66 What they did to her was horrible but what I have never understood is how other MGMers of the same generation -- Roddy McDowall, Mickey Rooney, Ann Miller, Cyd Charisse, Jane Powell, et alia -- do not appear to have ever had any kind of serious substance abuse problems (if any) if the studio were wholly to blame.
@@robsieger1886 "What they did to her" was no different to "what they did to" the others you mention and more. In those days, it was all about getting the project out, and most of them honestly believed that there was no real harm being done.
This movie was one of my absolute favorites from the time I was a child. Always loved it. Had always planned to have my own child watch. My daughter loved it as much to. They just don't make shows like this anymore.
In an interview, Margaret Hamilton said that she got more fan mail because of her role in this movie than anything else she did in her career. Not bad for less than 10 minutes on film!!! She was my favorite character.
Margaret Hamilton was burned pretty bad whilst doing the scene with the orange smoke and had to go to the hospital immediately. The fire caught on her and burned her face and hands. Buddy Ebsen, the original choice of the Tinman, was severely allergic to the metal makeup put on and almost died from it.
Love this and love Margaret Hamilton! In a recently released interview from 1982, she says that the scene in the castle with the large crystal and the "Poppies will put them to sleep," sequence was her favorite scene. She mentioned someone commented to her that she should have had a song, and she said "oh no, I'm too busy with this cauldron and thinking about what we have!" She's such a legend. This performance will never die.
One morning I went to the Post Office on 23rd St and Lexington Ave in Manhattan back in 1983 and a little old lady was standing in front of me on line waiting for a window as she approached the window she began to speak I recognized the voice right away as I took a closer look I can see it was Margaret Hamilton I wanted to say something but she was in a hurry and left right away as I approached the same window I purchased stamps as fast as I could and ask the teller who was that lady she said Margaret Hamilton so I ran out looking for her but she was gone a couple of years later she died
Fun Fact: In real-life since Margaret Hamilton’s green copper based makeup was so toxic that she had to be on a strict diet for filming and only allowed to have small bites of food and only liquids too. She also after each day of filming had to make sure the makeup was fully removed from her skin before she could go home.💗☺️
The copper was only toxic when it was on fire; otherwise people wouldn't wear copper jewelry. Anybody wearing make-up tends to eat carefully, or not at all; many just rely on liquid nourishment.
"Almira Gulch, just because you own half the county doesn't mean you have the power to run the rest of us. For twenty-three years I've been dying to tell you what I thought of you. And, now, well, being a Christian woman, I can't say it." Favorite bit of dialogue in the whole movie.
waw, she was a brilliant actress. seeing the scene starting by 2:56 it is like she was born for this role. I loved her and really enjoyed her playing :)
I was NEVER scared of the Witch....I grew up waiting for this to come on every year and watching my favorite girls Samantha, Tabitha, Endora and Aunt Clara on "Bewitched" every chance I could get! What a time I grew up in....God truly blessed those of our generation!
This woman was brilliant in this role....she steals every scene she is in....what a great lady too....I can never get enough of watching her scenes from this movie ...I think she made a very elegant witch
@@noldo3837 that stuff always amazes me. Like Alec Baldwin winning a 20/20 Film Award for his role in Glenngrarry Glenn Ross. A film he was only in one scene for 7m30s.
She had more scenes but they were cut after the test screening caused the smaller kids in the audience to be so scared that they wet the seats in theater
Margaret Hamilton really was a great actress, and SHE definitely fit the part of Miss Gultch, and The Witch Of The West; one of cinema's greatest villains ever, and even if you consider this character one of horror cinema's greatest icons of all time. God bless you Margaret, you deserve the praise as one of the greatest characters in the one hundred years of American Cinema.
4:35 In the first take of the scene when the Wicked Witch of the West leaves Munchkinland, the smoke that was supposed to go up around her came early and started forming before she stepped on the platform she was supposed to be on. On the second take, part of Margaret Hamilton's cape became caught in the platform when the burst of fire appeared. Her make-up heated up, causing second and third-degree burns on her hands and face, and it was later discovered that one of the key components in her make-up was copper. The producers used the first take. You'll notice the early appearance of the red smoke.
@@JudgeJulieLit Funny you should make that connection! In the first book, Dorothy did become the Wicked Witch's slave, and had to mop the floors and wash the dishes. And in a later book, Princess Ozma dubbed Dorothy a Princess of Oz herself!
I think what's really funny about that line is that it just keeps going, even when it seems like she's done. I can just imagine her thinking she's done but the director just won't say cut so she keeps going. "Poppies...poppies!...POPPIES will put them to sleep...(director still doesn't say cut)...sleeeeeeep...(still going) Now they'll sleeeeeeep." (CUT!) "Finally."
The incredible thing is most of her "scariest" scenes were cut pre-production as to not frighten children. Hell the scenes they left still scare me and I'm pushing 50 lol.
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Her "NO!" after Dorothy asks if she can still have her dog always cracks me up. 😂 That and her "Catch him, you fool!" lmao
Same. She said it with her chest.
@@LeeDfined I thought it was her mouth.
Also the look on her face for that second after they splash the water on her. That look of disgust.😂
margaret hamilton doesn't get enough credit for her acting. her portrayal of the witch is legendary.
She's had tons of accolades.
Yes she does. She gets plenty of credit.
SO agree. The Oscars should give her a special posthumous honor - long overdue.
And, for that matter, they should do the same for the other really great character actor in the movie, Frank Morgan, who played 5 roles in the film.
@@broddybounce Start something like that, then people will be demanding such awards for thousands of dead people in all areas of entertainment who aren't around to appreciate them.
Yeah!
Judy Garland later stated being scared of Hamilton was difficult as Hamilton was such a kind person.
It was the same with Carrie Fisher in the first _Star Wars_ movie when she had to act like she hated Peter Cushing; she loved him dearly.
Judy was actually snubbed by all the adults on set during filming. Margaret was her only friend.
@@FaytLinegod Wrong. I mean, come on, *why* would she have been snubbed?? Seriously.
Here's the truth: Judy charmed everyone, especially her three co-stars, not to mention director Victor Fleming and producer Mervyn LeRoy, who was Judy's biggest fan and fought to star her in the film when studio heads still thought she wasn't ready to play the lead in a movie.
Judy had previously worked with Billie Burke, Jack Haley, and Buddy Ebsen, so she was already friends with them. It didn't take any time at all for her to make friends with Bolger, Lahr, Morgan, and Miss Hamilton.
She was whipsmart and able to memorize lines very quickly, and having grown up in vaudeville, she was easily able to relate to people older than she was. She was quickly accepted into Lahr, Haley, and Bolger's circle, and even became both victim and instigator of the practical jokes that particular team loved to pull on each other.
Judy Garland shouldn’t be scared of Margaret Hamilton because of her Character she played…but without the makeup she had to play the character Miss Gultch
I just read an article on this. Judy Garland wasn't allowed to eat anything other than chicken soup or black coffee because they wanted to keep her looking young. To suppress her appetite she was forced to smoke UP TO 80 CIGARETTES A DAY AT 16 YEARS OLD. That's just awful. Margaret Hamilton plays the villain in the movie but in real life she was the total opposite. Truth is stranger than fiction.
The irony thing is Margaret Hamilton's portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West would scare generations of children, yet in real life she was a former kindergarten teacher and deeply loved children.
Most villains are played by people who are nice in real life. :-) One of the nicest people I've ever met was Jacqueline Pearce, who played a murderous megalomaniac named Servalan in a sci-fi series called "Blake's 7."
And don't forget Carroll O'Conner from All in the Family. He was Archie Bunker and he always talking with his messed up English. In real life he had a masters degree in English. Go Figure.
Charles Moskowitz
That's what we call acting! :-)
MaskedMan66
Ya Really. I have to send a message to the one who put this video up. They forgot the most famous scene when Dorothy threw water on Scarecrow and some of hit The Witch and she melted.
+MaskedMan66 At the theatre company I take classes at my director is a super nice woman and she's played the wicked witch, Miss Hannigan, the evil queen from Snow White (they wrote their own musical of it), Carabosse (they also wrote a Sleeping Beauty musical, Mrs. Lovett, and the witch from Into the Woods, they're doing The Little Mermaid soon and I think she'll be Ursula
Margaret played such a iconic villain, and I love that forshadowing line where Dorothy calls her a wicked witch.
Yes Margaret played such a iconic villain, and I love that foreshadowing as well where Dorothy calls her a wicked witch.
The movie is brilliance from conception to every reverberating recess of the theatrical cosmos.
@@elib12 Is there an echo in here?
Oh if she was like that towards my kitty I'd call her much worse...like that word that rhymes with bunt!!
@@MaskedMan66lolol
The only problem I have with the wizard of oz is that Margaret Hamilton should have won an Oscar
Damned straight. She was THE best thing in that movie.
A Supporting Actress Oscar depends on screen time, and Miss Hamilton didn't have enough to qualify.
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Oscars are bullshit anyway, and qualifying time to receive an Oscar or not, she was still the best thing in that movie.
@@jaelge They are now, but they weren't then, and rules was rules. Judy was the best thing in that movie, as Miss Hamilton often said.
Amazing every word in that sentence was wrong… Judy garland was the only was that deserved any type of award for this movie how they treated her!!!
Nothing surpasses her portrayal of a witch in cinema, at least in my mind, she is the most iconic and well performed witch of all time
You mean a wicked witch. There are also good ones. ;-)
A small detail I watch for in the movie, when Dorothy dreams Ms. Gulch turns into the flying witch in her window, right at the moment when the witch laughs, she tilts her head back, which makes her so bad-assed! Look for it, and it will make you grin big time!
Margret Hamilton in real life, was the nicest, sweetest angel of a lady you could ever meet.
@@mobydick3895 Unless it frightens the life out of you!
@@dapperdonny4051 It's a funny thing, but most actors and actresses who play villains are very nice people in real life.
NOBODY could play this role better! Her creepy laugh is phenomenal!
Everyone in the movie was perfectly cast. ..but yeah, the witch is especially the best wicked witch of all time.
Hannah Welsh everything about this role, especially the creepy laugh, is iconic!
She scared me as a little kid. I remember ready that her acting was so good they had to cut off several scenes because of how scary she was.
I'll get you my pretty and your little dog too
I dunno!!!! Check out this video below and go to 30:43 !!!!
She definitely could have given this one a run for her money 😂
ruclips.net/video/dj-VsjJ31wI/видео.html
I say the fun irony of this character is that she’s wicked and hates Dorothy, yet behind the scenes she was literally the nicest woman ever and she was the only support for Judy Garland when she was going through a hard time.
Sha was actually a school teacher.
Judy was not going through a hard time; playing Dorothy Gale was a dream come true for her, and she got along with everybody; she had worked with Billie Burke, Buddy Ebsen, and Jack Haley already, and quickly made friends with Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, and all the rest. Making the movie was hard work, she would have liked to eat more at mealtimes, and her corset was uncomfortable, but that's about as "bad" as she had it.
@@MaskedMan66 I’m not saying she didn’t like making this movie, and yes she should have eaten more, but she was being harassed by munkins, the director slapped her for laughing, and plus the rest of the cast had worse injuries. Ray was suffocating in his rubber mask, Buddy was replaced because of the toxic makeup, Jack had to sleep right side up in his costume on his break, Margaret had third degree burns, and a munkin hung himself (yet that last one is still a conspiracy) and Burt wasn’t allowed to eat and his costume was 300 pounds and made of real lions skin
@@b.radleypro.369 No, she should not have eaten more, because she was in the habit of eating too much, and she knew that and wanted to trim down.
Judy was not being harassed by anybody.
Victor Fleming did not slap her for laughing, he slapped her because the laughing fit she was having (and she constantly got the giggles) had ruined several takes and the studio was fast approaching closing time. He hated having to do it, and she forgave him. Case closed.
Nobody ever said that moviemaking was easy, and the cast were all well aware of that.
Ray dealt with his make-up, because he loved being the Scarecrow, which was his lifelong ambition.
Buddy's make-up was not toxic, it's that the aluminum powder got into the air and then into his lungs, where it kicked off a bronchial condition he had.
Jack reclined on a leaning board (much as did Anthony Daniels when he played See-Threepio in the "Star Wars" movies), and that was a good thing, as it took the weight off of his feet and allowed him to relax.
Yes, Miss Hamilton had third degree burns on her right hand, but she healed and got on with her job, which she loved.
Nobody hanged himself (it's not a conspiracy, it's a stupid urban myth dreamed up by some yutz in the 1970's).
Bert was allowed to eat, but tended to opt for milkshakes so he wouldn't damage his make-up. His costume was SEVENTY pounds and it's no big deal that it was made of lionskin, since people have been wearing animal skins, fur, and other bits since we've been wearing anything.
@@b.radleypro.369 Don't forget that the director has Garland smoke up to 80 cigarettes a day to keep her from "getting fat". Behind the scenes this movie was not so much fun. But yes, Margaret Hamilton adored children and was indeed a very sweet woman.
My grandma says she met Margret Hamilton in the 50's and says she was the nicest person ever, it takes real talent for a nice person to play evil
Yeah I bet but what about the 1940’s ❤
Omg that’s awesome
@@MaryRudac What about 'em?
@@Funkopopqueen-d6x yeah it sure is aww
@@MaryRudac ikr
Hamilton 's Wicked Witch is one of the most believable antagonists in cinematic history.
Ironic that she was a beloved elementary schoolteacher.
YES! INCREDIBLE !
Sometimes, when I ride my bicycle that little tune plays in my head and I remember how fantastic she was in that movie.
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Margaret Hamilton should have won the Oscar that year.
That was the best year in Hollywood's history, so the competition was extremely tough. Hattie McDaniel was named the best supporting actress.
larry falter indeed the performance is so great . Often enough such performances became ignored by Juries. Agnes Moorehead is another example. The right people have them in their hearts and that counts in the end. I saw Wizard of Oz as child with fear, as adult until now over and over. It is magic. Wonderful Margaret Hamilton, Judy, Billie Burke, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, unforgetable moments
Hattie deserved the Oscar that year, but she should have at least been nominated.
I agree....she scared all the kids all over the world with her role as the wicked witch ... she was amazing .... The BEST villain up until today
larry falter she was amazing.
The Wicked Witch scared the piss outta me when I was a kid and watched it every year on CBS. When I got older, I realized I was terrified back then because of Margaret Hamilton’s amazing talents. She set the evil witch bar so high that it’ll never be touched by anyone. Finding out later that she was a sweetheart who adored children made me love and appreciate her even more.
Scared me too, especially the crystal ball scene. Her cackle was a nightmare.
Miss Hamilton actually took a lot of her cues from Martha Wentworth, who played the Wintergreen Witch in the 1937 radio series _The Cinnamon Bear._ That character was green, cackled a lot, and called the child heroes of the series "my pretties."
Yeah, I know.
I love how she looks up for falling houses when Glinda tells her to begone
Yes,I can't help but chuckle every time I see her look up,as Glinda says,"Be gone,before someone drops a house on you,as well," as if SHE,the wicked witch of the West,the quintessential villain,fears that she actually may not be as powerful as she believes herself to be,if Glinda warns her that,like her sister,she,too,could get crushed and killed by a house dropping out of the sky. Still,at least in the end,she does get what's coming to her,by getting drenched by a bucketful of water and thus meeting her well deserved untimely end.
I wish that the Good Witch could have been played by the same actress as the Wicked Witch in a dual role. What do you think?
TheJedi OfTheEast
+Andrew Colin Wilson Interesting idea, but it would have been more trouble than it was worth in 1939. Still, maybe that could have been a way of resolving the whole Gale Sondergaard thing.
In "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz," Miss Piggy played all four witches: Glinda, Tattypoo, and the two Wicked Witches.
@@andrewcolinwilson1 No. The script has Dorothy call Glinda "a beautiful witch," and Miss Hamilton, despite her beautiful soul, did not have a '30s beauteous physiognomy.
I've seen many movie witches but Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West will always be #1 for me.
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Hillary Clinton is better
Take a chill pill daddy- oo
she even better zelena from ouat but the original are always the best
What about Bette Midler in Hocus Pocus? I think she's #1, she's amazing!
I met Margaret Hamilton when I was a kid. She was a absolute sweetheart
You’re right!
You’re right oh okay 👍 that’s cool yes she was a absolute sweetheart
@@madisoncastle5138 she’s right!
OMG, lucky you! ^_^
Margaret Hamilton loved children and was even a kindergarten teacher for a while.
She taught Jim Backus (Mr Howell on Gilligan's Island) when he was a child. Considering how old he was when on Gilligan's Island. She taught in the Cleveland Ohio School System back in the 1930's.
Rob Yohn that was William Windom who had her in Kindergarten- Commodore Decker from the Planet Eater from Star Trek original series.
@21st Century Renaissance Man Because they knew her as Miss Hamilton first and an actress second.
That's what I heard
@@robyohn8968 In real life, Hamilton was only about a dozen years older than Backus.
In 1979 I had the pleasure of seeing "The Wizard of Oz" at St. John's University to benefit charity; two rows in front of me sat Miss Hamilton. She spoke after the movie, telling anecdotes and answering questions from the audience. The entire audience fell in love with her; afterwards there was a reception line where everyone got to say a few words and shake her hand. She was absolutely one of the nicest, most humble and loveliest ladies I have ever met. One of my most cherished memories ever.
How wonderful!
I wish I could have been there too
U were extremely lucky
Glenn Miller way cool
In case anymore did not know she also was a kindergarten teacher.
She was the real star of the film . Wouldn’t be worth watching without her.
They were all stars, but Judy Garland carried it, as Miss Hamilton would be the first to tell you.
One of the greatest performances on film, period. Hamilton made the role legendary.
Red88Rex okyes
absolutely agree: she is just *so* memorable in this!!
Oh yes. She literally defined the concept of a witch as we know it. The reason when you think of the term "witch," you think green skin, dark robes, and a pointy black hat and broomstick, it's all because of Margaret Hamilton's performance.
True that! Years later, when she did those Maxwell House coffee commercials, I was scared shitless to buy anything BUT Maxwell House!!
Revolution time line
Its crazy that literally everyone who worked on this film have passed away now... leaving behind a massive legacy for a masterpiece of a movie
One of the most evil characters but the actress one of the nicest person who has ever lived
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Yeah she kept in touch with Judy Garland after the movie ended and they were good friends. Judy Garland said that Margaret Hamilton was more of a mother to her than her own (often drunk) mom. Margaret even attended Judy's high school graduation
@@theshillneckedlizard8364 I don't think she did, you know. But they did remain friends, as they did with the rest of the cast.
@@MaskedMan66 She did, Margaret Hamilton talked about it on the Merv Griffin show in the early sixties. Unfortunately no footage of the show survives today, but it sounds like the sort of thing Margaret Hamilton would have done, she loved children and saw in Judy a kid who needed help.
No other Witch On TV or Movie History CAN TOP HER!!!
I agree. She was the greatest witch in movie history.
the witch is elphaba and she fakes her death if you watch wicked the musical you will know
Hope Burchell plus the slippers are elpahbas the witches sisters who's dead now so she's cross
Hope Burchell Ever read the original wonderful wizard of oz, or the original wicked? She melts in both.
Mabel King in "The Wiz" came darn close, though!
Looming back at her performance, Margaret Hamilton's portrayal of the Wicked Witch was genius and iconically legendary. God bless her for some of the best memories of my childhood !
Her performance is oscar worthy, she should have won one. The best witch ever...
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I always wondered why she was so evil over the beautiful ruby slippers
Margaret Hamilton was excellent as the Wicked Witch of the West. She just nailed it.
"you go away or I'll bite you myself" hahaha, that's right Dorothy get her lol
+Elena DI RUVO I know right lol
+Elena DI RUVO In the 30s yes, but right now I think this is one of Dorothy's awesome moments. I just wonder where the hell that attitude went when Glinda told her she could go home any time she wanted.
+Shanethefilmmaker What do you mean?
@Elena DI RUVO "Hilarious" means, very "funny."
@@Shanethefilmmaker At Munchkinland first whisk of ruby slippers to Dorothy's feet, Glinda manipulatively withheld from Dorothy the shoes' full operating instructions. But had Glinda told D that D could in three shoe taps be back in Kansas, movie over.
This lady Margaret Hamilton was put here on this earth to play this role. She has been my favorite character since the first time I saw this movie as a child. No one in all of movie history can do a more splendid job of this role as she. She made movie history for all time past,present and future when she played this role. I just love her and at 65 I am still so awed by what she did!
Margaret Hamilton was one of the greatest character actors in film screen history. She made the movie an exciting fast-paced action packed masterpiece. She will be remembered for her two great rolls as Miss Gulch and Wicked Witch of the West. She made the movie a memorable one!!! Thanks Margaret!!!
Yes she did. She deserves an Oscar
Margaret Hamilton was so awesome! Probably one of the sweetest actresses in Hollywood, but she could be so very, very bad when she wanted to!
She was the Witch to beat all Witches. . . .the ultimate.
The original Karen! Poor little Toto!
The fact that in roughly 10 minutes of screen time, she made this character an ICON shows how amazing Hamilton was.
Best witch period!
Twelve minutes; the same screen time that Dave Prowse had as Darth Vader in the first _Star Wars_ movie!
Poor Toto? Poor Miss Gulch! That leg wound could have turned nasty. She may have ended up losing a leg. Shame on Dorothy for letting her dog do that. Toto could have attacked Aunt Em! 😂
@@andrewmurray5542 There's no way a bite from a tiny dog like that would have led to amputation. Toto would not have attacked Aunt Em. "Gentle with gentle people," remember?
😊 I'm glad that her dog was okay 😊 this movie is very interesting but it's very good 😊
@@andrewmurray5542he's a cairn terrier not a rottweiler lol
Anyone studying acting should study this film frame by frame.
What a divine work of American art.
One of our great national myths, fables......
I agree. Masterpiece.
Simply love the line when she says "Well my little pretty, i can cause accidents too!" and then i imagine her throwing fireballs around all Munchkinland xD
+FrozenxFairytale Except that she can't when she's there.
FrozenxFairytale rrrrr
I love the quote I’ll get my pretty and your little dog to ah hahaha and I’m melting melting
Yeah, thinking of the sorts of "Accidents" that she likely caused all over Oz before Dorothy came is pretty disturbing.
+Adamguy2003 Not all over Oz; the Good Witches defended the North and South. Her power was confined to the Winkie Country. But she certainly did enough damage there.
Margaret Hamilton to me proves to me that God has a sense of humor because I realized later after I grew up that Margaret Hamilton was an actress long before she landed the part for the wicked witch; because she naturally had the natural facial features for it with her nose and her voice and it was perfect and very believable because it was by far my favorite movie ever since I was a child; so much so that later when I had children of my own I made sure that I purchased a copy for them to love and enjoy as much as I did when I was a youngster and eben to this day that movie the wizard of oz still holds a special place in my heart to this day! Forever a classic!
She wore a false nose and chin as the WWW.
Miss Hamilton had already done ten movies when she landed the part of the Wicked Witch and continued to appear in movies and the stage for the next 30 years.
God really does have a sense of humor! And also, at it's mentioned, He did love justice 😁
Back in 1979 St. John's University in Queens featured a charity event where they showed "The Wizard of Oz" and appearing in person was Margaret Hamilton. She sat in the audience and later spoke and answered questions. She was absolutely lovely in every sense of the word. The entire audience fell in love with her; she received the most prolonged standing ovation I have ever seen. One of my more fonder memories.
@genearthur1960What a fabulous honor to meet Margaret Hamilton ❤
Truly one of the greatest villains in history for one of the truly greatest fantasy films in history
Used to watch this every year as a child. It never got old.
Her performance really made the movie perfect.
Yes it did Judy Garland Dorothy is my favorite character ❤️
Everybody's work made it perfect.
AND....when I was a kid, it only came on the TV once a year. We had no VCR's, DVD's, computers nor was it shown at the theater. A real treat when it came on!
I remember! :-)
@109240355386647976835
Ya me too. I keep saying I will get this on DVD and I never do. :/
Maybe for my birthday.
Charles Moskowitz
Or Christmas, whichever comes first!
Now that you mention it I think I will buy myself a birthday present and buy this next month on my birthday. Thanks for the idea.
And not everyone had a color TV either which meant some people had to see the film in black and white. It actually seemed scarier in black and white. When we finally got a color TV everyone in the neighborhood came to our house to see the film in color since no one on our street had a color TV.
"You mean she bit 'ya?"
"No. Her dog."
"Ohhhhh...she bit her dog, eh?"
Probably one of my favorite lines in the movie. Great acting, too.
“…….No!” 😂😂😂😂😂
Charley Grapewin really doesn't get enough accolades for his work on the film. The way Henry is totally unimpressed by Miss Gulch's imperiousness is hilarious.
NO ONE IN CINEMATIC HISTORY COULD TOP THIS PERFORMANCE TIMELESS ICONIC MASTERFUL PERFECTION THE GOLDEN ZENITH ON THE SILVER SCREEN
It's also hard to believe she wasn't the first choice for the role.
@@bobbyhoffman5967 That's because the producer had a different vision from the casting director. Mervyn Le Roy wanted a slinky, sexy witch like Snow White's stepmother. But the casting director wanted a "typical" fairy tale wicked witch.
@@MaskedMan66 Tell me something I don't already know. Gale Sondergaard looked too glamorous for the role.
@@bobbyhoffman5967 That would depend on who was making the film and what their interpretation was.
@@MaskedMan66 Victor Fleming was a genius. He was known as a fixer and saved so many films from certain death. It's hard to believe he fixed both The Wizard Of Oz and Gone With The Wind in the same year.
Always thought Maggie should have won a special award for this uniquely legendary performance. She scared the SSSS outta me as a kid. Ironic, because in real life, she loved children and was a very gentle lady.
agreed
+Kirk Barkley Most performers who play villains are real sweethearts in real life. :-) I've met Dave "Darth Vader" Prowse, Jacqueline "Servalan" Pearce, and Geoffrey Beevers, Anthony Ainley, and Eric Roberts, all of whom played the Master on "Doctor Who." Every one of those people were the nicest folks you could ever want to meet.
Kirk Barkley I met her on a NYC street in the 1970s. She lived in the Gramercy Park neighborhood. Absolutely delightful woman, hard to imagine she could portray such evil.
I had nightmares for years as child when the she appeared in the crystal ball just when Dorothy saw Auntie Em in it.
KIRK BARKLEY: In real life, Maggie had just given birth to a son when she did the Wizard of Oz.
Thank you!!! Margaret Hamilton has always been and always WILL BE one of my very favorite actresses!😀❤👍
3 weeks until I turn 22 years old, and Margaret Hamilton's performance STILL gives me goosebumps! Talk about a legacy! XD
One of the most beautiful films i ever seen .. Today's films does not even have an sense
The movie's total run time is 101 minutes. She's in it for 12 minutes and made her character one of the most memorable of all time. She should have won the best supporting actress Oscar that year.
She should have received an Oscar nomination for this role. Back then, no one knew how iconic the film and its memorable cast of characters would become. When I was a child we would play "Wizard of Oz" for days after the film was shown on TV. I always wanted to be the witch.
justess martin I wanted to be the witch too and I’m a guy!
Love this movie what a cast great soundtrack watch it every Christmas 😊❤
The greatest witch there ever was and ever will be. She scared the hell out of me as a kid, and as a 55 year old, I still find her scary.
Her and Maleficent (not the Jolie version)
me too. very important work of filmography. I have met many women over the years who reminded me of her and they always turned out to have the same personality as her and were trying to hurt people. Problem is the ones in real life were really hurting kids and women.
Scary, and cruel too! So cruel that when she was destroyed, her own guards were happy she was dead!
@@thomasromano9321 There was dancing in the streets.
YES
best female antagonist ever, no questions about it
Better than Dodge?
@@devynthomas8988 Who?
@@MaskedMan66 You seen Locke & Key?
@@devynthomas8988 No, just the covers of the graphic novels.
@@MaskedMan66 She's a bit cliched in the books but Netflix made her a legend.
“Be gone, before somebody drops a house on you too!!” It was major shade thrown even back then😂😂😂😂
"I'll get you my pretty...and your little dog too..."
One of my all-time favourite movie quotes. Maggie would use this tag line on her son when he misbehaved.
Bam
One of the most ironic movie quotes of all time
@@loganlawrence8419 I think you mean iconic.
@@MaskedMan66 sorry. Typo
Margaret was an incredible actress so nice off set. But when she became the witch she was terrifying and frightened generations of kids even today 85 years later. One of the most iconic villains of all time.
Best ever. Remains the best villain character acting performance in history. All others after her were just copies. From Darth Vader to Tharnos to all of them.
Margaret Hamilton was perfect for this role! Nobody could have been better...❤
If MTG had come along sooner and read for the part, she would have been deemed TOO wicked for the youngsters in the audience.
@@billboyle1588 Who?
Margaret Hamilton should've DEFINITELY won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for her performance! She did a phenomenal job as the Wicked Witch of the West and no one else could have topped her performance! Growing up as a kid in the 90s I was _terrified_ of her! She was so wicked, evil, and diabolic! She will always be the *BEST* witch in cinematic history! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
terrified me too, thirty years earlier.I'd run out of the room when she appeared in the crystal ball to mock Dorothy.
Try growing up as a kid during the 60's! This was broadcast annually, on one of the 3 networks we had back then, NBC, CBS, or ABC. It got the most showings on CBS and NBC, respectively. She and the tornado were the most formidable scenes in the movie. Used to give me nightmares, but I never missed it when it was broadcast, usually in early spring during the 1960's.
@@Rodin99 20 years earlier for me but the same...for the crystal ball scene and when she first appears in the munchkinland I had to hide around the corner. It was a legendary and horrifying performance by Hamilton.
@@deuceb8472 all the more reason she should have been nominated....and won! It was Billie Burke who I heard wasn't so terribly nice.
@@Rodin99 You heard wrong. Billie Burke was a kind and gracious lady. On her first day visiting the Munchkin City set, about fifty of the American performers gathered around her and asked for her autograph, which she was happy to do. Someone spoke on behalf of one little man who couldn't speak. To the man's delight, Miss Burke began to talk to him in sign language! Turned out she'd learned it in school so she and her friends could chat behind their books during boring classes. She and the man had a good conversation. 🙂
The scene where Gulch turns into the Wicked Witch in the twister always scared me as a kid
That part scared me when I was little
Me too
@@purplecat3130 same
As a kid, I really only thought of the dream sequence as after the tornado picked up the house, but actually she only dreams the tornado picks up the house, and this is confusing slightly because the whole "pre-munchkinland" section of the film is made to look like there is no color, which then ends when munchkinland begins. But the dream begins before the house is picked up by the tornado. It is kind of a cinematic trick to make you think the house really was picked up by the tornado. Because at the end, you know, the house is where it always was. As a five year old I was just overwhelmed by the whole movie!
@@madisoncastle5138 yes me too
this is one villainess who legitimately scares me.
There actually exists a clip where Margaret Hamilton talks with Mister Rogers, and she seemed like such a sweet, wonderful lady. It takes real good acting chops to be so sweet in real life, and play one of the most despicable and wicked characters in film :-)
Lots of screen villains are played by people who are nice in real life. :-)
MaskedMan66 Amazing how talented they all are, right?
WishfulThinkingArt
Yup! I've met Dave Prowse (Darth Vader of "Star Wars"), Jacqueline Pearce (Servalan of "Blake's 7"), and Anthony Ainley (the Master of "Doctor Who"), just to name a few, and they've all been very kind and welcoming.
Like Elphaba?
Amen to that. Margaret Hamilton is a terrific actress.
I love how uptight and poised she is while playing Mrs, Gulch… versus her manic goblin body language as the Witch, clamouring around the set like a deranged child with the zoomies. They’re like mirrors of the same unpleasant person.
Margaret slayed.
The Witch who will always reign Supreme above the rest. Margret Hamilton was superb in this role and very convincing. A fantastic actress and a nice lady. A School Teacher by trade and Grandmother of many. A class act of a once respectable hollywood.
True, but that MGM had stars like growing-girl Judy keep the grueling acting grind by going to sleep with "downers" and awaking by "upper" drugs.
@@JudgeJulieLit At the time it seemed a viable option, since it worked. They just didn't take long-term effects into account.
@@MaskedMan66 What they did to her was horrible but what I have never understood is how other MGMers of the same generation -- Roddy McDowall, Mickey Rooney, Ann Miller, Cyd Charisse, Jane Powell, et alia -- do not appear to have ever had any kind of serious substance abuse problems (if any) if the studio were wholly to blame.
@@robsieger1886 "What they did to her" was no different to "what they did to" the others you mention and more. In those days, it was all about getting the project out, and most of them honestly believed that there was no real harm being done.
@@JudgeJulieLit Which others, besides Garland?
This movie was one of my absolute favorites from the time I was a child. Always loved it. Had always planned to have my own child watch. My daughter loved it as much to. They just don't make shows like this anymore.
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In an interview, Margaret Hamilton said that she got more fan mail because of her role in this movie than anything else she did in her career. Not bad for less than 10 minutes on film!!! She was my favorite character.
Margaret Hamilton was burned pretty bad whilst doing the scene with the orange smoke and had to go to the hospital immediately. The fire caught on her and burned her face and hands. Buddy Ebsen, the original choice of the Tinman, was severely allergic to the metal makeup put on and almost died from it.
Ebsen wasn't allergic to anything; he had a bronchial condition that was aggravated by the aluminum powder in his make-up.
What? I thought there was lead in the paint and he DID die.
@@davi318 This movie was made in 1939, the actor that played the tin man died in 2003, so, no, he didn't die from the makeup.
@@davi318 Buddy Ebsen lived to be like 95 years old, dying peacefully in his bed.
@@Celestiallv Jack Haley.
BEST. VILLAIN. EVER.
Love this and love Margaret Hamilton! In a recently released interview from 1982, she says that the scene in the castle with the large crystal and the "Poppies will put them to sleep," sequence was her favorite scene. She mentioned someone commented to her that she should have had a song, and she said "oh no, I'm too busy with this cauldron and thinking about what we have!" She's such a legend. This performance will never die.
A brilliant actress.
God, I love her cackle.
I'm sure He knows that. ;-)
Anne Marie D. Concur. Archetypal.
I’m trying to impersonate her.
One morning I went to the Post Office on 23rd St and Lexington Ave in Manhattan back in 1983 and a little old lady was standing in front of me on line waiting for a window as she approached the window she began to speak I recognized the voice right away as I took a closer look I can see it was Margaret Hamilton I wanted to say something but she was in a hurry and left right away as I approached the same window I purchased stamps as fast as I could and ask the teller who was that lady she said Margaret Hamilton so I ran out looking for her but she was gone a couple of years later she died
At least you had that "brush with greatness."
Cool The Mailman 2020
Hee! To meet her would have been terrific!!!
One of the greatest movie villains ever!
“I’ll get you, my pretty! And your little dog too!”
I LOVE that line!
Fun Fact: In real-life since Margaret Hamilton’s green copper based makeup was so toxic that she had to be on a strict diet for filming and only allowed to have small bites of food and only liquids too. She also after each day of filming had to make sure the makeup was fully removed from her skin before she could go home.💗☺️
The copper was only toxic when it was on fire; otherwise people wouldn't wear copper jewelry. Anybody wearing make-up tends to eat carefully, or not at all; many just rely on liquid nourishment.
Yeah! Margaret thought she’s ashamed of herself, get it?
How do you know that ? The movie was made in 1939. Did you read it somewhere or something ? 😕
@@childhooddreamer6975 yes I read it online multiple times
@@childhooddreamer6975 It's a well-known fact that this movie's production was a terrible.
"Almira Gulch, just because you own half the county doesn't mean you have the power to run the rest of us. For twenty-three years I've been dying to tell you what I thought of you. And, now, well, being a Christian woman, I can't say it."
Favorite bit of dialogue in the whole movie.
And then Uncle Henry just sits back like, "yep that's my badass wife."
That's a good way to tell off a nasty boss during your retirement party. Lol.
She owns half the county and she gets around on a bicycle?!
You know that Aunty Em wanted to call Almira a "bitch." Hehe
+James Duclos Ebenezer Scrooge could have bought half of London, but he only used one stick to heat his fireplace. It's called being stingy.
This is the first movie I watched as a child.The flying monkies scene freaked me out then. I couldn't stop watching. Classic.
Winged Monkeys.
Toto was so cute.
waw, she was a brilliant actress. seeing the scene starting by 2:56 it is like she was born for this role. I loved her and really enjoyed her playing :)
patricia steltenpohl She really wanted Mr. Mayer to give her the part of Glinda, The Good Witch!!!
+Randy Sills No, she didn't, and Mayer had nothing to do with the casting.
The Iconic and most memorable image and vision of a "witch". Simply cannot be duplicated.
Still the best witch to date I’ve seen , she was so good at the part
Yeah
Best wicked with. There are also good ones.
I remember once a year when the wizard would come on TV it was such an event at our house. Miss those days.
I was NEVER scared of the Witch....I grew up waiting for this to come on every year and watching my favorite girls Samantha, Tabitha, Endora and Aunt Clara on "Bewitched" every chance I could get! What a time I grew up in....God truly blessed those of our generation!
Love her performance!
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@@madisoncastle5138 Yeah!
@A B Ruined your childhood?
Brilliant actress. Gifted.
This woman was brilliant in this role....she steals every scene she is in....what a great lady too....I can never get enough of watching her scenes from this movie ...I think she made a very elegant witch
"Take your army to the Haunted Forest, and bring me that girl and her dog!" I love how she says that line!
Thing is, wouldn't the Winged Monkeys be more of an air force? Something to ponder....
Margret Hamilton....uh..." killed"...this role. No other person could touch her.
It's crazy to think that such an iconic character was only on screen for less than 10 minutes.
Dr. Lecter as a main character was also only 16 minutes on screen, and it was enough for an Academy award for the main character.
@@noldo3837 that stuff always amazes me.
Like Alec Baldwin winning a 20/20 Film Award for his role in Glenngrarry Glenn Ross. A film he was only in one scene for 7m30s.
Beatrice Straight, an absolutely fantastic actress, won the Oscar for Network, in which she is onscreen for less than six minutes.
She had more scenes but they were cut after the test screening caused the smaller kids in the audience to be so scared that they wet the seats in theater
Twelve minutes, as a matter of fact, the same amount of time Dave Prowse was in the first _Star Wars_ movie as Darth Vader.
Margaret Hamilton really was a great actress, and SHE definitely fit the part of Miss Gultch, and The Witch Of The West; one of cinema's greatest villains ever, and even if you consider this character one of horror cinema's greatest icons of all time. God bless you Margaret, you deserve the praise as one of the greatest characters in the one hundred years of American Cinema.
She may have “fit” the role, but in real life she was the sweetest lady.
And that's understated.
"For 23 years, I've been dying to tell you what I've thought of you, and now, well, being a Christian woman, I can't say it!"
BURN
But I always thought: “ Just say it. She deserves it!!!”
Love The Wizard of Oz. This 70 year old dude first watched it on TV at my Auntie Anne's house in Tampa FL. Memories. 🌈📺🙂
"I'll get you my pretty. And your little dog too!"
Lmao that line is the highlight of the film's entirety.
Nah, that would be Bert Lahr's rendition of "If I Were King of the Forest."
One of the best villains in all of cinematic history, and always will be.
It is 2021 & still no other actress has come even close to this great acting of wickedness. ✊👊
At 3:32 was one of the most scariest facial expressions I had ever seen as a kid. Ms. Hamilton will always be a legend for sure!
As Frank Sinatra once claimed, "Years from now all of us will be forgotten, but never Judy."
Judy Garland is still so beloved 50+ years later
Well, we still remember him as well.
4:35
In the first take of the scene when the Wicked Witch of the West leaves Munchkinland, the smoke that was supposed to go up around her came early and started forming before she stepped on the platform she was supposed to be on. On the second take, part of Margaret Hamilton's cape became caught in the platform when the burst of fire appeared. Her make-up heated up, causing second and third-degree burns on her hands and face, and it was later discovered that one of the key components in her make-up was copper. The producers used the first take. You'll notice the early appearance of the red smoke.
I'll Bite You Myself! You Wicked Old Witch! Omg..she called it..
Mitchell Steven I agree, and with the scene with cyclone when you see the transformation
And with that feisty sally, Dorothy epitomized the Cowardly Lion's song line, "what makes a king out of a slave? Courage!"
@@JudgeJulieLit Funny you should make that connection! In the first book, Dorothy did become the Wicked Witch's slave, and had to mop the floors and wash the dishes. And in a later book, Princess Ozma dubbed Dorothy a Princess of Oz herself!
I cracked up the way how she said "Poppies." in that voice.
That was menacing
I think what's really funny about that line is that it just keeps going, even when it seems like she's done. I can just imagine her thinking she's done but the director just won't say cut so she keeps going.
"Poppies...poppies!...POPPIES will put them to sleep...(director still doesn't say cut)...sleeeeeeep...(still going) Now they'll sleeeeeeep." (CUT!) "Finally."
Sleeeep. Now, they'll sleeeep...
@@BJDJMusic i love how she said that 🤣
@@Blokewood3 No, that's just how it was written in the script.
The incredible thing is most of her "scariest" scenes were cut pre-production as to not frighten children. Hell the scenes they left still scare me and I'm pushing 50 lol.
No full scenes, just a few lines of dialogue.
The Evil Queen form Snow White and The Wicked Witch are amazing villains!
+The101genco Indeed. Without those villains, there would be no stories. Or lessons learned.
On Once Upon A Time they're sisters, and they're mother is this Queen of Hearts
h193013 Yes I know! I watch the show.
Don't forget Maleficent
Sure. Witches are amazing villains. Ain’t you scared of them 😅?
4:08 "You stay out of this, Glenda!" Sounds like a bickering lady in a rest home.