Bizarre Things That Happened On The Set Of The Wizard Of Oz

[@GrungeHQ]

Did we leave any bizarre things out? Don't say the hanging man, you're better than that.

[@jamesbielby3491]

Judy Garland was off her tits on uppers and downers given to her so the film could get made on time, the shooting schedule was extreme. This started her history of substance abuse which led to her death.

[@isleep5914]

well its true, you know!

[@isleep5914]

damn seriously? Wow. thats really sad

[@Louise91]

What about the hanging munchkin?

[@letsbehonest4221]

Grunge yes you left out the wierd part when scarecrow has a gun ...i seen this movie about 30 times growing up and he never had a gun before but he does now .. after they visit the wizard the first time and get sent to get the witches broomstick and walking in the dark forest scarecrow has a gun .tinman has a massive hammar and more crazy stuff.

[@dianajones8549]

You left out the part about how they drugged and abused Dorothy

[@nikradik]

Just saw a story on her found out her mom made her and her sisters to take sleeping pills at night and some other stuff to perk them up in the a.m...they were an act together and thats where the addiction started ..sad

[@virgie4715]

DA SUPADUPA yeah the mother started it and lied about the pep pills, so the studios gave her the same medication plus a steady supply of sleeping pills to knock her out at night. So she was getting twice as much as the studios thought, even tho what they gave her alone was much more than enough and way more than any child should ever take.

[@alexsmith1207]

@@virgie4715 wow wheres the info?

[@virgie4715]

Alex Smith Lorna Lucy has spoken out about a lot of it, even wrote a book that was later a movie. Then, there’s also an interview from an E! documentary that was about her, her family doctor’s wife spoke out even though it sounds like she was more taking up for her husband and the studios.

[@alexsmith1207]

@@virgie4715 thanks i read on her biography and you're right.

[@xxxi8411]

So in other words the making of This movie basically ended up killing or hurting half the cast

[@harryfishback8173]

There were no reports of death as far I know..

[@nekura]

@@harryfishback8173 There is, death of cancer from asbestos.

[@harryfishback8173]

@@nekura The individuals who developed cancer years later were heavy smokers so its impossible to say there were a great number of crew not to mention fellow actors who didn't die from cancer....

[@nekura]

@@harryfishback8173 well yeah bcs the one who got Cancer was in a suit voll of asbestos as like burn protection

[@harryfishback8173]

@@nekura who is it your referring to I don't recall any situation in which someone had to wear an asbestos suit to porotect them from heat. Secondly asbestos is only harmfull when airborne not when it is part of a fabric and most certainly once it is made into suit of any kind.

[@EmeraldStarryEyez]

I always found wizard of oz horrifying.

[@MaskedMan66]

Why?

[@patricewillams3810]

EmeraldStarryEyez who is still alive frol.this movie today

[@MaskedMan66]

+Patrice Willams Several of the children who filled out the Munchkin population, as well as various support staff, including Caren Marsh-Doll, who was Judy Garland's stand-in.

[@EmeraldStarryEyez]

I found it creepy for numerous reasons. When i first saw this as a child in the nineties I always thought about how they was all prob dead now. On top of that...even now the scarecrow and tin man give me shudders.

[@robertj4157]

What about return to oz lol. I've only seen parts of it and it's looks terrifying lol. I think the original wizard of oz is too in some ways, I love it

[@jensynlyn]

This movie was pure torture for all the actors

[@timothyawesome961]

Almost killed them.Have you seen the munchkin hanging

[@raeliciouss]

Truee🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@MaskedMan66]

Any movie was hard to make, and most still are.

[@MaskedMan66]

@@timothyawesome961 That's a stupid urban legend started by some crank in the 1970's who was ignorant of the fact that no Munchkins were in Hollywood when that scene was filmed.

[@MaskedMan66]

@@iliphatnutzili Nope.

[@jerryhamer]

Hard to believe this movie is almost 80 years old.

[@lianelayman7577]

My mother died a few years ago but I told my niece it was popular when Grandmother was little.

[@MrDsd2011]

Is now

[@xo.cjs_]

I thought it was made in the 2000s

[@JessicaGarcia-xf9wr]

Potato Tomato lmaoo what made you think that? My guess would of been the 60’s or 50’s never the 30’s tho.. god damn

[@xo.cjs_]

Jessica Garcia idk

[@jxon8136]

how uncomfortable it is for the actor who played the king of the forest to wear the real skin of a lion

[@bkr4087]

Almost as uncomfortable as it was for the lion they killed for it

[@MaskedMan66]

@@bkr4087 No, I'm sure the real lion had no problem wearing it.

[@BeautyDiva100]

The dog who played Toto (a boy) was actually a female dog named Terri. The dog was paid $100 a week while some of the munchkins were only paid $50 a week.

[@scottricklaroque7428]

Lassie was a male Collie also.

[@littlexxcookie2011]

Lady Midnight that's because toto was mainly in a lot of scenes

[@smallies7154]

and rightfully so

[@j4genius961]

Conor Anthony Artem McLobov for real a dog gettibg more than humans? And what would it do with the money? its Stupid

[@126IQ]

Lady Midnight That's because the midgets have two little legs and a dog has four. And Terri worked way more hours than all the midgets combined.

[@heidifedor]

I just want to know where the red brick road goes.

[@isleep5914]

Well the yellow one leads to that happy place... i guess the red one leads to hell. Color coding, ya know?

[@jorat2452]

The Matrix

[@sydnirobinson3125]

Quadling Country.

[@mikefoley3785]

The yellow brick road leads to Fuzzy Woo Woo Land.

[@dorapaimon913]

Heidi Fedor me too. they don't talk about the red road in the movie do they??

[@ACEDIAMOND666]

My great grandmother was in this movie. She's one of the munchkins.

[@samanthavictoria3308]

ACEDIAMOND666 that’s incredible! If she’s still alive tell her I’m the wizard of ozs biggest fan!

[@user-wy6fe2jv9r]

Samantha Victoria I think there all dead or maybe one survived :(

[@samanthavictoria3308]

mrs piggy oh that’s sad. That means the entire cast is gone! RIP cast of WoO. We will all remember you

[@jaymellenen2088]

You do realize all but one of those munchkins were foreigners?

[@user-wy6fe2jv9r]

Jay Mellenen yes dosen’t mean they don’t die ?

[@ievaafanasjeva8359]

Tell Me im not the only one who found this movie and the characters creepy

[@May-is9wn]

Ieva Afanasjeva same

[@ricsim78]

There is something creepy and unsettling about this movie, yes it is fantasy and all, but there is like something behind the curtain of the movie (and not talking about the Wizard, either!). Agreed.

[@l4xensu954]

No your not

[@alylash3598]

Definitely agree

[@icedcoffee6461]

Me along with the oompla loompas from Charlie and the chocolate factory

[@shnick1990]

What's ironic is that despite the health problems he developed from the movie, Buddy Ebsen ended up outliving all of the main cast members.

[@janetcarlson31]

LOLOLO

[@richbrown932]

My favorite part of the dreadful Beverly Hillbillies movie was when Barnaby Jones appears.

[@carolgladfelder272]

Mowac That would definitely work for me. I'd live to be 120. 😆

[@MikeSerota]

that is strange

[@MaskedMan66]

He didn't develop any health problems because of the movie.

[@abirose22]

I. KNEW. THAT. THIS. MOVIE. WAS. SKETCHY.

[@iisimply_angela3318]

I never saw the actual movie I only saw the cartoons

[@iisimply_angela3318]

But the cartoons were also kinda sketchy

[@nachoman27]

@@iisimply_angela3318 Is the pun intended?

[@iisimply_angela3318]

@@nachoman27 kinda

[@MaskedMan66]

How do you figure? I mean, this video is full of guff.

[@nickjjismyhusband]

This movie scared the shit outta me when I was little and it still kinda does tbh

[@andraarwen]

Lol why?

[@tylerprime9555]

@@andraarwen uhh haven't you seen the movie? Witches Flying Monkey's Talking Tree's Evil Castle Giant Green Head of the Wizard

[@thelittleavenger3380]

@@tylerprime9555 I have only watched clips it really sounds bad! Should I watch it?

[@tylerprime9555]

@@thelittleavenger3380 well it is a good movie to watch... To some extent. But uh warning? Never look up facts about this movie that's the stuff that is dark.

[@thelittleavenger3380]

@@tylerprime9555 K....

[@jimmym7922]

May they all Rest In Peace

[@acheface]

JD

[@martyn5595]

He's a little bitch and wants to sound important. Ignore the troll, he'll go back to his mummy's basement eventually.

[@idin6774]

I think I may be a cat and actually Judy because she got addicted to drugs

[@patriciakayee5744]

Leo German wtf

[@moonglow1311]

Jimmy M yes, they all made movie history for our entertainment. I hope they are all resting peacefully....

[@daraldlee]

Watching this reminded me how I was mildly traumatized by this movie.

[@MaskedMan66]

Why?

[@Stephanie-hc3sg]

What a puss.

[@tmsskits]

I was very traumatised

[@realhousewifeoftransylvania1.0]

That's exactly how I feel! I haven't watched as an adult!

[@lauriejanes6511]

I love it, but have always been terrified of tornadoes!

[@maxbrandt6]

So a nice young farm girl slips into a coma, when she wakes she's killed a witch, taken her fancy shoes and befriends a talking, anthropomorphic lion, some talking hey and a robot all while being pursued by a woman who keeps flying monkeys as pets, has an odd skin condition and a sever allergy to water. Obviously a movie like this could never be made in 2017!

[@annag2312]

it's too good for 2017 XD

[@MaskedMan66]

What robot? Don't you know how Nick Chopper became tin? It's a very interesting story.

[@Nancy-qp6vq]

She got hit in the head it knocked her out and she was dreaming the whole movie was a dream.

[@anasaavedra5600]

Not to mention during the scene between Dorothy and the Cowardly lion Judy couldn't stop laughing at Bert's hilarious antics that pisssed the director off so he pulled her off to the side lectured Her and then he slapped her and not to mention that peta moment between terry Toto's actor who got stepped on by the witches guards and had broken her foot poor girl

[@memelover3257]

Oh jeez I feel bad for the actors who were in The Wizard Of Oz

[@schemar17]

Ana Saavedra Wtf

[@dannyblue2178]

"Not to mention" "Not to mention" 😂😂 so cringy when people repeat the same word or phrase throughout a message. Lmao

[@Linda767]

Danny Blue Lol...it was said 2 times. I saw on a site where someone repeated a phrase like 5 times. I did mention it. Talk about annoying!!!

[@ScabbedWings10]

Danny Blue Why are people on KZbin always trying to bring other people down? World is full of hateful ass people.

[@cca3848]

"We hope he found his happiness at the end of the rainbow" :'(

[@onceinabluemoon593]

Bad things happened during production, unfortunately. But it turned out to be one of the best films ever, obviously, and one of my favorite's as a kid.

[@MaskedMan66]

What people don't think about, in picking on the MGM "Wizard," is that all movies present dangers and difficulties to the people involved in making them. Glenn Strange, playing the Frankenstein Monster in "Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein," broke his ankle during filming. Lon Chaney, Jr., who played the Wolf Man in that movie, shot a scene or two as the Monster while Glenn was recovering.

[@sarahscribbles2160]

OnceInABlueMoon not to ruin your childhood, but Judy garland (the girl who plays Dorothy) also did black face

[@isebalee1671]

Not to ruin your childhood, but have you watched Wicked the Musical?

[@sandraroebuck5586]

OnceInABlueMoon nn

[@jaymellenen2088]

It is the most protected film in history and remains under armed guard.

[@ringostartheguineapig5783]

i love the wizard of oz but kinda sucks to know that was real lion hyde :( damn.

[@Lisa_the_Cottage_Witch]

Ringo Star The Guinea Pig that was way before animal rights. I agree, that does suck. Plus, real or not, I'm sure that costume smelled horrible from the sweat!!

[@Camb250]

I'm not afraid I'm not afraid!

[@ghostspirit52]

I'm afraid. Very afraid....(shudders)

[@redbyrd247]

Animal death scenes in early movies were often real as well. At least that is what I heard years ago.

[@PerplexiaX]

+Roy Rouell Like in "Apocalypse Now", when they chopped off the head of a water buffalo... still don't know whether that was true or not...

[@jeffs3752]

Ray Bolger was 83 when he died, so he outlived most humans despite exposure to asbestos.

[@MaskedMan66]

The asbestos had no effect on him, or on anyone.

[@tooresttrikie6744]

and you know this how exactly? asbestos is one of the most lethal substances known to man! I worked with it in the late 70s at the age of 16 cutting it for a factory ceiling sickly sweet taste it leaves in your mouth! so far I have got away with it! others were not so lucky, including an uncle of mine!

[@MaskedMan66]

+toorest trikie I know it because he lived.

[@allme2547]

@@MaskedMan66 So? There are many people who smoke like a chimney yet live long lives... and others who smoke moderately but develop lung cancer at a relatively young age. Your reasoning makes no sense

[@MaskedMan66]

@All Me We're talking about asbestos.

[@richbrown932]

I always thought that the reason they used the same actor for the Wizard as the Wizard's guard was because we were supposed to know that it was the same person.....The Wizard at first could not let them in, lest he be exposed so he went out in disguise to tell them to leave...Then he was moved by Dorothy's story and said "I'll get you in to see the Wizard," because he knew he had the authority as the Wizard himself to make that decision. How else do we explain that the Wizard who was really just a normal mortal man, knew ahead of time what each of them wanted?

[@richbrown932]

ferociousgumby but again, without resorting to the excuse that it was all just a dream how do we explain that the wizard knew ahead of time what each of them was wanting

[@iamnumfive]

That is a really good theory. I watched the movie every year is was on TV, ever since I was a kid even when I was in high school and I never even thought about that.

[@MsBettyRubble]

Rich Brown Thought the same growing up.

[@PerplexiaX]

Okay, I have to ask... who else is forgetting that it all was probably just a dream... ?

[@Hannah-xj5gs]

That was AMAZING! And makes sense.

[@melaniexoxo]

... and people are still using cigarettes and cocaine today.

[@denisenova7494]

Yes, but it's frowned upon and not "recommended" like in former times.

[@toms81162]

So? MYOB

[@blackprimrose7541]

I wanna vape, not smoke cigarettes

[@blackprimrose7541]

@Kiwigaming360 no, it's really not as bad, it's better to vape than smoke, it's easier to quit vaping than it is to quit smoking

[@blackprimrose7541]

@Kiwigaming360 but it'll take a longer time to die, even if I do die I'll see it coming, so I'm fine either way

[@AudreeAdam]

There is no robot in the movie dude. It's a tin man.

[@AudreeAdam]

Know your classics.

[@cephalo_bot]

He was obviously an automaton, not a robot.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Actually he was a human woodsman who cut off his limbs one by one (I think a witch cursed him or something) and had each replaced by tin substitutes until he was all tin.

[@rachelsolomons3228]

Irony ?

[@moonglow1311]

Audrée Adam Lol !!!!

[@2HRTS1LOVE]

This, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin, The Ten Commandments and a few others were mandatory yearly viewing in my house growing up, usually surrounded by a ton of cousins and family. Who never shut up. Good times.

[@lafleurcheri8486]

OGSpaceCadet Mine too

[@void.valkyrie6516]

SAME

[@marla79]

OGSpaceCadet you grew up during the time of cartoons or children's movies at night being a big deal! ☺️

[@2HRTS1LOVE]

marla79 Yep. Lucky me!😀

[@MaskedMan66]

Those were the days!

[@Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

R.I.P Judy Garland :(❤️

[@Brody-r3t]

What happen

[@Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

@@Brody-r3t she passed away

[@GgGg-zc2ue]

Brody CGZ bro are you serious she’s been dead for over 30 years

[@sophiegregson]

Brody CGZ I think she killedx herself look it up

[@Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

@@GgGg-zc2ue yup

[@jacobstravail]

am I the only one that sees it on tv then can't change the channel? :/

[@CosplayCore]

No. I once stayed up all night watching an Oz special on Turner Classic Movies and I HAVE the movie both on VHS AND DVD!

[@louiszepeda9921]

no i still like it

[@nemotherabbit1961]

Yes you are because I love the movie

[@nemotherabbit1961]

Oops sorry I thought you said that you didn't like the movie 😂

[@THELONDONCHANNEL]

Yeah just u it’s very gay and illuminati’ish

[@jond5830]

The asbestos tip actually freaked me out. I was hazmat certified in the Marine Corp. and we were told horror stories about asbestos. So the fact that they were immersed in the stuff nearly made me jump out of the chair in a total "WTF?!" moment.

[@MaskedMan66]

The snow was crushed gypsum, not asbestos.

[@deborahrowland4264]

@@MaskedMan66 It has said,. it was a toxic chemical.

[@MaskedMan66]

@@deborahrowland4264 No, it wasn't.

[@I_do.not_fearyou]

@@MaskedMan66 no it was asbestos look it up

[@MaskedMan66]

@@I_do.not_fearyou It was crushed gypsum according to the decades-long research by Oz historians Jay Scarfone and William Stillman and included in their book "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece," a book that you need to look up and read.

[@mikefoley3785]

Shirley Temple was wanted first for the role of Dorothy, but she couldn't get out of her contract. Personally, I think she would have been too cutesy and perky for the role. Judy simply nailed it. And of course, how mediocre would Shirley's rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" been?

[@mikefoley3785]

I can hear Shirley now: "Somewhere over the rainbow, I'll learn how to siiiiing Because my voice while I'm singing, Is such an awful thiiiing!"

[@hebneh]

This has been written repeatedly but I've also read this never really was a consideration. In reality, Shirley's career was rapidly declining when "Wizard" was getting started and it's very unlikely MGM seriously did want to use her.

[@andrewgrove1691]

she was too young for the role

[@MaskedMan66]

Mervyn LeRoy always considered "Wizard" as a starring vehicle for Judy. Other people thought about Shirley, but it never got beyond talk.

[@MaskedMan66]

+Andrew Grove Shirley was ten years old, which was a perfect age for the role; in the book, Dorothy was possibly as young as six and certainly no older than ten. When Fairuza Balk played Dorothy in "Return to Oz," she was all of nine years old. Yekaterina Mikhaylovskaya, who played Ellie Smith, the Russian version of Dorothy in a 1994 adaptation of "Wizard," was even younger.

[@scotnick59]

The ONLY movie that I have actually seen more than 45X!

[@bobbyslater1198]

The only movie I have seen more times than The Wizard of Oz is It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

I’ve seen Toy Story 2 a million times.

[@kathymain578]

I've seen the orig trig of Star Wars more times than I can count. It never gets old.

[@Raven-pp6jy]

i’ve never seen this movie lmao, maybe a few scenes on the tv or it was in the background when i was little, but never have i actually payed attention to it

[@bethanyquick8173]

@@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 FROZEN 😑

[@zoeglover5330]

now i look back at this, this movie is horrifying

[@MaskedMan66]

The movie itself is delightful, and the cast would be insulted that people wouldn't want to watch it just because some accidents happened. Any movie has its hazards; at least nobody got killed, as happened with "Twilight Zone: The Movie."

[@kb_analytics]

Confession: My parents purchased the 50th anniversary VHS of this when I was a baby. I watched it over and over and developed a crush on the Scarecrow. I had forgotten about that till just now heheh. He sho is cute.

[@tamir.7888]

Kaylina Burch i was in love with tin man

[@mimmar3891]

Kaylina Burch Bahaha! I had a crush on both of them too but not the Cowardly Lion for whatever reason!

[@DuskPShermanWallaby123]

lol

[@LifeOfCandice]

When I got older I asked my mom if the lion was gay. lol

[@MaskedMan66]

+LifeOfCandice Why would he be?

[@hebneh]

A few other things not mentioned: 1) The Wicked Witch originally said and did some more scary stuff, which got cut after the reactions of some preview audiences. One thing is that her skywriting originally said "SURRENDER DOROTHY OR DIE". If you pay attention the Cowardly Lion reading this out loud, you can discern that the last two words have been cut. 2) In addition to the elimination of the costly "Jitterbug" number, there was also an immense parade sequence in the Emerald City when Dorothy and the gang returned with the Wicked Witch's broom. This too got cut to shorten the movie, and it involved hundreds of celebrating extras. The only footage of it that survives appears in the original movie preview, for just a split-second. 3) Speaking of "SURRENDER DOROTHY", that was achieved by aiming the camera upwards towards a bowl of milk directly above it, and the words were written by a syringe filled with black ink - which had to be done backwards so the letters would read correctly.

[@Retroearthling]

Hollywood is so the in thing to hate right now (because of orange one) but there is so much creative genius there. What an amazing product Hollywood puts out and it employs thousands. But it seems the right is hoping to KILL IT. They should be ashamed.

[@MaskedMan66]

@@Retroearthling Sorry, what?

[@heehee4917]

We are watching this movie right now in my social studies and this girl in my class, her great aunt is one of the munchkins. She is the one with the large hat (in the purple). 0:43

[@melancholy7713]

woah

[@prowthegamer]

That’s actually cool

[@MaskedMan66]

What's her name?

[@christopher2714]

You left out where the munchkin hanged himself in the background

[@loudic1817]

christopher that was fake. Edited by someone called ‘suicidal munchkin’.... I think...

[@christopher2714]

@@loudic1817 then why did they remake the background?

[@Ros3299]

It isnt true! The guy died of lung cancer. It's a bird prop

[@robinlight]

Its true

[@jadeyoung4544]

It is true. I saw a documentary on it a few years ago. Someone did commit suicide on set but they didn't see the footage until they released the film and someone pointed it out.

[@nadiaborzacchini1987]

I actually know one of the lollipop Guild Jerry Maren he is so sweet he is 97 from Boston and still alive I love jerry

[@MaskedMan66]

My wife and I met him at a convention; very gracious man.

[@juneturpin2019]

Rip jerry.

[@maggle2346]

He died, now everyone from the cast is dead..

[@ManuelSanchez-kf2np]

Nadia Borzacchini hello Nadia..

[@mermaidgirl9232]

Jerry Maren was the last Munchkin to pass away not the one mentioned in the video. I met him in NC what a wonderful gentleman he was. It’s a moment in my life that I’ll never forget. RIP Jerry Maren.

[@tarinacolette8945]

Ever since I learned about that "dead" hanging munchkin weither it be true or not I haven't watched The wizard of Oz just everything about the movie creeps me out now that I can't fathom to even watch it lol

[@on-zm8sg]

That wasn't even true, it was actually a animal.

[@tarinacolette8945]

@@on-zm8sg I know. I was saying from when I hear that rumor. The whole movie just freaks me out aside from that now

[@on-zm8sg]

@@tarinacolette8945 ok then

[@mandii_coxo5160]

@@on-zm8sg no it was a hanging body but they covered it up

[@rowan7235]

its true, its on the og movie (vhs) but because parents started to complain, they edited it to be a bird instead.

[@Nitro_GamePlay]

It's funny how back when we were kids watching this movie for the first time that the snow scene felt genuine and magical, yet little did we know that "snow" was actually extremely dangerous. This movie might be a classic and played a key role in the history of movie making, but damn did the actors get the short end of the stick. From the incident with the original Tin Man to the witch catching on fire, it was a mess. What were they thinking with Aluminum dust? And using fire in unsafe ways? All things considered, this movie was magical, the sacrifices made to create it and to give us a timeless classic were all worth it in the end. Unfortunately, many of the actors paid a price that lasted a life time. Some even dying from it.

[@stefanieprejean6609]

The same thing happened on Little House on the Prairie apparently. Several of the actors got cancer

[@sammy-nt8ed]

*These people are really bad at keeping their cast safe*

[@Nancy-qp6vq]

Back then they didn't have what they have today to keep their people safe.

[@lvhs-ftw6671]

You left out the part where a munchkin hung himself on set and can accually see it in the movie

[@peaches.en.regalia]

“Did we leave any bizarre things out? Don’t say the hanging man, you’re better than that.”

[@gavinsmith5532]

lvhs-ftw it wasn’t even real it was a bird prop

[@socky9432]

it’s fake

[@hayX0]

@@socky9432 or are you talking about the remarked version?

[@tiktokmemes70]

Gavin Smith look at the original not the remake

[@redfirefixfox9611]

1:16 I never noticed it was a men’s voice. NOW it sounds like a man.

[@leslieoliveira9970]

Ikr

[@ratsemor]

the movie also references poppies which is when I found out why they fell asleep in the poppy fields.

[@MaskedMan66]

The movie had a deadly poppy field because the book had a deadly poppy field. The main difference is that in the book it was a naturally occurring phenomenon, whereas in the movie it was a spell cast by the Wicked Witch.

[@katieusbrownius]

Maybe in the book it was 'deadly', but with a bit of help from science I can tell you that poppy seeds are opiates (basically a more natural version of heroin) so the fact that in the movie, they fall asleep, is a result of being slightly high.

[@robertseverson2988]

Poppies is where cocaine comes from there is a bulb under the flower which holds the white liquid

[@michaelproctor1996]

+Robert Severson NO POPPIES ARE OPIUM COCA PLANT LEAVES ARE COCAINE

[@yandosan]

@@michaelproctor1996 Poppy seeds have metabolites of morphine but they don't cause narcosis. They just make you test positive sometimes.

[@CreatingwithWinglessAngel]

Ultimate Chic flick.two women fighting to the death over a pair of shoes!!

[@MaskedMan66]

Nope. Dorothy wasn't a woman, and she'd gladly chuck the shoes if Glinda hadn't told her to keep them on.

[@sparkleprizm199]

MaskedMan66 What about the Witch?

[@MaskedMan66]

+The Mayor She was after power, no matter where it came from. The fact that power dwelt in a pair of shoes was incidental.

[@Heart2HeartBooks]

So like Sex in the Emerald City?

[@obscurelyvague]

"CretingwithWingless Angel" It has occurred to me in a way

[@violetmagic13]

My Mum is TERRIFIED of this Movie, since she was little. She's 44 Now I see why

[@MaskedMan66]

There's no reason to be. And Judy Garland would be the first to tell you and your mother to watch it and have a good time.

[@Napash.Masharath]

@@MaskedMan66 some people have discernment and are allowed to have an opposing opinion..

[@MaskedMan66]

@@Napash.Masharath First of all, most of what's in this video is either exaggerated or flat-out lies, particularly the stuff about Judy Garland. And that's zilch to do with opinions; we're talking about facts. So given that a bunch of misinformation of which she probably was unaware cannot possibly be the reason your mum is allegedly TERRIFIED in all-caps of this movie, I reiterate that she doesn't need to be especially since wee children have loved it for nearly a century.

[@sabrinanascimento5248]

They were pretty cruel to Judy Garland.

[@MaskedMan66]

No more "cruel" than anyone was to anyone in those days.

[@laclulola4988]

@@MaskedMan66 So, that makes it excusable ?

[@MaskedMan66]

What, precisely, do you think "it" is? I can almost guarantee that you've been fed some info that was at best exaggerated and at worst made up from whole cloth.

[@laclulola4988]

@@MaskedMan66 "It", obviously refers to the aforementioned disrespect and cruelty given to Judy Garland as a child actress. For example, slapping a child because she giggled during a scene - who does that?!!) That is blatant abuse. By the way, you might want to check your colossal ego at the door. Who died and appointed you 'king' of all things Oz-related ? You have tried to correct almost every commenter on this video who does not agree with your own perception of events. Find another focus - your arrogance is quite off-putting. SMH sadly.

[@MaskedMan66]

Aforementioned? You didn't say a thing except, "They were pretty cruel to Judy Garland," which I already said wasn't true. Cruelty involves a deliberate and malicious desire to hurt someone, and that wasn't anyone's intention. I will tell you "who does that." A former prize fighter turned movie director named Victor Fleming, a husband and the father of two little girls. A normal person, in other words. And you might like to know the whole story: Bert Lahr's crying routine as the Cowardly Lion was so funny that Judy got into a laughing fit. She tried to control herself, but she kept laughing and ruined take after take. Up against the wall and running out of time, Fleming took Judy aside and slapped her to get her to take things seriously. She did so and finished the scene without breaking up-- though even in the finished film, you can see her mouth twitch. :-) Now this is the bit you need to hear. After the scene wrapped, Fleming, who had once had his nose broken in the ring, took someone aside and said, "I want you to slug me and break my nose again." "Why?" asked the man. "Because I hated what I did to that little kid." Judy happened to overhear this, and she sauntered out from behind a prop tree. "I won't break your nose," she said to Fleming, "but I will kiss it." So saying, she stood on tiptoe and did. No-one died and I am scarcely a king. I have, however, researched this movie for decades and know a few things, things that anyone else can know and pass on as I do. Like now you can tell that story to anyone who brings up the slap to try and slander Victor Fleming.

[@lilacdreams0120]

Good lord, the asbestos part made me cringe so bad. Thank God for modern advanced medicine. Those poor actors

[@gollycom]

You mean all those modern medicines and foods which are causing more cancers than ever before? Your stupidity is incomprehensible

[@MaskedMan66]

UPDATE: It wasn't asbestos at all; it was crushed gypsum.

[@americanspirit8932]

MY FAVORITE MOVIE EVER, AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS, ALSO THE FIRST BOOK I EVER READ.

[@debyec51]

I read the book several times as a child along with watching the movie every chance I got. Even though the movie is awesome, the book is better!!

[@libertypsych]

Very cool, American Spirit!

[@leociresi4292]

I also liked the upbeat version The Wiz, which Diana Ross played Dorothy.

[@fmills1583]

An orphan living with an uncle and aunt forced to leave the farm. Soon joining up with a metal man and a furry man to battle a villain with magical powers who leads an army. The orphan and his friends battle the villain (and army) in another world. I'm of course talking about Star Wars.

[@MaskedMan66]

Luke wasn't an orphan when his adventures began.

[@obscurelyvague]

"F Mills" I guess a lot of movies were just a rehash of other movies

[@mrpandante2268]

MaskedMan66 Not all orphans have dead parents. Sometimes they. have to give up the child because they couldn't take care of him. Spoiler alert Luke's father was horribly injured and he's mom died. So they couldn't take care of him so that makes him an orphan

[@libertypsych]

F Mills --- Wow, you're right! Never saw the connection before! Does this make George Lucas a plagerist?

[@on-zm8sg]

@@libertypsych Nope.

[@markrubin9449]

" If I Was King Of The Forrest" is what I sing as my audition piece when I'm seeking a part in an opera. Since I've performed in 17 operas, I'll keep doing what works.

[@elainephleps4705]

Mark Rubin i love this song sang it too my grandaugther who is 6. She wanted too know if id seen the movie before.lol.

[@julieutley6615]

Break a leg!

[@mikeybuchanan8696]

I feel like this guy has MySpace hair.

[@MaskedMan66]

What does that even mean?

[@Vucevcanac]

You forgot that one of the munchkin hanged themselves and you can see it in the background

[@mastersprogram]

Hearing all this stuff really changes my mind about this Movie

[@MaskedMan66]

It shouldn't. The cast and crew were all very proud of it. They would be insulted if other people didn't like it. Bear in mind that a lot of this stuff is either exaggerated or untrue.

[@garycarpenter2980]

When I first heard that the cowardly lion's costume was real, I was shocked Glinda's costume was really pretty and Billie Burke was great as the Good Witch. The entire cast was great and very talented. I loved the flying monkeys and the munchkins

[@MaskedMan66]

Of course his costume was real; they hadn't invented motion capture yet. Yes, I know what you meant; the thing is, we human beings have been wearing animal skins, fur, scales, teeth, claws, bones, and various other things ever since we've worn anything. You know all those fur coats you see ladies in the Golden Age of Hollywood wearing? Those ain't faux! And it's Winged Monkeys. I have no idea why people think they're called "flying monkeys." ;-)

[@claudreindl7275]

The name "Oz" came from the book author's file cabinet. One drawer was labeled "A-N", and the second one "O-Z." He was trying to think of a name when he looked down at the file cabinet.

[@MaskedMan66]

That's one version of that story; another is that there were three drawers, "A-H," "I-N," and "O-Z." Neither version of the story has ever been verified.

[@32mybelle]

This is the creepiest movie ever!

[@Jessica-iq6kj]

Cami Castle yes!

[@annag2312]

when I was five it wasn't (btw im 12 rn, just so you don't think im like 80 years old)

[@LifeOfCandice]

Just imagine if they would of followed the book...the story of how the tin man became the tin man is creeeeppy!

[@littlexxcookie2011]

LifeOfCandice how did he become the tin man

[@shadow_spite7121]

littleXXcookie the tin man became the Tim man because he was a human but the witch made him chop off his limbs and then he'll replace them with tin parts

[@G0K3001]

loved the movie as a kid. I saw it every year on T.V. The flying monkeys freaked me out. SCARY When the witch orders them out, and you see TONS of them in the castle window flying. Blew my mind.

[@libertypsych]

Used to freak out Alex P. Keaton (played on TV by Michael J. Fox) too!

[@MaskedMan66]

The Winged Monkeys were just dupes, the poor things, and of course turned out to be good.

[@YTAishok]

Judy Garland was the best out of them all, even Marilyn. Shame how young actresses were treated back then. Or probably still are.

[@YTAishok]

sneeyize45 My comment about Judy Garland didn't even mention The Wizard Of Oz. Shirley would have been a nice choice for this movie but Judy gave Dorothy a bit of vulnerability in her character, whereas Shirley Temple came accross as happy and confident.

[@hebneh]

The claim that MGM wanted Shirley Temple but couldn't get her has been stated a lot, but has also been refuted. Shirley's career was in fact diminishing by 1938 - she'd been the #1 Hollywood star for several years previously - and her appeal was fading as she was growing up. She was still cute, but less adorable.

[@mickyhewitson1518]

I remember when I was kid watched it with my mam god rest her soul frightened the living shite out of me but still love to watch it every time its on the living TV

[@MaskedMan66]

You're Irish, aren't you? ;-)

[@bri3111]

Her own husband said in a book I think his that one of the little guys pretty much molested the main actress

[@MaskedMan66]

Her own THIRD husband who wasn't a part of her life when she made "Wizard" and therefore had no clue. He just regurgitated a lot of scandalmongering-- and bigoted-- tall tales.

[@jewelhaines8842]

Still one of my favorite movies! I've seen it countless times!😊

[@pep-o-butt672]

Jewel Haines How can you love a movie after all the shit they' e done to that girl, what the fuck

[@michaelnivens6267]

I concur , Jewel - a classic movie - an all-time great

[@MaskedMan66]

@@pep-o-butt672 They didn't do anything to her; she signed on to do a job and she did it. 99% of the crap that rumormongers say happened to her did not.

[@dontuse2211]

When you watch Wicked in theatre you see this film in a whole different aspect and it is AMAZING!!!!!

[@MaskedMan66]

There's no connection between the two.

[@willowyoder8158]

This movie is messed up

[@stevethecountrycook1227]

I saw this first in 65, So there for I am an old man! I loved her in the wiz, But I guess too many drugs! Shame! RIP Judy.

[@всемпривет-и1щ]

You’re 65 years old and you have the pfp and name of a gen z lmao

[@ulbushcrafting6592]

My son, 7 years old, watched it for the first time a few weeks ago and noticed something I never did in 100 views...the scarecrow pulls a handgun out in a scene. Did anyone else notice this?

[@hungryman1811]

Me it’s probably the first or second Easter egg in the movie!

[@zanethind]

Wizard of Oz is still one of my fav movies of all time

[@twistedangel3992]

Am i the only one that wanted the scarecrow and Dorothy together?

[@Djarra]

Later on Liza Minelli married the Tin Man's son.

[@katieusbrownius]

TwistedAngel and in wicked the witch and the scarecrow end up together lol

[@derikdragon80]

Your not alone on that.

[@kikist.3254]

I always shipped Dorothy and Tinman

[@alicedelgado955]

there was a subplot that Dorothy and Hunk, the farmhand did have a relationship, but that was cut for time

[@keyboardwarriorrose]

The Munchkin performed at my grandfather’s movie theater in Ohio. My father met them and he said yes they were drinking and swearing.

[@MaskedMan66]

Which ones?

[@shellytoomashie]

you DID leave something out: The Hanging Munchkin

[@harryfishback8173]

There was no hanging Munchkin just a myth..

[@R.I.P.]

I disagree ...methinks the Muppet hung !!

[@harryfishback8173]

@@chandluhshgahc There are a hundred reasons why that is not true. The first and most important was the fasct that during the filming of those scenes the actors who portrayed the munchkins were not yet contracted and nowhere near the set. That is a well documented fact....

[@FancyChronicles]

@@harryfishback8173 no it was real, the people that still survived from the set even said

[@stephenporter9211]

As of January 2010 there was still one more munchkin. I was volunteering at a science museum in Augusta, ga. They were doing a wizard of oz showing in the theater there and had a munchkin couple whom were married. There was a short interview where he said the he played two of the characters in the movie, one being a soldier.

[@callie6902]

so this is why I was never aloud to watch this movie?

[@jasonmcdaniel4571]

what if dorothy had followed the red brick raod??????

[@lindseygentry7565]

Shed have ended up in Willy Wonkas Domain

[@lianelayman7577]

It's yellow brick road.

[@josephtoreno6646]

She'd have ended up in China.

[@revans1961]

Bolger was 83 when he died. I don't think you can blame that on asbestos exposure 50 years earlier.

[@L_U-K_E]

That movies video quality was amazing for back when it was realised

[@nyccollin]

Who remembers the scarecrow carrying a gun? I don’t! The ‘fly my pretties’ line is gone as well. Research the Mandela Effect.

[@Sevenw0nderes]

I remember the fly my pretties its a mandella effect but ive always noticed the gun with the scare crow

[@Djarra]

Billie Burke, The Good Witch of the North, used to advertise menthol cigarettes as a way to cure "A ticklish throat" she died of throat cancer.

[@kaitlynboisvert8150]

Djarra She did not die of throat cancer - she died of natural causes.

[@mournfulgiant502]

oh the irony

[@bobbyslater1198]

Billie Burke was hilarious in "Topper Returns".

[@fallon3216]

Djarra oh the irony

[@justafanintexas7913]

Kaitlyn Boisvert - And further, she didn't smoke, either. She couldn't stand it. Matter of fact, she got her husband, Florenz Ziegfeld to quit smoking.

[@charlesmacgilchrist3648]

I don't think death from cancer 50 years after filming was asbestos as that acts much sooner.

[@dancingghostgirl2291]

Charles Macgilchrist Ur last name is AMAZING❤God bless💕

[@tooresttrikie6744]

no it's fibres can lie dormant for decades in the lungs and throat! it can also cause a disease known as Plural Plaquing which scars the lungs making it difficult to breath! or mesothelioma which causes a "lining" to form outside the lung restricting their expansion again making it difficult to breath! essentially choking sufferers to death over a lengthy time! who can say if these people died of smoking or asbestos or maybe a mix of both?

[@Nancy-qp6vq]

Asbestos con be in your system for years and never show any systems until years later there are people who were in contact with the staff 40 50 years ago and just now finding out that they have cancer because of it.

[@matthewjandecka9362]

I'm glad I was born before the World became digitalized and creativity was turned upside down. I saw the originals. :) Originals... Before the "Digital Age".

[@sheepwolf2004]

i read somewhere once that Margaret Hamilton lost her purse and she had the witch nose in it at the time. whoever found it must have been surprised when he/she found the witch nose in the purse

[@MaskedMan66]

Yup! :-) That was, I believe, after the movie wrapped. She had kept the nose as a souvenir.

[@bobbyslater1198]

Margaret Hamilton had a non-speaking cameo role in an episode of The Patty Duke Show. Although she didn't speak, her facial expressions were hilarious.

[@moonglow1311]

sheepwolf2004 Lol !!!!

[@MaskedMan66]

@@bobbyslater1198 I remember! Patty (the character) was appearing as both herself and Cathy at a party in her dad's house. Miss Hamilton played a maid-- named Margaret, I do believe-- who had been hired for the event.

[@jackjinxx902]

This is not that big but my mother knew who played the wicked Witches main flying monkey

[@libertypsych]

That's still cool!

[@MaskedMan66]

Pat Walshe? Had she ever seen him do his chimp imitation that got him the job in the first place? I'm told he did it very well.

[@cindylaug5131]

Loved that movie...my dad, may he rip loved the lion...made him laugh. I'll watch it every chance I get. It was a great movie but I have to admit that witch scared the scap out of me when I was young.

[@dougpfeiffer1832]

The Oz movie brilliantly tells Baum's moral that we can beat the elites. The Wizard (government) is just a man behind the curtain who has no special powers. And the farmers (Scarecrow) and factory workers (Tin Man) are smart and are heartfelt. To fight oppression (Lion) takes courage even though we're scared. And with all money leading to the government (yellow brick / gold road) we have the right to make our own currency from real silver (Ruby slippers differing from the book) and not accept fiat currency. "Keep tight inside them, their magic must be very powerful or she wouldn't want them so badly."

[@newking70]

The Wizard of Oz book series were specifically written for the purpose of Luciferian mind control and the re-programming or reinforcement of children’s existing programming. Children must be regularly re-triggered and re-traumatised for the artificially induced neural pathways to stay open, and those naturally existing pathways that were forcibly closed, to remain shut.

[@tammichenard1024]

@@newking70 stfu immediately.

[@MaskedMan66]

@@newking70 Your tinfoil hat's too tight.

[@AQSAPAL]

That was really great , thanks!

[@skyhe5516]

What’s all the hype around this movie about ?

[@cowboyfunkk]

This movie will never be the same after I discovered what happened on and off set. Judy garland (Dorothy) was put on a starvation diet, was given drugs and pills to keep her awake and was often touched in sexual ways by the directors and the munchkins... it makes me so sad that such a great movie has all this dark stuff behind it...

[@porflepopnecker4376]

How do you know it's all true?

[@juliamontgomery7312]

The part about munchkins molesting her was something one of her ex-husbands claimed, long after she died-so nobody really knows for sure if that's true. The rest of the facts were backed by various co-stars and close friends of Garland in documentaries.

[@janetcaton3503]

Artistic_ Fangirl_trash You know what... everybody is basically trashing this iconic movie that has been a huge part of most all of our lives growing up especially those of us that are in the age grp of 70 on down! I use that age loosely it goes up as well! I’m in my late 50s and I’ve watched this movie at least 40 or more times every yr I watch this movie and have since I was a little girl and when I was little believe me commercials were barely a thing it was nice compared to now!!!!! Anyways I loved the movie and still do I understood the movie even as a small child I figured it out but it didn’t change my opinion about the movie or the characters in it nor what may or may not have happened back stage. Bc this stuff happens pretty much on every set of every movie that’s filmed. So what’s the big deal? I mean I’m not demoralizing what happens to ppl not by a long shot but what happens happens... unless women/men take action and report it to authorities then it’s assumed to be ok! So if your ok w that as an Actor then the public has no say about any of it... therefore it’s a mute point! In other words LET IT GO PPL THATS THEY’RE AFFAIR SO TO SPEAK! And if you have issue w this them all you can do is write to these Actors and encourage them to press charges if they don’t then it’s assumed they don’t care or it was ok or all the above! So move on to something else don’t drag this wonderful movie down!!!!

[@amybaker4654]

Judy began to experience bipolar disorder around this time,probably as a result of her medication and the breakdown of her parents marriage initially.She was showing symptoms then and those that knew say that she was what would be called "forward",in other words ,she was promiscuous.She had a life long battle with the disorder and she was hospitalised although she was never given any drug treatment.It must have been tough for the adolescent Judy to be described as fat by adults and men at that.I'm sure that rocked her self esteem.

[@MaskedMan66]

She wasn't "put on a starvation diet," she was just put on a diet. EVERYONE-- not just Judy Garland-- was prescribed pills for such purposes. She was not molested by anybody, certainly not by Victor Fleming, who was a father of two girls himself. As a former prizefighter, he'd have clocked anyone who tried anything with his daughters, so he wasn't about to mess with anyone else's.

[@musicoldies83]

Ray Bolger kept complaining about how he almost kept tripping over the little dog used for Toto during the scene when all the characters were arm in arm and skipping down the yellow brick road and singing "we're off to see the wizard", and the dog trotting in between them.

[@MaskedMan66]

No, he didn't.

[@Serai3]

Sobriety hadn't been invented yet? Ever heard of a little thing called Prohibition?

[@MaskedMan66]

Sobriety existed before drunkenness.

[@thomasdonohue1833]

Alcoholics anonymous was founded in 1935, so yes sobriety did exist

[@harryfishback8173]

Prohibition was from 1919-1933

[@gregorymoore2877]

Sobriety and prohibition are very different things.

[@Serai3]

@@harryfishback8173 Yes. Which is why the idea that sobriety wasn't around yet is pretty nonsensical.

[@savagedavid8060]

I miss you so much Judy Garland (born June 10, 1922 - died June 22, 1969)

[@gollycom]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🎃🎃🎃🎃👻

[@jcc13006]

Hears hamilton ALEXANDER HAMILTONN Damn i wish my last name was hamilton

[@bradstevens9819]

The Wizard Of Oz will always be a classic.

[@vincentfranklin17]

Did you know that the Hanna-Barbera character, Snagglepuss, is based on Burt Lahr"s Cowardly Lion? At least his voice was.

[@anitastodolak9882]

Vincent Franklin Yes. I read that somewhere.

[@MaskedMan66]

Which is kind of funny, because Snagglepuss did an audio version of "Wizard" in which he and the Lion both appeared.

[@SteveCarras]

I mentioned up above the legal witch of the west's brew that poor Daws Butler, a/k/a Snag, was involved with he appeared in Kellogg's Cocoa Krispies ad AT THE SAME TIME THAT BERT LAHR, was HIMSELF in an ad, not for an y competing cereal comapny, mind you, but for Frito-Lay. The uit resulted in Daws's onscreen credit. I actually wrote on that above.

[@SteveCarras]

Janet Waldo ("Judy Jetson", raido sitcoms "Meet Coriliss Archer" & "Young Love") played Dorothy on that, and also for Hanna-Barbera elsewhere, Alice in Wonderland in that 1966 special..the ONLY actress ever to play both Alice and Dorothy!!

[@SteveCarras]

On the 1960s "Wizard of oz" record on Hanna-Barbera 's very own record label (HBR(). Too bad that the art got changed for all of those in the 1970s when those were reissued.

[@RedVynil]

Where the hell did you see a robot in that movie???

[@MaskedMan66]

They apparently don't know that Nick Chopper was a human being before he became tin.

[@dancingghostgirl2291]

Red Vynil The tinman looks like a robot.

[@moonglow1311]

Red Vynil Lol !!!!

[@SteveCarras]

During "If I Only had A Heart" the Tin Man (Jack Haley) DOES walk around like a robot.

[@MaskedMan66]

+Steve Carras In that suit he had little choice.

[@FredHerrman]

Another little tidbit. The Lollie Pop Guild was made to look like W.C. Fields, who the producers had hoped to cast as the Wizard. Fields refused the role after several attempts by the producers to procure him, but there wasn’t time enough to change the Lollie Pop Guild’s facial costumes.

[@MaskedMan66]

It's Lollipop, and no, they just ended up looking similar to Fields. I rather think they had Edward G. Robinson more in mind.

[@mandybell4925]

You forgot about the guy who hung himself in the background

[@Sevenw0nderes]

ITS NOT A PERSON ITS A BIRD they bussted that years ago its a bird not a person

[@kneenack]

Buddy Ebsen did have a role in the film. He was the guard who exclaims, "You did it. You've killed her !" He says this line in full close-up.

[@MichaelSimmons.]

Wrong. That's actor Shep Houghton.

[@MaskedMan66]

Venom101002 Wrong. That's actor Mitchell Lewis.

[@johnprovince5304]

Frank Morgan was a Medic during WW1. He and Clark Gable discovered how ill Jean Harlow really was during a visit and called an ambulance. Too late unfortunately.

[@scottrobson6783]

wow... didn't know that and it certainly was unfortunate. JH was a great actress.

[@lianelayman7577]

I've seen him a few times on Gunsmoke as the banker.

[@si12volt1]

one of the greatest movies of all times

[@alankanen1052]

It is not true that Buddy Ebsen did not appear in the film. He was the Wicked Witch's guard who exclaims about the Witch's demise and allowed Dorothy to take the burnt remainder of the Witch's broom. He said his first line with a full camera close-up.

[@MaskedMan66]

It is true that he did not appear in the film; the Winkie Captain was played by Mitchell Lewis. Ebsen's voice can still be heard, however, when everyone is singing "We're Off to See the Wizard"; Jack Haley only re-recorded the Tin Woodman's solo lines.

[@SoundJudgment]

Sorry, that guard was not Buddy Epsen.

[@MaskedMan66]

+Alan Smithee Quite right, nor was he Buddy Ebsen.

[@adamgriffith-smith9106]

I thought that was James Hetfield in the thumbnail

[@ColonelMarcellus]

" . . . and your little dog, too!"