Wizard of Oz Outtake

[@JoshBG20]

"Gosh it would be awful pleasin' to reason out the reason, for things I can't explain." I like that! Should've kept that in

[@MaskedMan66]

It was brought back-- as were "The Jitterbug" and the reprise of "Over the Rainbow" -- in the RSC stage version, which was created in the 80's and has been played on stages all over the world since.

[@richardwillmarth5689]

I really enjoyed the outtake.This is one of my favorite movies.

[@angelmullins5807]

I loved it.

[@RogerDDog]

Less is often more. This sequence was way too long but excellent to watch in its entirety.

[@desertdispatch]

agree...it was fun but I think it was over kill, and obviously the studio did too.

[@superjackster0165]

I heard they cut this scene out at the very last minute and the only reason was is because they thought the movie was running too long

[@elenacarin9153]

I am really bummed they cut out the end of this song. Never going to forgive them for that😑 Dorothy and Scarecrow is my OTP ❤️

[@MaskedMan66]

@Elena Carin Ew! Dude, Dorothy is a child.

[@RogerDDog]

@Charlie Henderson Yes from your point of view but to many they would have been looking at their watches wondering when the plot would move on. Its a question of timing, otherwise the whole thing would have been in. Sometimes in a storyline you have to draw a line to make the rest effective! Its why so many really good scenes end up on the cutting room floor. i.e. The Jitterbug song and dance scene ws cute but ended up (sadly) in the bin!

[@snarkiefox5483]

Such a delightful little song 😚

[@kendallm8380]

Looks like the scarecrow was defying gravity...

[@MaskedMan66]

Um... yes. So?

[@EMBEEAY]

You mean “dancing through life”? ;)

[@MaskedMan66]

@@EMBEEAY ?

[@watchman1178]

I bet Ray Bolger was upset when that was cut out....lol

[@MaskedMan66]

Possibly, but being a pro, he understood that it was showbiz.

[@bradyryan5105]

And Jack Haley got to keep his dance number in the film lol

[@MrRondonmon]

This wasn't CUT so much as it wasn't CHOSEN over another dance, NOTICE at the end he says won't you take me with you ? Well, He says that in the movie after another dance. Both scenes couldn't be in the movie, they were both about her finding him, and then him pleading to be taken. I think the one we got was the best version, IMHO.

[@MaskedMan66]

@MrRondonmon Both versions end in exactly the same way, with the Scarecrow collapsed on the ground with a bit of his stuffing having fallen out. From there you can plug in where Dorothy says, "Wonderful! Why, if our scarecrow back in Kansas could do that, the crows would be scared to pieces!" The person who made this video for YT rather clumsily tacked on the "Won't you take me with you?" line.

[@IzzyGaming-ux1nn]

Yeah, he even did the splits! Talk about LEGS! 😲😳

[@smurf902]

Ray Bolger was a phenomenal dancer

[@MaskedMan66]

He was inspired to become a dancer by Fred Stone, who had played the Scarecrow in a stage version of "The Wizard of Oz" from 1902 to about 1906 or so. Interestingly, Stone and his daughter Paula attended a movie Bolger was in (before MGM's _Wizard_ ), and during one dance routine, he whispered to her, "That guy would make a great Scarecrow!" 🙂

[@PETERSTUDIOS.552]

​@@MaskedMan66serious?!!!

[@MaskedMan66]

@@PETERSTUDIOS.552 100%! The two of them appeared on a radio show to promote the movie, and even though their dialogue was scripted, you could hear the awe in Bolger's voice as he got to talk with his idol. 🙂

[@ceelovesflowers89]

This scene was on my 50th anniversary vhs ❤️❤️❤️ with jitterbug.

[@alexandrelefebvre273]

Omg

[@arritractive]

The bts footage of jitterbug

[@phoenixswanson1561]

Any time you have a dog and bird performing on cue, you include the take..

[@MaskedMan66]

As far as Terry was concerned, that was most of the time; Carl Spitz had been training animals for movies since 1929, and Terry herself was an apt pupil.

[@MaskedMan66]

And the crow was a puppet.

[@PETERSTUDIOS.552]

​@@MaskedMan66imaginei.

[@rickndeb01]

He had good skills PUT IT BACK IN THE MOVIE

[@tryithere]

Other than the flying was heavily exaggerated, It was a great scene.

[@MaskedMan66]

Leaping more than flying, I'd say.

[@digsby7134]

Bolger was a great singer

[@diddymuck]

compared to the numbers by the tin woodsman and the lion, this was way too long and off balancing the rest of "recruitment" scenes.

[@JosephsJUKEBOX]

diddymuck the lion got an entire solo "king of the forest" the tin man also had a dance section, ray being a famous dancer should of had his "moment" to shine in my opinion.

[@RayPointerChannel]

You've got it!

[@MaskedMan66]

Woodman.

[@MaskedMan66]

JoesZone It's "should have," and Ray did shine.

[@chrisb-sq1ih]

I've always wondered why it seems to abruptly cut away when he starts flailing his arms at the end

[@MaskedMan66]

Except that it doesn't. They shot two endings to the song which finish up in exactly the same way, with the Scarecrow on the ground and a bit of his straw needing to be re-stuffed.

[@JESUSwithLIGHTSABERS]

Probably a happy little accident. In fact, that scene is now a bird... Yeah, let’s say it’s a little bird. Just relaxing in the MGM Archives with other little birds.

[@MaskedMan66]

@@JESUSwithLIGHTSABERS What are you talking about?

[@JESUSwithLIGHTSABERS]

@@MaskedMan66 lmfao I don’t even remember this.. but for some bizarre reason I was referencing Bob Ross lol

[@MaskedMan66]

@@JESUSwithLIGHTSABERS Okay, den!

[@camhamster3891]

Toto was such a pro.

[@morricone1900]

LOL. True!

[@MaskedMan66]

She was! Terry was one of Carl Spitz's best performers, and she got a lot of work.

[@Daytona_73]

Imagine all the rehearsals and numerous takes to then be told nah actually we are cutting that scene.

[@MaskedMan66]

That happens with movies all the time.

[@alexandriashaner9767]

As someone with perfect pitch, I noticed since early childhood that the Scarecrow sang his “If I only had…” piece in a different key from the other two characters. He sang in D major while everyone else sang in Eb major. Why is that? Also, in this deleted scene, he does sing the extra lyrics comfortably in Eb. It can’t be out of his range, so there was either an artistic purpose or an accidental inconsistency.

[@MaskedMan66]

I'm sure it wasn't an inconsistency.

[@alexandriashaner9767]

@@MaskedMan66 Yeah, since I currently study music at CalArts, I’m curious to know even the smallest of details big movies decide to take in their compositions.

[@autophyte]

Maybe someone noticed that the fence rails started vibrating before he hit them in the last part of the dance, revealing that the film was reversed. Unlike today, in those days, film makers didn't want the public to know the secrets of their 'magic'. Also, though amazing, the dance was long, and in those days, movies used to run about one and a half hours, and this may have just pushed it a bit far over.

[@starey1]

if movies were about 90 minutes back then, how do you account for "GONE WITH THE WIND" which came out the same year; and was 4 hours?

[@autophyte]

Of course, there have always been exceptions. Usually those 'blockbuster movies' have been adaptations of very famous books, Which could not retain their integrity in a short movie. "Gone with the Wind" was one. another was 'Les Miserables' , a silent directed by Henri Fescourt, that ran a staggering 5 hours 54 minutes!

[@MaskedMan66]

Georges Méliès, a French filmmaker, had been doing tricks of that nature since the 1890's, and most people were hep to the reverse film jive.

[@chrisb-sq1ih]

I think some of this should stay in, but is overly long though. The miming between Scarecrow and Dorothy is a bit hard to watch, and the way Scarecrow comicly floats up, especially with the pumpkin, is strange. Other than that, it should have stayed, but at a significantly shorter length.

[@elenacarin9153]

happy little accident yeah. I won’t forgive them for cutting out the Dorothy/Scarecrow romance 😑 it’s kinda still there but still, like honestly “And perhaps I’ll deserve ya and be even worthy of ya if I only had a brain.” 😭 Like so sweet!

[@MaskedMan66]

@Elena Carin You need to have something explained to you. ONE of the over twenty writers who contributed to the script one way or another had the notion of Dorothy being nineteen and having a crush on Hunk the farmhand, who of course turned up in her dream as the Scarecrow. (This was possibly inspired by the original stage version of "Wizard," in which an older Dorothy had a flirtation with Sir Dashemoff Daily, the Poet Laureate of Oz.) Mervyn LeRoy, the producer, deep-sixed that idea very quickly, saying that Dorothy should be a child, as she was in the book. The only vestige of the "romance" idea is Dorothy's parting line to the Scarecrow.

[@cornellwaters9089]

🎬 Thank You!

[@Tomy-9878]

I really love the sound effects in this! I wish they would’ve kept them for the DVD’s release

[@MaskedMan66]

They did.

[@catpeach326]

They cut this scene out because they felt it dragged on too long. Great sequence though.

[@philipatoz]

LOL, I used to mentally hum this song around my corporate bosses!

[@MaskedMan66]

You were unwittingly complementing them, then, because as all know, the Scarecrow really was very smart. ;-)

[@initiatorhater0688]

the only deleted scene, outtakes, from The Wizard of Oz, to completely survive, remain fully intact. The reprise of Ding Dong the Witch is Dead in Emerald City, is the most tragic or heartbreaking, as in, sadly no longer exists, except for a few surviving seconds in the trailer, but thats the one deleted scene i wish still survived in full.

[@MaskedMan66]

I hear you! Mitchell Lewis, who played the Winkie Captain, had another role as the High Priest of the Emerald City, and he led the procession in regal robes that weighed about a hundred pounds!

[@pugsterkingyt8257]

It was cut from the movie simply because it was too long...

[@morricone1900]

I think it's pretty obvious why it was cut. :/

[@superjackster0165]

According to most sources, the only reason why this was cut was because there was some concerns that the movie was running too long

[@caseyrowe3402]

nice work. Thanks heaps. 😃

[@davidchessari3113]

I believe this scene was cut as the scarecrow successfully scared away the crows and his whole reason to go to the wizard was to get a brain so he could scarecrows away and be more smart it’s an amazing scene though I love it

[@MaskedMan66]

He wanted a brain so that he wouldn't have to stay in the cornfield.

[@brucelee3376]

im glad they didnt add those parts

[@alg11297]

It would have slowed down the timing of the movie. It was just a might too long. But to put all that effort into it, camera shots, wire stunts, and synching the music just right, and then to have it cut.

[@MaskedMan66]

*shrug* That's showbiz.

[@normamcmanus1139]

The flying was over exaggerated and took away from the dancing. The flying didn’t fit with the scene.

[@MaskedMan66]

How not?

[@kejiri3593]

@@MaskedMan66 'cause scarecrow cant fly, so it didnt make sense. Reminds me of those exaggurated chinese movies. I only liked one called "House of Flying Daggers", but the whole flying in air thing is so stupid since humans cant fly in real life, unless they try to explain it with some powers they have or something. Regular humans in combat flying is just so ridiculous, some have argued its mythology.. Bullcrap :P

[@MaskedMan66]

@@kejiri3593 In the first place, he wasn't flying, he was jumping, and since he weighs practically nothing, a jump can carry him a good distance. As for the martial arts films you mention, well, they aren't real life. If you want real life in fantasy, then you might as well stay away from fantasy.

[@MaskedMan66]

@@kejiri3593 And as for "making sense," don't forget that "The Wizard of Oz" depicts a fantasy land in a little girl's dream. So whatever it is you mean by "sense" has nothing to do with it.

[@kejiri3593]

@@MaskedMan66 Fantasy can still be stupid. Look at sci fi like Star wars and star trek, dumb as shit. Either case Lord of the Rings is better fantasy movies about middle ages where i dont have to watch people swoop like morons in the air.

[@ppg886]

I remember when I first saw this on vhs lol

[@angeldearte]

What a pity that this piece is not in the movie

[@ZanyRageous2011]

1:16 PLS I CANT RN ITS 12 AM I SHOULDN'T BE LAUGHING

[@tannawannavannabittannawan7138]

Wow!!!..............so many film experts on here! I would really enjoy watching some of the films you all have directed and made!

[@RayPointerChannel]

One doesn't necessarily have to be a Director to realize that as wonderful as this number is, it is a bit over produced. It there weren't the other two characters to be introduced, this wouldn't have been an issue. But there needed to be a balance in screen time for each of the characters and what they represent. There is a thing called timing and pacing that is essential to maintaining interest and momentum. That is why this number was cut.

[@MaskedMan66]

There's an old saying, maybe you've heard it: "I don't know much about art, but I know what I like."

[@MaskedMan66]

+phillydisco He didn't fly, he was knocked into the air by that pumpkin.

[@MaskedMan66]

+phillydisco No, that was Jumping Scarecrow. Remember, being stuffed with straw, he doesn't weigh very much.

[@Browniebeat]

What a shame a person has to sit through stupid KZbin commercials to see something like this.

[@Beebshelpmeineedhelp]

Now he knows what gravity is because of his brain

[@MaskedMan66]

But he still weighs next to nothing.

[@r.a9876]

The sets look soooo small I wonder if scenes used to look very big and wide for people back then

[@MaskedMan66]

Small? The studio sound stages were enormous.

[@danielprice3742]

This is the only full deleted scene

[@garland3688]

Is this what the film quality must have looked like when originally shown in theaters?

[@MaskedMan66]

It looked perfectly clear and brilliant.

[@wandakight4118]

Want to watch wizard oz full movie

[@Andr3s502GTM]

Why did they remove that scene?

[@crystalfa6974]

From2000

[@fjkulwin]

Narrated by Sammy!

[@Quackervoltz]

Life is painless for the brainless

[@MaskedMan66]

The Scarecrow wasn't, as we well know, brainless, he only thought he was. The reason he felt no pain was because he had no nerve endings.

[@Quackervoltz]

@@MaskedMan66 It was a Wicked reference bro

[@MaskedMan66]

@@Quackervoltz I know; my comment stands.

[@Quackervoltz]

@@MaskedMan66 oh ok

[@philbrown9764]

The scarecrow dance was too long.

[@coopersteves]

Phil Brown but is fun to watch

[@lirianbrisellea.k.aelectri8781]

This is beautiful...that is right. I am Lena Lillian a.k.a. Beta born.

[@MaskedMan66]

Nice to meet you.

[@Marcel_Audubon]

A wise cut

[@wryanddry2266]

Nice to watch as an outtake, but leaving it in would have been shark jumping.

[@lirianbrisellea.k.aelectri8781]

Hello anyone think there is no hope for a Wicked Witch.

[@MaskedMan66]

Well, one had been crushed by a house, and the other was doomed to a watery end, so I don't think anyone's rushing to sell them life insurance.

[@anthonybomberry9935]

Classic history and ironic

[@MaskedMan66]

Ironic how?

[@anonymouse755]

It's ridiculously easy to see why this was all cut

[@MaskedMan66]

How's that then?

[@anonymouse755]

@@MaskedMan66 dude I watched this clip a year ago and I'm not watching it again just to point out the obvious to some moron who needs help to find a clue. Not all of us are sitting on our arses doing nothing during lockdown. Some of us still have sh*t to do.

[@MaskedMan66]

@@anonymouse755 I just got back home from one of my two jobs that still take me out of the house, and sat down to have a look at some videos. Now, it may surprise-- maybe shock-- you to learn that the rest of the world does not see things as you do. What is "obvious" to you is not to other people. The burden then rests on you to explain your position. Speaking from my position, it's always funny when someone says, "I wrote that a long time ago," but answers a response almost instantly.

[@karlasaldivar2595]

in cuts ray bolger use like gravity things to fly the corws

[@MaskedMan66]

What?

[@user-SJT2205]

@@MaskedMan66 hi could I ask you a question please

[@MaskedMan66]

@@user-SJT2205 Please do!

[@user-SJT2205]

Maskedman66 thanks also the question is I have noticed you have commented so much about the wizard of oz on many different KZbin channels and I was wondering why are you so interested in the wizard of oz did you meet a cast member or have you always been interested since a young age. Thanks Maskedman66 I am glad to now write a comment to you have a great day 😀👍

[@MaskedMan66]

@@user-SJT2205 "did you meet a cast member or have you always been interested since a young age." Both! :-) I became an Oz fan in early childhood; in fact, I don't remember whether I had the book read to me first or saw the MGM movie first. We had a four-record set of a full-cast dramatization of the book which I'd listen to over and over. I can still remember the characters' voices to this day. And in my adult life, I've met four of the Singer Midgets at various Oz-related events. My wife and I met Margaret Pellegrini and Clarence Swenson at an outdoor showing of the movie, we once lucked into an Oz convention where we got to meet Meinhardt Raabe, and then at the Chicago Comic Con we met Jerry Maren.

[@Nicolethirty4]

Why did they cut this out?

[@MaskedMan66]

Too long.

[@Nicolethirty4]

@@MaskedMan66 oh, ok, thank you

[@superjackster0165]

They thought the movie was running too long. It was actually cut out at the very last minute

[@TheDukeOfZill]

Ozard of wiz

[@davidbeautifulperez2726]

My favorite was the Tin-Man.

[@MaskedMan66]

Tin Woodman.

[@SillyCreatureSally]

Same

[@arnoldstollar5375]

The film version, ‘The. Wiz’. Was best.

[@MaskedMan66]

Not compared to the stage version.

[@MrMonsterJamFan]

Even tho it's not in the movie, I'm kinda glad it wasnt. It was actually kinda dumb and it would be made the movie dumb if it was added

[@MaskedMan66]

How would one dumb (according to you) sequence make the whole rest of the movie dumb?

[@minecraftmonster4983]

!

[@emd1494]

MGM has a lot to be ashamed of! Maybe clean it up and give it a new name.

[@MaskedMan66]

???????????

[@morricone1900]

Like "Boring Scarecrow Number."

[@MaskedMan66]

@@morricone1900 It isn't at all boring, and that's not what the OP meant.

[@sunshinesophia4924]

Holly Baby girl Gdfdfn Sarena

[@jamesradskijr.9745]

A little to much