10 Things You Never Noticed About The Wizard of Oz — Page 2

A lot of Oz book fans (and there were a lot more people who grew up on them in 1939) were not happy that it was "only a dream" in the movie. That was one of the biggest criticisms at the time.

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Updated On: 12/3/13 at 09:40 PM

I like the idea that all of Oz was already in herself, representing her own positive and negative feelings and memories.

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It drove me crazy as a kid (the many other changes didn't, for whatever reason.) But I've come to terms with it :P

THE WIZARD OF OZ is one of two films that I keep permanently on my iPad.

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Actually, the Ruby Slipper reveal in ALW's bastardization is the ONE thing he did that I liked, though I question the execution.

^I can't remember the reveal?? Was it that they were in her closet or something?

Thank you guys for a throughly entertaining half hour of interneting about this. Whoever ever caught that the Munchkin hanging is fake has a really good eye. As a long-term Oz fan who has always discredited that rumor, that footage did make me second guess for a second.

I hate that it ends with Dorothy waking up as a dream, I always loved the idea that she had to go through the sky to get there at all. That's why I much prefer Return to Oz, though I know most Oz fans/people in general don't.

Also can we quickly take the time to say that any Oz related film to have come out in the last ten years has royally sucked? I really wish people would just stick to the source material. I've also been saying for years I would love to see a live-action mini series that was actually faithful to the original books. The essence of the original weird and whimsical tone still hasn't been 100% captured on screen yet. The MGM movie is both a blessing and a curse I feel. While it is a wonderful film, it totally constricted anything Oz-related that came out after because of inevitable comparison.

WOW! Thanks for the link and the photo WickedLover.

I've been a huge Oz fan my whole life (primarily the film, but I've read all the books, too) and consider myself to be pretty informed, but I've never seen a /color/ image of Judy in the blonde wig before. Also the backlot footage of her wearing it is fascinating!

I also never knew some of Margaret Hamilton's scenes were cut/ made shorter. Does any footage of this still exist?

You are right, AEA. Those are the only two things that exist.
The DIC animated series in the early 90s where Dorothy goes back to Oz, the opening credits feature Dorothy finding the slippers in her closet. So, as well everything else he has written, it was Webber borrowing ideas.
I never liked the dream concept and did my best to reason it away in a Narnia fashion - time travels at a different speed and Dorothy's heelicks also returned and restored the house.
MGM's Oz is a "very" faithful adaption? I completely disagree, though it was fair more faithful than their early drafts and earlier film / stage versions.
Most fans lf the book really appreciate Return to Oz, despite it's flaws.

You can also catch a glimpse of the deleted Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead parade scene in the original trailer.
Which you can see at 0:37secs here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNugTWHnSfw

Updated On: 8/22/14 at 04:48 PM

I *loved* that the DIC cartoon ignored the dream concept. That is the thing that grates me most in the MGM film. The animated series had many flaws, that was not one.