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Judy Garland Discography: Behind The Scenes At The Making Of The Wizard Of Oz. ABOUT THE DISC & RECORDINGS: On June 29, 1939, Judy took a break from filming Babes In Arms to appear on this special broadcast of the "Maxwell House Good News" radio show.
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- Radio
- Personnel Pickles
- Makeup Madness
- Sinister Snowflakes
- Munchkin Mania
- Garland and Gale
- End of The Road
The Wizard of Oz saw key people come and go. Director Norman Taurog was the first director to be hired. He was replaced at test shooting stage by Richard Thorpe. Thorpe lasted longer, but not by much. He was dismissed after a matter of weeks – quoted in an article for The Telegraph, producer Mervyn LeRoy said he “just didn’t understand the story… t...
It may have looked fun being part of Dorothy’s gang on the Yellow Brick Road. Beneath that Technicolor surface, things were far from peachy. Take Ray Bolger for instance. He played the Scarecrow under layers of restrictive makeup, and there wasn’t a happy ending. Vanity Fair writes that he “removed the rubber prosthetics mask from his face the last...
Oz was a magical land of wonder and enchantment. Its weather on the other hand was like something out of a horror movie. Vanity Fair describes how “In the scene in which Dorothy is awakened in a poppy field by a blanket of snow engineered by Glinda the Good Witch, production reportedly used chrysotile asbestos.” Margaret Hamilton had more than a ca...
Much of the-behind-the-lens hoopla revolved around the Wizard of Oz’s beloved Munchkins. The little people portraying them were depicted as unruly, and in some stories abusive. Was this really the case? In some instances, yes! The Telegraph mentions one incident “when a little person named Charles Kelley turned up on set packing two loaded pistols....
Judy Garland lit up the screen with her star performance as Dorothy Gale. The actress herself apparently hated the experience. As has been well-documented, the Hollywood system mistreated Garland appallingly. She was on pills and worked exhaustingly long hours. Her box office bankability was more important than her welfare. On the set of Oz, there ...
Baum’s original Oz stories had their fair share of darkness. Indeed, when Walt Disney released unofficial sequel Return To Oz in 1985, its harsh tone shocked audiences familiar with the Technicolor classic. That film was a commercial failure, but the surprising thing is that the 1939 version nearly went the same way. If it wasn’t for the movie appe...
- The Wizard of Oz’ might have been cursed. Was The Wizard of Oz cursed? Hollywood studios seemed to think so. Though the 1939 version of the film is undoubtedly the best known, it wasn’t the first attempt at bringing Frank Baum’s novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, to the screen.
- Wearing the costumes was pure torture for ‘The Wizard of Oz’ cast. The Wizard of Oz cast had to endure utter torture to wear their costumes. For starters, Bert Lahr’s Cowardly Lion costume was made from an actual lion hide and weighed about 90 pounds.
- The movie went through 4 directors. By the time filming ended, The Wizard of Oz had gone through four directors. Richard Thorpe, the first director, insisted Judy Garland wear a blond wig and thick makeup to depict Dorothy.
- Judy Garland got slapped in the face. While filming the famous slap scene between Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion, Garland couldn’t stop giggling, according to Michael Sragow’s book Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master.
1 day ago · The Story Behind The Shot: ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and Dorothy’s Technicolor dream. Jacob Simmons. Thu 26 September 2024 12:30, UK. The Wizard of Oz wasn’t the first movie to showcase Technicolor, but it is perhaps the most iconic. One of the most well-known parts of the 1939 masterpiece is when Judy Garland’s Dorothy first steps out of ...
This is essentially the same CD as "Behind The Scenes At The Making Of The Wizard Of Oz" released in 1991. It even includes the "Leo Is On The Air" radio broadcast. The track listing on this disc is wrong.
Nov 5, 2014 · Below is a collection of 27 black and white behind the scenes photos during filming of The Wizard of Oz. Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Jack Haley as the Tin Man, Frank Morgan as the Wizard, Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion and Terry as Toto with an oversized prop book of "The Wizard of Oz."
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