I have always loved Liza's look as well. Unconventional, but striking. I feel the same way about Billy Joel and Christy Brinkley's daughter Alexa. People poke fun of her looks (because she looks like Billy and not Christy), but I think she's uniquely beautiful.
I remember Mister Rogers having Margaret Hamilton, aka Wicked witch, on his show because so many children had been frightened by her in the movie. Together they explained she was just dressing up and play acting and it was a lot of fun. She came across so nice.
I never got to meet her, but I know some people who met her. They all vouched that she was a sweet lady. She used to be a Kindergarten teacher before she was the Witch. They said she loved kids.
I was a kid and it was important to me! I also was scared of Incredible Hulk. He had Bill Bixby and Lou Farigno on too! I was fascinated when they showed how the makeup was done. I did makeup for a while as an adult.
Ms.Minnelli was married to young Mr.Haley(the son of the performer..who played"Hickory Twicker"/"The Tin Man" in the movie)but..they would soon divorce.
I had seen the movie several times in the sixties on my parents' black-and-white television set. In 1970 they purchased their first color set and I was completely unprepared when the movie suddenly switched to technicolor. I can only imagine the reactions of the theater-goers in 1939 when they saw it on the big screen.
classic transition from the sepia tone to color. i also loved the fact that the studio went with Judy Garland instead of Shirley Temple. Garland was born to play Dorothy and I think the role needed the voice and the acting chops that she had over Shirley.
@@keithabney4665 That wasn't really by choice. I think it was that Fox wouldn't lend Temple to MGM. It was lucky. What I didn't realize for many years was how much Garland was holding back when she sang in this film. She uses half of her voice in "Over the Rainbow".
Just like Lorna says...so many important virtues about living come through in this film. No one else could have been Dorothy but Judy. She magically maintains that childhood innocence throughout
My understanding is that the role of Dorothy was originally given to Shirley Temple, but her studio wouldn't let her of her contract (or something like that).
I was born at the end of the 60s, and as far back as I can remember; as a child I always looked forward to what seemed to be an annual showing of the Wizard of Oz. Such a fun, magical, amazing movie!
THE WIZARD OF OZ IS THE BEST MOVIE EVER MADE! ITS MAGICAL, THE SPECIAL EFFECTS AND SETS SO BEAUTIFUL! BUT, ITS THE ENDING THAT GETS TO ME EVERY TIME. TINMAN, "NOW I KNOW I HAVE A HEART, BECAUSE ITS BREAKING!" AND DOROTHY SAYING GOODBYE, SHE WHISPERS IN SCARECROW'S EAR," I THINK I'LL MISS YOU MOST OF ALL!" OMG IT GETS TO ME ALWAYS! NEVER WAS SCARED OF ANY OF IT, I KNEW IT WAS ALL MAKE BELIEVE. AND TO GET THAT KNOT IN MY THROAT, ALL I LITERALLY HAVE TO HEAR IS THE ORCHESTRA PLAY AT THE START, THE FIRST FIVE NOTES! I GUESS BECAUSE I KNOW WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN. PRICELESS MOVIE! NEVER OUT GROW IT! AND I'M FROM KANSAS CITY!
Sure did! Apparently after that she also told her kids "You will never watch that movie again without me there." as she didn't want a repeat of the monkey scare lol. Wonder if it ever helped to tell them that the scene where Dorothy gets carried away by the monkeys was actually not Judy Garland; that was her stand in Bobbie Koshay. So technically, their mama did not get taken away by the monkehs 😂
The cool thing is Liza voiced Dorothy in an animated movie which is kinda about Dorothy returning to Oz. Margaret Hamilton is also in the movie voicing Aunt Em
Judy Garland and The Wizard of OZ, she was a great actress and the movie a favorite of mine and have watched the film again and again. I really enjoyed seeing Judy Garland on TV and remember her voice was unique.
I had no idea Judy Garland had another child. I hadn’t heard of Lorna Luft. Her voice sounds like her mother’s. Liza Minnelli both looks and sounds like her mother.
I've seen Lorna the Broadway tour of Guys and Dolls she was wonderful. I also got to meet her after Tom Bergerons People are Talking show in Boston. I told her she was a hoot in Grease 2 and she arched her eyebrow and said..." Oh, yeah?" We spoke a few minutes and she signed a pic for me. Amazing talent. Very cool and giving performer.
I was scared of those scenes with"The Witch" and those "Flying Monkeys"and "The Wizard"..when I saw this movie on CBS TV..back in the 1960's..but? as I grew older..I began to appreciate the beautiful message that is a part of the film's plot and the story..conceived by Mr.Baum in his book..the true meaning of home, family and love. I was also lucky enough to meet..Ms.Margaret Hamilton(who played the dual roles of"Ms.Elmira Gulich" and"The Wicked Witch Of The West")in NYC..back in the 1970's..and she was nothing like those mean characters..she was a talented, sweet and kindly person..in Fact? She was a school teacher..before she became a performer.
Kevin S. Butler the late Margeret Hamilton not only played Miss Gulch/the Wicked Witch of the West in the wizard of Oz, but in the early to mid 1970's she played Cora in the Chase & Sanborn coffee commercial that was filmed in one of the New England States which my guess is Vermont or Western Massachusetts.
@@terrysmith8749 I'm certainly not a Judy Garland vocal expert but your being obtuse with the absolutely no resemblance at all. Lorna definitely sounded like her when she dropped a octave to tell that story between 1:14 -1:21 (The sob, the gasp and even how she phrased the last word mon-kee)
@@JLDReactions Me too, horror has never frightened me other than a jump scare, but that happens in life when someone opens the door at the same time as you, it is more surprise than fear.
I was never scared of the monkeys, as many people were (like my parents), but the witch sure scared me! I used to have nightmares of her setting my house on fire.
It really shows that it was not a typical children's story they did not have the same sensibility's back when it was written It was meant to convey reality and communicate important virtues that can not be conveyed by a candy coated fantasy we give our children today
So I'm 34 this year and all my life I've known Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz. Separately I had only heard the trolley song from The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode with Rosie O'Donnell. I had never known that Judy Garland sing that song in Meet Me in st. Louis all this time. As recently as a few weeks ago a friend ended up putting on the real song but just the clip from the movie on UA-cam. I grew up playing big band music in high school and am very fond of that era. So naturally seeing and hearing the real song just blew me away. I can't get that song out of my head and my heart now and probably won't. I'm then today watching a bunch of UA-cam videos of Judy on the Jack Paar or Johnny Carson shows and learning about her devastating backstory. That aside I randomly just find out right now after all this time that the director of Meet Me In St Louis ended up having a baby with Judy Garland and naming her Liza Minnelli whom ended up marrying the son of the Tin Man. Like WTF X 1000!!!!
And poor Judy was in a harness when those monkeys carried her off. The harness malfunctioned and she fell, injuring her ankle badly. Ray Bolger said it was not fun to make that movie but it was worth it.
@@raea3588 actually no, the scene where Dorothy gets carried off by the monkeys was not Judy. It was her stand in Bobbie Koshay. They shot the scene almost from the back to hide her face so that the audience wouldn’t know it wasn’t Judy. MGM wouldn’t have risked Judy doing that stunt, not so much because they cared about her safety, but because if Judy got hurt the picture would’ve been shut down until she recovered and that would’ve cost them more money. The two actors playing the monkeys who carried Dorothy away did however get injured when the wires snapped and they fell. I don’t believe the stand in Bobbie Koshay got injured though.
I think "The Wizard of Oz" is one of the most frightening movies ever made--but I always liked the tornado. I wonder if the people involved in its production had any idea that people would be so affected by the movie. Lorna Luft here gives a brief but excellent analysis of "The Wizard of Oz", explaining why the film is more than just a scary, sometimes heart-wrenching story but one that has a message about home and heart and facing fears and that lifts people up.
Love Liza's comment about Jack Haley Jr. LOL. Honestly, I've never been much of a Wizard of Oz fan. It never spoke to me like it has to others for generations. Personally, I prefer A Star is Born.
Lorna's biological father was Sidney Luft, but he was specifically Judy's third husband. Liza's biological father Vincente Minnelli was Judy's second husband and director of Meet Me in St. Louis.
I first saw the movie when I was four. The witch didn’t scare me. The flying monkeys didn’t scare me. It was the tornado that scared me to death! I was traumatized by that tornado as it ripped doors off hinges and picked up the whole house! Living in a tornado-prone area, I spent my entire childhood in fear every time there was a tornado watch.
In addition to Liza, it also features Margaret Hamilton as Auntie Em, Milton Berle, Mickey Rooney, Herschel Bernardi, Ethel Merman, Risë Stevens, Paul Lynde, Danny Thomas, Mel Blanc, and Bill Cosby.
@@Halfscotboy_39 Bill Cosby played the Wizard of Oz in a live action framing sequence that was added when the film was first shown on television. For contractual reasons, the Cosby segments could not be repeated after the second showing, so they were reshot with Milton Berle instead, though apparently the Cosby scenes were used again later when the film was shown in syndication. So Cosby appeared in only one of two TV versions of the movie, and he appeared only in the live-action framing sequence. He doesn't voice a role in the animated portion of the film, unlike Milton Berle, who plays the Cowardly Lion.
It's a fantastic movie. Each character is so well cast. Everyone. I can't imagine any other actor/actress playing those characters. It was such a part of my childhood. We watched every spring. Eagerly waiting all day. So excited to watch. Then playing it the next day. Yes I have it on DVD and I still have the VHS version. I'm 68 and I just might have to watch it tonight.
Ms.Minnelli co-hosted the very first telecast of"The Wizard Of Oz"with Bert Lahr(Bert played "Zeke"/"The Cowardly Lion")in the film and with "Oz"Historian and the first president and founder of"The International Wizard Of Oz Club"..Mr.Justin Schiller on CBS TV on "The Ford Star Jubilee"on The CBS TV Network on Saturday night November 3,1956.
Happy beloved birthday to you Ms. Minelli. I wish I could meet you in person, I am a big fan of yours. If you're ever in Albany! NY please come by for a visit.
_The Wizard of Oz_ truly is terrifying. Even though many of today's children are far more sophisticated (than most of us were), I would recommend ages 8 yrs. old and up ... does that sound about right?
My first memory of the Wizard of oz, was seeing the wicked witch appear in munchkin-land. That scene is etched in my memory (word for word) and at 5 years old, it was the stuff of nightmares for weeks to come. Kids today are used to seeing all kinds of crap on TV, but in the 70's, that witch was the most evil thing you could ever set eyes on.
Can you imagine if this was Brandon Lee talking about the first time he watched his father on the big screen. If there's a clip of this such thing someone pls send me the link
I first saw The Wizard Of Oz age 3 but remember watching it at age 4 at my Grand Ma s house but dont recall watching it at age 2 or 3 but probably saw it just cant reall until I was 4 !
The theme of the Wizard of Oz or the meaning behind it, is everyone wants to leave home and go to a place that is exciting and adventurous and risky. But there are hidden dangers and risks waiting for you when you do this. Dorothy realizes that her home and family was safe. Also she had the love of her family. Being in a forbidden place of decadence and immorality the fun only lasts a small time. As she quotes, "There is no place like home".
I'm glad they saw this. The wizard of Oz is a wonderful film with great heartfelt messages. For a small child 4-whenever,itc can be scary and disturbing. There is a evil and wicked witch out to kill Dorothy and friends, and those winged flying monkeys. I remember hiding behind the sofa when the Witch and Monkeys were on.
I think I read somewhere that the flying monkeys and the child catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang were two of the characters that children were most scared of in family movies.
THE WIZARD OF OZ IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME!!! I HAD THE VHAS, AND WATCHED IT UNTIL THE ACTUAL TAPE INSIDE ACTUALLY BROKE. AND BY THE TIME DVD'S CAME AROUND I ONLY HAD TO BUY ONE.
Cool story. My great aunt was liza and her sisters nanny when they were young girls. I never met my aunt she lived in california/new York we live in Ireland
yeah, wizard of oz was an incredible movie, simply iconic.... but has nobody seen the true behind the scenes the entire cast endured? watch it on UA-cam.
End of the movie Dorothy was exactly back where she started - stay at home and let your dead mothers sister ignore your being upset about Toto biting miss Gulch and believe me - if she didn’t get hurt by the tornado is coming back for Toto . Aunt Elm will just hand the dog over again . Bad plot line a lot of corn . Dorothy didn’t leave home due to being ungrateful she left to protect Toto . Moral of story is that we already possess traits we think we don’t have . Scarecrow doesn’t believe he has a brain yet he figures each step .
Ok I find so hard to believe that Judy’s children were scared of her being carried away by flying monkeys. If I was traumatized by any scene, I wouldn’t be coming back to The Wizard Of Oz every once in a while!
I loved their reaction to seeing their Mom on TV! They assumed it was live and everything happening to Dorothy was real! As a kid, I remember being sad when I heard Judy Garland had died because I assumed they wouldn't be able to show the Wizard of Oz anymore. My mother, not knowing how to explain how movies and TV shows were recording, told me that Judy had daughters and they would be able to fill in for her!
IS LIZA MINELLI OKAY? I'm really worried. I'm syncing with you. I JUST FELL ASLEEP TO CAROL BURNETT EPISODE 15. I SLEPT THROUGH EPISODES 15 to the end of episode 21 and opened my eyes and at first I thought I was looking at carol burnett and vickie lawrence AT THE END CREDITS. I WENT OH MY GOD THAT IS LIZA MINELLI DRESSED AS A CLOWN and so I watched the entire episode 21 thinking I had missed you. But your only in the end of that episode. I WOKE UP JUST FOR YOU. I'm not LION. I sure hope nothing is wrong.
did anyone know in the movie on of the little people hang his self in real life u have to look at it when they were passing the little house u can see it but i love that movie alot i love judy garland i like liza toi think she looks so much like her mother
I love Liza's voice. Is unique. Lovely voices like their mothers.
Like mother, like daughter. Gorgeous contraltos!
@Star even if that's true, it's quite rude to bring up.
@@arxsynI just realized remember it was put in on
I have always loved Liza's look as well. Unconventional, but striking. I feel the same way about Billy Joel and Christy Brinkley's daughter Alexa. People poke fun of her looks (because she looks like Billy and not Christy), but I think she's uniquely beautiful.
She looks just like her mother.
I remember Mister Rogers having Margaret Hamilton, aka Wicked witch, on his show because so many children had been frightened by her in the movie. Together they explained she was just dressing up and play acting and it was a lot of fun. She came across so nice.
I remember that Mr. Rogers episode too. Nice. 💗🙂🎵🎶🎼📽️
She was on Sesame Street as well
Mr. Rogers. Wish he was an actual god instead of the garbage people have gobbled up since forever...
I never got to meet her, but I know some people who met her. They all vouched that she was a sweet lady. She used to be a Kindergarten teacher before she was the Witch. They said she loved kids.
I was a kid and it was important to me! I also was scared of Incredible Hulk. He had Bill Bixby and Lou Farigno on too! I was fascinated when they showed how the makeup was done. I did makeup for a while as an adult.
Liza's voice and laugh is EVERYTHING 😍
L with an i with z with an. Liza.
Bless her she’s beautiful
So Dorothy’s daughter was married to the Tin Man’s son??? Mind blown!
Ms.Minnelli was married to young Mr.Haley(the son of the performer..who played"Hickory Twicker"/"The Tin Man" in the movie)but..they would soon divorce.
Yup...Jack Haley Jr....Liza also has a terrier that is decended from ToTo.
Well her real name is Judy Garland but I guess we still know her as Dorothy Gales
@@kittysectionnews her real name is Frances Gumm I know I’m a nerd 😂
@@kittysectionnews it’s Dorothy Gale. And her real name is Frances Gumm
“The monkeys 🙊 took you to New York “ lol 😂
I had seen the movie several times in the sixties on my parents' black-and-white television set. In 1970 they purchased their first color set and I was completely unprepared when the movie suddenly switched to technicolor. I can only imagine the reactions of the theater-goers in 1939 when they saw it on the big screen.
classic transition from the sepia tone to color. i also loved the fact that the studio went with Judy Garland instead of Shirley Temple. Garland was born to play Dorothy and I think the role needed the voice and the acting chops that she had over Shirley.
@@keithabney4665 That wasn't really by choice. I think it was that Fox wouldn't lend Temple to MGM. It was lucky. What I didn't realize for many years was how much Garland was holding back when she sang in this film. She uses half of her voice in "Over the Rainbow".
Lorna was in Grease 2 as paulete amazing voice was surprised to find out her famous mother
Liza Minelli has the best laugh ever !!!
Just like her mothers.
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Omg watch the mashup of Liza Minnelli. VS carol channing
Love it
I herd Liza is nice when you meet her.
How iconic you can be that your mom is actually an icon. Minnelli Level 🙌🏻😌
Just like Lorna says...so many important virtues about living come through in this film. No one else could have been Dorothy but Judy. She magically maintains that childhood innocence throughout
Movies that are automatically good by its certain values are so hard to find these days
My understanding is that the role of Dorothy was originally given to Shirley Temple, but her studio wouldn't let her of her contract (or something like that).
I was born at the end of the 60s, and as far back as I can remember; as a child I always looked forward to what seemed to be an annual showing of the Wizard of Oz. Such a fun, magical, amazing movie!
THE WIZARD OF OZ IS THE BEST MOVIE EVER MADE! ITS MAGICAL, THE SPECIAL EFFECTS AND SETS SO BEAUTIFUL! BUT, ITS THE ENDING THAT GETS TO ME EVERY TIME. TINMAN, "NOW I KNOW I HAVE A HEART, BECAUSE ITS BREAKING!" AND DOROTHY SAYING GOODBYE, SHE WHISPERS IN
SCARECROW'S EAR," I THINK I'LL MISS YOU MOST OF ALL!" OMG
IT GETS TO ME ALWAYS!
NEVER WAS SCARED OF ANY OF IT, I KNEW IT WAS ALL MAKE BELIEVE.
AND TO GET THAT KNOT IN MY THROAT, ALL I LITERALLY HAVE TO HEAR IS THE ORCHESTRA PLAY AT THE START, THE FIRST FIVE NOTES! I GUESS BECAUSE I KNOW WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN.
PRICELESS MOVIE! NEVER OUT GROW IT! AND I'M FROM KANSAS CITY!
I definitely believe Lorna. The way she said "no no no no no!" sounded just like her mom.
Yeah I can see Judy being like “oh no no no no! It’s okay! I promise! I’m right here in New York!”
Sure did! Apparently after that she also told her kids "You will never watch that movie again without me there." as she didn't want a repeat of the monkey scare lol. Wonder if it ever helped to tell them that the scene where Dorothy gets carried away by the monkeys was actually not Judy Garland; that was her stand in Bobbie Koshay. So technically, their mama did not get taken away by the monkehs 😂
The cool thing is Liza voiced Dorothy in an animated movie which is kinda about Dorothy returning to Oz. Margaret Hamilton is also in the movie voicing Aunt Em
Two great, great ladies & talents... the last of the very best
Judy Garland and The Wizard of OZ, she was a great actress and the movie a favorite of mine and have watched the film again and again. I really enjoyed seeing Judy Garland on TV and remember her voice was unique.
Watching this April 2022. Wonderful. I can only imagine Judy feeling so blessed to have her children. 💗👋🙏🎵📽️🎞️
Scared me too, I'm 63 now... lions and tigers and bears, oh my! I still love Judy, Scarecrow, Tin man and especially Lion.
I had no idea Judy Garland had another child. I hadn’t heard of Lorna Luft. Her voice sounds like her mother’s. Liza Minnelli both looks and sounds like her mother.
She had three children. Liza with Vincent Minnelli, and Lorna and Joey with Sid Luft.
Lorna Luft is also a singer who sounds more like her mother than Liza.
Lorna was in Grease 2!
I've seen Lorna the Broadway tour of Guys and Dolls she was wonderful. I also got to meet her after Tom Bergerons People are Talking show in Boston. I told her she was a hoot in Grease 2 and she arched her eyebrow and said..." Oh, yeah?" We spoke a few minutes and she signed a pic for me. Amazing talent. Very cool and giving performer.
@@kallen868 Lorna has her mother Judy’s vibrato, which I could listen to all day, like Dolly Parton’s and Stevie Nicks’s tremolos.
I was scared of those scenes with"The Witch" and those "Flying Monkeys"and "The Wizard"..when I saw this movie on CBS TV..back in the 1960's..but? as I grew older..I began to appreciate the beautiful message that is a part of the film's plot and the story..conceived by Mr.Baum in his book..the true meaning of home, family and love.
I was also lucky enough to meet..Ms.Margaret Hamilton(who played the dual roles of"Ms.Elmira Gulich" and"The Wicked Witch Of The West")in NYC..back in the 1970's..and she was nothing like those mean characters..she was a talented, sweet and kindly person..in Fact? She was a school teacher..before she became a performer.
Kevin S. Butler the late Margeret Hamilton not only played Miss Gulch/the Wicked Witch of the West in the wizard of Oz, but in the early to mid 1970's she played Cora in the Chase & Sanborn coffee commercial that was filmed in one of the New England States which my guess is Vermont or Western Massachusetts.
Yes..I know that she played"Cora"the store owner that promoted"Maxwell House"Coffee..Not "Chasen & Sandborn"Coffee in those tv commercials.
The Wizard of Oz is mine and my Mom ALL TIME FAVORITE MOVIE.
Mine too!
My favorite movie ever... btw Listen to them with your eyes closed.. they sound just like judy g. .. can´t deny they are the daughters. Thank you AFI.
I do not hear any resemblance what so ever in Liza's or Lorna's voice that sounds in the least like Judy's. Absolutely no resemblance.
Yes i believe liza sounds more like there mom
@@terrysmith8749 I'm certainly not a Judy Garland vocal expert but your being obtuse with the absolutely no resemblance at all. Lorna definitely sounded like her when she dropped a octave to tell that story between 1:14 -1:21 (The sob, the gasp and even how she phrased the last word mon-kee)
I was a kid the first time I saw the Wizard of Oz on tv at age 7. Didn't bother me. I totally enjoyed it then as now.
Yeah, I don't get that. When I was a young kid, I could always distinguish between reality and television.
@@JLDReactions Me too, horror has never frightened me other than a jump scare, but that happens in life when someone opens the door at the same time as you, it is more surprise than fear.
I was never scared of the monkeys, as many people were (like my parents), but the witch sure scared me! I used to have nightmares of her setting my house on fire.
There are times when Lorna sounds so much like Judy (as does Liza), but I hadn't noticed it so much with Lorna before.
It really shows that it was not a typical children's story they did not have the same sensibility's back when it was written It was meant to convey reality and communicate important virtues that can not be conveyed by a candy coated fantasy we give our children today
So I'm 34 this year and all my life I've known Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz. Separately I had only heard the trolley song from The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode with Rosie O'Donnell. I had never known that Judy Garland sing that song in Meet Me in st. Louis all this time. As recently as a few weeks ago a friend ended up putting on the real song but just the clip from the movie on UA-cam. I grew up playing big band music in high school and am very fond of that era. So naturally seeing and hearing the real song just blew me away. I can't get that song out of my head and my heart now and probably won't. I'm then today watching a bunch of UA-cam videos of Judy on the Jack Paar or Johnny Carson shows and learning about her devastating backstory. That aside I randomly just find out right now after all this time that the director of Meet Me In St Louis ended up having a baby with Judy Garland and naming her Liza Minnelli whom ended up marrying the son of the Tin Man. Like WTF X 1000!!!!
I was never frightened by the monkeys or the movie, just completely enchanted.
My 7th grade teacher Sister Kay looked just like the Wicked Witch. And she was just as scarry as the witch of west too....
LOL
Was she green skinned? Probably related to Kermit.
As a nun, did she dress in black too?
@@grecomic yup, she sure did.
IT'S HOT UP HERE LET'S GO!!
Gets me every time
And poor Judy was in a harness when those monkeys carried her off. The harness malfunctioned and she fell, injuring her ankle badly. Ray Bolger said it was not fun to make that movie but it was worth it.
@@raea3588 actually no, the scene where Dorothy gets carried off by the monkeys was not Judy. It was her stand in Bobbie Koshay. They shot the scene almost from the back to hide her face so that the audience wouldn’t know it wasn’t Judy. MGM wouldn’t have risked Judy doing that stunt, not so much because they cared about her safety, but because if Judy got hurt the picture would’ve been shut down until she recovered and that would’ve cost them more money.
The two actors playing the monkeys who carried Dorothy away did however get injured when the wires snapped and they fell. I don’t believe the stand in Bobbie Koshay got injured though.
I think "The Wizard of Oz" is one of the most frightening movies ever made--but I always liked the tornado. I wonder if the people involved in its production had any idea that people would be so affected by the movie. Lorna Luft here gives a brief but excellent analysis of "The Wizard of Oz", explaining why the film is more than just a scary, sometimes heart-wrenching story but one that has a message about home and heart and facing fears and that lifts people up.
what a sissy
Doesn’t matter how many times I see the Wizard of Oz, that final scene always has me reaching for the kleenex ❤️
Crazy thing - this show is so distinctively visual that a person can recognize it immediately just from a still shot.
I never realized how much Liza Minnelli looks and sounds like her mama!
Love Liza's comment about Jack Haley Jr. LOL.
Honestly, I've never been much of a Wizard of Oz fan. It never spoke to me like it has to others for generations. Personally, I prefer A Star is Born.
Liza looks exactly like her Mom. Lorna looks like Judy’s second husband.
Lorna's biological father was Sidney Luft, but he was specifically Judy's third husband. Liza's biological father Vincente Minnelli was Judy's second husband and director of Meet Me in St. Louis.
Liza like exactly like hey father when she was younger. She grew to look like her mom.
I agree! Judy was a real beauty, and liza is a clone!
Lorna looks like Ethel.
Liza is awesome. I remember when she was in her golden years. She was a class act and that voice. 😘
I first saw the movie when I was four. The witch didn’t scare me. The flying monkeys didn’t scare me. It was the tornado that scared me to death! I was traumatized by that tornado as it ripped doors off hinges and picked up the whole house! Living in a tornado-prone area, I spent my entire childhood in fear every time there was a tornado watch.
Liza voiced Dorothy in "Journey Back to Oz" (1972). The True sequel to The 1939 MGM Wizard of Oz as far as I'm concerned.
In addition to Liza, it also features Margaret Hamilton as Auntie Em, Milton Berle, Mickey Rooney, Herschel Bernardi, Ethel Merman, Risë Stevens, Paul Lynde, Danny Thomas, Mel Blanc, and Bill Cosby.
@@Halfscotboy_39 Bill Cosby played the Wizard of Oz in a live action framing sequence that was added when the film was first shown on television. For contractual reasons, the Cosby segments could not be repeated after the second showing, so they were reshot with Milton Berle instead, though apparently the Cosby scenes were used again later when the film was shown in syndication. So Cosby appeared in only one of two TV versions of the movie, and he appeared only in the live-action framing sequence. He doesn't voice a role in the animated portion of the film, unlike Milton Berle, who plays the Cowardly Lion.
@@oliverbrownlow5615 That's weird.
It’s weird watching this knowing the dark truth of the making of the wizard of oz
ikr :(
What’s the dark truth?
@@dxd4023 www.oversixty.com.au/entertainment/movies/dark-secrets-from-the-set-of-wizard-of-oz
Many a pesky munchkin snuck under Judy’s petticoat... Dirty little blighters lol
Back in those days the rules were different.
That Witch is Scary as hell. The cinematography is haunting and will always be. I love it ❤. Grown man here 😂
It's a fantastic movie. Each character is so well cast. Everyone. I can't imagine any other actor/actress playing those characters. It was such a part of my childhood. We watched every spring. Eagerly waiting all day. So excited to watch. Then playing it the next day. Yes I have it on DVD and I still have the VHS version. I'm 68 and I just might have to watch it tonight.
*ITS HOT UP HERE LETS GO*
I think if I were on that set, I would say that too!
@@71crm Lmaoooo, I would’ve been scared asf i don’t blame jack jr lmfao
As kids and teens we watched wizard of oz every year.
I havent seen in a while.
I wish I could hear them talking about more funny stories from behind the scenes of wizard of Oz haha
And Dorothy's Ruby Slippers just sold at auction Dec 7th 2024 for 28 MILLION DOLLARS! Insane!
Ms.Minnelli co-hosted the very first telecast of"The Wizard Of Oz"with Bert Lahr(Bert played "Zeke"/"The Cowardly Lion")in the film and with "Oz"Historian and the first president and founder of"The International Wizard Of Oz Club"..Mr.Justin Schiller on CBS TV on "The Ford Star Jubilee"on The CBS TV Network on Saturday night November 3,1956.
The Wicked Witch of the West is terrifying.
Happy beloved birthday to you Ms. Minelli. I wish I could meet you in person, I am a big fan of yours. If you're ever in Albany! NY please come by for a visit.
I would love to know if Liza Minnelli and Lorna Luft saw the Musical Wicked (either or both the stage Musical and Movie) I wonder what they thought.
_The Wizard of Oz_ truly is terrifying. Even though many of today's children are far more sophisticated (than most of us were), I would recommend ages 8 yrs. old and up ... does that sound about right?
Love Liza! Class act!
My first memory of the Wizard of oz, was seeing the wicked witch appear in munchkin-land. That scene is etched in my memory (word for word) and at 5 years old, it was the stuff of nightmares for weeks to come.
Kids today are used to seeing all kinds of crap on TV, but in the 70's, that witch was the most evil thing you could ever set eyes on.
They used to show the Wizard of Oz every Christmas Eve. That was about 60 years ago on either CTV or CBC in Canada.
Lorna looks a lot like teenage Judy and Liza looks more like the Judy after the MGM years when Judy did concerts. Both are classy and lovely women!!
Can you imagine if this was Brandon Lee talking about the first time he watched his father on the big screen. If there's a clip of this such thing someone pls send me the link
The Flying Monkeys and the Witch scared me so much when I watched it for the 1st time.
I first saw The Wizard Of Oz age 3 but remember watching it at age 4 at my Grand Ma s house but dont recall watching it at age 2 or 3 but probably saw it just cant reall until I was 4 !
The theme of the Wizard of Oz or the meaning behind it, is everyone wants to leave home and go to a place that is exciting and adventurous and risky. But there are hidden dangers and risks waiting for you when you do this. Dorothy realizes that her home and family was safe. Also she had the love of her family. Being in a forbidden place of decadence and immorality the fun only lasts a small time. As she quotes, "There is no place like home".
I'm glad they saw this. The wizard of Oz is a wonderful film with great heartfelt messages. For a small child 4-whenever,itc can be scary and disturbing. There is a evil and wicked witch out to kill Dorothy and friends, and those winged flying monkeys. I remember hiding behind the sofa when the Witch and Monkeys were on.
I think I read somewhere that the flying monkeys and the child catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang were two of the characters that children were most scared of in family movies.
Forget the ‘children’. That ‘child catcher’ still creeps me out years later every time, especially when he bends over to see them hiding.
I’m a bigger fan of Chitty Chitty
Watching this interview, it is so easy to see why Liza became a star and Lorna just never could break through.
This bitterly surprises me that only one sister made it big
THE WIZARD OF OZ IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME!!! I HAD THE VHAS, AND WATCHED IT UNTIL THE ACTUAL TAPE INSIDE ACTUALLY BROKE. AND BY THE TIME DVD'S CAME AROUND I ONLY HAD TO BUY ONE.
Every top ten movie list should always include The Wizard Of Oz because it is simply the best children's film ever made.
Liza is 78 and looks fabulous!
Liza looks like her mommy!
I love Liza in this. She looks beautiful..
Just like her gorgeous mom!
I love Liza!
Cool story. My great aunt was liza and her sisters nanny when they were young girls. I never met my aunt she lived in california/new York we live in Ireland
yeah, wizard of oz was an incredible movie, simply iconic.... but has nobody seen the true behind the scenes the entire cast endured? watch it on UA-cam.
I love that Liza reminds me so much of my own grandma it's almost uncanny
Yes The Wizard of Oz
Liza is magical. Lorna is… Lorna😴
Did I miss something? Did they say how old (or young) they were when they saw the movie for the first time?
I was most afraid of the MGM lion.
That’s cool I’m still afraid of the thx certified George Lucas? logo when volume is up
Lorna Luft looks and sounds nothing like Judy Garland. In contrast, Liza looks and sounds just like her mother: a star and legend in her own right.
Bahahahahahahahahahahahahehehehehehehhohohohohohoho!
End of the movie Dorothy was exactly back where she started - stay at home and let your dead mothers sister ignore your being upset about Toto biting miss Gulch and believe me - if she didn’t get hurt by the tornado is coming back for Toto . Aunt Elm will just hand the dog over again . Bad plot line a lot of corn . Dorothy didn’t leave home due to being ungrateful she left to protect Toto . Moral of story is that we already possess traits we think we don’t have . Scarecrow doesn’t believe he has a brain yet he figures each step .
Judy Garland has such lovely daughters!
Judy was born in 22’ wouldn’t 1939 make her 17 then? Liza said 13 but wondering is that accurate and filming started earlier?
Garland was 16 when filming started. She was not 13.
I had a minor obsession with that movie when I was 5
I wish Liza knew how much her mom suffered from the making of that movie
Lorna Luft did back vocals on some Blondie albums.
I never heard of anyone being afraid of the wizard of oz till this clip and these comments 😐
Ok I find so hard to believe that Judy’s children were scared of her being carried away by flying monkeys. If I was traumatized by any scene, I wouldn’t be coming back to The Wizard Of Oz every once in a while!
I believe it, as a kid I watched a sitcom where characters picked up the phone and I picked up my phone and thought they were talking to me 😂
@ And this is relavent because?
Let's go to Kansas Toto
chile I wake up screaming where's my man
Liza was so gorgeous years ago
I loved their reaction to seeing their Mom on TV! They assumed it was live and everything happening to Dorothy was real! As a kid, I remember being sad when I heard Judy Garland had died because I assumed they wouldn't be able to show the Wizard of Oz anymore. My mother, not knowing how to explain how movies and TV shows were recording, told me that Judy had daughters and they would be able to fill in for her!
I liked the special effects, costumes, makeup. I never like the bad guys in movies...my parents had us watch it every year so I ended up tired of it!
Yup
And to think. The studio wanted Shirley Temple, the most popular kid at the time to play Dorothy. She wanted too much money so Judy got the part.
I love the z girl
IS LIZA MINELLI OKAY? I'm really worried. I'm syncing with you. I JUST FELL ASLEEP TO CAROL BURNETT EPISODE 15. I SLEPT THROUGH EPISODES 15 to the end of episode 21 and opened my eyes and at first I thought I was looking at carol burnett and vickie lawrence AT THE END CREDITS. I WENT OH MY GOD THAT IS LIZA MINELLI DRESSED AS A CLOWN and so I watched the entire episode 21 thinking I had missed you. But your only in the end of that episode. I WOKE UP JUST FOR YOU. I'm not LION. I sure hope nothing is wrong.
Thank you, L and L oxoxox
did anyone know in the movie on of the little people hang his self in real life u have to look at it when they were passing the little house u can see it but i love that movie alot i love judy garland i like liza toi think she looks so much like her mother
I am stilled scared of wizard of oz
Lorna is so much more ‘normal’ than Liza.
it is a scary movie for children, should be atleast pre teen before watching.
I am slightly terrified of monkeys thanks to this Movie.
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Liza sounds about 90% of her mother.
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Boy, Judy Garland was so beautifuil; her daughters look nothing like her.