An many other child stars ! It's just so very sad they ruined her they really did a pill for appetite a pill to sleep a pill to stay awake an she just could never really quit an walk away .
I thinks it's horrible what the studio did to judy garland and her mom was a real gem too That's why when Judy's daughter Liza came along she raised her differently more encouraging
@@Muushca03 You're right. Liza, like other children of busy stars, was raised by nannies, maids, and often sent off to private schools. Lorna said she barely remembered Liza, who got away from Judy as fast as she could. Lorna would eventually, as a teenager, become Judy's maid/pharmacist/caregiver, until she could take no more. True, Judy was robbed, over and over.
It's been reported for a number of years that some of Margaret Hamilton's scenes as the Wicked Witch of the West were cut, because the studio felt they were too scary.
@@stevegallo8483 Not sure if that was true. Some scenes were cut or shortened out of the need to shorten the running time. The seqence where the Witch is on top of the Tim Man's cottage was shortened due to a technical challenge with Special Effects. There was supposed to be a swarm of bees imposed on the Tin Man after she declares that she'd use him for a bee hive. Animation was planned on being used, but was abandoned. Cutting the bee swarm does leave a logical hole, and I always thought that making the Tin Mad a hot water heater would have been more logical.
@@stevegallo8483 That's exactly what happened. However, disagree with Blanche Sewell's removal of the "Ding-Dong the Witch is Dead" reprise when the characters return to the Emerald City. That was a lavish production number with extras rejoicing and singing that was sacrificed. Going from the Winkie Guards hailing Dorothy and Dissolving to the characters before the Wizard is too abrupt. But this may have been at the direction of Mervin Leroy once Victor Flemming had left to direct GONE WITH THE WIND.
Wizard of Oz was a meat grinder of a film. Buddy Ebsen became sick as the original Tin Man. The silver paint harmed his skin and lungs. As this narrative relates all the stars went through agony making the film. I didn't know that Judy Garland nearly died during filming. MGM and Louie B. Mayer were a disgrace. Garland was treated like a five foot four inch piece of meat by the studio. In the words of fellow actress June Allyson, "MGM would have made a movie a week with Judy if they could." Garland was such a gigantic talent who was never fully compensated by the studio. In many ways the greatest talent the entertainment world has ever known. So physically abused, her most famous role was nearly her last. The most glamorous of all the studios was also the most heartless. A disgrace to the industry.
The movie AI by Steven Spielberg reminds me of a sort of futuristic Wizard of Oz ; I don't know if you've ever seen that ... but if you follow the whole movie from beginning to end , there's definitely some thing that Spielberg was saying about the adage " there's no place like home " . Great acting in that film also , by everyone involved . If you haven't seen it Artificial Intelligence is a very interesting and unique movie giving some real strong brainfood
Margaret Hamilton was burned early in the movie the scene is where she leaves munchkin land in a ball of fire. 1:20 Her character was melted with a bucket of water by Dorothy at the end of of the movie.
You missed something. Jack Haley wasn't the original Tin Man. Actor Buddy Ebsen (best known as TVs Barnaby Jones and The Beverly Hillbillies Jed Clampett) was originally cast as the Tin Man, but he had to drop out of the role because of an allergic reaction to the aluminum dust in the Tin Man's makeup. He was hospitalized because of that reaction.
I was just going to mention that. Seems like an important fact to leave out! Buddy couldn't breathe because of the aluminum dust he was inhaling. They powdered him frequently with it. He spent 6 weeks in an oxygen tent. 😥
No, it isn't. As reported by Oz historians Jay Scarfone and William Stillman in their book "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece," the snow was crushed gypsum.
@@uswruser7996 Gypsum, like anything dusty, can be problematic if you're incautious enough to breathe it in. So I'm sure the cast and crew took care not to. 🙂
Yeah, I heard that and burst out laughing. I'm sure if Margaret Hamilton were still alive, she'd love to know exactly when Frank Morgan filled in for her on screen, lol.
No Freaking WAY!!! I've seen Margaret Hamilton in more movies than just this one. That was HER voice, NOT Frank Morgan's. I don't know who came up with THAT one but whoever did it was a criminal IMHO.
I think the asshole who created this shit video threw in bogus claims just to get viewers wound up and commenting. Clever but disgusting tactic. They ought to be cited by UA-cam.
Right. Never seen a gravestone. I think this guy made up alot of this...for example he says Margaret Hamilton was injured in a scene where she was being "burned"....no...she is not being burned, she is disappearing in a puff smoke and magic fire flames. She was accidentally burned in that scene but thats not what the scene was about. Also...Judy Garland was 16 during filming, and there is no reference at all to her being "drunk" ever, much less holding up production because of it. There is alot about how the studios gave her and others amphetamines to keep them working long days. There is no reference at all for any "tornado" destroying the set, and it was filmed in Culver City CA....not really prone to them in the first place. Shirley Temple was considered for the role but her studio wold not release her. Im no expert, this is all from quick searches of this creators claims, but alot of this piece is not supported by any reference Id like to know where he gets this information.
@@David-ei1fs It’s almost as if he never saw the movie. The only thing you saw after the wicked witch died is her legs sticking out from under the house. And all the other information you shared is exactly right.
I've read several books on Oz production, and just now searched the Web, but find no mention about a real tornado or a little person being killed let alone "several"
Correct. This is all made up junk and does a tremendous disservice to the memory of this beloved movie. Such things should be banned from UA-cam. There is far too much false information circulating on the Internet, and this does not help.
Southern California does not have Tornadoes as a rule. However, when I was stationed in San Diego, a Waterspot moved onto land and hit a trailer park in Poway. That became a Tornado, which was rare.
The number of midgets who reported for work in November of 1938 is the exact same number of midgets who collected their final pay in December of that year.
This is a great movie my daughter used to watch this over and over its one of her favorite till this day . But when she was little she used to sit in front of TV and watch the movie it was like a babysitter that kept her amused the whole time she was watching it. Till this day she buys alot of wizard of Oz merchandise or anything she can find to collect.
@@lorihogue5015 As far as this comment goes, I was asking if she or her daughter had read the Oz books. I can't see how anyone could have a problem with that.
@@barbsyorkies So explain why everyone who worked on the movie was proud of what they'd accomplished, and why especially Garland, Bolger, and Hamilton loved it for the rest of their lives.
You made a ton of misrepresentations, repeated false legends, and some things were just completely made up. The prime example was the myth of sexually rowdy munchkins and Judy being drunk. Judy fought alcoholism later in life (not as a teenager on set) and the long repeated munchkin rumor came from a deadpan joke Judy said on a tv show interview in the 60s. What are you talking about a tornado destroying the set and killing actors?? In Los Angeles? No. And Dorothy never "lost" the ruby slippers! Slippers"added at the last minute?!" The slippers (originally silver) were integral to the original story in the book. You don’t get hepatitis from being exhausted, Shirley Temple was never cast, the horses were covered in gelatin POWDER which was sponged on (not prepared Jello) and it didn’t harm them (although they had to shoot quickly so they wouldn’t lick it off )…and the snow wasn’t made iof gelatin…it was ASBESTOS! There are a handful of correct pieces of info in this, but it is littered with BS
_Return to Oz_ is not a sequel to the MGM movie. There are too many differences between them, most notably the fact that in RtO, as in the Oz books, Oz is real.
Margaret Hamilton was burned when the pyrotechnics to cover her disappearance through a trap door in Munchkinland fired prematurely, were too hot, and the opening of the trap door was delayed. She suffered second-degree burn on her face and a third-degree burn on her hand. She was NOT in any scene where she was "burned alive" as your commentary states. Also, she did not have hepatitis in 1939. She WAS, however, hospitalized with it 20 years later, in November of 1959. She stayed in the hospital for almost three months. This is enough to make me wonder what other "facts" you got wrong. After all, you completely missed Buddy Ebsen's aluminum poisoning.
He made a ton of misrepresentations, repeated false legends, and some were just completely made up. The prime example was the myth of sexually rowdy munchkins and Judy being drunk. The munchkin thing came from a deadpan joke she said on a tv show interview in the 60s. What is he talking about a tornado destroying the set and killing actors?? In Los Angeles? No. And Dorothy never “lost” the ruby slippers! Slippers “added at the last minute?!” The slippers (originally silver) were integral to the story. There are a handful of correct pieces of info, but this is littered with BS
Frank Morgan played the Wicked Witch of the West???? He played several different roles in the movie but not the Wicked Witch! What BS!! I don't know where this person got these 'facts'!!
A person has to remember that there was no air conditioning in 1939. air conditioning was being developed but was not readily available for use at that time. and there was no such thing as OSHA at that time which meant that safety was less of a concern. a person has to remember that 1939 was a much different time than our modern day.
Judy was only 16, I don't believe she was drunk during the filming. However later on she did rely on pills and booze in her career to get through her scenes..
Rick Voorhees: Judy finished the film at close to 16, but the process started when she was 12. My cousin was one of the casting directors who auditioned and chose her for Dorothy,
@@sandramorey2529 Judy was 16 when filming began and turned 17 during post production. The movie only took two years to make. What's your cousin's name?
In an interview she gave in 1938, Judy said confidently, "I take awfully good care of myself. I won't ever smoke or drink." Sadly, of course, she did both as an adult, but it proves she didn't do either as a teen. The truth is, she didn't like any carbonated beverages, not even soda.
No one in the cast or crew died during the making of The Wizard of Oz. Stop telling that old, false story. No cast member was "seen:" smoking or drinking on set. That's ridiculous. It was, as are all film productions, entirely professional and controlled in every detail.
Just yet again another past hater trying to make the 1930's-50's seem like the worst time period to ever live in possible, antagonistically jeopardizing any good thing by stating stereotypes people love to hate about the past.
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar "...antagonistically jeopardizing any good thing by stating stereotypes people love to hate about the past." C.S. Lewis had a name for that phenomenon; he called it chronological snobbery.
In the book, Dorothy was a proper little spitfire; the Wicked Witch actually managed to grab one of the shoes and put it on. THAT was what prompted Dorothy to throw a bucket of water at her!
Thanks for this great video. But I think you are mistaken that Shirley Temple did not do role as they planned .. not due to her parents: Shirley Temple was MGM's first choice to play Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz but she was under contract to 20th Century Fox. When a deal for her services could not be struck, MGM turned to one of its contract players, Judy Garland, who proved to be a wonderful Dorothy, though as you point out they paid Judy very little compared to others and also drugged and starved her. Knowing about Shirley's mother.. no way they could have done that to Shirley.
I was watching something a while back about Shirley Temple and it the reason why she didn't get the role was because they wanted to much money. I also heard the head of MGM flashed Shirley and she laughed at him.
She wasn't paid by the week to do the movie. This was the days of the studio system, she was under contract for $500 a week under a multi-year contract to do movies, whatever came along. Shirley Temple made more money because at that time Shirley Temple was one of the biggest stars in the world.
Judy Garland was Mervyn LeRoy's first, last, and only choice for the role of Dorothy. Shirley's involvement amounted to a singing test that an MGM suit in New York insisted upon. But it was always Judy's role.
"Thanks for this great video"??? Are you kidding? There is nothing in this video but bullshit! Nothing that this guy claims is true! Not one thing!!! Unreal!
I'm surprised Toto wasn't mentioned. As to the sequel, Dorothy supposedly goes to back to OZ to kill the Wicked Witch 🧙♀️ of the West. In the original movie, Dorothy and company kills the Witch 🧙♀️, "I'm melting".
I also heard that Judy Garland had said the munchkins tried to look up her skirt and the lion costume was so heavy that the actor who played him had to literally ring out the costume every time he took it off.
Judy made joking exaggerated remarks on The Jack Parr Show, but I don't recall her saying that the Munchkins tried to look up her skirt. First of all, it was a dress. Second, if you notice, there is a pettycoat and the dress covers 3/4 of her legs. So how could any of the midgets look up her "skirt?"
@@RayPointerChannel I said I HEARD she said it. I never said it was in fact true. Where I HEARD it from could have gotten the info from was misinformed.
P.S. - Shirley Temple was never officially “cast” as Dorothy. (She was being considered for the role - but so were a few other young ladies. Judy Garland was the one who got the role, of course.)
Judy was the only performer who Mervyn LeRoy wanted for the role. The suits thought he was crazy, since she'd only been with MGM for three years and was still relatively unknown, but he persevered and his vision proved true.
I think this was made a parody of all those "documentaries" which are full of exaggerated and false information about the movie. There's no way this guy really believes what he's spewing.
Enough historic mistakes make some of your other claims questionable as how could it possibly be gelatin as snow being toxic, The toxic material was asbestos. I often find these posts have a hint of reality and then just a bunch of fluff to create click bait.
Most of the "problems" this guy talks about are either exaggerated or totally untrue. There was never a tornado, for one thing. But other movies have had more and worse problems and still went forward.
So many problems with this video. Shirley Temple was never cast as Dorothy. It was vaguely discussed, but Shirley was under contract to a different studio, which refused to loan her out. Only Judy Garland was ever cast as Dorothy. Frank Morgan as the wicked witch? Balderdash. You've taken too many bits that were stated by actors as jokes in later years, such as Judy Garland's statement that the Munchkins were all dirty old men. Most of the Munchkins were children, a common practice with casting of little people.
You're correct. The notion of Shirley as Dorothy may have been tossed around a few minutes, but, according to the book about MGM's musicals by Hugh Fordin, from the beginning, the rights to "Oz" were purchased by MGM as a vehicle for Judy Garland from the start. The rumor about Shirley Temple being the first choice ran so rampant that Judy, herself, eventually came to believe it... or so she said. The dirty old drunken Munchkin stories were pure Judy. "They were all sweet and respectful to me and I loved them," does not make for a good Judy story. "They got drunk every night and they picked them up in butterfly nets," is more Judy's style, and what she said. Many take such things literally.
David McLallen: My mother worked with a lot of the munchkins in the A.G. Barnes circus ca: 1928,9. She told me stories of the debauchery, the drinking &the silly things that happened to and around these little people. No children,but some were in their teens. Most were fully grown if short adults. There were women munchkins too
@@sandramorey2529 I'll go out on a limb and guess that there are some things a munchkin could get away with at the A.G. Barnes circus that they wouldn't even attempt at an expensive, expansive MGM production, working alongside a stellar cast.
Shirley Temple was taken by her mother to MGM to meet with Mr. Mayer and he wanted to see Shirley a!one in his office where he the exposed himself to her. She laughed self consciously and walked backwards out of his office with Shirley us mother seeing him zip up his pants. Mother and daughter promptly left forever. That was in Shirley' s own bioraphy. Hollywood has always been a cesspool!
@@carltondexter1651 No, it wasn't Mr. Mayer, it was songwriter/producer Arthur Freed. You're not the first nor the last person to tweak a story online and change the meaning. It's like the children's game "telephone" if you know what that is.
What I always thought was funny was when the tin Man was first introduced into the movie he was rusted due to being stuck outside during a rainstorm. I was unaware that tin rusted.
Unlike most metals, tin is not toxic. It is resistant to corrosion, so it can be used in food and beverage cans to contact acidic foods. However, while the tin used in cans is essentially non-toxic, when it is exposed to air and water, it will rust. So, does tin rust? Yes, there is a chance that tin can rust if it is not properly coated. Was the tin man coated with a protective varnish? Apparently not.
@@Glicksman1 Tin does not rust, because rust is the decomposition of iron, which tin does not contain. "Tin" cans can get rusty because of cracks in the tin coating, allowing the iron in the steel underlying the tin to develop rust. Tin can only be broken down in the presence of strong acids!
@@marktwain2053You are correct. Tin does not interact with oxygen and lose its molecular structure (meaning that it cannot rust); it is highly resistant to corrosion by acidic substances and does not tarnish. The Wizard of Oz got it wrong if the Tin Man was made only of tin.
As I understand it, this was not the first Wizard of Oz movie made. The first one was made in the 1920s (or earlier) in a silent movie. So the one made in 1939 was a reboot or a remake if you like.
@@dianeferre1273 Schizoidboy is correct, sort of. Two silent Oz movies were made, 1910 and 1925. The sound version is from 1939. Facts about these things are very easy to find if you're patient and willing to learn things.
You didn't say anything about the original tin man play by Buddy Epson and his makeup of aluminum powder that went to into his lungs darn near kill him So Jack Haley replace him and his makeup was aluminum paste
9-24-22 I had worked for an electrical plant, I worked coloring wire with Dies& inks, the area smelled bad& I didn't get paid good, being an actor or not being an actor, their always is A problem with any kind of job.
Yes, many of these are nonsense. The “tornado” didn’t destroy anything, nor did anyone die; the tornado was added post production via special Fx. Judy didn’t contract hepatitis until the late 1950s. The snow was asbestos. Judy’s fee was based on her contract. She received a raise after the film’s release. Shirley Temple never got anywhere near the actual production. She was only briefly considered, well before filming got underway, and was no longer in the running when it was discovered she didn’t have the vocal range for Dorothy. The horse had gelatin applied to its skin to create “the multi-colored “horse of a different color” effect, not to make it bright and shiny. Judy wasn’t drunk and disorderly during the the filming “Oz,” and she appeared on set as directed and did not hold up shooting. The slippers were always part of the plot; they were originally silver in the L. Frank Baum novel, and were changed to Ruby slippers later, to take advantage of the Three-strip dye-transfer Technicolor process. And what Wicked Witch gravestone is he talking about-it doesn’t exist in the film and Frank Morgan never did the voice for the Wicked Witch. He did appear in five different roles in “Oz,” however: Professor Marvel, the Emerald City Gatekeeper, Cab Driver, Sentry, and The Wizard himself. Who sits around like this to make stuff up about a film whose history and facts behind its creation are well known?
@@Gregorius24 I have to certainly agree overall, the vast majority of Judy information is hogwash/disinformation, things that either have no legitimate basis, cannot be corroborated or verified. A polite term would be hearsay. A good example is Judy's mother starting Judy on amphetamines before MGM. It's on nearly every Judy site, but it came from absolutely nowhere. It was vaguely hinted in the Gerald Clarke book... just suggested, a little. And it took off. The nastiest salacious things, naturally, are the sexual ones, and although Judy never remotely claimed to have been molested or raped, it's just taken for granted she was. She did tell Sid- who repeated the yarn- that the Munchkins tried to finger Judy up her Dorothy costume, and those unfamiliar with Judy's absurdist sense of irony/humor take these things seriously.
You're right, I think this is one of those b.s. videos. The "tornado that destroyed a set"? It was all filmed in Culver City. They don't have tornadoes in Culver City! (except for the one created by the TRUE special effects Wiz Arnold Gillespie). And while Garland did have health problems from this job, it was apparently from so many pills they made her take to keep her thin, to control her sleep, to wake her up; all THAT.
I've read several books on Oz production, and just now searched the Web, but find no mention about a real tornado or a little person being killed let alone "several"
Culver City California does get small tornados every few years. All F-1 or F-2. But I took the time to look it up, The movie was filmed in Culver city California, and it does get a few tornadoes.
Good question. The info about Shirley Temple was wrong too. She was part of a swap with a different studio, but the actress that Shirley was being traded for died in a plane crash before the swap happened, and Shirley's studio refused to accept a replacement, so the deal fell through.
@@MaskedMan66 And you know this as a fact from? gypsum is selenite - that would go to a fine powder if crushed! gypsum is used for plasterboard, blackboard chalk and a lot of other building materials!
@@g1fcg I know it as a fact from Jay Scarfone and William Stillman, two of the world's leading authorities on Oz in general and the MGM movie in particular. They quashed the asbestos story in their book "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece"
Yes, and his accident with having the aluminum dust blown onto the Clown White makeup that got into his lungs. THAT was one of the major accidents not reported. Again, poor reserach and mostly made up situations and a wishing of things happening that never did.
I had heard that Margaret Hamilton "The wicked witch" was actually the nicest person on set. She actually stood up for Judy Garland over the demanding pressures of the tyrannical directors and producers, etc rumor has it.
An unfounded rumor. Judy was the darling of the set and needed no defending from anyone. There was only one producer, and he had moved heaven and earth to get her the lead in the movie. And there was only one director for the majority of the filming.
It is all so very sad that they had so many problems on the set, especially the drugs and drinking for I thought it was a well made movie and really enjoyed watching it.
Grew up watching this ,,nowdays i start shedding tears when she says goodbye to the tinman,, cowardly lion and scare crow ,, especially when she says toto were home😢
Yes, I agree! In particular, 7:09-“The date on the Wicked Witch’s HEADSTONE?!” WHAT HEADSTONE, for Pete’s sake?! I have seen this movie TONS OF TIMES and I have NEVER ONCE SEEN ANY HEADSTONE!!!
I am unsure where you’re getting the idea that they were supposed to be a kindergarten which in the movie, Margaret Hamilton, which played the wicked witch of the west, was the special ed teacher.
Margaret Hamilton was NOT "being burned alive" in the scene where she exits Munchkin Land (1:23), That was just the special effect to make her "disappear." Gee whiz, get it right. Sloppy, sloppy.
This is a parody of those videos that over-accentuate the bad things that happened. There's no way this guy expects anyone to take this crap seriously.
Only in the Scarecrow's intro scene. They had to do some extra shooting for the scene a couple of months after the main shoot, and by that time, Judy was wearing a different three-quarter wig than she had at first.
I just Googled the fact about the gravestone, because I didn't remember there being one in the movie. What I found out is that the date, which must have been on the death certificate, was May 6, 1938, and that was exactly nineteen years after author L. Frank Baum's passing.
This video is full of falsehoods. There were NEVER scenes shot where the the Lolipop Guild actors were smoking or drinking IN THE SHOT. The may have had cigarette breaks between scenes, but scenes NEVER had to be cut or edited down because they were filmed doing either of those 2 things.
I think this was made as a parody of all those "documentaries" which are full of exaggerated and false information about the movie. There's no way this guy really believes what he's spewing.
Hollywood in general ruined Judy's life , her and actor Mickey Rooney were constantly pressured to star in many movies . They were both physically and mentally exhausted all the time ,so the film makers made them take drugs to give them energy ,then drugs to help them sleep. This happened a lot and it messed with their minds and bodies. They weren't treated like actors, they were just used, god knows how many other poor young actors were treated like this too back in the day and I feel concerned for young actors of today, I pray they're not being treated like Judy and Mickey were.
@@Salena905 Many of those stories might have been Judy's infamous tall tales which she told in her later years. She was making jokes, but some people took her seriously, and she did cop the occasional bit of muck for it.
According to an interview, there were only 2 or 3 munchkins who acted unprofessional while making Wizard of Oz. The drunken munchkin orgies was only a rumor. Also, the 1980's film ( Return to Oz, not Reyurn to the Wized of Oz) could not mention the events created by the MGM movie because only the story was public domain. Not the MGM movie. The now was actually asbestos, not gelatin.
They didn’t mention almost killing Buddy Epsen, the original Tin Man. The body paint containing aluminum dust almost killed him causing Epsen to drop out of filming altogether. Epsen was replaced by Jack Haley as the Tin Man in “The Wizard of Oz”.
@@ArcaneWeasel MaskedMan666 has been trolling this video, trying to come off as an expert on this film (which he is NOT) and harassing random strangers. He's a real problem and he's been reported.
Yes, it was lead based paint, which is poisonous. My fat ex wife was related to the Tin Man. I've watched this movies dozens of times. I never saw any date on the watches tombstone. I never even saw the tombstone.🤔
When Buddy Epson was cast as the Tin Man they used aluminum dust as his makeup. That caused him a near fatal reaction to it. When Jack Haley replaced Epson the makeup was switched to aluminum paste.
What the studios did to Judy Garland is absolutely criminal.
YES
Is that the same girl from the bread
and her mother allowed it
An many other child stars ! It's just so very sad they ruined her they really did a pill for appetite a pill to sleep a pill to stay awake an she just could never really quit an walk away .
Drunkards sometimes have bad things happen to them.
Tornado was in the film, but not in Culver City, CA destroying sets.
Not a real tornado. The "twister" was a studio creation. I saw how they did it. Movie genius from 1939. State of the art.
I thinks it's horrible what the studio did to judy garland and her mom was a real gem too
That's why when Judy's daughter Liza came along she raised her differently more encouraging
@@Muushca03 You're right. Liza, like other children of busy stars, was raised by nannies, maids, and often sent off to private schools. Lorna said she barely remembered Liza, who got away from Judy as fast as she could. Lorna would eventually, as a teenager, become Judy's maid/pharmacist/caregiver, until she could take no more. True, Judy was robbed, over and over.
Judy did a lot to herself.
audio: "Some scenes were too racy."
on screen: "Some scenes were too scary"
well, ?which one is it?
It's been reported for a number of years that some of Margaret Hamilton's scenes as the Wicked Witch of the West were cut, because the studio felt they were too scary.
@@stevegallo8483 Not sure if that was true. Some scenes were cut or shortened out of the need to shorten the running time. The seqence where the Witch is on top of the Tim Man's cottage was shortened due to a technical challenge with Special Effects. There was supposed to be a swarm of bees imposed on the Tin Man after she declares that she'd use him for a bee hive. Animation was planned on being used, but was abandoned. Cutting the bee swarm does leave a logical hole, and I always thought that making the Tin Mad a hot water heater would have been more logical.
@@RayPointerChannel Would not surprise me if some scenes were cut or shortened due to the running time.
@@stevegallo8483 That's exactly what happened. However, disagree with Blanche Sewell's removal of the "Ding-Dong the Witch is Dead" reprise when the characters return to the Emerald City. That was a lavish production number with extras rejoicing and singing that was sacrificed. Going from the Winkie Guards hailing Dorothy and Dissolving to the characters before the Wizard is too abrupt. But this may have been at the direction of Mervin Leroy once Victor Flemming had left to direct GONE WITH THE WIND.
@@stevegallo8483 No scenes, just some lines.
What is date on w.w. Gravestone? I’ve never noticed in the 200 times I’ve watched lol.✌️
There is no gravestone.
To think Terry (Toto) made more than most of the actors
No, she didn't make any money at all. Her trainer, Carl Spitz, made $125.00 a week, considerably less than any of the featured actors.
The high temperatures on the set had all to do with the lighting requirements to be able to use the Technicolor filming process
Correct, and Victor Fleming had the lights shut off at regular intervals so cast and crew could relax and cool off.
Oz is an amazing film. It's an 83 year old film that still plays as well today as it did when it was released in 1939.
Wizard of Oz was a meat grinder of a film. Buddy Ebsen became sick as the original Tin Man. The silver paint harmed his skin and lungs. As this narrative relates all the stars went through agony making the film. I didn't know that Judy Garland nearly died during filming. MGM and Louie B. Mayer were a disgrace. Garland was treated like a five foot four inch piece of meat by the studio. In the words of fellow actress June Allyson, "MGM would have made a movie a week with Judy if they could." Garland was such a gigantic talent who was never fully compensated by the studio. In many ways the greatest talent the entertainment world has ever known. So physically abused, her most famous role was nearly her last. The most glamorous of all the studios was also the most heartless. A disgrace to the industry.
Yep absolutely true it's just so timeless
The movie AI by Steven Spielberg reminds me of a sort of futuristic Wizard of Oz ; I don't know if you've ever seen that ... but if you follow the whole movie from beginning to end , there's definitely some thing that Spielberg was saying about the adage
" there's no place like home " .
Great acting in that film also , by everyone involved .
If you haven't seen it Artificial Intelligence is a very interesting and unique movie giving some real strong brainfood
@@gardensofthegods That's on my "I Gotta See That Someday" list.
Not after thiS ..
Who did the research for the facts on this movie, a 4 year old??
I think he asked an AI.
Yea it was MaskedMan66. Not the brightest but he is a knowitall (alleged).
Margaret Hamilton was burned early in the movie the scene is where she leaves munchkin land in a ball of fire. 1:20
Her character was melted with a bucket of water by Dorothy at the end of of the movie.
It wasn't the end of the movie.
You missed something. Jack Haley wasn't the original Tin Man. Actor Buddy Ebsen (best known as TVs Barnaby Jones and The Beverly Hillbillies Jed Clampett) was originally cast as the Tin Man, but he had to drop out of the role because of an allergic reaction to the aluminum dust in the Tin Man's makeup. He was hospitalized because of that reaction.
This is true, and much of his voice remains in the film.
Where does this guy get his onfo?
I was just going to mention that. Seems like an important fact to leave out! Buddy couldn't breathe because of the aluminum dust he was inhaling. They powdered him frequently with it. He spent 6 weeks in an oxygen tent. 😥
This was one of the most well know facts he neglected, he was vague and inaccurate at best
Thanks for added info. I appreciate you🙂💛
Why do people keep hiring this guy to narrate ? Seriously
The "snow" was Asbest...It sound insane, but it's true
No, it isn't. As reported by Oz historians Jay Scarfone and William Stillman in their book "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece," the snow was crushed gypsum.
@@MaskedMan66 , then the information I read was wrong...my apologies...
(((...but the crushing gibsum they used wasn't harmless to the lungs either...
@@uswruser7996 Gypsum, which is only harmful if someone's dumb enough to breathe it in.
@@MaskedMan66 , you're right 😅
@@uswruser7996 Gypsum, like anything dusty, can be problematic if you're incautious enough to breathe it in. So I'm sure the cast and crew took care not to. 🙂
Margaret Hamilton played the Wicked Witch of the West.
To perfection!
The wizard was NOT the wicked witch, for crying out loud!
WHAT THE! Who said that- 😨💀
Yeah, I heard that and burst out laughing. I'm sure if Margaret Hamilton were still alive, she'd love to know exactly when Frank Morgan filled in for her on screen, lol.
No Freaking WAY!!! I've seen Margaret Hamilton in more movies than just this one. That was HER voice, NOT Frank Morgan's.
I don't know who came up with THAT one but whoever did it was a criminal IMHO.
I think a lot of these ‘facts’ need validation. Some are well documented others here are obviously invented.
These things are written by Bangladeshis making a dollar an hour and narrated by robots.
I’ve watched that movie probably 20 times, and I’m not familiar with a scene involving a grave stone for the wicked witch.
Me neither
There wasn't one. Just a pile of steaming clothes on the floor. Alas, we have a generation of brain dead people today.
I think the asshole who created this shit video threw in bogus claims just to get viewers wound up and commenting. Clever but disgusting tactic. They ought to be cited by UA-cam.
Right. Never seen a gravestone. I think this guy made up alot of this...for example he says Margaret Hamilton was injured in a scene where she was being "burned"....no...she is not being burned, she is disappearing in a puff smoke and magic fire flames. She was accidentally burned in that scene but thats not what the scene was about. Also...Judy Garland was 16 during filming, and there is no reference at all to her being "drunk" ever, much less holding up production because of it. There is alot about how the studios gave her and others amphetamines to keep them working long days. There is no reference at all for any "tornado" destroying the set, and it was filmed in Culver City CA....not really prone to them in the first place. Shirley Temple was considered for the role but her studio wold not release her. Im no expert, this is all from quick searches of this creators claims, but alot of this piece is not supported by any reference Id like to know where he gets this information.
@@David-ei1fs
It’s almost as if he never saw the movie. The only thing you saw after the wicked witch died is her legs sticking out from under the house. And all the other information you shared is exactly right.
I've read several books on Oz production, and just now searched the Web, but find no mention about a real tornado or a little person being killed let alone "several"
Me, too. This is the 1️⃣st I heard of a tornado 🌪.
Correct. This is all made up junk and does a tremendous disservice to the memory of this beloved movie. Such things should be banned from UA-cam. There is far too much false information circulating on the Internet, and this does not help.
Southern California does not have Tornadoes as a rule. However, when I was stationed in San Diego, a Waterspot moved onto land and hit a trailer park in Poway. That became a Tornado, which was rare.
The number of midgets who reported for work in November of 1938 is the exact same number of midgets who collected their final pay in December of that year.
Nor will you!! Nothing that this guy posted in this video is true! Unbelieveable how he thought he'd get away with it!!
This is a great movie my daughter used to watch this over and over its one of her favorite till this day . But when she was little she used to sit in front of TV and watch the movie it was like a babysitter that kept her amused the whole time she was watching it. Till this day she buys alot of wizard of Oz merchandise or anything she can find to collect.
Has she ever read the books?
@@lorihogue5015 Please give me an example of "abusive trolling" I've "engaged in."
@@lorihogue5015 As far as this comment goes, I was asking if she or her daughter had read the Oz books. I can't see how anyone could have a problem with that.
Not anymore....
@@barbsyorkies So explain why everyone who worked on the movie was proud of what they'd accomplished, and why especially Garland, Bolger, and Hamilton loved it for the rest of their lives.
Frank Morgan was never the witch. This makes me question the accuracy of this entire video.
Only this?
I'm glad you mentioned this. That can't be right.
It's mostly rubbish.
You made a ton of misrepresentations, repeated false legends, and some things were just completely made up. The prime example was the myth of sexually rowdy munchkins and Judy being drunk. Judy fought alcoholism later in life (not as a teenager on set) and the long repeated munchkin rumor came from a deadpan joke Judy said on a tv show interview in the 60s. What are you talking about a tornado destroying the set and killing actors?? In Los Angeles? No. And Dorothy never "lost" the ruby slippers! Slippers"added at the last minute?!" The slippers (originally silver) were integral to the original story in the book. You don’t get hepatitis from being exhausted, Shirley Temple was never cast, the horses were covered in gelatin POWDER which was sponged on (not prepared Jello) and it didn’t harm them (although they had to shoot quickly so they wouldn’t lick it off )…and the snow wasn’t made iof gelatin…it was ASBESTOS! There are a handful of correct pieces of info in this, but it is littered with BS
Boy, I'll say❗️
I couldn't agree with you more.
Exactly. It's sad that people make up lies for attention and other people to read.
100% right. Like whqt the he'll do you mean Frank Morgan was also the voice of the wicked witch???
The horses were covered in a mixture of vegetable dye and make-up, while the snow was crushed gypsum.
LIES LIES AND,MORE LIES
I have a feeling he tried researching this movie with AI.
The wicked witch wasn’t being burned alive. She was leaving the in a cloud of fire. Obviously you never watched the movie.
A lot of the "facts" in this video are made up.
He never researched it either.
@@MaskedMan66 most of us did not need to do research. We remember the simple deatails of the movie just by watching it.
@@bargeld09 I'm referring to the utter bull that the person who made the video is spewing.
Right??
Has this narrator ever seen the film??
Unlikely. He's certainly never researched it.
One has to wonder! Unreal!
Maybe, I'm pretty sure these lies came from an artificial intelligence program.
The sequel is return to Oz not the return to the wizard of Oz and it was released in 85 not 84
_Return to Oz_ is not a sequel to the MGM movie. There are too many differences between them, most notably the fact that in RtO, as in the Oz books, Oz is real.
This is so heartbreaking to hear. You’d never know all this trauma 😢 because they did the acting so perfectly 😔❤️
There's a lot of exaggeration and some outright untruth in this video.
@@Muushca03 Judy wasn't abused when making this movie.
Oh brother, again I wonder where you’re getting your information - a lot of this seems very off.
Most of it is.
Artificial intelligence, I guess.
DON'T FORGET BUDDY EBSEN ALMOST SUFFOCATED TO DEATH FROM THE SILVER SPRAY ON HIS SKIN
lol, really? If he suffocated to death then how did he become Jed Clampet
@@wendyo2561 DON'T FORGET BUDDY EBSEN ALMOST SUFFOCATED TO DEATH FROM THE SILVER SPRAY ON HIS SKIN. The word ALMOST is in Barbara's sentence.😉
It wasn't "spray," it was aluminum powder.
@@wendyo2561 The OP said, "almost." He recovered.
Margaret Hamilton was burned when the pyrotechnics to cover her disappearance through a trap door in Munchkinland fired prematurely, were too hot, and the opening of the trap door was delayed. She suffered second-degree burn on her face and a third-degree burn on her hand.
She was NOT in any scene where she was "burned alive" as your commentary states.
Also, she did not have hepatitis in 1939. She WAS, however, hospitalized with it 20 years later, in November of 1959. She stayed in the hospital for almost three months.
This is enough to make me wonder what other "facts" you got wrong. After all, you completely missed Buddy Ebsen's aluminum poisoning.
He made a ton of misrepresentations, repeated false legends, and some were just completely made up. The prime example was the myth of sexually rowdy munchkins and Judy being drunk. The munchkin thing came from a deadpan joke she said on a tv show interview in the 60s. What is he talking about a tornado destroying the set and killing actors?? In Los Angeles? No. And Dorothy never “lost” the ruby slippers! Slippers “added at the last minute?!” The slippers (originally silver) were integral to the story. There are a handful of correct pieces of info, but this is littered with BS
Thank You!
It wasn't a trap door, it was an elevator. Otherwise, brilliantly accurate!
Wow, at least a third of these "facts" are wrong.
At "least" 1/3? More like 95% of this is all wrong. It's made up junk and distortions of facts.
Frank Morgan played the Wicked Witch of the West???? He played several different roles in the movie but not the Wicked Witch! What BS!! I don't know where this person got these 'facts'!!
More like most of them.
@@kevinwilcoxon13 Yup, he was Professor Marvel, the Guardian of the Gates, the Cabbie, Omby Amby, and of course the Wizard.
Actually, ALL of the facts are wrong! This video is total bullshit!
A person has to remember that there was no air conditioning in 1939. air conditioning was being developed but was not readily available for use at that time. and there was no such thing as OSHA at that time which meant that safety was less of a concern. a person has to remember that 1939 was a much different time than our modern day.
Safety was a concern; that's why Victor Fleming ordered the lights shut off every half hour so people could cool off and relax.
Judy was only 16, I don't believe she was drunk during the filming. However later on she did rely on pills and booze in her career to get through her scenes..
Rick Voorhees: Judy finished the film at close to 16, but the process started when she was 12. My cousin was one of the casting directors who auditioned and chose her for Dorothy,
@@sandramorey2529 Judy was 16 when filming began and turned 17 during post production. The movie only took two years to make. What's your cousin's name?
In an interview she gave in 1938, Judy said confidently, "I take awfully good care of myself. I won't ever smoke or drink." Sadly, of course, she did both as an adult, but it proves she didn't do either as a teen. The truth is, she didn't like any carbonated beverages, not even soda.
So what's the date on the witch's tombstone? You don't say and you don't show a picture of the stone.
Exactly ❗️. Also, since there is no actual reference to it in the movie 🎥 , who cares❓️
He may be thinking of the death certificate the Coroner presents to Glinda and Dorothy.
No one in the cast or crew died during the making of The Wizard of Oz. Stop telling that old, false story. No cast member was "seen:" smoking or drinking on set. That's ridiculous. It was, as are all film productions, entirely professional and controlled in every detail.
Just yet again another past hater trying to make the 1930's-50's seem like the worst time period to ever live in possible, antagonistically jeopardizing any good thing by stating stereotypes people love to hate about the past.
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar You're right! Everyone knows that the worst time is that time we are now in, whenever that is. :D
@@Glicksman1 current day as I call it, not modern day as many other people are tricked into calling it.
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Well, "modern", like most words, has a few meanings. It can mean "current", or "present time", but I understand what you mean.
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar "...antagonistically jeopardizing any good thing by stating stereotypes people love to hate about the past."
C.S. Lewis had a name for that phenomenon; he called it chronological snobbery.
Turn the music in the back ground DOWN 🎶😂😂😂😂😱
Ummmm Some of these facts are wrong, for one Dorothy never gave up her shoes to the witch.
Exactly❗️
MOST of these facts-which-are-not-facts are bull.
In the book, Dorothy was a proper little spitfire; the Wicked Witch actually managed to grab one of the shoes and put it on. THAT was what prompted Dorothy to throw a bucket of water at her!
Thanks for this great video. But I think you are mistaken that Shirley Temple did not do role as they planned .. not due to her parents: Shirley Temple was MGM's first choice to play Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz but she was under contract to 20th Century Fox. When a deal for her services could not be struck, MGM turned to one of its contract players, Judy Garland, who proved to be a wonderful Dorothy, though as you point out they paid Judy very little compared to others and also drugged and starved her. Knowing about Shirley's mother.. no way they could have done that to Shirley.
I was watching something a while back about Shirley Temple and it the reason why she didn't get the role was because they wanted to much money. I also heard the head of MGM flashed Shirley and she laughed at him.
She wasn't paid by the week to do the movie. This was the days of the studio system, she was under contract for $500 a week under a multi-year contract to do movies, whatever came along. Shirley Temple made more money because at that time Shirley Temple was one of the biggest stars in the world.
Judy Garland was Mervyn LeRoy's first, last, and only choice for the role of Dorothy. Shirley's involvement amounted to a singing test that an MGM suit in New York insisted upon. But it was always Judy's role.
@@jessyesak The flashing incident was two years after _Wizard_ began filming.
"Thanks for this great video"??? Are you kidding? There is nothing in this video but bullshit! Nothing that this guy claims is true! Not one thing!!! Unreal!
I'm surprised Toto wasn't mentioned. As to the sequel, Dorothy supposedly goes to back to OZ to kill the Wicked Witch 🧙♀️ of the West. In the original movie, Dorothy and company kills the Witch 🧙♀️, "I'm melting".
There was no sequel. And why would she go back to kill a dead witch?
@@MaskedMan66 Too true.
I also heard that Judy Garland had said the munchkins tried to look up her skirt and the lion costume was so heavy that the actor who played him had to literally ring out the costume every time he took it off.
Actually, they pinched her butt and grabbed her breasts, the dirty, little bastards !
Judy made joking exaggerated remarks on The Jack Parr Show, but I don't recall her saying that the Munchkins tried to look up her skirt. First of all, it was a dress. Second, if you notice, there is a pettycoat and the dress covers 3/4 of her legs. So how could any of the midgets look up her "skirt?"
@@RayPointerChannel I said I HEARD she said it. I never said it was in fact true. Where I HEARD it from could have gotten the info from was misinformed.
Judy never said any such thing. And the word is wring, which Bert Lahr did not have to do; that was the job of the costume staff.
@@RayPointerChannel Especially since, at 4'11", Judy was not much taller than many of them.
P.S. - Shirley Temple was never officially “cast” as Dorothy. (She was being considered for the role - but so were a few other young ladies. Judy Garland was the one who got the role, of course.)
Judy was the only performer who Mervyn LeRoy wanted for the role. The suits thought he was crazy, since she'd only been with MGM for three years and was still relatively unknown, but he persevered and his vision proved true.
Frank Morgan played the witch? WTF are you talking bruh?? Lol
I think this was made a parody of all those "documentaries" which are full of exaggerated and false information about the movie. There's no way this guy really believes what he's spewing.
@@MaskedMan66 I’m not sure bruh. I’d like to believe that but I think he’s serious.
@@sonofaguppy6708 Sad if so.
Enough historic mistakes make some of your other claims questionable as how could it possibly be gelatin as snow being toxic, The toxic material was asbestos. I often find these posts have a hint of reality and then just a bunch of fluff to create click bait.
The snow was crushed gypsum.
Surprised that it wasn't cancelled with all of problems
Most of the "problems" this guy talks about are either exaggerated or totally untrue. There was never a tornado, for one thing. But other movies have had more and worse problems and still went forward.
So many problems with this video. Shirley Temple was never cast as Dorothy. It was vaguely discussed, but Shirley was under contract to a different studio, which refused to loan her out. Only Judy Garland was ever cast as Dorothy. Frank Morgan as the wicked witch? Balderdash. You've taken too many bits that were stated by actors as jokes in later years, such as Judy Garland's statement that the Munchkins were all dirty old men. Most of the Munchkins were children, a common practice with casting of little people.
You're correct. The notion of Shirley as Dorothy may have been tossed around a few minutes, but, according to the book about MGM's musicals by Hugh Fordin, from the beginning, the rights to "Oz" were purchased by MGM as a vehicle for Judy Garland from the start. The rumor about Shirley Temple being the first choice ran so rampant that Judy, herself, eventually came to believe it... or so she said. The dirty old drunken Munchkin stories were pure Judy. "They were all sweet and respectful to me and I loved them," does not make for a good Judy story. "They got drunk every night and they picked them up in butterfly nets," is more Judy's style, and what she said. Many take such things literally.
David McLallen: My mother worked with a lot of the munchkins in the A.G. Barnes circus ca: 1928,9. She told me stories of the debauchery, the drinking &the silly things that happened to and around these little people. No children,but some were in their teens. Most were fully grown if short adults. There were women munchkins too
@@sandramorey2529 I'll go out on a limb and guess that there are some things a munchkin could get away with at the A.G. Barnes circus that they wouldn't even attempt at an expensive, expansive MGM production, working alongside a stellar cast.
Shirley Temple was taken by her mother to MGM to meet with Mr. Mayer and he wanted to see Shirley a!one in his office where he the exposed himself to her. She laughed self consciously and walked backwards out of his office with Shirley us mother seeing him zip up his pants. Mother and daughter promptly left forever. That was in Shirley' s own bioraphy. Hollywood has always been a cesspool!
@@carltondexter1651 No, it wasn't Mr. Mayer, it was songwriter/producer Arthur Freed. You're not the first nor the last person to tweak a story online and change the meaning. It's like the children's game "telephone" if you know what that is.
The "snow" was actually asbestos!!
No, it was crushed gypsum.
What I always thought was funny was when the tin Man was first introduced into the movie he was rusted due to being stuck outside during a rainstorm. I was unaware that tin rusted.
Unlike most metals, tin is not toxic. It is resistant to corrosion, so it can be used in food and beverage cans to contact acidic foods. However, while the tin used in cans is essentially non-toxic, when it is exposed to air and water, it will rust. So, does tin rust? Yes, there is a chance that tin can rust if it is not properly coated.
Was the tin man coated with a protective varnish? Apparently not.
@@Glicksman1 "Tinnn Mannn rusted."
-- not necessarily lyrics to "Love Shack"
@@deboralee1623 :D
@@Glicksman1
Tin does not rust, because rust is the decomposition of iron, which tin does not contain.
"Tin" cans can get rusty because of cracks in the tin coating, allowing the iron in the steel underlying the tin to develop rust.
Tin can only be broken down in the presence of strong acids!
@@marktwain2053You are correct. Tin does not interact with oxygen and lose its molecular structure (meaning that it cannot rust); it is highly resistant to corrosion by acidic substances and does not tarnish.
The Wizard of Oz got it wrong if the Tin Man was made only of tin.
CLICK BAIT!!! So many lies, so little time.
As I understand it, this was not the first Wizard of Oz movie made. The first one was made in the 1920s (or earlier) in a silent movie. So the one made in 1939 was a reboot or a remake if you like.
You have your 411 wrong! Wof Oz was made in 1937. No dates earlier historically & chronologically!
@@dianeferre1273 Well saw it on a documentary about the Wizard of Oz, but I forget the rest of the details.
@@dianeferre1273 Schizoidboy is correct, sort of. Two silent Oz movies were made, 1910 and 1925. The sound version is from 1939. Facts about these things are very easy to find if you're patient and willing to learn things.
@@dianeferre1273 Filming began in the fall of 1938.
@@akrenwinkle Of course the 1939 classi was the most successful due to the more advanced techniques by that time.
Thes movies are classic staple of American history
You didn't say anything about the original tin man play by Buddy Epson and his makeup of aluminum powder that went to into his lungs darn near kill him So Jack Haley replace him and his makeup was aluminum paste
Ebsen.
MaskedMan666 ~ self appointed UA-cam spelling police🙄
@@lorihogue5015 Most people can handle a little correction. You'll notice that Mr. Thrasher hasn't pitched a hissy over it.
I'm sure he would have mentioned that if the AI (?) he used had told him.
9-24-22 I had worked for an electrical plant, I worked coloring wire with Dies& inks, the area smelled bad& I didn't get paid good, being an actor or not being an actor, their always is A problem with any kind of job.
I LOVE SHIRLEY
She did eventually make it to Oz. In 1960, on her _Storybook_ T.V. show, they did "The Land of Oz" with her as Princess Ozma.
Loved the movie
Where did they get these "facts" about the movie? So many are wrong.
Yes, many of these are nonsense. The “tornado” didn’t destroy anything, nor did anyone die; the tornado was added post production via special Fx. Judy didn’t contract hepatitis until the late 1950s. The snow was asbestos. Judy’s fee was based on her contract. She received a raise after the film’s release. Shirley Temple never got anywhere near the actual production. She was only briefly considered, well before filming got underway, and was no longer in the running when it was discovered she didn’t have the vocal range for Dorothy. The horse had gelatin applied to its skin to create “the multi-colored “horse of a different color” effect, not to make it bright and shiny. Judy wasn’t drunk and disorderly during the the filming “Oz,” and she appeared on set as directed and did not hold up shooting. The slippers were always part of the plot; they were originally silver in the L. Frank Baum novel, and were changed to Ruby slippers later, to take advantage of the Three-strip dye-transfer Technicolor process. And what Wicked Witch gravestone is he talking about-it doesn’t exist in the film and Frank Morgan never did the voice for the Wicked Witch. He did appear in five different roles in “Oz,” however: Professor Marvel, the Emerald City Gatekeeper, Cab Driver, Sentry, and The Wizard himself. Who sits around like this to make stuff up about a film whose history and facts behind its creation are well known?
Republicans sit around and make stuff up all of the time. That is a fact!
@@Gregorius24 I have to certainly agree overall, the vast majority of Judy information is hogwash/disinformation, things that either have no legitimate basis, cannot be corroborated or verified. A polite term would be hearsay. A good example is Judy's mother starting Judy on amphetamines before MGM. It's on nearly every Judy site, but it came from absolutely nowhere. It was vaguely hinted in the Gerald Clarke book... just suggested, a little. And it took off. The nastiest salacious things, naturally, are the sexual ones, and although Judy never remotely claimed to have been molested or raped, it's just taken for granted she was. She did tell Sid- who repeated the yarn- that the Munchkins tried to finger Judy up her Dorothy costume, and those unfamiliar with Judy's absurdist sense of irony/humor take these things seriously.
You're right, I think this is one of those b.s. videos. The "tornado that destroyed a set"? It was all filmed in Culver City. They don't have tornadoes in Culver City! (except for the one created by the TRUE special effects Wiz Arnold Gillespie). And while Garland did have health problems from this job, it was apparently from so many pills they made her take to keep her thin, to control her sleep, to wake her up; all THAT.
I've read several books on Oz production, and just now searched the Web, but find no mention about a real tornado or a little person being killed let alone "several"
A tornado destroyed a set for the Wizard of Oz? Where was this set?? Not in Los Angeles. and why do you lie about some of these facts?
That was one of the silliest things mentioned in this video which is full of a lot of nonsense.
And "several" munchkins died? More BS in this video than anything I have ever seen on UA-cam
Culver City California does get small tornados every few years. All F-1 or F-2. But I took the time to look it up,
The movie was filmed in Culver city California, and it does get a few tornadoes.
thomas Romano So much of what is in this video is total BS.
Very bad job on the research end by whoever made this thing.
Good question. The info about Shirley Temple was wrong too. She was part of a swap with a different studio, but the actress that Shirley was being traded for died in a plane crash before the swap happened, and Shirley's studio refused to accept a replacement, so the deal fell through.
Never mentioned that Buddy ebsen was the original tin Man but reacted poorly to the aluminum silver stuff they put on his skin
Given how much of this is made up out of whole cloth, this dude probably doesn't know anything about the movie or its production.
Yes I heard it was asbestos
It was gypsum.
The snow in the poppy field was asbestos flakes - not gelatine! Which as we now know is very toxic!
It was neither asbestos nor gelatin, it was crushed gypsum.
@@MaskedMan66 And you know this as a fact from? gypsum is selenite - that would go to a fine powder if crushed! gypsum is used for plasterboard, blackboard chalk and a lot of other building materials!
@@g1fcg I know it as a fact from Jay Scarfone and William Stillman, two of the world's leading authorities on Oz in general and the MGM movie in particular. They quashed the asbestos story in their book "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece"
You didn’t mention Buddy Ebsen and his starting role as the Tin Man. A pretty big deal.
Yes, and his accident with having the aluminum dust blown onto the Clown White makeup that got into his lungs. THAT was one of the major accidents not reported. Again, poor reserach and mostly made up situations and a wishing of things happening that never did.
@@Muushca03 What the heck are you talking about??
What do you mean by "starting role?"
I had heard that Margaret Hamilton "The wicked witch" was actually the nicest person on set. She actually stood up for Judy Garland over the demanding pressures of the tyrannical directors and producers, etc rumor has it.
An unfounded rumor. Judy was the darling of the set and needed no defending from anyone. There was only one producer, and he had moved heaven and earth to get her the lead in the movie. And there was only one director for the majority of the filming.
Your facts are not all that accurate
They aren't facts at all.
I'm sorry,but many of your "facts" are just wrong.
Don't be sorry.
It is all so very sad that they had so many problems on the set, especially the drugs and drinking for I thought it was a well made movie and really enjoyed watching it.
Most of what is reported is is false. The challenges have been accurately documented by credible researchers. This is not one of those sources.
No drugs, no drinking. That's not the way to make a movie, especially when Victor Fleming is in charge.
The slippers are in the novel. It is hard to believe they wre never intended to be in the film
They were shoes in the book, and they had already been left out of a stage adaptation and two previous movies.
@@MaskedMan66 True, in the book they are described as "silver shoes". In the film they are "ruby red slippers".
@@jonathanharvey1451 No, just "ruby slippers." :🙂
Grew up watching this ,,nowdays i start shedding tears when she says goodbye to the tinman,, cowardly lion and scare crow ,, especially when she says toto were home😢
Y'all come back now, ya hear?
Fact: They made Wizard of Oz so Pink Floyd could make Dark Side of the Moon. They needed a soundtrack for the hippie generation
I don't know if I'd describe Pink Floyd as hippie music.
Looks like we should vote for Christine
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The witch wasn't burned alive, you've clearly never seen the movie
Nor researched it.
I will never watch viral Naters videos again. So many false statements and information. The information about the tornado was ridiculous.
if the "snow gelatin" was meant for humans but was toxic, ?why was it used?
Id heard 100+ times it was asbestos.
They didn't know just how something could give you a disease that wouldn't kill you for 20-40- years. Asbestos was widely used through the 1960's.
@@rocknrolljesus3197 You heard wrong; it was gypsum.
The snow was crushed gypsum.
@@MaskedMan66 better check your history again son.
There are so many false statements in this video that I had to stop watching.
Thank you! I read the comments first, now I won't even waste my time with the video.
Yes, I agree! In particular, 7:09-“The date on the Wicked Witch’s HEADSTONE?!” WHAT HEADSTONE, for Pete’s sake?! I have seen this movie TONS OF TIMES and I have NEVER ONCE SEEN ANY HEADSTONE!!!
The tornado, wasn't that just a part of the movie itself?
The false statements were obviously put in on purpose just to sucker people into writing comments.
@@terrychurch100 I know, what does this guy think movies are like?
I love the BS with the straight face style! The comments are just as funny!
Thumbs Down for telling lies.
im sorry i couldnt stop laughing about the tornado bit.
Total fabrication, like a lot of this "information."
I am unsure where you’re getting the idea that they were supposed to be a kindergarten which in the movie, Margaret Hamilton, which played the wicked witch of the west, was the special ed teacher.
No, she taught kindergarten and Sunday school.
Like sausages or laws, you don't want to know how some movies are made.
Well, you certainly won't learn anything about _The Wizard of Oz_ from this load of old cobblers.
A green makeup and wig makes you sound like a wicked witch? Who knew?
*smh* That darn AI...
The narrator omitted during the tornado. Some of the midgets were picked up and hurled over 300 yds!
Margaret Hamilton was NOT "being burned alive" in the scene where she exits Munchkin Land (1:23), That was just the special effect to make her "disappear." Gee whiz, get it right. Sloppy, sloppy.
Who in the world is narrating this ? As they tell harrowing events with an obvious lilt in their voice . Huh ??
This is a parody of those videos that over-accentuate the bad things that happened. There's no way this guy expects anyone to take this crap seriously.
Judy gets hair length changes
Only in the Scarecrow's intro scene. They had to do some extra shooting for the scene a couple of months after the main shoot, and by that time, Judy was wearing a different three-quarter wig than she had at first.
I just Googled the fact about the gravestone, because I didn't remember there being one in the movie. What I found out is that the date, which must have been on the death certificate, was May 6, 1938, and that was exactly nineteen years after author L. Frank Baum's passing.
That's 1938 in Ozite years; the movie takes place in 1900.
margaret hamilton played the role of the wicked witch
What are the names of the Munchkins who died making this movie?
None of them did.
So many lies. Shame on you !!!
Judy was drunk at age 17? I don't think so!
Oh please they had her taking Dexedrine (amphetamines) and barbiturates.
@@timbuk1126 Dexedrine was an appetite suppressant, and it's still on the market today. She was not on barbiturates at that time in her life.
It's funny that there's no dirt on Glinda the good witch here .
Or Toto 🐕🐾❗️
There's no dirt on Billie Burke at all; she was totally respectable.
Some of this is true but there is much BS. MGM Studios in Culver City, California was hit by a tornado in the 30s? Gimme a break.
The wizard of Oz is One of the greatest overtures ever.
So true... and even better when the show started!
The score won the Academy Award for 1939 going up against GONE WITH THE WIND and GULLIVER'S TRAVELS.
Overtures to what?
It's a deep and darker movie most people don't know.
It is layered with pschological elements, not so much "dark." It is a far more complicated story than the other 1939 classic, GONE WITH THE WIND.
Not dark, and not as deep as all that.
I will never see the Wizard of Oz the same again. I'll be sure to smoke a big fat bowl while watching it next time. 😎
This video is 95% full of crap. And don't do drugs.
This video is full of falsehoods. There were NEVER scenes shot where the the Lolipop Guild actors were smoking or drinking IN THE SHOT. The may have had cigarette breaks between scenes, but scenes NEVER had to be cut or edited down because they were filmed doing either of those 2 things.
I think this was made as a parody of all those "documentaries" which are full of exaggerated and false information about the movie. There's no way this guy really believes what he's spewing.
Hollywood in general ruined Judy's life , her and actor Mickey Rooney were constantly pressured to star in many movies . They were both physically and mentally exhausted all the time ,so the film makers made them take drugs to give them energy ,then drugs to help them sleep. This happened a lot and it messed with their minds and bodies. They weren't treated like actors, they were just used, god knows how many other poor young actors were treated like this too back in the day and I feel concerned for young actors of today, I pray they're not being treated like Judy and Mickey were.
Mickey Rooney denied the stories of studio-supplied meds, especially where Judy was concerned.
@@MaskedMan66 All I've ever heard is that they both got given drugs so many times. I will have to check this out more thanks .
@@Salena905 Many of those stories might have been Judy's infamous tall tales which she told in her later years. She was making jokes, but some people took her seriously, and she did cop the occasional bit of muck for it.
@@MaskedMan66 Well let's hope it isn't true,
@@Salena905 Mickey Rooney always said those stories were nonsense.
Thanks for sharing this 👍😀
Don't thank him; it's all bupkiss.
I really enjoyed this information, quite horrifying though it was. Dang! This makes me appreciate the film even more. Thank you💛
Not all true.
Mostly what said here is totally inaccurate..to many to list.
@@holyome The person who made the video made up a lot of BS.
This video is crap.
Where did you dream up such nonsense?
Most of your 'facts' are incorrect!
According to an interview, there were only 2 or 3 munchkins who acted unprofessional while making Wizard of Oz. The drunken munchkin orgies was only a rumor. Also, the 1980's film ( Return to Oz, not Reyurn to the Wized of Oz) could not mention the events created by the MGM movie because only the story was public domain. Not the MGM movie. The now was actually asbestos, not gelatin.
The snow was crushed gypsum.
They didn’t mention almost killing Buddy Epsen, the original Tin Man. The body paint containing aluminum dust almost killed him causing Epsen to drop out of filming altogether. Epsen was replaced by Jack Haley as the Tin Man in “The Wizard of Oz”.
His name was Ebsen, and he only wore make-up on his face.
@@MaskedMan66 besides the p for the b, sometimes a little dab will do ya. Who cares? Oh I get it, you go by the masked man, that’s why. Troll on
@@ArcaneWeasel Next time, make sense, 'kay, hun? ;-)
@@MaskedMan66 you’re so bright and can’t understand letters and simple sentences, ahh go back to sleep.
@@ArcaneWeasel MaskedMan666 has been trolling this video, trying to come off as an expert on this film (which he is NOT) and harassing random strangers. He's a real problem and he's been reported.
Wasn't there something wrong with the tin man's paint
as i understand it, Buddy Ebsen, the original Tin Man, had an allergic reaction to it; that's why he was replaced.
Only to buddy Epstein he was allergic to it
Yes, it was lead based paint, which is poisonous. My fat ex wife was related to the Tin Man. I've watched this movies dozens of times.
I never saw any date on the watches tombstone. I never even saw the tombstone.🤔
When Buddy Epson was cast as the Tin Man they used aluminum dust as his makeup. That caused him a near fatal reaction to it. When Jack Haley replaced Epson the makeup was switched to aluminum paste.
@@ricktaylor3748 There was no lead. The silver coloring came from aluminum.
?...?!..what?