She is the best to this day! She still scares me. She was so excellent for the part. And then to see her smile and realize she is only acting. She will never be equaled. She was just super. Nobody will ever ride a broom like her. So Thankful for the thrills she gave us........God Bless you Margaret.
I was scared of her when she played the wicked witch. After the fright, I loved her so much because she was the only character who truly scared the living daylights out of me. Now that I'm older, I love her and wishing I could talk to Margaret.
Oh same here....anytime the wizard of Oz Advertisements and movie came on...I screamed bloody murder and had to leave the room. Now seeing all these UA-cam videos on how nice she was as a person...I wish I could have seen her in other things.
Look up her appearance on Mr. Rogers. She made a point of appearing on his show to explain to the kids watching that her character wasn't real, and was just a part she was playing, so kids wouldn't be scared of her. She even went around to elementary schools to explain to kids that the character was just a part she played in the movies. She did this because she felt bad when she discovered how frightening her character was to small children.
This is how I feel. As an adult with having UA-cam, I began to research her and watch clips of Oz and get more information and wanted to basically understand the creature and face the creature that scared me so much. I would like to have met her also
kenwayne96 😂😂 SORRY TO POOP IN YOUR EASTER BASKET MY FRIEND, BUT WHILE SHE "ABSOLUTELY WAS" A BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING, & A VERY, VERY SWEET LADY, SHE WAS "NOT" ATTRACTIVE BY ANY MEANS!!
This woman is a legend. That makeup she is wearing had acid in it, which caused her to get serious chemical burns on her skin. And when she first appears as in the witch in Munchkinland and then disappears with the fire around her, she severely burned her hand. You have no idea how much this woman went through to bring us this character.
I just returned from watching Oz, The Great and Powerful and...well, it's safe to say you will ALWAYS be the only one who could bring magic to that character, Margaret. You are timeless!
This character is second to none and so was her dialogue. Bravo miss bravo. All with real makeup and practical effects she was able to cause me years of fear as I child. All these movies that are relying on CGI cannot hold a candle to practical effects and just plain masterful acting.
Thank you for posting this marvelous find; an actor friend of mine met Ms. Hamilton when she was almost 80, still doing local theater! (old actors never die, they just do community theater). He was a standup comic who was working on a Wicked Witch parody and met her by complete accident; she was so good-natured she actually showed him how to do the "Poppies....Poppieeeees....." bit from the movie, so he could do it properly in his act! Wish I had met her.....
This is an amazing clip especially with the music. I think even in this short you see some of the good charm this woman had which was reflected back to her by all who knew her in the industry. She really deserved an Academy Award for her role as the wicked witch in the 1937 film, The Wizard Of Oz.
Margaret Hamilton. When her agent called her and told her, "They're interested in you for a part in "The Wizard Of Oz." She asked him, "What part?" He replied, "The Witch." ................."What else?" I heard her tell that story.....Funny! She was a great actress.
...the incomparable Margaret Hamilton, star of stage, screen, and television; visitor to Sesame Street and Mr Rogers Neighborhood, Maxwell House's Cora, an aunt to Wednesday and Pugsley on The Addams Family, and the ultimate wicked witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz.
What a lovely little clip of Margaret showing her true self. Seeing it,l'm reminded of the fact that the people who played ugly evil people for a living tended to be the nicest most gentle people in real life,whereas more than a few attractive and idolised stars of the screen were anything but nice in real life..Makes you think doesn't it. Margaret would have been pleased this fragment has survived having voiced her concern regarding her image with children in the wake of Oz.
Definitely. Her appearance on "Mister Rogers" was an attempt to make things better... to explain to kids that it was pretend, just as they did when dressing up in costumes for Halloween. Her character has tremendous influence considering her on-screen time in Oz is a mere eleven minutes.
In every interview by Margaret Hamilton you can tell that she was a wonderful woman. Sometimes it is difficult to separate movie roles from the person and that is the mark of a successful actor.
In the beginning of the 1960s, my parents owned/operated the Hollywood Cafeteria which no longer exists at 6556 Hollywood Blvd. As their son I am so very honored to be able to say Margaret Hamilton was one of our celebrity diners! The lovely woman made memories in peoples' lives as she made them in the movies we watched.
I wish every old character Judy garland gene wilder micheal Jackson Margaret Hamilton Bert lahr Jack Haley ray boulder aunt am actor and the singer midgets RIP everybody old --- future
Thank you for this. Part of the inspiration for posting this snippet is to show how happy and relaxed she could be. As for Maxwell House and her other appearances, it is obvious how versatile she was.
My guess: .... A beautiful lady named Margaret Hamilton, who accomplished many things in her life, including playing this role as the wicked witch of the west, and played it perfectly..... How’d I do?
She scared me SO much when I was little lol, but she was always my favorite character from the Wizard of Oz. Thanks for sharing... I think she's great!
As has been suggested here numerous times, it was most likely a screen test of some sort to check color, lighting, and so forth. Such a delight to watch her drop her hunched shoulders and smile.
I would really want her as my grandmother she is so adorable , or at least she was , sadly. She reminds me of my pre school teacher who actually died too. RIP Margaret Hamilton !
I always loved the witch always always always. But these images here scared me to death. When I was real little and saw this I SCREAMED when she smiled at the end.
there was no daycare back then. mom stayed home with the kids. one paycheck used to be enough for an unentitled family. now we all have to have everything, even though we cant afford it. ahhhhhh the good old days.
Ya, the first actor casted to play the Tin man was seriously injured from it because of a severe allergic reaction. He was replaced by the actor who we see in the movie. A lot of the people in this movie went through hell just to get it made.
Magaret Hamilton dies in 1979. The Movie called in German: Der Zauberer von Oz. I love this Movie. Greetings from Germany. ps: this is extra stuff from the DVD
@auroraslaugh Fabulous! Thank you for sharing this. How delightful it must be for your kids' friends-and for your kids as well-when you give a surprise performance. Do you charge them scale? As for class reunions, I would expect nothing less. And to think Ms. Hamilton once said, "It certainly took no great shakes in acting."
Margaret Hamilton trying out for the part. That smile shows her inner beauty in real life. Loved her. Easily the best actress to play the witch. The definitive version. Yes she was burned when they set the flames too soon around her as she fell through the trap door of the stage, after finishing her threat to Dorothy. You can see the looks of alarm on the faces of Judy and Billie Burke even though they kept right on shooting. Margaret,s copper based green paint scorched her face.
This goes to prove that Margaret Hamilton was a talented actress because on screen she played such a scary, mean woman/witch and in real life she was noted as one of the nicest people on the set, and it shows by the smile here!
@HotShotRuksy: 1. Judy Garland was 16, but made out to be 13. In the original book, Dorothy is meant to be an inquisitive, decisive mature 10 year old, unlike her rather dainty and fragile 16 year old movie counterpart. 2. MGM (owned by Warner Bros. now) did the 1939 film, but Burton & Disney did the 1980's Return to Oz, a "sequel" based on both the second Oz book & Ozma of Oz, because whilst MGM owned rights to the first book, Disney owned rights to all the sequels.
wow Margaret Hamilton really looked good as the witch. Her facial features were perfect for it. she had this creepy charm to her character that I just loved. nowadays everyone is making movies and plays trying to imitate her and they will never be as good as she was!
Beautiful lady and a good sport. I've seen her glamour shots and believe me the guy who got her got beauty and brains as well as talent. If you look at Charlotte Gainsbourg the French/English actress you can pretty see a young Margaret at her prettiest, they look almost identical. What idiots they were in Hollywood then, eh?
Right, but she shows up spying on them somewhere after the apples--on a shack. it was filmed 6 months later because of her burns from the trap door, and she threatens them--scarecrow with fire and the Tin Man she'll turn into a beehive, etc. That was my point if you read my other entry.
The main qualm i have with the iconic film is that the issue regarding Miss Gulch and Toto is left unresolved. The dream sequence also is a peeve, since I'd prefer it literal, as per the original Baum tale (because that's how the sequels came to be).
margartet was a wonderful actress its nice to see her screen test ,she also played moretisha addams mother her maiden name was addam she also played it the origanal 13 goast
One of the best performances of a movie villain in cinema history. Today I get a humorous kick from the role. But the first time my brother and I saw the movie when we were young children, it was a different perception. I admit both of us were quite frightened by her in "The Wizard of Oz".
@fcyett: Funny that, since the Witch couldn't touch Dorothy in the original book, as "no one can harm anyone who's been blessed with the kiss of the Good Witch of the North".
@PianoMan53100: Well, this was done before the Witch got her backstory and name. Remember, Wicked is just one intepretation of Oz. In most adaptations, the Witch is nameless and remains evil to the core.
@ScytheDremora: IMO, the same decription given to Judy can be attributed to Magaret, because even if Maggie herself resigned to the fact that she wasn't attractive, "she wasn't pretty...but in a way, she was beautiful" and she had to be in order to have a three year old son at the time the film was being done (Ham Menseve).
the wicked witch of the west was the best one for me because i am fearless like margret hamiton is that witch did have castle and gaurds as well was amazing to do but the thing is that i need someone to do my hair my hairdresser katie does my hair like cheryl cole`s plaits and that
Margaret Hamilton did an excellent job of playing the wicked witch. She was soo good at playing that part until it seems like she had to be a real witch.
I never really thought she was scary, of all the characters on Oz, she seemed to be having the most fun, all the other characters seemed uptight to me. I always liked the "Devil may care" attitude of the witch.
At .18 she smiles, and her whole face is transformed. For my money she's more beautiful here than silly old Glinda. She looks like a warm person having a heck of a good time playing a mean (witch)/person!
As well, the shoe-obsessed Wicked Witch of the West (Elphaba to "Wicked" fans) and head-hunting Princess Mombi would be two completely different villains.
I think she's beautiful. She has a very warm smile and a playfulness about her.
I completely agree - I think Margaret Hamilton had a blast doing the part, I would, too.
@@farrellmcnulty909 Oh my goodness, I made that remark TEN YEARS AGO! Glad someone finally saw it!
Her face just lights up and becomes so cute and adorable as soon as she stops the "witch act." What a great smile, what a great performance!
She is the best to this day! She still scares me. She was so excellent for the part. And then to see her smile and realize she is only acting. She will never be equaled. She was just super. Nobody will ever ride a broom like her. So Thankful for the thrills she gave us........God Bless you Margaret.
She was brilliant!!!! BRILLIANT! One of the best screen villains ever.
Thanks for that.
That would be Margaret Hamilton inspiration, the best, witch without a doubt oh was great God bless her soul.
I was scared of her when she played the wicked witch. After the fright, I loved her so much because she was the only character who truly scared the living daylights out of me. Now that I'm older, I love her and wishing I could talk to Margaret.
Oh same here....anytime the wizard of Oz Advertisements and movie came on...I screamed bloody murder and had to leave the room. Now seeing all these UA-cam videos on how nice she was as a person...I wish I could have seen her in other things.
Look up her appearance on Mr. Rogers. She made a point of appearing on his show to explain to the kids watching that her character wasn't real, and was just a part she was playing, so kids wouldn't be scared of her. She even went around to elementary schools to explain to kids that the character was just a part she played in the movies. She did this because she felt bad when she discovered how frightening her character was to small children.
@@maskedmarvyl4774 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
This is how I feel. As an adult with having UA-cam, I began to research her and watch clips of Oz and get more information and wanted to basically understand the creature and face the creature that scared me so much. I would like to have met her also
@@maskedmarvyl4774 I definitely love the Mister Rogers appearance.
It’s amazing the transformation when she smiles. She’s almost unrecognizable
Best witch in history
I can tell underneath all that makeup Margaret Hamilton was actually a beautiful, sexy woman. OMG
kenwayne96 😂😂 SORRY TO POOP IN YOUR EASTER BASKET MY FRIEND, BUT WHILE SHE "ABSOLUTELY WAS" A BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING, & A VERY, VERY SWEET LADY, SHE WAS "NOT" ATTRACTIVE BY ANY MEANS!!
@@armenian_nightmare33 "poop in your easter basket." I like that. very funny.
This woman is a legend.
That makeup she is wearing had acid in it, which caused her to get serious chemical burns on her skin. And when she first appears as in the witch in Munchkinland and then disappears with the fire around her, she severely burned her hand. You have no idea how much this woman went through to bring us this character.
I just returned from watching Oz, The Great and Powerful and...well, it's safe to say you will ALWAYS be the only one who could bring magic to that character, Margaret. You are timeless!
This character is second to none and so was her dialogue. Bravo miss bravo. All with real makeup and practical effects she was able to cause me years of fear as I child. All these movies that are relying on CGI cannot hold a candle to practical effects and just plain masterful acting.
Margaret Hamilton is the most beloved person who ever scared the wits out of everybody. I just read a biography of her, what a remarkable woman.
Which biography?
Thank you for posting this marvelous find; an actor friend of mine met Ms. Hamilton when she was almost 80, still doing local theater! (old actors never die, they just do community theater). He was a standup comic who was working on a Wicked Witch parody and met her by complete accident; she was so good-natured she actually showed him how to do the "Poppies....Poppieeeees....."
bit from the movie, so he could do it properly in his act!
Wish I had met her.....
This is an amazing clip especially with the music. I think even in this short you see some of the good charm this woman had which was reflected back to her by all who knew her in the industry. She really deserved an Academy Award for her role as the wicked witch in the 1937 film, The Wizard Of Oz.
Thunderstormwitch I agree 120%, EXCEPT THIS CLASSIC OF ALL CLASSICS WAS "1939" NOT "1937!"
Margaret Hamilton. When her agent called her and told her, "They're interested in you for a part in "The Wizard Of Oz." She asked him, "What part?" He replied, "The Witch." ................."What else?" I heard her tell that story.....Funny! She was a great actress.
...the incomparable Margaret Hamilton, star of stage, screen, and television; visitor to Sesame Street and Mr Rogers Neighborhood, Maxwell House's Cora, an aunt to Wednesday and Pugsley on The Addams Family, and the ultimate wicked witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz.
What a lovely little clip of Margaret showing her true self. Seeing it,l'm reminded of the fact that the people who played ugly evil people for a living tended to be the nicest most gentle people in real life,whereas more than a few attractive and idolised stars of the screen were anything but nice in real life..Makes you think doesn't it. Margaret would have been pleased this fragment has survived having voiced her concern regarding her image with children in the wake of Oz.
Definitely. Her appearance on "Mister Rogers" was an attempt to make things better... to explain to kids that it was pretend, just as they did when dressing up in costumes for Halloween. Her character has tremendous influence considering her on-screen time in Oz is a mere eleven minutes.
What? 11?
We all know…
In every interview by Margaret Hamilton you can tell that she was a wonderful woman. Sometimes it is difficult to separate movie roles from the person and that is the mark of a successful actor.
Nobody, I repeat, nobody will ever play a witch as good as Maggie Hamilton did.............RIP sweet lady....
Gosh, she was so beautiful. I mean, really beautiful. Thanks for posting this.
What a wonderful woman she was.
In the beginning of the 1960s, my parents owned/operated the Hollywood Cafeteria which no longer exists at 6556 Hollywood Blvd. As their son I am so very honored to be able to say Margaret Hamilton was one of our celebrity diners! The lovely woman made memories in peoples' lives as she made them in the movies we watched.
She has a very pretty smile. It’s funny seeing her making pleasant facial expressions as the Wicked Witch.
I wish Margaret Hamilton was still alive so I could meet her!
Me Too!!
Me too
I wish every old character Judy garland gene wilder micheal Jackson Margaret Hamilton Bert lahr
Jack Haley ray boulder aunt am actor and the singer midgets RIP everybody old --- future
Thank you for this. Part of the inspiration for posting this snippet is to show how happy and relaxed she could be. As for Maxwell House and her other appearances, it is obvious how versatile she was.
My guess: .... A beautiful lady named Margaret Hamilton, who accomplished many things in her life, including playing this role as the wicked witch of the west, and played it perfectly..... How’d I do?
Warren Peace VERY GOOD ANSWER MY FRIEND!! It's ACTUALLY from Miss Margaret Hamilton's FIRST TIME IN THE MAKE-UP, & TO SEE HOW SHE LOOKED ON FILM!
She scared me SO much when I was little lol, but she was always my favorite character from the Wizard of Oz. Thanks for sharing... I think she's great!
0:14 she looks so hot! with that SMILE!
Margaret is one outstanding actresses
Probably no other actress in film history developed a role so perfectly.
Don't you love her? I like to watch her on the Maxwell House coffee commercials she used to do. What a sweetie!
Even with all the green make up she still has a beautiful smile.
Good old Elphaba. 💚🖤
As has been suggested here numerous times, it was most likely a screen test of some sort to check color, lighting, and so forth. Such a delight to watch her drop her hunched shoulders and smile.
The oz West wich. She was so good at it😅
Margaret Hamilton when she is smiling wow she is beautiful
1939 and she still is the best movie witch:)
She had been a kindergarten teacher.
I would really want her as my grandmother she is so adorable , or at least she was , sadly. She reminds me of my pre school teacher who actually died too. RIP Margaret Hamilton !
It's Harold Arlen's 8MM home movies on the Oz set. This one is great!
I always loved the witch always always always. But these images here scared me to death. When I was real little and saw this I SCREAMED when she smiled at the end.
there was no daycare back then. mom stayed home with the kids. one paycheck used to be enough for an unentitled family. now we all have to have everything, even though we cant afford it. ahhhhhh the good old days.
It took 6 months before she could film again. The next scene she did was with the apple trees. "How 'bout a little fire Scarecrow?"
Ya, the first actor casted to play the Tin man was seriously injured from it because of a severe allergic reaction. He was replaced by the actor who we see in the movie. A lot of the people in this movie went through hell just to get it made.
Magaret Hamilton dies in 1979. The Movie called in German: Der Zauberer von Oz. I love this Movie. Greetings from Germany.
ps: this is extra stuff from the DVD
Margaret hamilton died in 1985. Not 1979
Absolutely. She was special.
@auroraslaugh
Fabulous! Thank you for sharing this. How delightful it must be for your kids' friends-and for your kids as well-when you give a surprise performance. Do you charge them scale? As for class reunions, I would expect nothing less. And to think Ms. Hamilton once said, "It certainly took no great shakes in acting."
Margaret Hamilton trying out for the part. That smile shows her inner beauty in real life. Loved her. Easily the best actress to play the witch. The definitive version. Yes she was burned when they set the flames too soon around her as she fell through the trap door of the stage, after finishing her threat to Dorothy. You can see the looks of alarm on the faces of Judy and Billie Burke even though they kept right on shooting. Margaret,s copper based green paint scorched her face.
Creepy af...especially the smile
This goes to prove that Margaret Hamilton was a talented actress because on screen she played such a scary, mean woman/witch and in real life she was noted as one of the nicest people on the set, and it shows by the smile here!
@HotShotRuksy:
1. Judy Garland was 16, but made out to be 13. In the original book, Dorothy is meant to be an inquisitive, decisive mature 10 year old, unlike her rather dainty and fragile 16 year old movie counterpart.
2. MGM (owned by Warner Bros. now) did the 1939 film, but Burton & Disney did the 1980's Return to Oz, a "sequel" based on both the second Oz book & Ozma of Oz, because whilst MGM owned rights to the first book, Disney owned rights to all the sequels.
wow Margaret Hamilton really looked good as the witch. Her facial features were perfect for it. she had this creepy charm to her character that I just loved. nowadays everyone is making movies and plays trying to imitate her and they will never be as good as she was!
Beautiful lady and a good sport. I've seen her glamour shots and believe me the guy who got her got beauty and brains as well as talent. If you look at Charlotte Gainsbourg the French/English actress you can pretty see a young Margaret at her prettiest, they look almost identical.
What idiots they were in Hollywood then, eh?
To experience a different side of Ms. Hamilton's personality, check out her visit with Mr. Rogers.
Right, but she shows up spying on them somewhere after the apples--on a shack. it was filmed 6 months later because of her burns from the trap door, and she threatens them--scarecrow with fire and the Tin Man she'll turn into a beehive, etc. That was my point if you read my other entry.
We all miss you Miss Hamilton.
Magaret Hamilton dies in 1979. The Movie called in German: Der Zauberer von Oz. I love this Movie. Greetings from Germany
The main qualm i have with the iconic film is that the issue regarding Miss Gulch and Toto is left unresolved. The dream sequence also is a peeve, since I'd prefer it literal, as per the original Baum tale (because that's how the sequels came to be).
I agree with you. Dorothy wakes up in her own bed after dreaming. They never talk about Miss Gulch.
And such an honest, genuine expression.
margartet was a wonderful actress its nice to see her screen test ,she also played moretisha addams mother her maiden name was addam she also played it the origanal 13 goast
What a beautiful expression. It's like an honest moment.
Larry, Taiwan
They don't make them like Margaret Hamilton anymore. Thanks to TWOO, she will always be with us. Rest in peace Margaret.
Wow! Early makeup and costume test for the movie!
@Weichhase: No. Records of her death indicate that Magaret Hamilton dies in the 1980's, just a couple years before Ray Bolger.
One of the best performances of a movie villain in cinema history. Today I get a humorous kick from the role. But the first time my brother and I saw the movie when we were young children, it was a different perception. I admit both of us were quite frightened by her in "The Wizard of Oz".
@fcyett: Funny that, since the Witch couldn't touch Dorothy in the original book, as "no one can harm anyone who's been blessed with the kiss of the Good Witch of the North".
That is the wonderful Margaret Hamilton, in audition for the Wicked Witch.
It is not Hillary Clinton, despite the many similarities to the character.
same here. i hid in the hallway til she was gone :P
Thank you for your observations. Those are the thoughts I was having when I posted the clip.
@PianoMan53100: Well, this was done before the Witch got her backstory and name. Remember, Wicked is just one intepretation of Oz. In most adaptations, the Witch is nameless and remains evil to the core.
@ScytheDremora: IMO, the same decription given to Judy can be attributed to Magaret, because even if Maggie herself resigned to the fact that she wasn't attractive, "she wasn't pretty...but in a way, she was beautiful" and she had to be in order to have a three year old son at the time the film was being done (Ham Menseve).
lol! he must have invented the ink jet printer!
he's a man worth his salts!
ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!! i used to run out of the room when she came on!
the wicked witch of the west was the best one for me because i am fearless like margret hamiton is that witch did have castle and gaurds as well was amazing to do but the thing is that i need someone to do my hair
my hairdresser katie does my hair like cheryl cole`s plaits and that
The last few seconds of the clip, after she drops the character - she has such a beautiful face,
Margaret Hamilton did an excellent job of playing the wicked witch. She was soo good at playing that part until it seems like she had to be a real witch.
LOVE HER
I never really thought she was scary, of all the characters on Oz, she seemed to be having the most fun, all the other characters seemed uptight to me. I always liked the "Devil may care" attitude of the witch.
I like the way you think. Years after the release of Oz she remarked, "It was no great shakes of acting."
She played the best witch ever!!
I really used to be afraid of the wicked witch from the west when I was a kid, she played that part..
love this... makes me smile
I saw this before seeing the "Wizard of Oz" so the effect(terrifying) did not have the impact that it did on others.
First she makes you fear for life, then she breaks character and smiles.
@mundymanor: "the Wizard of Oz museum in Kansas" Which one? Working there is a blast, lemme tell you. Especially during OZtoberfest.
The pleasure is mine. Thanks for your comment.
i believe its from her makeup/wardrobe test
It's Margaret Hamilton as the wicked witch of the west in the wizzard of oz
At .18 she smiles, and her whole face is transformed. For my money she's more beautiful here than silly old Glinda. She looks like a warm person having a heck of a good time playing a mean (witch)/person!
Isn't that amazing? She never touches Dorothy. She's on screen for a mere eleven minutes. Yet she has this amazing ability to terrify us.
You are most welcome. Glad you are enjoying it.
Margaret Hamilton screen test?
"Can you guess what this is"?
Well it's not dip(from Roger Rabbit).
Before they got the right "look". Judy said Margaret was the nicest person on the set
Yes, but which witch? This one still amazes.
You are most welcome. Yes, I wish she had done more.
Verrrrry Good!!! you are correct!!!!
As well, the shoe-obsessed Wicked Witch of the West (Elphaba to "Wicked" fans) and head-hunting Princess Mombi would be two completely different villains.