Top 10 Things Only Adults Notice in The Wizard of Oz
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- "The Wizard of Oz" works on another level as an adult. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the wonderful, wizardly, and weird things about “The Wizard of Oz” that might have grabbed their broomsticks and flown over our heads when we were kids. Our countdown includes where are Dorothy's parents?, is Glinda really all that good? Dorothy's shoes are meant to be silver, and more! Are there any tidbits from “The Wizard of Oz” that YOU only spotted only after you got older? There’s no place like the comments section to share them with us!
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Are there any tidbits from “The Wizard of Oz” that YOU only spotted only after you got older? Let us know below, and be sure to also check out our video of the Top 10 Wizard of Oz Facts That Will Ruin Your Childhood - czcams.com/video/7-MA2MjihjI/video.html
A dog leash would have stopped Dorothy's problem to begin with.
Scarecrow got the math wrong .
What about the fact that poppies (aka opium) put everyone to sleep and snow (cocaine?) wakes them up?
Agreed on poppies.
Papaver somniferum. Somni for sleep and ferum for the reddish color of iron.
When the Wicked Witch leaves Munchkinland, her exit is supposed to mirror her entrance. She spins away from Dorothy and Glinda and hits her mark about 10 feet away. Smoke rises from under the stage, momentarily obscuring her. A trap door opens, she drops underneath the stage, and then flash-pots go off to signal that she has magically teleported away. But on the day of filming, the timing of the special effects went haywire. If you watch carefully, you'll notice that the smoke begins to rise a good 3 seconds before the Witch hits her mark. As the scene continues, the flash-pots go off as the Witch is dropping through the trap-door. The actress, Margaret Hamilton, was severely burned by the flash-pots, and filming had to be delayed for several days. The production team couldn't afford to scrap the footage and re-film the scene, so they kept it as is, with some judicious editing.
I think you need to be older, if not adult, to get Scarecrow's line "Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?"
Which is relevant even today 😏
I don't know about that. I got it the first time I saw it at about 8 years old, and recognized the truth of it.
Well, isn't that the saying - 'The empty wagon is the noisiest wagon.'
@@jesse7631 : I've never heard that one before. It must be a regional thing. Is that anything like, "The squeaky wheel gets the grease"?
Exactly
Margaret Hamilton was so convincing as the Wicked Witch of the West that children were scared of her. Fred Rodgers decided to bring her on as a guest on "Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood" to show kids that she was just "pretending" to be a witch in the movie and that in fact she was actually a kind and loving person.
Did these children also believe that Miss Hamilton in real life had green skin??
@@jeatig They are children. They aren't going to thknk about skin color, just that they were scared. The point is her performance scared children for decades and Fred thought it was a good idea as a teaching moment to show children that she was merely "pretending and dressing up" like kids love to do.
She terrified me as a child! I couldn't wait for the movie to come on tv, but had to cover my face when I knew her scenes were coming up. 🤢
I saw an interview where Judy said Margaret was her best friend on the set. And how she would laugh at her green skin.
I can't verify this, but I've heard that Margaret Hamilton was the only person on set who was nice to Judy Garland, or at least was the nicest to her in the cast.
It was so special when I was a child to see, once a year on tv, The Wizard of Oz.
Yes, and Peter Pan, starring Mary Martin.
It sure was!
I'm 63 and I still watch it about once a year
@@karenseay2225 me too. 🤗
I've watched THE WIZARD OF OZ for 51yrs(I'm 52yrs old now) and I looked forward to watching 1x a yr for years up until I moved a year and a half ago to a rinky dink town w/o cable or satellite 🛰 😂
How many of you remember that Margaret Hamilton, the wicked witch, played “Cora“ on the Maxwell House coffee commercials for years? She had had a little country grocery store and would tell her customers about how good Maxwell house coffee was.
oh yeah!! she did!!❤❤
I remember that 😁
I remember
SCTV did some hilarious take-offs on that.
I was scared of Cora. I was also more scared of Miss Gulch (on that bike) than the witch, bc Miss Gulch was real waking life.
Funny story for you. In anticipation of seeing the premiere of The Wizard of Oz on tv for the first time ever when I was a child in the 60’s, my father surprised us on the day of the airing with a console color tv (we only had a black & wht at that time and a tv like that was a financial stretch for our family,). We were so excited that we were going to see this movie in color and my mom made jiffy popcorn for the occasion. When the movie came on and it was black and white, my father was angry and frustrated about why there was no color. He thought the tv was bad. Every time I hear about this movie, I have this vision of him laying on the floor playing with the color adjustments the whole beginning of the movie and us all standing behind him trying to watch it. When the segment came in Oz and it changed to color, my father thought he had miraculously figured it out. When the end switched back to black and white, my parents realized that it was on purpose, my father was fuming. We never talked about it in front of him because he would get upset. He thought people should have been warned, but that was part of the surprise and wonder of the whole movie. My father was a special man and a great dad, and I felt bad when I got older that his pride had been hurt in front of his children when he went through great lengths to get us that tv, hook it up to the antenna so we could enjoy that movie, cartoons and Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights. 💋love you-RIP
Thanks for sharing: amusing, yes, but also endearing and poignant.🙂
Crafty, first, let me say your Dad sounds like a top bloke! I'm very sad for your loss :( I was a litle kid in the 60's too, my Dad used to do magic tricks... quite poorly 🤭 Later, he had a thing about baking bread.... Oh how he tried. I'm sorry to say that we could have built a small wall with his loaves, and a cobbled path with his buns 🤫 And we totally took the mick, which was wicked, but impossible to resist 🥸
This story made me laugh and cry (almost). What a beautiful memory. Your Dad sounds like he was a great guy.
Great tale!
Beautiful tale ❤😊
There will never be a better witch than Margaret Hamilton! Perfection.
She's the witch I compare all of the others to and none are as great as Margaret Hamilton.
She was so perfect for the part of the wicked witch. Like the part was written for her
Witchie-poo comes pretty close
as a kid and even now I saw her as the star of the show - by far the most vivid portrayal in the movie, and not even modern video technology could produce a more perfect combination of appearance and voice. Margaret Hamilton rocked,
@dalehelmstead2306 Witchie poo was great but more comedic.
One of my Top 10 favorite movies. When I was a kid back in the Stone Age, it came on once a year and was a big deal. Families would plan to be home together to watch it. Jiffy Pop was always on the menu! No one worried about any of the things you mentioned. I always loved the flying monkeys, hated Miss Gulch and still shout, "Run Toto, Run!" every time he makes his escape. This movie never gets old. Not everything needs to be over-analyzed. Just sit back and enjoy this fabulous movie.
I agree!!❤❤
It was annual Halloween tradition at my house, too. Popcorn and fudge were the treats my mom made us.
@tlouiseallen9302 My mom made homemade fudge too. I've seen this movie probably 50 times, still love it!
My Sister and I watched it together every year, on our black & white tv. Loved it.
Yep. It was almost like another Christmas Eve or something when TWoO came around for its annual broadcast! I was always scared by the tornado myself, and always thought how scary it'd be to be caught out in the middle of nowhere when one struck! To this day, I'm fascinated by tornado footage that storm chasers post here on YT!
All i can say about this Hollywood classic is that the Wicked Witch of the west scared the shit out of me as a kid. This is one of my all time favorite movies. It stands the test of time.
_It stands the test of time._
That's really true. I have the DVD, and when you think about here was NO SUCH THING as CGI special effects, those tornado scenes are AMAZING.
You too?
I saw flying monkeys in the trees after that.. Shudder, poor Toto 🐒 🐕
Dorothy didn’t believe there was no place like home when she arrived in Oz. That’s why Glenda said she had to learn it for herself - only then would the magic work.
I guess that makes sense
Nah I prefer MadTV's take on Oz. 🤣
It's the oldest trick in the book. Make somebody believe that their current messed up situation is good, by subjecting them to an even worse reality. This was this movie's greatest flaw. the moral of the story is toxic. Home wasn't good for Dorothy, it was familiar. But she didn't know the difference.
The Cost/Benefit Analysis that Glinda does, (What is the cost of putting Dorothy through hell compared with the benefit of learning that “There’s no place like home”) makes no sense.
Glinda is a sociopath.
Glinda wanted Dorothy around as team leader long enough to take out her rival the Wicked Witch of the West. Once that was done, Glinda gave Dorothy the secret of how to get home. That’s how I always interpreted it. Very transactional, that Glinda, but in super sugar-coated form.
Although she was terrifying to me as a toddler, I couldn’t help but notice that while the Wizard was a phony, the Witch had a ton of power. She could travel at will with a flying broom, burst onto the seen in a ball of fire, conjure balls of fire, cast spells, had an army of soldiers, had a squadron of flying monkeys, and had castle fortress. Okay, she wasn’t a looker and couldn’t take a bath, but otherwise, she was powerful until her greed got the best of her.
Greed? Those were her sister's shoes that Glinda and Dorothy stole like a couple of hoodlums after Dorothy murdered/manslaughtered the Wicked Witch of the East.
@@soxpeewee😂
@@soxpeewee I don't think it counts as manslaughter (or witchslaughter) if your house is ripped up by a tornado and dumped on someone whilst you're in it.
A reasonable person couldn't foresee that happening, or control it in anyway.
That's the whole point as mentioned in the many deconstructions of the story: The Wizard was a colossal bluff, using trickery to give the wicked witch(es) the impression he had real magic. If not for that, all of Oz might have been long since conquered.
I have fond memories of being scared as a kid watching this on TV. It's a brilliant film. One thing I noticed as an adult is the very excellent acting by everyone in the film, even minor characters like Uncle Henry. Watch his face in the scene where Aunt Em is almost telling Miss Gulch off over the Toto episode. "Just because you own half the county . . . but being a Christian woman, I can't!" His facial expressions go from Ooh-ooh to bemusement, very subtle. Everyone is good.
Uncle Henry looked like he was thinking: "Oooh, You are going to get it now." 🤣
I noticed his facial expressions also!
My favorite movie quote of all time comes from The Wizard of Oz and I overlooked it for many decades.
I’m nearly 60 years old and didn’t meet my true love until I was 40.
Shortly after we met we watched it together and had seen it many times before unknowingly as children and young adults.
The quote comes late in the movie when the all powerful Oz gives the Tin Man a Heart watch/clock and says something I now cherish since my love died almost five years ago when he says “A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others”.
My Rae was loved and thought of by so many people she impacted in her life that this quote stays with me always.
*Oh what a sweet memory...I am so sorry that you lost the love of your life*
*DogDad...That is so tragic. One day you will run through the white light to*
*scoop Rae up in your arms. May God and His Angels walk this grief journey*
*with you. Love, light and Peace offered to you!*
@@lcal9305 *Amen Ical! I love LOVE!*
Touching story 🙂
Lovely memories these old movies bring back thank you for sharing 😊
Thank you for sharing. I'm sorry you lost Rae. I'll be 60 in a few months and I still have not met my true love.
My favourite line from the movie is after they've been attacked by the flying monkeys, and the scarecrow has been essentially eviscerated. They ask what happened, and the scarecrow says, "First they tore my legs off and threw them over there. Then they pulled my chest out and threw it over there." To which the Tin Man replies, "Well, that's you all over!"
That was horrible as a kid to watch that part of the movie. Thanks for reminding me. lol
And while they're scrabbling to gather his limbs and put him back together, you can see the floorboards of the soundstage.
Ya. That always got a laugh outta me.
I saw this movie 100 times before I heard a quote from the lion. When he was first introduced and was scaring/bulling everyone, he said to the tin man, "how long you stay fresh in that can"?🤣😉
My favorite line was when the Wizard told Dorothy how he became said Wizard. His line "Times being what they were; I took the job". A reference to the Depression. The story was written in 1900.
As a kid we had a black and white TV. So I had no idea that most of the movie, or any of it, was in color. So I was shocked at age 19 when I watched it on a friend's color TV. What a revelation.
brilliant comment
you are so lucky to have had that child's experience at 19
Same here. First time I saw it in color was during a theatrical re-release probably in the late 1960's. I was pretty awed. I was 11-12 years old.
If it all was in black and white as most of our TVs were back then, I found it puzzling as a kid when they kept saying, follow the yellow brick road.
You weren’t alone. We didn’t get a color tv until my grandmother died in ‘72 and we got her floor model.
I also remember the first time I saw a man fly an airplane. What a revelation. It was in 2021
While Toto is opening up the curtain to reveal the wizard, Toto is looking off screen to whoever is pointing to Toto what to do.
I noticed this when I was an adult and watched it again after many years: When Dorothy meets the scarecrow, they begin discussing the best route to get to Oz. Dorothy notices that the yellow brick road is forked into two directions. When she asks him which way is best, the scarecrow says "some people go both ways". 😂
I remember seeing it as a small child in the mid 60’s - our Dad kept the change to color secret ~ he told us to keep watching after the house landed .. we knew something was going to happen . He really built up the suspense! It was magical when she opened the door to all those colors. He absolutely loved movies and knew everything about all the classics. He passed away during the pandemic. Miss you, Dad…
❤❤❤
BLESSINGS to you for your loss. W of Z brings back memories of good old days before crazy leftist destroyed America 🇺🇸
My heartfelt condolences to you and your family on your dad's passing. May he rest in peace. Mine, too, loves movies as well as the behind the scenes and technical stuff (partly why I became an Entertainment Tech), and he too didn't mention the color change as well. My parents and I never missed it on TV, and it was always a special family event. May your wonderful memories with your dad be a loving treasure always.
@@eoharrison7499 thank you. That’s very sweet. I just held my baby grandson for the first time today and my daughter and I were talking earlier about how we could feel my dad’s presence.
Your words really meant a lot..
🥹💙❤️ thanks for sharing your memories, too.
@janeskey5042 'tis nothing, my dear. I'm glad they brought some measure of comfort, and you're enjoying your time with your daughter and precious little angel! I truly believe that our loved ones are always near in one form or another. Sending hugs, well wishes, and infinite blessings.
Welcome to the world, wee little one! You're going to love it here! Be blessed. Be happy. Be you!🙏🏻🕊💞
Best line in the movie (my opinion). Dorothy and the Scarecrow had found the Tin Man, who is trying, with difficulty to communicate. He says something through his rusted jaw, Dorothy says to Scarecrow, "He said oil can", Scarecrow replies "Oil can what?" I'm 65 years old, and it still makes me laugh.
Im today years old before I got that one!! Thanks for sharing that chuckle! 😄
I don't know if the Tin Woodsman was originally meant to be made of iron or that Baum didn't know that tin doesn't oxidise like iron.
I always thought the best line was when Glinda says "Begone, before somebody drops a house on you!"
Blimey, Pat, I never caught that! I'm 63 🤭
Me too.
2 things:
1) If you can get killed by a bucket of water, would you leave one lying around your castle?
2) The Professor states he's a bad wizard, but a good man. I disagree. He sent Dorothy and her companions to certain death to retrieve the Witch's broomstick just so they would stop bugging him.
I'm reminded of Patricia C Wrede's Enchanted Forest series. Probably inspired by this, the evil wizards were melted (not killed, they'd eventually un-melt) when doused with soapy lemon water (as discovered by a character who was bother by one while mopping).
Castle floors need mopping too. 😄 The witch probably had rules about that, but a worker did not follow them...maybe hoping for an "accident"? 😆
In the book, which has many more adventures, peoples, and witches, the Wizard does try to send Dorothy home (in a hot air balloon). It’s really not his fault that it doesn’t work out. 😀
I do recommend the book. It’s really weird and very different to the movie, but it’s fun. Baum wrote several sequels with additional fun creatures and places. I love the place where certain trees grow fresh boxed lunches and dinners as their “fruit.”
This is Dorothy’s dream and she wants to make sure those wicked witches are DEAD. 😁
@myspin9680' lol They had to do something for him, before he would help send her home.
We had a Cairin Terrier, a Toto dog, named Brodie. After his arrival in 2003, we looked at the movie through the eyes of Toto. The dog was the catalyst for the whole adventure, there with her getting in trouble with Miss Gulch and in the bed when Dorothy wakes up. Also, the basket must have held treats because Toto is at the side of whoever carries it. Brodie loved snacks and did many tricks! I did a report on this in college in a Childrens' lit class.
We had Princie, a dog that was one third Collie, one third Scottie, and one third Westie. Toto was a Cairn terrier a close relative of Scotties and Westies. His mother was the Scottie Westie mix.
When I was young, this movie was aired once a year around Christmas....it was a very important event in our home and I remember it fondly...
My wife is a German GI bride and came back to the USA with me. She has been in the USA 39 years. She had seen bits and pieces of this movie but not the whole thing. We had a mini vacation of northern Minnesota last fall and stopped at the Judy Garland museum in Grand Rapids. Kinda spendy but very cool! When we got home she wanted me to sit down and watch "The Wizard Of Oz" with her. I had not seen it for like 55 years. The movie still holds it's own after 83 years! I enjoyed it. Perhaps because now I'm an adult watching it with adult eyes. The flying monkeys terrified me when I was a small kid! In 1939 when the film went from sepia to color that must have been better than any acid trip for the viewers that any one could take nowadays!!!
I still remember seeing it and how much awe I felt when I was a little kid 60 years ago.
I always notice Dorothy’s interaction with Captain Marvel where he guesses she’s running away because “they don’t understand you at home” and she wants to see great lands, etc. I want her to exclaim, “I’m running away because someone is trying to kill my dog!!”
The tornado is one of the greatest pieces of special effects that ive ever seen. Its beautiful!
An ingenious use of available materials! As a child I was utterly convinced that I was seeing a real tornado.
I never realized Frank Morgan played so many roles in this film. He really was talented. The film itself is such a technological marvel that never gets old.
There was talk about a lot of famous actors,of that time,who are bantered around as casting ideas. W.C. Fields and Ed Wynn were considered. Morgan wound up playing the wizard and the extra roles because of hte money spent on things like the film technology or to further the idea that the wizard was manipulating Dorothy and co. throughout their time in Oz.
I didn't notice either
CGI has no heart
@@ultrasometimes8908 I've watch CGI shows and movies, they're great, but I've actually favored the 2-D animated stuff more.
I love him in "The Shop Around the Corner".
Best part is when Glinda tells Dorothy that she's made an awful enemy of the wicked witch -- and then says well, best be on your way, bye!
That always makes me laugh!
I got to see in graduate school wizard of Oz on the giant scream that we used to have back in the '60s. This was in the 1980s but they played it in the auditorium. That scene where the cabin door opens and you see us is so fantastic on the giant screen. I can't describe to you The difference. And yes I was an adult. But I think kids did see that difference when it was a giant green as opposed to the smaller ones of today or the TVs that we first watched it on. Another great scene was when the witch turns her face to the audience and laughs and you see that giant face on that giant screen and you're looking at an auditorium jammed with students and adults who all involuntarily push themselves back in their seats!
One of the lines that I never listened to when I was a child watching the movie and completely missed this until i was an adult...the Wizard told the Tin Man " that a heart is not judged by how much you love but by how much you are loved by others" ...that's heavy and great advice to live by...think about it!
But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man
That he didn't, didn't already have
And cause never was the reason for the evening
Or the tropic of Sir Galahad. [ America: "Tin Man" ]
❤ I actually remember hearing that line as a child and being touched by that. I never forgot it 😊
I actually prefer the earlier line, "Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable."
Hm... What if you live in a corrupt culture? Then, the most hated people are the most legit and frequently the most caring.
I don't think I agree with that. True love is not always giving people what they think they want. Conversely, there could be someone, like a cult leader, whom everyone loves, but may ultimately lead them down a wrong and harmful path. Someone could be full of love, and do a lot of good for people, but if done anonymously, few people would be aware of their actions. Love can also take different forms, such as fighting for social justice so any controversial actions would result in enemies as well as admirers. So, when I think about it, I think: it's definitely more complicated!
Because of the depression, in the 1930's, it would have been quite common for parents to give up their children to other family members, so that they could travel to find other work, or just because they couldn't afford to take care of them. Nobody in 1939 would have even questioned this.
Idk when the movie takes place but the book was written in 1900
That's a good point
@@cruzloera4931 I always imaged the story occurring around the end or turn of the century. Baum made up the stories to tell his nieces before he eventually wrote them down.
I agree. No viewing audience in 1939, when the film was released, would have questioned Dorothy living with her Aunt and Uncle. Times were hard, so children were often farmed out to relatives or even put up for adoption. The same could have happened in the 1900's when the book was written. Additionally, the viewing audience in 1939 might not have read the books so they took the movie at face value, not questioning Dorothy's age, the color of the slippers, etc.
I never wondered why she was living with her aunt and uncle.. I always figured Dorothy's parents were dead....either from disease or accident.
Despite the dark sides of this film, the Wizard of Oz is one of my favourite
films of all time 👠👧🐶🦁🤖👨🌾🪄
I agree with you. Judy Garland was an amazing actress and has a beautiful voice
It is my absolute favorite but it's hard to ignore some of the things that happened. Like Margaret Hamilton getting her face burned with the chemicals used in the first scene with the witch,or Judy Garland being called a "fat,little pig",by the executives at MGM,the fact that she was slapped by the director,Victor Flemming,or how the original TinMan being booted due to an allergic reaction to the silver in the makeup and him nearly dying as a result. All things considered I blame a lot of Judy Garland's addiction issues on the hoops they made her jump through for the part she played.
@dawnclark4635 I couldn't agree with you more on all this. Judy probably would have lived a longer life if she hadn't became addicted to the things she was addicted to nor would she have had any eating disorders. Hollywood may be a beautiful place but it's also very toxic
💯!!!
I think the same
I have (since adult) always been aghast at the wisdom the Wizard tells the Tin Man: "Remember it's not how much you love, but how much you are loved by others." I hope no child or teenager (or ANYONE!) takes that to heart. It's saying it doesn't matter what you do to help others and show your love, but instead how popular you are - - your success depends on other people rather than something one has control over.
Also the scarecrow spouts a false theorem and thinks he is smart. "The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an Isosceles triangle are equal to the square root of the remaining side."
Glad to learn that I'm not the only one who believes that the line sends the wrong message (I'm sure it was well intentioned though). Sadly, it is a very prominent thought/stance in society, especially our current one.
You had mentioned the farm hands had talked about brains and courage, but the "machine with a heart" part was cut. Actually, Jack Haley said "Someday, they'll build a statue of me." So that's the Tin Man reference.
Fairly sure Miss Gultch died in the tornado. Remember her riding her bike when Dorothy is in the twister going to Oz.
My thoughts, too. Or perhaps she was picked up and drowned after being dropped in a river, lake, or pond. Some kind of water death.
Her death is a good explanation.
Maybe there was no tornado. It was a metaphor for Dorothy’s rage as she murdered Miss Gulch, after which she withdrew into a psychotic hallucination conjuring up the land of Oz.
The Royal Shakespeare Company stage adaptation has Miss Gulch getting hit by a telegraph pole and breaking her leg. But yeah, no further explanation.
Then the farm hands in the row boat must have died too.
As a kid I always thought of Glinda as Aunt Em's Oz counterpart, but back then I didn't pay attention to how they don't look or sound alike. I would still like to think so, but as the movie's version of Oz is all a dream, Glinda could be a representation of how Dorothy sees her aunt. A lovely, kind and caring person who is still firm in her convictions.
Agreed and when we did the stage version of Wizard of Oz, Aunt Em and Glinda were played by the same actor but I do like the idea of it being Dorothy's mother.
I figured that glinda's counterpart was dorothy's school teacher
In one of the many documentaries included in the Blu-ray release it is mentioned that Billie Burke was originally going to also be a friendly chatty but somewhat scatterbrained neighbor of the Gales who tries to console Dorothy after Miss Gulch takes Toto, and accidentally implants the idea of running away
@@wesleyjenkins4267 The ironic thing is the actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West-Margaret Hamilton-was a school teacher…of the kindergarten grade.
@@JamesDavy2009 I already knew that
As a kid, I always wondered where the red brick road went - you know, the red brick road that starts at the same place the yellow brick road does, then goes off in another direction. It wasn't until years later that I learned it leads to Glinda's castle.
Kinda reminds me of the red brick leading to Wonkas factory 😂
I didn't know that!
In the book, the flying monkeys were controlled by whomever had the magic hat. That person could call them for help 3 times. They weren't malevolent, and Dorothy uses them after she offs the witch. With her last use, she sets them free and gives them the hat.
In the book, it wasn't a dream. And the shoes were sliver slippers, not Ruby. The travelers also travel to the South, including Chinaland (where everyone was made of china) and others. Also, the book has the Queen of the Field Mice save them from the poppy field, not Glinda.
BTW, Billie Burke played Glinda when she was 54! Buddy Ebsen was the first Tinman, but the silver paint almost killed him, so he was replaced by Jack Haley. Ebsen actually appears in one scene at a distance.
Ebsen ended up being a guard in the witches castle.
@@tlouiseallen9302 I don't think that's accurate. Ebsen appears at a distance in one shot of the Tin Man that was retained, and is heard singing one song with the others. But he was not a guard at the witch's castle.
They're "off to see the wizard..." in one scene - right after they acquire the Tinman - they are skipping off and Dorothy is without the ruby slippers and is wearing black shoes. It's only noticeable for a moment, but it is something you will never miss again, once you've seen it.
Another goof you can’t unsee once you notice it…the trap door that opens in the road for the witch to disappear into after the “I’ll get you my pretty, and your little dog too!” scene in Munchkinland. They tried to hide it with smoke, but you can still see it very clearly.
To me, the W of O is pure hope. Released before the world exploded in WWII - it gave us hope in beautiful B/W then color. Plus the music. Pure and utter grace - we strive to make it on our own but the ruby slippers prove the power is given to us all the time. It’s beautiful. It’s America at its best.
It was amazing that the director was working on the film at the same time he was working on Gone With the Wind. 3 days a week on one, 3 days the other, and a day off.
@@StinkinGoodAle3241 Didn't know that - that must have been grueling!
I remember in the movie that after Toto escaped from Miss Gulch Dorothy happily reunited with him. The happiness was short lived however when she realized that Miss Gulch will come back for Toto once she realizes he's gone. That was why she and Toto ran away from home. I believe at the end that Miss Gulch died in the tornado because we saw her inside the tornado riding her bicycle.
Have to disagree with you about Miss Gulch. Remember, a shutter on the house blew in and hit Dorothy in the head. Everything that happened from that point forward was Dorothy's dream/delusion until Dorothy woke up again at the end of the movie. The Gulch storyline was left unresolved.
@@BrylcreemBill - She melted when Dorothy threw water on her "Twinner" in Oz. 😄
Still watching this at 68 since I was a kid, these questions didn't matter...... ICONIC then and more ICONIC NOW❤
Not necessarily missed tidbits, but:
1. The studio did test silver slippers, but decided they just didn’t read well on screen.
2. Shirley Temple as Dorothy? It almost happened. Would have been a wildly different movie.
3. When the movie was taken over by a new directing/production staff, Over the Rainbow nearly got the ax. They thought it was too maudlin for the film. Can you imagine?
4. The coat Frank Morgan wears as Professor Marvel belonged to L. Frank Baum.
5. Some people thought the Oz books were subversive and seemed to be supporting a socialist or communist agenda. We’ve been ridiculous for a long time. 😂.
Yeah, I’m a bit of a dork about the movie. 🤣
The evils of Socialism and Marxism became clear as soon as countries began trying it. It hasn't changed in 150 years.
Silver and Gold was the hidden theme. Wizard of OZ= ounce. Emerald City is the green back $$$$ . Man behind the curtain is the Federal Reserve. 😮
@@St63420 And then there's falling asleep in the field of (opium?) poppies.
@@StinkinGoodAle3241Yes about Poppies
I knew that Shirley Temple was considered for the role ✅✅
My 3 favorite things about the movie: 1) I loved the acting- such expressive faces and performances by all the actors! 2) I like the special skipping dance steps they did when they were off to see the Wizard! 3) The creative instrumentation in the music is amazing- the orchestra in this movie really outdid themselves!
Some people may not know this, the actress that played the wicked witch was a elementary school teacher. She had to quit because alot of kids were scared of her.
Maybe the Wicked Witch had a skin tag that said "Dry Clean Only" ....💙🙄🥰
😁😁😁
I watched The Wizard of Oz at a local theater for an 80th anniversary showing. I have seen this dozens of times on tv, but had never noticed Toto had his own bed in Dorothy’s room.
I did the same for the 85th anniversary showing. It was like going back in time (sans DeLorean) to 1939.
There's something with movie theaters you'll put your self to focus on the movie, huge screen, surround sound, but also no distractions.
I finally got a big screen TV but the sound makes me have to watch it with subtitles. I can hear the music and special effects loudly but for some reason on a modern TV with a sound bar I don't hear the conversation.
With his name on it!
Shut, up! I need to look for that next time. Amazing the things you see on the big screen.
Also, the pattern on Dorothy's bedroom wall is that of poppies...
Something that's likely not as well known as it was in 1939: Why the adults go into a panicked scramble to get Dorothy out of the pig pen when she tumbles into it.
They're in a rush to get her out of it because pigs can, will, and have eaten people.
One reason why pigs are so maligned in certain cultures.
If you don't believe it, watch Deadwood, and look for Mr. Wu's pigs!
@jeffl.9633 My late father, if he enjoyed something would say "I haven't had this much fun since the hogs ate my younger brother." (c) 1985. I use it wherever and whenever it works. I sure get some strange looks.
@@johntiggleman4686 - That's a good multi-faceted line there, worth a tip of the virtual hat to your father and a like.
I suspect that people hearing that for the first time without reacting with something akin to "Yeah...wait, what?" weren't paying attention.
Yep. Pigs can be deadly. I remember, as a kid, my sister and I were at an aunt's and we were looking at the pigs. Her hat (like a straw hat iirc) fell in. No more hat. I'm glad she didn't jump in after it.
There is nothing like Judy singing Over The Rainbow. You should have shown that...
Later, the Wicked Witch came back as a promoter for Maxwell House coffee.
To this day my favourite film of all time. And I'm 60 next year.
The film was released in 1939 a few weeks before my mum was born. Which I think is a sweet connection.
my fav too and im 64😊
Is the Witch cranky because she’s dehydrated? LOL! Brilliant!
As many times as I’ve seen this, it NEVER occurred to me that the Wicked Witch wouldn’t be able to bathe or drink water!!! Thanks Ms. Mojo
When the witch is sending the flying monkeys after Dorothy, she says something about "I've sent a little insect ahead, to take the fight out of them." This never made sense, until the first time I saw the deleted Jitterbug scene. She'd sent the jitterbug ahead, and Dorothy and her friends ended up dancing the Jitterbug!
My name in Judy and I grew up on Garland Street; it was foreordained that I would love this film from childhood on. You should hear my sisters and me sing the score together; I have a pretty mean Wicked Witch cackle, too! BTW, I always thought Dorothy was an orphan and Auntie Em and Uncle Henry really WERE her aunt and uncle; although they could be her godparents, too. 🐒
One other fun fact. The coat Frank Morgan is wearing as Professor Marvel was gotten from a second hand store, when they looked inside, they found an old label showing that it belonged to, of all people L. Frank Baum himself!
His wife confirmed it was his.
@@Glen-qh5xq that might be an urban legend.
@@susanhirsch2690 It was confirmed true by his wife Maude when she visited the set/saw the film.
I was going to speak up about just this very thing- glad others had heard that tidbit too!
No it's true. So cool0
This entire event could have been avoided if Dorothy had simply kept Toto on a leash.
😂 🙌🏼
Yes indeed. Easy when using a bit of common sense.
😂😂😂
Or if Dorothy's dad had worn a condom.
My dad, an actor, occasionally played poker with Margaret Hamilton. I always thought that was so cool.
Water melts the Witch because she's a Fire Mage - and her opposing Element is Water.
Billie Burke played Glenda the Good Witch. Billie was a stage actress, got her start in the Ziegfeld Follies and subsequently married the great showman himself, Flo Ziegfeld.
I think she was also related to someone who was casting for the show. Either married or something. She was 50 when she landed the role of Glinda.
And had a larger salary and dressing room than the wicked witch!
Wasn't she Witchiepoo on Pufenstuf?
@@ronaldviens7862 Billie Burke died in 1970. She stopped performing in 1960.
@@ronaldviens7862 I think Witchiepoo was played by Billie Hayes. I remember her from General Hospital. =^..^=
The bit about scarecrow doing Pythagorean theorem was done in the Simpsons too. Homer does the line exactly like scarecrow while in a bathroom and a guy using one of the stalls corrects him yelling out "That's a right triangle ya idiot!"
Right triangle and he says “square root” instead of square.
"D'OH!" -Homer Simpson
I always thought (as a child) that at the end of the movie, after realizing it must have been a dream, the camera shows the floor of the closet and the red shoes are there! I was so sure it happened that way. But as an adult it was always missing. All this time I thought it was a very clever ending. And as a child it was comforting to know it was true after all.
A Twilight Zone connection.
That's cool! I wish they'd have done that.
I love that! Thanks for sharing❤
Their surnames are both “Gale.” They are related. However, in the movie, Em & Henry look like Grandparent age. That doesn’t mean they are. I have a brother 20 years my junior so he grew up the same age as his nieces and nephews.
I always figured Miss Gultch got caught in the twister & bit it.
I grew up with my cousins' kids. I am the youngest grandchild on both sides of my family. My sister is 13 years older than me, and my brother is 11 years older than me.
These are very easy to answer.
The witch is cleansed by fire. She is depicted as a demonic character who disappears in a burst of flame and smoke that 'smells of Sulphur'. That's a reference to Hell. 'It's why water kills her, because she's a being who can live in flame.
Miss Gulch was killed by the tornado. That's apparent. She appears on the twister and then we see the Witch of the East dead, crushed by a house.
Glinda represents Dorothy's mother. She teaches her a lesson, is protective of her, but also sends her out into the world to conquer her fears. As you say, she was based on Baum's mother-in-law, whom he regarded as his own mother.
Maybe the Wicked Witch’s poor hygiene explains Glinda saying, “What a smell of sulfur!”
No it was the smell of the smoke and fire she arrives in and leaves in.
Growing up, I always thought she was green because she was moldy since she couldn't use water to take a bath/shower.
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@@rae8545 I always assumed she used magic. She IS a witch after all.
@@christianbrown-qm9lj 🤣🤣🤣
Ooooh! That would explain why she avoided water.... doesn't sulphuric acid react with water to create a combustible effect??? 🤔
So many iconic lines still being repeated by people to this day. "I'll get you my pretty", "Oh, what a world, what a world", I don't believe we are in Kansas anymore", "Put 'em up, put 'em up". "And Toto, too". Great classic!
W.O.O. Has a special place in my ❤ because my grandfather was a carpenter (foreman) at MGM and worked on the sets for WOO. He remembered working on munchkinland and all the midgets running around the sets. He also remembered building the fence around the corn field that the scarecrow tripped over.
wow!! how cool is that????❤❤
A: VERY cool!
I can't even begin to tell you how many times I've seen this movie. From a very early age, i was about 9, it was coming on television, but I was grounded and wasn't allowed to watch TV for a month. Mrs. Giberson was an after-school caregiver and had talked my mom into letting me watch it. And I did.
Many years later, I was a caregiver to an older lady that had dementia, and we'd watch this movie together everyday, sometimes twice a day because it was her favorite movie. She loved it just as much as I did.
At one point I even had the soundtrack on CD and the DVD when those were a thing. It is a timeless classic, the movie at least, I tried reading the books but after watching the movie adaption, the books were boring.
But I'll always have a heart for this movie, so many things were connected to it, I've even watched it at a friend's house in high-school while playing the Pink Floyd album, and there was just so much connection there.
Never noticed the discrepancies though... there's an innocence that I wouldn't want ruined, but thank you @MsMojo for bringing back a lot of good memories associated with The Wizard of Oz.
Ms. Mojo, when she stepped into Oz, it blew me away when I saw the movie for the first first time on TV in the early 1970s. I thought Dorothy was visiting her aunt and uncle during summer vacation. I imagine ‘The Wicked Witch’ smelling musty and of dirty laundry. I think the whole point of Dorothy going through everything was for her to learn to think for herself and how to help herself. “Shrew” is a nice word to use for ‘Ms. Gulch’.
Shrew was the equivalent term back in 1939 of what we now call Karen. Gulch was stated to have owned half the county and even if it was an exaggeration she was still considered high up in local society.
The change is color was magical.
As an adult, I agreed with Miss Gulch. Toto was a menace, destroying property and harassing other animals on their turf. A true terrier. And Dorthy had no control over the dog. Didn't want him killed, but he needed a more responsible owner.
I always thought that Dorthy's parents died in a tornado, staying with the theme.
As for the Good Witch being the mother, probably true. Children many times don't believe their parents and have to go out into the world and learn for themselves. She did watch over Dorthy, protected her and help her out without her knowing. As every good mother would.
UGH! The MadTV skit of the Wizard of Oz alternate ending is SO FUNNY!!! "I could've been home TWO SECONDS after I GOT HERE?!!!!!!"
Mad TV actually did TWO different alts of Wizard of Oz so make sure you’ve seen both. SNL also has a hilarious version of the final scene in the movie.
I love the way that Dorothy swats the wand away; just the way a cat would!
Glinda didn't take the ruby slippers; being magic, they transfer to whoever overcomes the current wearer. Dorothy killed the witch of the East, so the slippers were transferred to her. Just like when the witch of the West said "Those slippers will never come off.....as long as you're alive."
As a child, I knew that everything on television was pretend because I'd never see people acting like actors acted in real life.
When I was a little kid in the 1960s--5 in 1965--that scene where the shoes disappeared, and the feet and legs curled up, was the scariest scene in the whole movie to me. For the next couple of years, I would cover my eyes when that scene was about to happen. I remember to this day how I felt watching that scene. Now of course, I got this and "The Ten Commandments" on my phone. Among about 30 other favorite movies. It's lovely to be able to watch "Big Trouble in Little China" at will. ;)
That was the scariest thing for me too!
7:40 i assume she didnt come back for toto because a tornado just tore through the area. Usually when that happens, we kinda stop whatever we were worried about before and focus on clean up
Can’t believe you didn’t mention that the Cowardly Lion was just a dandy lion. His lines had a whole new meaning watching this in the Castro Theater in San Francisco in the 1980s
Bert Lahr, as his son John has noted, was first and foremost a Broadway comedian (his portrayal may have been a inspiration for Hanna-Barbara's Snagglepuss character) and Bert knew all too well that not all performers, producers, directors, etc. were "arrows". [As was the case with many in Hollywood then and now.]
“and the bulls kowtow!”
Glenda the Good Witch was Uncle Henry. He loved wearing Auntie Em's cloths.
Hi, My son Adam watched this movie over and over again when we got our first VCR. Adam was only four years old and smart. He knew exactly when to hide from the wicked witch by listening to the musical cues. Adam also learned to operate the machine better than mom or dad. Adam grew up to be a teacher. This was our favorite movie together.
I was born in the early '50's. We watched the Wizard of Oz every year on a black and white TV. I didn't see it in color until I went to college in the early '70's. I still remember being impressed with the sight! The flying monkeys are actually scarier in black and white 😮.
What about how Dorothy falls into a pig pen and comes out with not a single spot of dirt on her?
You have to see "Last Action Hero" to see that again.
I remember one wag or another commenting, "it's a dry mud."
I've been watching the Wizard of Oz for almost 4 decades now, and it wasn't until this most recent time that I noticed there is a reference to the song that was cut, "The Jitterbug" still hiding in the film. The Wicked Witch says, "Take your army to the Haunted Forest and bring me that girl and her dog. Do what you like with the others, but I want her alive and unharmed. They'll give you no trouble, I promise you that. I've sent ahead a little insect to take the flight out of them. Now FLY!" The little insect was the jitterbug, which when bitten by it, they had the uncontrollable urge to sing and dance and tire themselves out. Amazing how it's still there, even though the song was cut.
I’ll always love the original Broadway production of The Wiz’ solution to how the wicked witch of the west stays clean: “she sends herself out to be dry cleaned.”
I have theories/ideas about some of these:
1. I don’t think Glynda needs to have Kansas counterpart, considering the fact that Uncle Henry & Aunt Em don’t have Oz counterparts.
2. The witch could’ve probably just magic’d herself clean 🤷🏻♀️
3. I heard a theory recently that Miss Gulch was actually the Wicked Witch of the East and that maybe she did actually die in the tornado. That would explain her not coming back for Toto. Or it could be that Miss Gulch just had bigger fish to fry what with a tornado happening and potentially destroying her house or something.
In the ending of the movie, it was reported by one of the characters (I believe Professor Marvel) that Miss Gulch was killed in the tornado riding her bike- she never knew that Toto had escaped from her basket! This part was edited out.
@@jeannehall6546 I always like to think that a house fell on Miss Gulch! 😆
@@jeannehall6546 Wow, I wonder if that piece still exists? A lot was scrapped, like the Jitterbug scene, but they did find some rare scenes like the dance Dorothy and Scarecrow do when they meet, him bouncing off the fences like a pinball.
@@jeannehall6546 Miss Gulch being killed in the tornado would make sense, since she was seen riding her bike in the the cyclone.
I always thought the witch in the cyclone was the witch of the east. The "wicked" story explains a lot of these things. The witch and water, the wizard, the cyclone the Monkees etc
In the book the WWW kept Dorothy kidnapped for longer, but was never able to get the shoes when Dorothy had taken them off. One of the few times was when Dorothy was taking a bath, because of the whole water thing. That was nice of the WWW to provide a tub and allowed her to fetch water for it.
(The other time Dorothy took the shoes off was at night, when she slept, but inexplicably the WWW was just as scared of the dark as she was of water, so going into a dark room at night was a no go.)
I'll file the WWW's nyctophobia under "🌈⭐🦚".
Also, in the book, the WWW couldn't kill Dorothy because of the mark that the Good Witch Of The North gave Dorothy at the beginning of her journey. That was why she made Dorothy her slave instead.
I'm 68 and this is still my all time favorite movie bar none.
I even have a Cowardly Lion wind chime.
Margaret Hamilton showed up at UConn in the early 1980s and we students went nuts!😂It was so cool that we got to see her and hear about her experiences in the industry. She was super nice and very humble... a real star!💫❤
Dorothy was younger in the book, around ten. And when I first saw this movie on television, as a little girl, we had a B&W television, so I didn't understand the "Horse of a different color joke" as I didn't know Oz was in color. Also, Oz was real. Dorothy eventually went back to stay.
I think that was a retcon when Baum decided to write more books. I may be wrong, though.
@@jonesnori Yeah, I'm pretty sure she did not return to Oz in the original book. Oz was real in that book though. I've forgotten what it was, but there was something at the end of the story that made that pretty clear.
@@jonesnori It wasn't a retcon by Baum - Oz was real in the books. The movie producers didn't want to cater too much to the fantasy world, though, so they made it a dream and populated OZ with the dream version of people Dorothy knew. The producers didn't think the movie audience would go for the fantasy aspects.
I am reading all the books Baum wrote. It has been a long journey but you are right, Dorothy does end up staying in OZ but also with her Aunt and Uncle as well.
Yes, in Baum's books Oz is a real place at the center of a continent surrounded by the Nonestic Ocean.
Ironically, when Baum was making a series of Oz films back in the silent era, it was _he_ that had a cinematic version have Dorothy's experience be a dream!
Not many people realize the 1939 classic literally is a remake...
Fun fact: the technology used for Technicolor back then actually existed all the way back to the late 1920s, but due to the Great Depression, using that technology was way too costly, so Hollywood was only able to use the cheaper black-and-white cameras until “The Wizard of Oz” came out. Even after that, only films with big budgets were able to use the technology due to the high costs
1939 was also the spectacular "Gone With The Wind," in full colour. Another 1939 Academy Award "Goodbye Mr. Chips was all B&W. In fact all of the other best picture nominees were black and white films: "Of Mice and Men," "Dark Victory," "Stagecoach," "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington," "Ninothcka," and "Wuthering Heights."
The actors hated filming in Technicolor due to the super bright lighting they had to use. I've read about actors that it caused problems with their eyes, gave them headaches and was very warm to work on set in.
"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!"--Such an iconic line and used again and again for many reasons.
Frank Morgan was a consummate character actor whose contribution to the movies is quite impressive.
I always thought that since the Witch was also played by the actress who was Ms Gulch that she died in the tornado just as she died in Oz. Thus toto is safe.
I'd never thought that because she was very much alive and evil, riding the bike in the tornado. I figured the tornado landed her somewhere at some point, but still alive.
I love the fact Family Guy pointed out the ending when Dorothy said she’d miss Scarecrow most of all
Did you know it's because of a scraped story line where Dorothy and the scarecrows farmhand counterpart were courting? They decided to try and make Dorothy younger so that was scrapped.
"Oh, okay, kind of an odd thing to say.."
The Tin Man sabotaged her exit to stay close to her and then she disses him at the end. That must have hurt.
Watch closely and you see he unties the rope to the balloon.
@@nemomarcus5784 Wow!
@@Supergirl-rz8yi I think you mean "courting" - when two people are in a serious relationship hopefully leading to marriage. If they were helping Auntie Em and Uncle Henry to count those baby chicks? Nothing wrong with that.
Probably one of the greatest movies 🎬 ever!!😮 can't believe how old it is!! I never get tired watching it! definitely a iconic movie 🍿🎬!!
I have wondered if the creators of this movie knew how popular and long lasting this movie was going to be. I have been waiting in offices or stations and talking to someone about movies. (Always a safe subject to pass time and make a friend.) I will tell them that The Wizard Of Oz is my all time favorite and almost always they agree. I still can watch it and become emotional. It has a special magic. I have some nice memorabilia too. Have a wonderfully magical day everyone!
The coat Frank Morgan wears as professor Marvel was acquired by the costume department from a second hand store. The original owner had his tag sewn into it. That coat was owned by L.Frank Baum. The author of The Book.
Half the foursome was from Boston. Ray Bolger and Jack Haley are both from Boston. You can hear it when the Tin Man sings If I Only Had a Haht
I grew up watching TWOO every Thanksgiving on a B&W TV. In my sophomore year at college, I was pleading to get into a fraternity, and one of the things I volunteered to do was to be the projectionist for a showing of TWOO to raise money for the fraternity. Even though I was very high, everything was going smoothly until Dorothy walked out of the house. I had never seen it in color, and yelled out "holy $hit!" when the door opened and everything was in color! The rest of the audience laughed, and I finally got the joke about the "horse of a different color". A great moment for me.
When I was like 4 & 5, the WWOTW scared the crap outta me = Maggie deserved a special award for her sterling performance!
I always thought Glinda was supposed to be auntie em. But she’s actually Dorothy’s dead mom? That is actually so touching and sweet. Wow! I’ll never watch it the same again
"she’s actually Dorothy’s dead mom?"
That's just a conjecture. There is no good reason to think that anyone is Glinda's counterpart in Kansas.
Even if just a fan theory, it's kind of sweet. Because that would explain why Glinda couldn't really help her and wanted Dorothy to figure out things for herself because her mother's not around anymore to do it for her. She's still present, looking out for her, but Glinda is like a guardian angel there to protect her but not able to solve things for her. And maybe moving forward, Dorothy will feel the same about her mother having gotten some closure from Glinda.
I always saw Oz on a b&w tv. Was blown away first time seeing it on a color tv
Yes, the thing I noticed was the subtly implied mutual feelings Hunk and Dorothy have for each other. The way he looks at her as she says good-bye to him (as the Scarecrow) is worth a thousand words and gets me in the feels every time. She even says outright that he is the one she will miss the most, and the Lion and Tin Woodman are not jealous about it. He is the only one whom she touches when she's back in her room.