Horrors Behind the Scenes of the Wizard of Oz
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- The Wizard of Oz is possibly the singular most iconic American film of all time. The film was released in 1939, and it was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film brought some much-needed light to the lives of Americans who were in the middle of the Great Depression. The use of Technicolor set the film apart from many other movies at the time, and the colorful cast, fun score, and beautiful set design all helped solidify this film in history.
While the film ultimately became a huge success, the budget of over two million dollars made it difficult for the studio to break even. It wasn't until the film was re-released ten years later that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer finally made a profit. Still, film critics recognized its genius the moment it was released. The Wizard of Oz was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture. While the film Gone with the Wind ultimately won the title of Best Picture for that year, The Wizard of Oz still took home the Academy Awards for Best Original Song and Best Original Song.
According to the Library of Congress, The Wizard of Oz is the most seen film in history, and for good reason. The filming process may have taken over a year, but every cast and crew member poured their heart and soul into their work. It was a grueling process, but it yielded wondrous results. Even though the film is decades old, it still holds up to the modern standards of a great film, and it can be easily enjoyed by people of all ages.
However, many trials and tribulations went into creating such a masterpiece of a film. Many of the cast members suffered during the filming process, and some were affected permanently. Because The Wizard of Oz was created so long ago, there weren't as many safety regulations on set, and the actors were subjected to dangerous and even deadly conditions. The crew members often used harmful chemicals and reckless pyrotechnics to create the film's special effects. Even though the special effects may have looked great in the final result, they were a huge source of stress for the actors.
Even worse was the fact that actors were not given the protection that they are today. Young Judy Garland was only 16 when she began filming The Wizard of Oz, but she was treated cruelly by the director. Make sure you stick around to find out when director Victor Fleming took things too far. We hope you like this video, and don't forget to subscribe to Facts Verse for more!
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I can’t count how many lawsuits there would have been if it would be made today........
Perhaps, but the safety laws would still have been enacted over time, so there would be very few of them still occurring in 2020. In other words, it might be a very different film if it was made today. Certain scenes would be removed, rewritten or edited in ways to make them appear more dangerous than they actually are. We have become a litigious society, which has directors and producers looking for ways to avoid lost time, costly court battles and the bad publicity that accompanies them. Lawyers and professional stunt men are all over a production, looking for ways to prevent accidents and deaths that occur when filming dangerous action scenes. Segments that produce injuries (like those in Indian attacks and war films) are reduced in scope or are now simply talked about. This reduces production costs when budgets are tight, or as a means to focus on other activity in a film.
@@stever5887 thats some good reasearce
(Sorry if i spell wrong)
You can count, but the number may not be accurate.
IKR!!!!!!!!
The munchkins also sexually abused Judy Garland
The first time I saw this as a little kid, the witch, the tornado and the flying monkeys scared the shit out of me.
Same
Nah mate I was more scared of the scare crow than the witch
definitely the flying monkees
Same here!!! I remember covering my eyes with a pillow! Watched back in the very early 60's. Always came on a Sunday night. Watched it on my grandmas old B&W TV.
Back then, just about everyone had a B&W TV. We got our first Color TV in 1966.. And I got to watch *BATMAN* in color!!! 📺
My wife and I just watched it on blue ray before ,I have the 70 th anniversary edition,yeah the witch and monkeys scared me as well,I am fifty now,the color and surround sound were awsome,plus being able to watch it when you want to and not having to wait until they putnit on tv and all.
A wonderful story:
Not long after seeing The Wizard of Oz, a little girl named Natalie Norris fell ill and was hospitalized. Her mother wrote to MGM and relayed her daughter's wish that she could get a visit from Dorothy. They called Judy, who was of course delighted to do it, and sent Natalie a letter telling her that they had a date. She wanted to come in full Dorothy kit, but by that time everything had been put away in storage, so Judy wore a simple frock and her own short hair, and Natalie didn't mind a bit. Judy chatted with her a while and even sang "Over the Rainbow" to her, bringing Natalie's mother to tears. Later, Natalie showed rapid improvement, and not only recovered, but later in life became a singer herself!
I would have been in tears sobbing if she did that for my daughter… what an incredibly beautiful voice
@@kimberlyel82 And an incredibly beautiful heart! 🙂
i highly doubt judy garland actually took time out of her busy schedule of shoveling coke into her nostrils to sing a song nobody cared about when her career was already over.
@@FingerinUrDaughter well it happened… and ur name is gross and I’m assuming bc of ur name I’m going to say either ur a young boy who still hasn’t put his fingers on his own privates or ur over 30 and live with ur parents and can’t get a woman… might be why ur so negative, never having that release can really make someone make a name like that
🥺🥺my heart
Back in the 1960s, this movie was an annual event, as it was shown on network TV every March. Mom would make popcorn and TANG and set up card table chairs in the living room so we kids could pretend we were watching it in a movie theater.🙂❤
It just occurred to me, after all these years, that my mom was about 6 years old when this movie came out, and I bet her parents took her to see it at a theater. So our annual ritual in the 60s may have also been Mom's way of reliving that precious childhood memory♥️♥️♥️
Yep. Throughout the '60's I never missed a showing of the Wizard of Oz as a kid, even when it went to NBC. Where I lived, NBC was iffy. It truly depended on the atmosphere as to whether or not we could watch NBC programing. However, somewhere in the ether, the TV gods came together to make it happen because the Wizard of Oz always came through clean and clear.
No actor deserves to be put through that kind of abuse for a movie
just like icarly and sam and cat... :/
@@adwictt what happened in icarly?
No actor on this movie was put through abuse.
@I’m so totally happy And mentally stable Did the director slap them too?
@@meggiewillis9705 He endured far worse.
Toto was not overpaid, Toto''s owner was overpaid.
no? the owner gets like 300 dollars and the lion, scarecrow and the tin man got like 2300 a week
@@sadrobloxstories7954
Th.22/10.2020
Hi,
How r u?
I'm just curious.
What was/were the source/s used to find out that info?
Thank you.
Toto, played by Terry, did a great job in this movie.
Toto's owner was paid appropriately. Toto was a female...and she had to be well trained to do all that she did in the film. And, she was in just about every scene in the movie. Good for the trainer.
It’s todo
Rest in peace to all those amazing legends, who’ve worked so hard just to be able to entertain us :((
All really dedicated performers work hard. Showbiz is not, nor has it ever been, easy.
bro really went from child abuse to "uncomfortable costume"
There wasn't any child abuse, but uncomfortable costumes have been part of the actor's life for centuries.
@@MaskedMan66 the way judy was treated on set was 100% child abuse.
@@WithADashOfPazazz Judy was not treated badly in any way. Where those idiotic stories of her being starved, drugged, insulted, harassed, assaulted, raped, and all the rest of it ever got started, I don't know, but it's time for them to die.
@@WithADashOfPazazz Judy wasn't treated badly on the set or anywhere else while making this movie. All those stories of bullying, starvation, being forced to smoke, being drugged, sexual abuse, rape, and all the rest of it are total kak. Judy was loved by everyone, and if anyone had been stupid or unprofessional enough to try anything with her, that person would have been fired on the spot by producer Mervyn LeRoy; he hadn't moved heaven and earth to star Judy in his movie only for people to treat her badly. Having been a child actor himself, he was totally simpatico with her.
Is it werid to say that in the next 10 years we’re gonna say that this movie is a century old😂
19 years
Shit
Correct, Bobby. It was released in 1939
Wow you suck at math
@@exspectro8823 .
The sad thing is that these aren't even the worst of what Judy Garland went through 😔
@Bob Mitchell WAIT I THOUGHT I KNEW ALL OF IT! BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT JEEZ?!??!?!
@Bob Mitchell seriously..she was rapped twice?
@@-Uranos- when does her album drop?
@@aford-re9cb u naughty naughty
@@aford-re9cb u dummy
I'm Brazilian and this is one of the movies I watched the most during childhood and adolescence! Miss you Judy! This is still one of the greatest musicals in history
Glad to know that you're a fan of the movie and Judy! She is definitely a wonderful actress. What other types of video would you like to see on our channel?
@@FactsVerse you should do people under the stairs it's the goat :)
@@FactsVerse I really wanted to see a video about Willy Wonka and the original chocolate factory and fun facts about Ben-Hur with Charlton Heston ❤️❤️
I watched it as a kid and am 44 now, I just rewatched it and it’s just as riveting and perfect.
Regardless of the hazardous and unethical work conditions nonetheless…
This movie is, and always will be honestly THE BEST film in history, or it basically made movies and cinema what it is today.
I will say though, It's terrible what these actors had to endure and suffer because it was so new then.
But I will also say, this film is almost 80 going on 90, and STILL stands up to this day and was the first major picture shot in Technicolor!
A tragic MASTERPIECE!
Couldn't agree more! Thank you for sharing your views on this. We're very happy to know that you're a fan ♥
While The Wizard of Oz (1939) wasn't the first movie in color, it surely was the most influential. Pioneer/RKO's Becky Sharp (1935) was the first feature film photographed entirely in three-strip Technicolor. And of course, Gone with the Wind (1939) is one of the most famous Technicolor films.
To the actors, it was a job. It was a lot of hard work, but they were used to that. They were very happy with the result.
I was in love with judy garland AND liza minelli...she looked just like her...tragically drugs took judy away way too soon...
@D. Gwinner hopefully you've got some rest since this comment.
Given that the studio execs were pumping her full of cigarettes and pharmaceutical amphetamines,the poor girl never really had a chance.
Liza has spent years ensuring she LOOKS like her mother. Unfortunate as she’s a star in her own right
Psychiatrists took her away.
Good thing you pointed out that drugs killed her, we all must have missed that part when watching it ourselves
Horrible things they make these actors do.
LorieWitt I heard they gave Judy drugs because she was always tired
That is when they had to work !! But now just a bunch of spoiled , no talent excuses for actors, trash, and coke head communist morons !!!
@@TWayneD1020 very well said! Same with so so many professions! Hell look at what Journalism has become compared to what it used to be! Nothing but finding a tweet from when someone was 12 and trying as hard as they can to ruin there life for it! Then the whole they don't believe what i believe so there positively a racist who literally hates homosexualls! Its absolutely disgusting! And people just sit and watch it happen and watch it happen. I dont understand why? Do people really think the freaks that are ok with shit like that out number those that are normal?
@@jimogrady1131 BS
@@biancamarcu8004 Actualy, it's not BS. Judy Garland stated this on many occasions. She was working on several projects at once and was very tired from lack of sleep, so the film's management 'prescribed' for her medications to maintain her alertness and pep. It actually wasnt uncommon then. Unfortunately, it helped to send Judy down a long and winding road of addiction, which eventually ended her life.
Dorothy: "How can you talk if you don't have a brain?"
Scarecrow: "I don't know... But an awful lot of people without brains do a lot of talking, don't they?"
The scarecrow would have dreams of being the president of the united states in today's world.
I have only just come across your channel and what a time to discover it when the Wizard of OZ is the subject.
I don't think any of us realise what actually goes into making these films and hats off to the cast for putting themselves through this.
Judy Garland was one of my most favourite actresses of all time , her talent especially that amazing voice, was second to none.
Her life , although millions never knew, was pretty tragic which is such a shame for someone who gave their life entertaining others.
The Wizard of OZ had a magnificent cast and they all worked brilliantly together, one of my favourite films of all time and with Judy's voice, how could it ever of failed.
Thank you for this amazing insight into how being an actor all those years ago, wasn't as simple as everyone would believe.
"All those years ago?" It's not easy now!
The saddest part is it wasn't even the producers that got her addicted to drugs, while they helped it was her mother that got her on them at a very young age. Judy even referred to her mother as the real wicked wich of the west
That's sad, Julia
There was only one producer on _Wizard,_ and he didn't have anything to do with any medications Judy took in her life. Her addictions came in adulthood.
@@FactsVerse the actor who replaced tin man actually got a eye infection
@@junchoi2531 Millions of people have. Haley's cleared up within four days.
@@MaskedMan66 not because of aluminum based paint though
Judy…what a beautiful woman with a tragic life, so much talent and beauty and passion. despite her tragedy, I’ll always admire her talent and determination despite everything.
Thanks for watching!
@@FactsVerse hi is it true about what happened about that you could see one of the munchkins hanging themselves in the back ground in the Wizard of OZ? and is it true about why the actor of Dorothy went through?
@@darraghhayes7900 those were not munchkins but birds. And yes judy was drugged throughout the movie since she was acting around 16-20 hours a day
@@AhmeddR6 oh right I didn't know that yeah I think the way they treated her Judy garland the lady who played Dorothy was absolutely terrible. yeah so I believe that apparently she was drugged throughout the movie for 16-20 hours a day. thanks for telling me that is helpful, have a good day.
@@AhmeddR6 Judy was never drugged, and she only worked for four hours a day as per California child labor laws. BY the way, she was not bullied, harassed, starved, beaten, made to smoke, or raped. Just covering all bases.
After this video I cannot look at this movie the same way anymore no person deserves to be put through this kind of abuse
What a disgusting film. Makes you think of the unseen/unheard abuse going on behind the scenes in modern movies today.
And no person was put through any abuse during the making of this movie. It was just, as Jack Haley often reiterated, hard work. But any movie is, even now. This video is full of lies and half-truths.
@@repvoid7680 Judy Garland would box your ears! She loved the movie.
@@MaskedMan66 ok good point
@@Sphyix21 Spoken like a civil person! 🙂
Thanks for the video! This is absolutely one of my all time favorites! It's crazy to imagine the things the actors endured to create this legend! Thank you!
The cast didn't have to endure a lot of the guff spoken of here, especially Judy. It was just, as Jack Haley often said, hard work. But that's moviemaking for you; it's still hard work. Actors have had to endure far crazier things than anything that happened during _Wizard's_ production.
@@MaskedMan66people almost died not to mention when the original tin man was in the hospital dying the producer called him telling him to get back to work what type of person does that
@@MaskedMan66Judy was body shamed and hit constantly that's abuse
@@MaskedMan66all of the costumes caused permanent damage to the actors and ended up killing some of them in the long run
@@Starboyy758 Buddy Ebsen wasn't in the hospital dying, he was in the hospital recovering. And it wasn't Mervyn LeRoy who called him. It was most likely a secretary who had not been fully apprised of his condition.
People almost die every day, but as the saying goes, "'Almost' only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades."
Who remembers when this was played once a year on tv?
I just saw it a couple days ago on tv
@@kamdaddypurp3341 same
I do.
Still is
I do. It was on Christmas Day.
It really pissed me off that studio executives would insult Judy because of her weight. She is one of the most beautiful iconic actresses and when I was little I remember having a crush on her!
I did too.
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She wasn't iconic yet, and in fact she was overweight when she first came to MGM. The fact is that she liked to eat.
@@MaskedMan66 You are obsessed and lying🥴
@@nauteeca We all have our obsessions, and the truth is that Judy Garland was a nosher. Her favorite dessert was chocolate cake with fudge icing topped with custard. This is substantiated by information collected by Oz historians Jay Scarfone and William Stillman (you wanna call me obsessed? I wonder what you'd make of them) and included in their 2019 book "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece."
My dearly departed older brother Michael loved this movie and we would watch it together every time it was aired on tv during the holidays when I was growing up. And he loved Judy Garland and loved Margaret Hamilton as the wicked witch and knew her. I always think of Michael when I see this movie.
That was great!
Thank you!
Subscribed 👌
I will never look at “The Wizard Of Oz” the same again. Thank you giving us all of the facts. Appreciate the channel and content.
I'll never look at it the same again either.
There was also a munchkin who hung himself in one of the scenes
Also in the orginal copy of the movie without editing there was a dude hanging himself in the tin man with scene
There are very few facts in this video. Read these books for the true story: "The Making of The Wizard of Oz" by Aljean Harmetz (who interviewed 48 people who worked on the movie, actors and behind-the-scenes personnel alike), "The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History" by John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, and William Stillman, and "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece" by Scarfone and Stillman.
@@darthfrogmonster No, there was not.
After seeing this video, I can understand why that rumor of the dwarf hanging themself in the forest got started, seems the entire staff of actors for the movie were mistreated!
Taggerung There's no hanging little person seen in the movie. But yes, most of the cast and crew were working in unsafe conditions back then.
@@StakeJade It was something hanging....something.
@@rebelc28hachey15 it was an emu they were all over the set. his head is going up and down, watch it on slow mo
@@blueangelto-rr6vx that shit does not look like ab emu, the body is off and I don't see any legs
You can see the person swinging in the tree
I'm more shocked on how they treated Judy, I mean no one ever deserves to be treated like that.
She wasn't. The stories of abuse are all BS.
@@MaskedMan66 no they're not.
@@Weegiez Yes, they are. She was not starved, drugged, harassed, insulted, assaulted, raped, or any of that kak. Mervyn LeRoy would have fired anyone who treated his star with less than respect. And Judy was impossible to dislike.
@Sideswipe The OP's? Quite agree.
There is a great message in this movie that most people, especially children, tend to overlook. We all actually have much more strength and gifts than we realize. I.e. the (stupid) scarecrow was actually the smartest most clever one, the tin man was the biggest hearted, etc.
The message was first delivered in a book 39 years before the movie.
This film really put me on a weird off mood. Now I know why
No, you don't. And by the way, Judy Garland loved it for the rest of her life.
Yeah, i always felt like somethings is off with this film. And same with the cat in the hat too
@@lcr8817 *smh*
@@MaskedMan66 you act like you know everything. But guess what hon? You don’t
@@ch.l.oe_222 I don't know everything, but as regards this movie, I do seem to know more than you. HOWEVER, I offer that same knowledge to you so that you can know it as well. Just read the books “The Making of The Wizard of Oz" (1977) by Aljean Harmetz, "The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History" (1989) by John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, and William Stillman, and "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece" (2019) by Scarfone and Stillman, and you'll know what really did-- and didn't-- go on during the making of this movie.
Actually the part when Judy slaps the lion you can still see her laugh and hide behind Toto
@S antini Ummmm she does, it’s only for a second but she does
It’s a little bit after he starts crying... you see her smirk
No, she doesn't laugh. Her mouth twitches.
@@MaskedMan66 OMG why argue, read up on it!!!🙄
@@hardlines4 Why should I "read up on" what can plainly be seen in the scene? Her mouth twitches.
Seen the movie numerous times. One of my all time favorites. Great video
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In Minnesota we hold Judy Garland in such high regard. She was so gorgeous and talented, it’s just tragic how Hollywood kicked her around… My father was actually born in the same delivery room in Grand Rapids, MN as Judy was so I always feel a slight connection to her, however feint it may be.
faint
This is very sad for these characters to be mistreated like that??? It's a disgrace on how these directors think it's ok to take advantage of these decent people. RIP
It was even worse for animals that they used in films during that time.
Well, ti was acceptable, AT THE TIME. Let's not forget it was decades ago. But it still doesn't make it right to treat people like that!!!
Actors are a dime a dozen. Film lasts forever. Which is more important?
All in the name of cash
@@michaellefort6128 Wow... Really?
“How can somebody so pretty be so sad?” -Kelly Kapoor, the office
Please do another part, I watched a short resume about what happened and there’s much more danger and dark secrets out there. Like the hanging munchkin, the munchkins committing suicide and harassing Dorothy, the 100 degree caused the actors to faint while clips were made, how the Cowardly Lion needed to eat blended meals from a straw, and much more dark secrets. Thank you! ❤
the munchkin hanging story is a lie it came from a faked video on youtube. also there wasnt any credible eveidence that the munchkins molested judy, that was a claim from her ex husband who was an alchoholic
Asbestos as snow shocked me, but back then they didn't know.
Yeah
what is asbestos???
@@lisahutchcraft5338 it causes cancer
Asbestos was known as a dangerous threat to lungs in Ancient Roman times. By the turn of the nineteenth century, industrialists absolutely knew it caused the disease , mesothelioma. But the makers of this seemingly wonderful product kept the facts suppressed until the 1960's
There where not around it long enough for it to effect them it takes years of being around it for it to harm you.
... only let her eat chicken soup, black coffee, cigarettes and diet pills. Uncommon use of cigarettes.
😂
I just commented on that too..... must have tasted like shit
@@trump24trump it isn’t funny.
Cigarettes are known to diminish hunger.
Mark Kmiecik The Cigarettes make you feel less hungry
This is probably the only film from the 30s I can actually sit down and watch. Knowing all this makes me more appreciative of the lengths that the whole cast and crew went make such a great film.
Be aware that there is a lot of misinformation here.
Wow! Such an Iconic movie and So love by so many through the generations. Proves we don't know what those actors/actresses endured for our entertainment.
We've known it for decades; three excellent books on the film's production are "The Making of The Wizard of Oz" (1977) by Aljean Harmetz with an introduction by Margaret Hamilton, "The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History" (1989) by John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, and William Stillman with an introduction by Jack Haley, Jr., and "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece" (2019) by Scarfone and Stillman. For that matter, the nstars and production people told their stories at the time and in the years since.
Judy Garland is my favorite actress in the wizard of Oz
@Hudson Hawk6 I think they've changed it, now it's just actor
@@gumbo342 actress
@@gumbo342 I don't know who "they" are, but "they" can take a hike.
Judy Garland is so awesome in The Wizard of Oz.
The flying monkey is my favorite actor!
I don't blame Judy for laughing during the scene where she slapped The Cowardly Lion.
I probably would have done the same thing if I were in her situation.
Actually, I think most of us would!
😁
SO CRUEL OF THE DIRECTOR TO "HIT" HER!:O:@:'((U)
The problem was that they were close to closing time, and they had to get the scene finished.
well said joan
@@mineonlyedwardcullen It wasn't cruel, it was desperate. And to fill in what people have obviously left out, he felt awful for doing it, and Judy forgave him.
Right?
We went to see it today at the theater via Fathom productions. I remember looking forward to watching this every year (60s) on TV and being terrified of the witch.
This makes me sad to know that these actors went through so much; especially Judy.
Great video!!!
Man i feel bad for the actors.
* Indeed! Today the effects could be done safer with newer technologies! ☺
"Studio executives called her horrible names in regard to her weight."
cuts to studio chief who has a double chin.
100° set!
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@@saintmartins6729 like seriously mate r u ok ?
*That's what I always said too, the industry killed her.*
Not this movie, however. And in her adult life, one of her biggest abusers was herself.
@@MaskedMan66 so you are blaming her?
@@Privado1234_ No, I'm saying that in her adult life, one of her biggest abusers was herself. You can take those words at face value; you don't need to read anything into them.
@@MaskedMan66 I think the industry influenced her to go on drugs, and she just got addicted. And frankly, I don't think it's her fault at all. She was 16, and the only kid. She must've looked up to some of the producers, them being successful in the film industry, and all, I think she didn't take drugs because she was forced to. I think, yes, she was forced to, but I think she just flat-out believed the producers. Peer pressure is one thing, they were her superiors, not her peers.
@@animationmaster9616 It was Judy's mother who introduced her to amphetamines and barbiturates when she was 13. They were medications, not recreational drugs.
She had no need of them when making "Wizard," since she only worked for four hours a day.
There was only one producer on "Wizard," Mervyn LeRoy. He didn't have anything to do with Judy's use-- or not-- of meds. It just wasn't anything relevant to the making of the movie.
As far as looking up to people, Judy did have a crush on Victor Fleming, the director. But again, he had nothing to do with anything except putting her and the other cast members through their paces.
This is my favourite film of all time but I am heartbroken at the way Judy Garland was treated. Absolutely disgusting poor woman and only 16 how could anyone be so cruel 🤬
Nobody was cruel. Judy was not abused. I wish I knew how these ridiculous stories got started. Judy was well-respected for her talent and her professionalism at such a young age. The whole reason she was cast was that producer Mervyn LeRoy was *a fan* of her work in other films, and while the higher-ups at MGM weren't sure about a relative newbie (Judy had only been with the studio for three years) carrying an entire film, LeRoy knew that Judy had the chops.
So ease your heart; Judy had an amazing time working on the film and made some lifelong friends. She always looked back on the experience with fondness.
Wow. I would have never thought of that. Poor Dorothy. Still one of my all time favorites.
Much of this information is inaccurate. Apart from eating less food than she was used to (which was a lot) and wearing an uncomfortable corset-- and of course having to work under the blazing hot studio lights-- she had a great time in which she made some lifelong friends, learned a lot about her craft, and of course got herself a personal theme song.
Too bad those poor actors like Garland , Hamilton and Ebsen etc couldn’t sue years later. Bastard directors
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Okay, what do you think Richard Thorpe, Victor Fleming or King Vidor did to any of them?
Still waiting for an answer.
Today they'd be able to. In those days they had no recourse.
@@spideraxis They had no intention of suing anybody.
I didn't see this film until I was an adult, and something about the whole thing gives me the creeps. Learning some of these things makes sense now.
I agree. Something DARK is shouting in the backdrop. Bewildering that it was delivered/portrayed as some innocent, kiddy happy favorite 🎥 considering all the shady that went into the making of this film. Skip it >>
As a Kid , The Whole atmosphere and everything about this movie creeped me out
@@ayoutubechannel1413 Agree! This could almost pass for a horror movie--and not just because of the wicked witch.
A lot of the stuff in this video is either ludicrously exaggerated or else just plain false. Judy Garland LOVED the movie.
@@lln919 You need an education, so many people do. Read these books: "The Making of The Wizard of Oz" by Aljean Harmetz (who interviewed 48 people who worked on the movie, actors and behind-the-scenes personnel alike), "The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History" by John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, and William Stillman, and "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece" by Scarfone and Stillman.
it taught me a lot about human nature. my all-time favorite childhood movie
bro sick video bro
A movie about how the Wizard of Oz was made would probably be just as interesting as the Wizard of Oz
Thanks for watching!
Only if the people who made it were willing to tell the truth and steer clear of silly rumors.
@@MaskedMan66 touché
@@606films9 The story of its production is interesting and harrowing and amusing enough without inventing more of it. ;-)
@@FactsVerse don't care idiot!
I can't believe that directors were allowed to physically abuse actors on set. The director that slapped Judy should have been sued.
Victor Fleming wasn't "allowed to physically abuse" anyone, nor did he. Judy's giggle fit was ruining several takes of a shot that they had to complete, and the filming day was almost over. Like one will do for someone in hysteria, he slapped her in the face to calm her down. It worked, and she nailed the next take. Afterwards-- and this is the bit you need to understand-- he felt horrible about what he'd done (no "abuser" would regret his actions) and asked John Lee Mahin to break his nose. Judy overheard him and kissed his nose instead, by way of forgiving him.
@@MaskedMan66 Thank you for setting the record straight on Victor Fleming. I was really ticked off about him slapping Judy. Thank goodness he realized what he had done.
@@Farrah300 He knew all along what he did-- again, people do that for people in hysteria-- but he hated having to do it, especially to a young girl, him having two daughters of his own and all. 🙂
It's a testament to Judy's big heart that she forgave him; the two let the matter drop then and there, and continued getting along like a house on fire.
He wouldn’t have been sued anyway, because that was considered normal and acceptable back then
@@Bruh845 No, it wasn't. If it was, he wouldn't have felt bad about it.
Still is one of the best movies of all time and one of my favorites. Awesome fantasy movie.
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The movie my Sister & I looked 4ward 2 growing up. Still watch it 2day ♥️
4:53 Actually Jack Hailey also suffered from the alluminium paste that was used, he ended up having a serious eye infection.
Getting anything in your eye can cause an infection; he was all right within a week.
And he was the only one who used the paste.
@@MaskedMan66 stop defending the movie LMAO
@@Privado1234_ Why not? Margaret Hamilton always did.
Breaks my heart to hear the abuse the actors of such a great movie had to endure! 😢
There was no abuse. It was just hard work. Moviemaking has always been hard work, and it still is.
OK. I see the sense in that. However, many people were hospitalised. I get it, it was years ago, things weren't as safe or fair as they are now. They might not have been "abused", but you didn't have to be so blunt. Sorry if I sound rude, but you're just saying "They were not abused." They body shamed a 16 year old. Did you not hear him say, "Judy was forced to starve herself." Again, not trying to be rude.
@@jennifertelfer6837 Hospitalization due to accidents, not "abuse." Buddy Ebsen and two or three Winged Monkey performers ended up in hospital, but they healed.
Simple statements of fact tend to be blunt. Like that one I made just now. ;-)
Yes, I heard him say that, and he was wrong. She wasn't forced to do anything, though like any teen who loves to eat (and Judy could pack it away), she kicked a little against having to eat vegetables rather than cheeseburgers (and I don't blame her).
Which "they" do you think "body shamed" her? Nobody in the cast or crew of _Wizard,_ I can assure you. And it wasn't so much that she was overweight (she had been when she first came to MGM three years before), but that she was a developed teenager playing a prepubescent, and that meant either reducing or hiding her figure. It turned out to be a bit of both.
So there was diet and exercise with her stunt double Bobbie Koshay, who took her hiking and swimming (did you know that Judy could swim a mile? Truth!) and played tennis and badminton with her. Then there was the rather bizarre corset which had been designed by an eccentric European woman, and which Judy found uncomfortable, but never complained about.
Yup, there was abuse. It was indeed a cruel dark movie behind the scenes.
@@robertboeh1857 Bob, knock it off. You didn't get anywhere the first time, you won't get anywhere now.
I will never look at this film again. Wow! JUST Wow!!
The fact that it came out the same year as “Gone With The Wind” always blows my mind
Why? 365 movies were released that year, many of which have become classics.
And by the same director
1939 - The Golden Year of Hollywood. So many great movies made that year. Competition for best picture was unbelievable: Gone With The Wind; Stagecoach; Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; Hunchback of Notre Dame; Of Mice and Men; Young Mr. Lincoln; and many more....
Its hard to believe that such a great wonderful movie with so much time and effort put into it was made 80 years ago.And still to this day nothing has topped it.
That's what happens when a group of people all at various points in their careers team up to create something much greater than the sum of its parts. It's really remarkable that you can't even tell that Jack Haley was an 11th-hour replacement; he was perfect as the Tin Woodman.
And never will!!!
This comment is nothing related to the video. You're saying the movie was good, I agree, but this movie had lots of bad things happening onset.
@@sketchedd And a lot of good things and a lot of indifferent things. That's called work. Other movies have had far worse things happen.
Such an incredible pool of talent. That film could never be re-made at the same level. Fortunate for me, years later I was in the audience for a Judy Garland concert at the Palace Theater in New York City and again in Toronto, Canada. (her daughter, Lisa Minelli was seated just to my left.) Garland was a genius and, at a distance, was simply unforgettable. Her personal life was a sorrow, to be sure, and an impossible labyrinth of pain and unmet needs.-
Wow that must have been an incredible experience, Joel!
@@FactsVerse She was a genius to be sure and surprisingly diminutive in person. Garland's daughter, Lisa, is gifted but Garland was unique. Her famous Judy at Carnegie Hall recording is worth listening to. It's on CZcams, I believe. Many years later I had a friend Mitch, an American diplomat, who grew up in Hollywood and he was in the same class as Garland's other daughter, Lorna Luft. My friend told me she was very quiet.
@@FactsVerse By the way, what are your interests, FV?. I am a film producer in Canada, in fact from a world-renowned family.
That's Liza.
Very Interesting Read Thank You !
Right to the point, thanks. The other videos on this topic that are 45 min long are ridiculously long winded and packed with filler.
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So sad! To die at 47 and look 67! This will forever be my favorite movie of all time!
Mine too
Doesn’t matter now really , I’m sure not even her skeleton exists anymore
@@HorrorVet what
@@deadinthebed963 she’s been dead so long that her Skeleton is dust
@@yeahboi331 she died already. She literally doesn’t matter anymore ha
wow that’s really humiliating for Judy ,One of the first woman in Hollywood as an actress to deal with This kind of victimization that sucks ,But hopefully she’s in peace with herself and that she’s in a better place and ,she’ll always be Dorothy and no one will ever take her place, from the documentary that I saw and some of the stuff I’ve read, wow mad respect to that Actress 👍
a "better place"... come on.. she is dead.. that is definitely not a better place, if it is.. how come we put murders there? Shouldnt we put good people to death, so they can be in that batter place.. and extend the lifes of evil people for as long as possible. Yes we already do that technically.. The rich get richer and the poor..who cares, its not a part of the american dream
@@DerUfo Why are you talking it so seriously 😐
Judy was not victimized by anyone involved in the making of "Wizard."
@@DerUfo Don't talk like an ignoramus. There is a better place-- and a worse place.
@@MaskedMan66 why do we get upset when people all want to go the "better place".. and put them in mental hospitals to stop them.. shouldnt we just given a nice little wave off.. and let their happiness start?
A movie 83 years old still standing the test of time.
Judy took drugs fed to her by her mother long before this films’ production.
As many children did, and do. But she didn't develop addictions until she had grown up.
This guy: "The munchkins were tragically underpaid."
Also this guy, in the very next sentence: "the munchkins were relatively well paid."🤔
Your’e taking it out of context, he said that they were tragically underpaid in comparison to the dog’s weekly pay, but still relatively well paid in comparison to other fields of work.
@@aidansack7993 that is not what it sounded like to me, but ok Dr. Phil.
@@aidansack7993 In the first sentence he said they were tragically underpaid. Then he started out the next sentence by saying "although the munchkins were relatively well paid." But he didn't put it into direct context at any point.
people use the weirdest insults I swear. Dr Phil? how's that an insult and how can you even be offended at that.
You ARE talking out of context.
The Wizard of Oz, one of my favorite movies and I love to watch
Can you imagine the lawsuit in today society this would have been something
Not really; people understood that accidents happen.
@@MaskedMan66 even the munchkins sexually assaulting judy?
@@bustyblackboy2029 That never happened.
@@MaskedMan66 um yes it did
@@bustyblackboy2029 "Um," no, it didn't. In the first place, Judy didn't take crap from anybody; if someone had tried that, especially someone smaller than herself, she would have kicked his butt.
The truth, borne out by authoritative accounts of the film's production, is that Judy and the Singer Midgets got along well, and even the few who were apt to show up to work a bit the worse for wear after a night's revels were all business when Victor Fleming was in charge.
Of the majority, they were just everyday folks, and a lot of them were Judy's age. Meinhardt Raabe, who played the Coroner, said of Judy, "We were treated as equals by her. She would sit down on the steps on the set with the rest of us and chat every day."
This was one of my favorite films as a kid. Watched it more than any other!
WOW . . . to have achieved 71 years and remember how important both the book and the movie were to me as a child, it is chilling to learn these facts about this movie. The actors went through a lot to make the magic this film demonstrates. Thank Goodness things are safer for contemporary performers these days...
There's a lot of guff in this video. There was enough hardship in the production of the movie without inventing more of it.
Good work
Shirley Temple was actually under contract with FOX which was why she didn't play Dorothy
I don't think Shirley Temple would have been a good choice. Judy Garland had an inherent vulnerability as Dorothy, which added to the tension of the situations she was in during "The Wizard of Oz". I can't picture little Shirley being that afraid; she seemed more confident and in control, by comparison; not much seemed to faze her. Also, how tall would she have been at that point? If she was still relatively short, she might not have tested well against the Munchkins and other characters. She was more willing to try things and not obsess over them. Those qualities made her perfect for the roles she typically played in films. Judy, as Dorothy, was always looking for approval and acceptance by those in authority (her teacher; Auntie Em; Uncle Henry, The Wizard, etc.). Judy was right for the role; I wouldn't change the decision to cast her as Dorothy.
She wouldn't have made a good Dorothy.
@@charlottesmith4850 i ask my friends and family if they can picture her singing "Over the rainbow" and they say no
As I recall, Shirley Temple claims the real reason she didn't get the part is because one of the Studio Big shots that latter made the movie showed Shirley his junk. She gave a giggle. He didn't take it well.
Thank GOD. So, glad she was not selected for the role...She was all wrong for it.
2:41 "safety is number one priority" that will never be out of my head
No amount of precautions can stop accidents from happening; people like to pick on this movie, but everyone who worked on it made it out alive and with their bodies intact. Not so with other movies; Olivia Jackson, Milla Jovovich's stunt double on "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter," lost an arm while working on that movie. David Holmes, Daniel Radcliffes's stunt double on "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," is now a quadriplegic because of a stunt that went wrong. And many actors and crew have been killed on other movie projects, such as Vic Morrow, Myca Dihn Le, and Renee Shin-Yi Chen, who died when a helicopter crashed near them while filming "Twilight Zone: The Movie."
Trust me, the cast and crew of "Wizard" got off easy.
Once again, Facts Verse has opened my eyes to so many things that I have been ignorant to about the early movies. The dangers that were present back then and were not dealt with while making this movie blows my freakin' mind. If they would have had lawyers back then like they do now.....woe nelly!!!
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There are dangers now. Danger has been there all throughout human history. And don''t rely on this video for info about the movie. I recommend these far more authoritative sources for your perusal: "The Making of The Wizard of Oz" by Aljean Harmetz, "The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History" by John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, and William Stillman, and "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece" by Scarfone and Stillman.
Wow that’s crazy Rest In Peace too her
Omg this is all unbelievable god bless all of u this really blows my mind but I'll still watch it every year yes
Judy Garland is one of my favorite actresses of all time. Her and Marilyn Monroe are my girls. But I can’t leave out Lucille Ball.
Lucy was part of the cast of Jack Haley's radio show, which he did every Sunday from 1937 to 1939. While he was working on "Wizard," all kinds of jokes regarding his difficulties in wearing the Tin Woodman costume and his exhaustion were worked into the show. And years later, when Donny and Marie Osmond did a musical spoof on "Wizard," Lucy played her old boss's part as "Tin Lizzie." :-)
I can remember back in the 50's wanting to watch The Wizard of Oz. It was dinner time, so instead of sitting at the table with my family, my Mother let me take a bowl of Corn Flakes into the living room so I could watch the show.
I get choked up every time I hear Somewhere over the rainbow.
Love this movie! My first celebrity crush was Dorothy (when I was 8 yrs old in 1993) I adopted a dog that looks EXACTLY like Toto 2 years ago.. This movie had a BIG impact on my life!
It had a big impact on ours too. What's your favorite memory of the movie?
@@FactsVerse for some reason my favorite scene is the one where the apple tree is throwing apples at Dorothy and friends! lol
Dorothy was my early celebrity crush when I was younger too ❤️🤣
It's quite weird i watched this when i was 5yo and didn't understand anything, but when i saw this when i was 12yo i was shocked really this was my favourite show over time
A lot of what this video talks about is either exaggerated or false. It was a difficult job under brutally hot lights, and accidents did happen. But actors were tough in those days (people in general were a lot tougher than now), but on the whole it was just business as usual.
In the end it is one hell of a movie !!! Better not try to cancel this masterpiece Like the building of America many people suffered in the creation America !!! Really appreciate it. 🎉🎉🎉🎉 The hard work and sacrifice !!!!
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The transition from black and white to color was monumental
The flying monkeys still scare the crud outta me to this day
Same here, Blake!
Winged Monkeys.
@Shannon Jaensch No, they were just a funny species of animals that L. Frank Baum came up with out of his fertile imagination.
Lion: Puddem up! Puddem up!”
@@leociresi4292 Awright, which one o' ya foist?
Love this movie ❤️ Love the singing and dancing.... "if I only had a brain". "I'd be friends with the sparrows and the boy who shoots the arrows, if I only had a heart". " There's no denying, I'm just a dandeLION....." Lol! Wonderful wonderful movie! RIP JG, Scarecrow, Lion and Tinman❤️❤️❤️❤️
We love it too! Who's your favorite character, Rene?
Actually, that was "dandy Lion." ;-)
@@MaskedMan66 Not dandy....the flower dandelion is the correct spelling. Do you see it now?
@@renekackline2377 The lyrics of the song-- which I have sung on stage as the Cowardly Lion-- contain the phrase, "dandy Lion." Those can also be seen on the captioning for the DVD.
The genius of Yip Harburg!
So happy, after 300 years, this was finally brought into social media!
only 123 years.
I love how Dorothy tries to hide laughing at the lion behind Toto’s head as he’s crying after she slapped his nose. And when the lion almost muffs up his line soon after. I’ve always wondered why they didn’t do a retake. Those scenes have never escaped me even as a kid.
I remember watching this when I was little and having to turn it off when the witch came in and not watching the rest
My grandmother made me watch this as a kid. I complained at first because it was B+W. It wasn't long before I was mesmerised by the film. By the end I was in love with this beautiful movie and Judy Garland.
Thanks for watching!
"Made" you watch it?
Danny Kay used to MC during the movie, and if I remember correctly, it was him who introduced the colorization that made the movie better.
@@gladdadscott I think Mr. Kaye only hosted it once, but I could be wrong. Lots of people hosted the broadcast, the first of them being Bert Lahr, accompanied by a little girl named Liza! 🙂
Rest and piece the actors that made this masterpiece ❤
Truly, they will be missed. What is your all-time favorite movie?
@@FactsVerse the Addams family!
You mean "Rest in peace."
One of the most beloved films of all time had a nightmare of a Production. Things artists do for our Entertainment.
I was hoping the video would've talked about the man hanging in the background of the scene in the Forest.
Yes same
same
Nobody was.
@@MaskedMan66 there was actually. They cut that scene out of the movie sometime in the 80's or early 90's.
@@mama_ber7179 Nope. Trust me, I've watched that movie since the early 70's, and memorized it while still a nipper; nothing has been changed.
Judy will always be one of my favorite actresses
I wanted to hear about the hanging munchkin rumor, I am still glad I watched this video though really insightful.
Same
Wow that’s incredible. Thanks for sharing this. I hope the director got taught a lesson later in life….
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@@FactsVerse thx for asking! I think some cool facts on videos like Spaceballs. I think that would be informative yet funny at the same time.
@@FactsVerse oh and for a completely different topic? Like forgotten wonders in nature would be cool (rarely visited or places that are popular but unknown to others)
What are you talking about?
What "lesson" do you think he needed to learn?
I wasn't even born... Oh my god.
But have you seen the movie, Sai?
Why is that a problem?
@@FactsVerse I meant, wow this all happened when I wasn’t even born yet. I feel really bad for her :(
@@sai-gn7kg No need to; she loved the movie.
@@MaskedMan66 The movie was great but she went through so much at such a young age that;s what I was amazed about
At 3:52 I noticed that the green munchkin was talking as the narrator was at the right moment