The Wizard of Oz (1939) Classic Movie Reaction [First Time Watching]
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Now do Return To Oz (1985).
Thank you for this reaction. With all the crap going on around in the world, I really needed this moral boost and watching your reaction to such a feel-good movie classic did the job ;)
You guys are awesome. I love your energy, your comments, your humor, and even your crazy accents. You are quickly becoming my favorite reactors. Great job! Edit: I never watch reactions twice. I'm watching this one again. DON'T CHANGE A THING!
Hey y'all - Don't Change!
The scene when the Lion, Scarecrow, and Tin Man are in front of the witch's castle was an important moment for the trio and what they wanted from the wizard. The Tin Man showed heartfelt emotion when he cried, the Scarecrow when he thought up a rescue plan, and the Lion when he had the courage to save Dorothy ("Alright, I'll do it for Dorothy!") At that moment, they had earned what they wanted on their own, which was why the wizard sent them to get the broom. The diploma, heart shaped watch, and the medal was all just exterior proof.
In the source book, the placebos given by the charlatan Wizard are bran & bobbypin brains for the Scarecrow, a plush heart with sawdust inside it for the Tin Woodsman, and 'liquid courage" (booze, in a green vial) for the Cowardly Lion. In the movie, the placebos are more physical manifestations of what the 3 male principals wanted: a diploma signifying knowledge for the Scarecrow, a ticking clock heart for the Tin Man & a medal of honor for the Cowardly Lion.
I never realized until your comment that they did show what they thought they didnât have đ€Ż
When I was a little kid here in America in the 1960's, this movie used to be on TV once a year. Watching this movie every year was something everybody did in those days. For many years we didn't even know it changed to color because all we had were black and white TV's.
I must have seen this movie more than 50 times in my life, and this was the most fun I've had seeing it since I was that little kid, thanks to you two and watching you laughing and enjoying it so much. Thank you Marian and Joy for bringing me a little bit of fun and laughter today. I always enjoy you both so very much. Cheers and best wishes to you both!!
It was a great tradition around Easter. The first time I watched it, I was five and I cried so much when the witch took Toto.
@@andreaschmall5560 And those freakin' flying monkeys!! AAAUUGGHH!! Pretty scary stuff back then. Lol!
Always so exciting to watch growing up when it came on TV đș once a year! âïžâïžâïžâïžâïž
exactly what you said....born 60' ...so experienced the same ..... :)
After seeing the movie half a dozen times I was amazed to learn that the witch was green.
As an American, this movie is such a part of my childhood, that now I just tear up watching it. So many lines from this movie has become part of our culture: "I guess we're not in Kansas anymore", "Lions, and tigers, and bears", "We're off to see the Wizard", "And Toto too", "Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking", "Over the rainbow", "You don't know how lucky you are not to have a heart. Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable", " A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others", "Don't look behind that curtain", "People come and go so quickly here", and of course, "There's no place like home". In many ways it is easily one of the greatest movies of all time, it's still a classic in America, and is still played around every holiday.
We used to act it out in our backyards... especially leading up to the annual showing! "The night 'The Wizard of Oz' was on" was second only to Christmas in our house!
Whenever I adjust my husband's collar or something, I say "You're perfect now." And he replies "Perfect? Bang on my chest if you think I'm perfect!"
@@KarenSDR One of the sweetest things I've heard anyone say today. Thanks you've made my day.
@@helgar791 Aw, thanks. This has been my favorite movie for 60 years. I used to watch it when it came on TV every year. Now we watch it around Christmas every year. I also read all the Oz books to our kids, and I reread them every year or two as well.
@@KarenSDR I'm proud to celebrate your family. Your traditional family. The type of American family this country was built on. You're the model for, not only your children, not only their children, but for all the children and future families you come in contact with. Mom, dad, carry on.
They achieved the special effect of going from black and white to color practically. The inside of the room is painted in sepia tones so it looks colorless and then she opens the door into a colorful room. Its an amazing shot
Cool beans!
It looks like they filmed that first part in sepia too. That sepia to color change blew me away as a kid, I thought I was going to be watching the whole thing in sepia. I didn't know that was a practical effect!
Flawless effect, even by today's standards. Imagine the awe and joy that came from the first members of the audience back in 1939.
@@elijahvincent985 Yes! I can picture little kids in 1939, mouths agape! Just like me as a 6 yr old watching that first shot of a spaceship in Star Wars in 1977!
And they had a body double dressed in sepia colors open the door.
Joyâs reaction and delight at watching this film was so great. It was so genuine and uplifting to see the film bring some such happiness.
Yeah, it really was
Seeing someone watch this film for the first time is truly magical.
i loved their reaction to this. especially Joys reaction to Tin Mans toot toot!! 12:55
The crow who lands on the scarecrow's arm was a trained bird named "Jimmy". Jimmy was also seen in "It's a Wonderful Life" as a pet of "uncle Billy". My dad graduated high school in 1939, but he went to the theater and saw it back then (even though he was already 18). It was the first color film he ever saw.
1939 was a milestone year in Hollywood. Along with this movie, they released "Gone With the Wind," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," "Stagecoach," "Of Mice and Men," "Wuthering Heights," and many other excellent movies. Thanks for reacting to this. "Mr. Smith..." might be a good one to see, too.
Any of the ones you listed would be great to react to
What a year!
Personally, I think Ninotchka was the best of them all.
I agree with others here, seeing Joyâs reaction is priceless! Even Marianâs reaction is his best. You were almost like children. This and Princess Bride are your two most animated reviews. Well done; well done!
haha thank youu! i guess Joy's hobby for watching anime and me playing games paid off.. we are still kids in many ways!
shhhh. to tell u a secret.. we buy alot of toys for our daughter CUZ WE LOVE it haha!! to play with
I've loved this movie all my life, but never laughed so hard, what a wonderful couple reaction
Hands down, one of the greatest films ever made. Absolutely timeless. Judy Garland singing "Somewhere over the rainbow" is beautiful in itself.
Bravo!! The lady figured out the scarecrow immediately. He's the smartest person, but he THINKS he is stupid. He isn't. Same with the tin man. He THINKS he cannot love, but he is pure love. The lion is cowardly, but he brings his courage when it is needed. Dorothy wants to go home, but she is loved by her friends in Oz.
A classic to be sure. đ
Fun Fact: "Over The Rainbow" was nearly cut from the film; MGM felt that it made the Kansas sequence too long, as well as being too far over the heads of the children for whom it was intended. The studio also thought that it was degrading for Judy Garland to sing in a barnyard. Thankfully sanity won out and the song was kept in.
I submit that a barnyard without singing is a barnyard not worth having.
If the song had been cut, the 'we must be over the rainbow' line would also have to be cut, or would have fallen flat. And there are echoes of the song throughout the score. It was really a fundamental part of the film, no matter what the execs thought of 'that fat girl singing'.
@@majkus "fat girl"? They thought that Judy Garland was fat? That's crazy!
@@sarahfullerton6894 I believe they made her lose weight, which is ridiculous, she was/is beautiful!
@@majkusThe crazy thing is, they cut âThe Jitterbugâ number instead, which took five weeks to film! But there is still a reference to it in the film. The witch tells her Lt. Flying monkey âIâve sent a little insect ahead to take the fight out of them!â, the line stayed but makes no sense without the scene, but no one notices it. You can hear the song that was cut on CZcams, as itâs part of the released score, itâs a lot of fun, Judy sings it, and then it blossoms into a huge dance number! I wish they had not cut it or rainbow. They also cut a big dance number when Dorothy met the scarecrow, with him bouncing off fences like a pinball, but that footage survived. The Jitterbug footage has never resurfaced.
This movie is 83 years old and still a beloved family classic. The last of the munchkins died a few years ago. Those flying monkeys are frightening đ€Łđ€Ł. One of the best Judy Garland movies to watch when she's older is the 1954 version of A Star Is Born. Love y'all's reaction.đâ€ïž
Those monkeys scared me as a kid!
Billy Barty, a well-known actor in many films, not least 'Legend' by Ridley Scott, and 'Willow', by George Lucas as producer. Both 1980s films.
What I really like about your reactions is that you really get EVERYTHING. Some reactors get confused by plots, or forget important details, or donât understand why a character feels a certain way.
My mother saw this in the theaters when she was 8. I grew up watching this movie every Thanksgiving weekend with my family. (We still do). I will be 64 this year you never get too old for Oz. Enjoy
Like other people said, they used to show this every year in the US. It was a big deal in our house. My brother and I would be in our pajamas and have popcorn (a treat we seldom had in our house back then) and hot chocolate. The scene where the witch appeared in the crystal ball scared me the most. And right after the lion jumped out of the window they always stopped for a commercial.
For me I had nightmares about the flying monkeys. My older brother used to make us laugh by singing the lion's song. Happy memories. It's true that 1939 was a great year for movies, but my recommendation if you haven't seen it yet is Casablanca from 1942. A romance comedy set in the early days of WWII, Nazis, international refugees, Americans, Vichy French, murder, intrigue, love, patriotism and most of the actors (including the bad guys) actually in Hollywood as refugees from the war that the US had only just joined. And one of the greatest movies ever made.
Yep! I remember that too! â€
The annual broadcast of this on network TV was a national event, for all intents and purposes. Amazingly, you guys actually tuned in to some of the elements, like everything going to color all of a sudden and Glinda's appearance. It's the kind of thing that you need to SEE to appreciate. I can tell you how families all across America would take dinner into the living room or whatever. No DVR and no VHS until the 80s.......if you wanted to see The Wizard of Oz, you needed to be in front of a TV when it was on that one time during the year.
Itâs crazy that The Wizard of Oz is over 80 years old now & people are still watching it and enjoying it to this day. Such an amazing and magical movie
This film was revolutionary in it's day. Years beyond anything that had been created to date. Many new film and artistic technologies were used for the first time, and really took Hollywood in new directions from that moment on. This is considered on the top 5 list of the greatest films ever made. To say it is a legendary classic , is an understatement.
They all already had what they wanted. Brain, heart, courage and the power to get home. They had to "learn it" for themselves. One of those 12 out of 10 movies.
Yup!
Agreed! â€
this film is hilarious. In the poppy field when Dorothy falls asleep, the Scarecrow starts screaming "Help!", nobody around. XD All the characters in the film represent real-world economic powers (i can't explain). There are dozens of far-out wild stories in this saga.
In the book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", Dorothy really did go to Oz by way of the tornado and returned by the power of the slippers. The movie made it seem like she had dreamed it all up.
Aunt Em said something kinda cryptic. "We dream lots of silly things when we..." When we what? Get knocked out? Have a near-death experience? Dorothy was convinced it was a real place, "But anyway, Toto, we're home!" and the lesson was learned. There's no place like home.
The 1925 Chadwick silent film (with Oliver Hardy before Stan Laurel) may have suggested the dream-frame idea to the MGM screenwriters. Of course, 'Alice in Wonderland' and its sequel also have the same structure.
It works better as a dream. It's all illusion anyway, so what's the difference if the film is explicitly impractical, or it's an internal fantasy? The dream retains the ethos of humanism, that all things we desire or fear are found within ourselves. We don't need external agents, gods or demons for them to exist.
@@Hexon66 It doesn't work more as a dream when Dorothy, Uncle Henry & Aunt Em permanently move to Oz in one of the later books.
@@Hexon66 The difference is in what the author of the book wanted us to work out from his words, and what the film-makers wanted us to think seeing the film. I won't say that the lesson 'There's no place like home' might have been useful in the 1930s, but almost no-one stays in their own back yard today.
This movie is truly an iconic movie, the cowardly lion never fails to make me laugh.
This is the most seen movie in the world! Classic and beautifully done. Every child in USA watched this every year on TV.
This movie featured the great character actor Frank Morgan. He played 6 characters in this movie. 1)Professor Marvel, 2)The guard to the Emerald City, 3)The Cabby that took them to get cleaned up, 4)The guard leading to take them to the Wizard, 5)The voice of the Fire Wizard, 6)The Wizard himself. We lost him in 1949, and he never got to see the colorized version. Also, Toto was a female dog. Stage name was "Terry."
Colorized version?
@@gregall2178 Back in the olden days during television's development, most TVs were only in black & white. Color was restricted to theaters. Color didn't come to televisions until much later.
â@@TherealRNOwwfpooh Yes, I'm aware that televisions were black and white for the most part, but that has nothing to do with "colorized version". The original movie had color and that would have been seen in a theater. The OP was talking about Frank Morgan not being able to see the "colorized version", as if it was ever without color.
@@gregall2178 I think when he said colorized version, he was referring to the fact that:
1. Color film was restricted to theaters for quite some time.
2. Most TVs only broadcasted in black & white.
The OP would've still been wrong, because surely the actors would've been allowed to see the film in theaters after they've completed it. Granted, WW2 was looming & many of the actors were busy with other projects, so maybe, the OP also thought they wouldn't have been able to catch the film until it started airing on TV like most of the world once watching television & eventually recording movies from TV to VCR became popular for those who couldn't afford to legitimately purchase the film on VHS.
@@TherealRNOwwfpooh It still goes back to their never was a "colorized" version.
This was a most enjoyable reaction. Thanks Joy for doing this and having Marian watch and enjoying it too. My mom saw it in 1939 when she was 8 years old and she, and my grandmother, said since no one expected the color scenes at all, everyone in the theater erupted in applause when Dorothy opened the door after landing in a colorized Oz. I don't think there were color movies up until Oz. Years later when it started airing on TV, around the early to mid-60s I think, she had us watch it as kids and we loved it. So you are right Marian! It's a good kid's show, one that adults can enjoy too. Recall the statement at the beginning about appealing to "the young at heart." âđ
Thank you for the story about your mom and grandma. What an experience that must have been! First, to see the movie on a big screen, and then the color. I love that the audience broke into applause!!
Hollywood released a few dozen movies using an early version of Technicolor in the mid 20s to mid 30s. The final version of Technicolor, which is what Oz is filmed with, is the 4th version, therefore called Technicolor 4. It was the process of running three strips of film through the camera, each tinted a different color (primary colors red, blue and yellow). Movies using T4 began coming out in the mid 30s, but Technicolor owned the cameras and would only lease them to films. So that was the main reason so few movies included it, and they were usually huge movies like Oz and Gone With the Wind. Walt Disney gambled early on and licensed it for filming his cartoons in color using Technicolor.....and then made the full feature movie Snow White.....which was released in 1938. (if you are interested, you should look up the movie A Visit to the Seaside. It came out in 1911, I think, and was the first color film. It was filmed in Great Britain and was limited to colors of red and green. Once you see it you can't help but totally appreciate Technicolor all over again, lol)
It was wonderful seeing Marian and Joy's reaction. So rare that an adult watches the movie without knowing all of little surprises and the famous lines. I think I enjoyed their reaction more than any other reaction of any other movie!
Colour photography and film processes existed long before this film: 'Metropolis' from 1920s was tinted into colour for day, night, fire, etc. and 'two-strip Technicolor' was in use for many years, from the 1920s on.
But this was expensive compared to black and white, and as late as the 1960s films were made black and white to save on budget ( 'The Longest Day' ), and for artistic reasons longer than that; Tarkovsky's 'The Mirror', 'The Artiste', 'The Good American'.
I first saw this classic when I was about five years old. Seeing the Wicked Witch for the first time was like a right of passage. Truly terrifying!
It is not just a classic it is a significant cultural icon in the USA. It is still shown on tv, and throughout American entertainment and even novels you will find references to characters from the film. There were several sets of Ruby slippers and one pair was up for $6 million. Another pair is in a museum.
Yeah, not just the acting, but the dance choreography is brilliant. This one is a major classic. To enjoy another, not quite so fantastical, you might look at "The Sound Of Music."
There was at least one song & dance segment that was left out of the movie. It's been a while since I watched the "making of" segment of my DVD of the movie, and I can't remember what the part was. It was good they did leave that segment outta the movie!!! Lol
I hear they will be remaking this film with Zendaya as Dorothy and hoping to get Denzel Washington as the Tin Man. Maybe Jamiee Foxx as the Lion. Believe it or not, Michelle Obama might be the Good Witch.
@@trhansen3244 Did you ever see "The Wiz"?
â@@jean-paulaudette9246 In my opinion, the movie was trash. Watch the much much superior version, the 2015 live version that NBC did in 2015. It's on most streaming services.
Yes, the color is real. It was the first movie to do both black and white and technicolor.
Trivia: In the original book the magic slippers were silver. Producers of the movie though red would look better against the yellow brick road. So the Silver Slippers became the Ruby Slippers.
Iâve watched this gorgeous classic dozens of times since the 1950âs.
I have always felt that the hero of this film is Toto. Faithful companion start to finish!
Agreed! Toto is the BEST. đ„°
I've seen this so many times since I was a child that I expect all the jokes and important moments. It's lovely to see someone appreciate all the jokes and how much the Scarecrow comes up with ideas despite thinking he has no brains. (And pick up on the fact that they are all looking for something that they already have!) Watching others watch this film for the first time allows me to appreciate the film all over again.
We didn't have a color TV until 1969, OMG!
My mother took me to see this at the cinema when I was about 7-8 years old (I'm nudging 70): all I remember is that I really did hide behind the seat in front when the wicked Witch first came on.
They actually wanted Shirley Temple for Dorothy, as she was the right age. Still can't wrap my head around how different a film that would have been.
"Over the Rainbow" nearly didn't make it into the film: it was considered "improper" to stage a song in a working farmyard. Go figure.
The Witch's green makeup had copper powder in it: the Tin Man's makeup contained aluminium powder. And the "snow" was pure asbestos flakes. Health and Safety was a lot looser back then. [And the Lion's costume was two actual lion skins sewn together; conservation was as advanced as health and safety].
There's a triple DVD of the film, with absolute tons of extras.
Quite possibly my favorite movie of all time. My mom and I used to watch this every single Thanksgiving cause they had it on TV every single year.
People in this movie still alive: one of the munchkins, the 'Irish' looking 'lollipop guild' munchkins, was one Billy Barty, who live a long life, and is in both 'Legend' by Ridley Scott, and 'Willow' made by George Lucas. Both times playing a member of a mythological small group of people. That was in the 1980s.
Two stories with this movie for me:
1. I was only about five or six when I remember seeing it all the way through, but I remember talking back to the TV a few times. Most notably, it was the line "The witch is Dorothy?" And I remember snapping back, "No! The witch is Miss Gulch!"
2. I actually made it through okay until the witch appeared in the ball. The cackling during that moment caused me to cry and run to my mom.
Yep, the witch cackling in the crystal ball scared the hell out of me too as a kid!
This and "Its a Wonderful Life" are great classics.
This was (long ago) shown once a year in the US. Every year I wanted to watch. Every year my mother said no because the flying monkeys made me cry. Every year I promised not to cry. Every year I cried. They still (at 64) scare the bejeezus out of me.
1939 was a great year for movies, including Gone With the Wind.
"Run chickens, run!" :-D
I watched this movie multiple times a day as a kid. In day care, they had the record with all the songs on it, and I'd get in arguments to keep it on repeat. To find a person who hasn't seen it react to it for the first time is a treasure.
53 years old and, Judy singing, over the rainbow đ â„ still makes me tear đą up. Her's is a very sad tale. She was never able to get over the rainbow in her real life.
I feel privileged that I got to see the first version... it's like being in an exclusive club :D
And I say it often, but you guys react with the perfect mix of genuine joyful reaction and real film analysis that makes a great reaction channel
yes in 1939 it was a real lion. Thank you for enjoying the ride. Was nice to watch with you.
The Wizard of Oz, The Neverending Story, and The Pagemaster will always be my top three favorite "real world kids go to a magical land and have an adventure" movies. They actually originally intended to end with a shot of her still wearing the ruby slippers showing it was all real, but they wanted it to be more ambiguous.
MadManMike: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe didn't make it, eh? Maybe it was the theatrical remake. For whatever reason, the BBC/PBS miniseries is my favorite even with the not-so-special special effects. haha
@@LA_HA not really fond of any of the characters, just not my cup of tea. But totally understand why anyone else enjoys it đ
@@TothanCrawk Ya know what? That's true. Now that I think of it, I can't say there's a single character I actually care about aside from Aslan. I don't really like the theatrical versions and only saw the first one. But, even the miniseries, though I like it and have seen them multiple times... Yeah. Not that connected to anyone. Wow. I'm officially on your wavelength now. haha
1939 was a great year for movies: Gone With the Wind, Bringing Up Baby, The Wizard of Oz, Wuthering Heights, Destry Rides Again, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...
1939 also was the year of The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn another Technicolor classic!
@@richwagener The Adventures of Robin hood was released in May of 1938
Bringing Up Baby was released to theatres February 1938. I would add to the 1939 list Dark Victory and Goodbye Mr. Chips.
@@SueProst I stand corrected. Still deserves a watch.
pre-internet, we were sooo lucky that these classic movies became so available to so many of us; by repackaging for tv, or playing at arthouse theaters.
Despite her obviously scary performance as the witch, Margaret Mamilton had a reputation of being the sweetest woman in all the planet! In fact, she was more of a mother to Judy than her own drug peddling mother was. It was said that Margaret was beyond devastated when she heard that Judy passed away.
I love watching people discover this magical movie for the first time!
Great movie and fun...........this movie is now 83 years old!!
1939 is considered a momentous year in american film history. this was the year to see the release of such classics as this one, "the wizard of oz," "gone with the wind," "mr. smith goes to washington," "stagecoach," "beau geste,' "the roaring twenties," "of mice and men," "young mr. lincoln," "gunga din," "destry rides again" and "wuthering heights." that's at least 11 classic movies released in one year. a wonderful year in films indeed. thanks for the video.
Know you know why so many children (and now grown-ups) adore and love this movie, for generations.
Thank you so much for this wonderful reaction!
Thsi movie is based on a series of 17 books by L. Frank Baum, written between 1900 and 1920. It was turned into a stage play long before it was a movie. There were also silent movie versions made in 1910 and 1925.
Director Victor Fleming and the wardrobe department picked out a coat for actor Frank Morgan to wear as the Wizard. One day Morgan turned one of the pockets inside-out and discovered a label that said the coat had been made for L. Frank Baum.
They originally wanted to cast Shirley Temple as Dorothy. It would have been an entirely different movie. Temple was typecast as a cute little kid. Also, Garland was a much better singer than Temple.
They originally cast Buddy Ebsen as The Tin Man, but he had to quit because he had an allergic reaction to the silver makeup, so they got Jack Haley instead. Ebsen is best known today as Jed Clampett of The Beverly Hillbillies.
Margaret Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch of the West, was a kind woman who loved children. It bothered her that children were afraid of her after this movie came out.
The actors who played the Munchkins were from Europe. Many were Jewish, and they stayed in the U.S. rather than return to Nazi Germany.
The horses in Emerald City were colored with Jell-O mix. They had to shoot the scenes quickly before the horses licked it off.
There was no CGI in 1939. They had to figure out other ways to do special effects, and sometimes they were dangerous. Margaret Hamilton was badly burned in one of the stunts in this movie, and she refused to do any more stunts like it for the rest of the filming.
The "snow" in the poppy field was made from asbestos.
Toto got $125 a week. The Munchkins each only got $50 a week.
Yip Harburg wrote the lyrics to all the songs, and Harold Arlen wrote the music. Both wrote a large number of other songs, and wrote some together apart from Wizard of Oz, including It's Only a Paper Moon. They'd have worked more together, except that Harburg drove Arlen crazy with his political opinions. Harburg was a socialist. It's not that Arlen disagreed with Harburg, but that Harburg wouldn't shut up about it.
Harburg also wrote:
April in Paris
Brother Can You Spare a Dime?
Arlen is considered one of the all-time great American songwriters - some of his best are
Accentuate the Positive
Come Rain or Come Shine
Get Happy
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)
Stormy Weather
That Old Black Magic.
The song Over the Rainbow was almost cut from the movie. It's a slow number, and they thought the movie was too long. Fortunately, they left it in. Otherwise it would have been lost to history. In 2004 the American Film Institute ranked it #1 in their list of 100 Greatest Songs in American Films. It was also named The Song of the Century by the National Endowment for the Arts.
you must check out "it happened one night." rather you react to it for youtube or not. it was made in 1934 and is the first romantic comedy. the studio thought it would be a flop, who would want to go see two people who can't stand each other slowly fall for one another? lol it ended up being a huge success and many movie tropes today are taken from that film. it is one that even if it's from the early 30s, it still holds up to this day. the humor, the "enemies to lovers" the banter, all of it just is so much fun. it's such a joy seeing these old movies and realizing that so many tropes are still beloved to this day.
I'm 51 and there's never been a year without this movie in my life, it doesn't help I live in Wichita Kansas
1939 is considered the greatest year for movies. I have a collection of over 3000 movies and would say movies from the late 30s are truly exceptional.
Here's some facts about the sad movie production that wonderful movie had.
Judy Garland (dorothy's actress) was only 17 when she played dorothy. But as she grew up with Hollywood, they drugged her alot. Even In the wizard of oz she was forced on a strict diet and another drug for concentration. so much that she had a depressing adulthood as an alcoholic. She died in 1969. Sadly....
The song somewhere over the rainbow was almost cut from the film. Lucky it stayed and it became a american national treasure.
For the tornado, they made it with a 35-foot-long muslin stocking that they wrapped around chicken wire to give it a conical appearance. With dust and smoke blown all over the place.
Also, Margaret Hamilton, the wicked witch, was burned in 3rd degree on her face and hand when she teleported with the red smoke in munchkins land.
Buddy ebsen was almost the tin man but almost died because he was allergic to the makeup, poisoned with aluminum in it. So Jack Haley took his place.
The snow in the poppy field was asbestos.
The lion costume was made with real lion fur. They almost wanted leon the lion from the MGM studios logo to play the lion but it would be so damn dangerous to have a actual lion on set.
The scarecrow's mask scarred his face for a year
The witch's makeup was toxic because it was copper. So it was hard to come off
The wicked witch had a stunt double for one scene because she never wanted to deal with fire again. Her stunt was named Betty danko for one scene where she writes "SURRENDER DOROTHY" on the sky with smoke while flying on her broom. But the smoking pipe she was in exploded and danko was injured. But she recovered.
One piano wire used to make flying monkeys fly broke off and one monkey actor fell down and injured himself
One actor of the witch's guards accidentally stepped on Terry (toto the dog)'s paw, breaking it by accident.
Behr lart's lion costume made dorothy's actress Judy Garland laugh non-stop. So the director Victor Fleming took her aside and slapped her so she can focus. But he felt so bad for what he did and even asked to be punched in the face. But Judy forgave him and she kissed his nose.
Everyone in the movie in kansas has counterparts in oz
Terry (Toto actress, yup she was a female and she had a male role.) Was the most well paid in the whole cast.
Margaret Hamilton was the nicest on set according to Judy Garland. So it was hard for her to act threatening towards her.
Dorothy was almost blonde when Richard Thorpe was originally the movie producer, but it later became victor Fleming, who made it more like the movie we know today, but he left because he had to directs the movie Gone with the wind.
This movie was first broadcast on tv in 1955. I was a young child and when the witch's feet rolled up and when under the house I was terrified. But when the flying monkeys started jumping around . . . that was the one that gave me nightmares for a while.
Most of the Munchkins were adults also known as little people. This movie was the only movie to cast so many little people.
Oh itâs a classic and itâs from 1939! No computers or CGI then for sure. It was so good. Really good actors. Judy Garland was only 17 then. Such a beautiful voice. The woman who played the wicked witch got burned during that scene when the red smoke appeared in Munchkinland. She recovered. They hired lots of little people to play the munchkins. Wonderful story. The tornado looked really real. I remember the flying monkeys really scaring me when I was little. So much fun. Glad you liked it!!1đ„°đ
That was the best reaction to The Wizard of Oz I've seen! You guys were so funny and enjoyable to watch with! It was a real pleasure seeing your delight and humor in this film. I hope you do more Golden Oldies. A great comedy is Some Like it Hot with Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. Directed by Billy Wilder, it's listed as the greatest American comedy by the American Film Institute. New subscriber - really loved this reaction!
This has always been a favorite since growing up in the 60s in the US where it was a yearly ritual to watch it's broadcast. Also, two of the cast members the Scarecrow, the great dancer and vaudevillian, Ray Bolger, and Jack Haley, the tin man , also a great vaudevillian, were both natives of my hometown, Boston, Massachusetts. If you have an ear for it, you can pick up the Boston accent in their speech patterns.
the actress who played Ms. Gulch/The Wicked Witch, Margaret Hamilton was a kindergarten teacher and she was badly burned in the scene where the witch disappears from MunchkinLand in a fireball...Also the original tinman almost died from the makeup so he was replaced. Buddy Ebsen, the first Tinman later starred as Jed Clampett on the TV version of The Beverly Hillbillies
In 1998, for a Wizard of Oz listing on TCM, writer Rick Polito wrote, âTransported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again.â
When I was a kid, the flying monkeys scared the stuffing out of me. The lasting thing with me is "somewhere over the rainbow." I had a friend who had that in his funeral, the "Iz" cover version.
Watching the wonder and delight on your faces took me back to being a kid again. You are both adorable.
1939!!! Technicolor was a new film technology. Imagine how astounding this movie was to viewers who first saw it all those years ago.
I was a munchkin in a stage production of the wizard of Oz when I was a kid. Was so much fun
I met 3 of the last living Munchkins in 1997 at the Judy Garland Festival. The last living main cast was Margaret Hamilton, the Wicked Witch died in 1985.
Iâm proud to say that I helped create this version of the subtitles and especially this particular subset, for the hearing impaired. Since itâs one of my all-time favorite movies, if not number one, I was happy to see it land on my desk.
The gentleman playing the Wizard and the professor also played the door man, coachman and the guard of the wizard palace.
The song Somewhere Over the Rainbow was almost not included in the movie. It went on to win the Oscar for Best song in 1939. So many phrases that are part of our culture came from this movie. I''ll get you my pretty and you little dog too. Toto, I don't think were in Kansas anymore. and There's no place like home.
Bert Lahr who played the Cowardly Lion also starred alongside Shirley Temple in Just Around the Corner (1938).
Classic Hollywood movie you two have to see!
âNight of the Hunterâ from 1955.
Powerful film with some incredible performances!
its a deal!! we will check it out
The Cowardly Lion was played by comedian Burt Lahr. He was hilarious. This movie was at the dawn of Technicolor, and they wanted to show it off in grand style. That's why there were such colorful, elaborate costumes, such colorful places in Oz, and things like "the horse of another color". Spectacular, right?
1930s-1940s was the era of great musical movies, and the earlier ones should be most celebrated because Talkie & Sound Technology was only a few years old - that's microphones, that's cables, that recording tape. No mix board, no sound balancing - except by ear. "You don't sing so loud, and YOU sing louder!" That said, when I see my favorite musical SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, it's a marvel of sound-recording and staging - getting foot-taps balances to vocal balance levels.
The movie was released in Australia in 1940, mum was born 1920. Mum adored Judy Garland all her life. Judy was about 17 in this movie, but played the part of a much younger child. We watched it together for years. Mum went to see Judy when she performed in Australia 1964. Mum passed aged 95, I think of Judy, I think of my darling mum đ
Judy passed away aged 47 in 1969 - gone too soon â€ïž
when I grew up before cable, this movie and 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer' and 'The Sound of Music' were on once a year and it was an event we looked forward to and watched it every year. when my daughter was young I got her the DVD for these movies and also the 1980's version of 'Annie' and she watched them over and over and over again. If you haven't seen those, I highly recommend them. The songs in all of them are great and they are classics.
Loved watching those musicals as a kid. Especially with Judy.
Really fun reaction.
This movie made Judy Garland a superstar at 16. When she says "we're not in Kansas anymore" it became a decades long joke to say that when you get lost on the road in the car or something. Do you realize the Wicked Witch of the West is actually the same old bat that took the dog away? HAHAHA
I've loved this movie since I was a kid. It still makes me tear up at the end. Such a beautiful movie with a beautiful message! I love all the songs too! That was technicolor they used in this film. I loved the black and white to color aspect of the film.đđ
Ah, you're Romanian! Foarte bine! I lived there for four years while my dad was stationed there.
Two fun facts: the tin man was originally played by Buddy Essen (Jed on the Beverly Hillbillies)but he had a reaction to the silver paint and had to be recast. Dorothy was originally supposed to be played by child star Shirley Temple. (The was a deal between the movie studios that the studio that did this movie could use Shirley and Shirleyâs studio could use another actress for a movie (Jean Harlow, I think). The deal fell through because Jean died.
This was made in 1939. One of the first Technicolor movies. The Lollipop kids were a take off on the Dead End Kids from some 30's movies in New York Hells Kitchen. The munchkins were mostly little-people from that era and some were actually children-such a classic movie and Soundtrack.
May have been two years ago, this was the best reaction to this film
A ton of great movies were made and released in 1939...Gone With The Wind...Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...Jesse James...Goodby Mr. Chips...Wuthering Heights...Of Mice and Men...Young Mr. Lincoln...some say the best year ever for movies.
You guys are wonderful! Your reaction brought me back to my childhood as well. Watched this whole thing with a warm, nostalgic smile on my face.
Looking for a great older movie? The Third Man is one of the greatest ever. And thanks again for the reaction.
I've loved this movie since I was little (born 3/3/1956).
THANK YOU for reviewing this great movie!, Im 62 and during my childhood in the USA this movie was shown once a year on TV during the 1960's - 1980's. I loved the tornado!, the tornado was the most exp[ensive part of making this film. one of the top movies of all time. . please review the 1968 planet of the apes!, THANKS!!.
The scariest part of this movie for me as a kid were those damn winged monkeys! Scared me to death lol.
Such a great couple- I love to see the joy on your faces . Thanks so much. You speak so well too.
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Thank you!
Great movie and such a classic!
They did comment on the movie effects they accomplished in 1939. The flying monkeys still amaze me. I believe color movies were brand new so they used it to great effect. Can you imagine the reaction of people who had only ever seen black and white movies before when she opens the door in Oz and everythingâs in color.
I'm still amazed at the technical advances of Hollywood. Just ten and a half years before this was made there was no true color film and The Jazz Singer had just told us "Hold on, you haven't heard nothing yet."
My ALL TIME favorite movie since childhood!
This movie is why Captain America said he understood the 'Flying Monkey' reference in the first Avengers.
Oh yes I want I almost forgot to say Judy Garland who played Dorothy grew up here in the antelope Valley about 45 minutes from Los Angeles
Old movies: Cassablanca, Sparticus (the 1960s movie by Kubrick), The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951), Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Bishop's Wife, Miracle on 34th Street (1930s version with Natalie Wood), How To Steal A Million, Operation Petticoat, To Have and Have Not.
Iâve always loved this movie. The witch and her minions were scary as a kid. Love your reactions. âïž đ