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Who better to explain the making of The Wizard of Oz than the people who were there? In the decades after Oz, the stars gave hundred of interviews and shared their experiences making one of the greatest films of all time. Here are some of the best tidbits:
"From the time I got my makeup on, I was immobilized. I couldn't do anything for myself, and that included the amenities in the bathroom. Naturally ... I needed a great deal of help from the little girl the studio had assigned me as a sort of maid - holding up my skirt and that sort of thing." - Wicked Witch of the West Margaret Hamilton "They tried to convert me into another person. They put a long blonde wig on me and tried to change my nose, because it dipped in too much, by reinforcing it with putty, and they put caps all over my teeth. I looked like a male Mary Pickford by the time they got through!" - Judy Garland on her original Dorothy makeup, which was later scrapped in favor of her natural look On the grueling schedule: "I came home exhausted and had two bourbon old-fashioneds. The drinks were therapeutic. I needed the alcohol to let me down, and they had enough sugar to give me a kind of a lift so I could manage to eat my dinner and fall into bed." - Scarecrow Ray Bolger "It was abominably tough. The best time was when the teacher who had to be on the set all the time to give Judy her lessons would holler, 'Judy! It's time for school.' That meant we could take that makeup off." - Tin Man Jack Haley On special effects gone bad: "They put a lot of bluing in the water [of the Munchkinland lily pond] ... Then they had these little white ducklings floating around. But the ducks absorbed the color ... and turned out to be blue ducks!" - Munchkin Coroner Meinhardt Raabe On the Munchkins: "What could I say? 'I don't want to go out with you because you're short?' So I said, 'No, I don't think my mother would let me.' So he said, 'Aw, bring your mom along, too!'" - Judy Garland, claiming a Munchkin asked her out On thoughtful co-workers "They put me on a wire so I'd look like I had shot up in the air. They got me up about a hundred feet - and then someone yelled, 'Lunch! One-hour break!' and they all walked out." Go To Page: 1 2 |
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