Top 10 Wizard of Oz Facts That Will Ruin Your Childhood

we're here to look behind the curtain welcome to Ms mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 facts about the Wizard of Oz that will ruin your childhood for this list we're taking a look at some upsetting disturbing and myth deflating facts about l frank Baum's famous children's novel its iconic 1939 film adaptation and the film stars number 10 dorothy was named after the author's niece who died in infancy l Frank was a storyteller and he loved children and he used to tell bedtime stories to the kids they would gather around him to hear the stories as noted The Wizard of Oz is an adaptation of the similarly named The Wonderful Wizard of Oz a novel from 1900 which spawned a host of sequels written by l frank Baum it's widely considered to be a classic of 20th century children's literature while writing the novel Bao and his wife would frequently visit their infant nice Dorothy Louise gage sadly Dorothy passed away when she was just five months old to honor his deceased niece and ease the family suffering bound decided to name the lead character of his upcoming novel after her I'm not a witch at all I'm going to Gale from Kansas the rest as they say is history number 9 the Cowardly Lion costume was a little too real which were you faced I fight you put together if you'll honor I think you want one paw tied behind the back if upon viewing The Wizard of Oz you felt that Burt Lars Cowardly Lion costume looked a little too well legit you're about to find out why it turns out that the famous costume was made from actual lion skin and fur not Queen not Duke not Lynn's donning a costume of such materials is already intense enough but don't forget Lara was dancing throughout much of the film we don't know about you but dancing while wearing a dead jungle Kings skin and fur doesn't sound like ideal gig I hope my strength goes out I hope your tail holds out and again we might be wrong seeing as how the costume sold for three million dollars at auction in 2014 number 8 the snow in the poppy field scene was actually asbestos [Music] one of old Hollywood's most infamous tricks was using asbestos as a substitute for snow the illusion was pulled and many flicks back in the day though none as famous as The Wizard of Oz the cancer-causing material was ideally suited to serve as a stand-in for snow as it was fireproof and looked just like the real thing so where does it pop up in Oz why the poppy field scene of course the scene may have appeared magical but filming it was anything but whether or not any of the actors suffered due to their participation in the scene remains a mystery but let's just say we're happy this Hollywood trick is no longer in practice unusual weather we're havin Ava's number 7 the original Tin Man was replaced due to a severe allergic reaction Jack Haley's road to becoming the iconic Tin Man was fraught with drama and even a life-threatening allergic reaction however none of it involved him I was standing over there resting for the longest time you see buddy Epson and ray Bolger were originally cast as the scarecrow and tinman respectively however Bolger had always dreamt of playing the Scarecrow and after much fuss he convinced the producers to let him in Epson switch roles now the Tin Man Epson went in for a costume test unfortunately he had a severe allergic reaction to the characters aluminum makeup and was subsequently hospitalized upon witnessing the seriousness of his condition it was decided that Epson would be replaced enter Jack Haley the man we all know today as the tinman number six Judy Garland was forced to lose weight as you will soon learn judy garland's time shooting The Wizard of Oz was anything but a trip over the rainbow place where there isn't any trouble she suppose there is such a place total first she endured horrific comments from MGM executives with some including studio head Louis be mayor referring to her as a fat little pig with pigtails some people without brains to an awful lot of talking don't they yes I guess you're right to solve their problem they put garland on a strict diet to help her lose weight their insisted that she was only allowed to have chicken soup black coffee and cigarettes so much for the glitz and glamour of old Hollywood this was the yellow brick road to misery [Music] hungry garland wasn't the only one on a diet during filming as the toxicity of Margaret Hamilton's green makeup meant she could only ingest liquids number five Margaret Hamilton suffered a horrific injury while filming speaking of the Wicked Witch of the West Margaret Hamilton's onset suffering was not limited to her liquid diet during the scene in which her character disappears amidst a cloud of smoke and fire the elevator meant to transport Hamilton below set malfunctioned trapping the actress close to the pyrotechnics display [Music] this caused her to suffer terrible burns on her skin and face with the cameras continuing to roll as such no more takes were shot with a director opting to go with the original rehearsal shot that didn't involve bodily harm ironically enough Hamilton's stunt double Betty Danko also enjoyed a brutal onset injury when the pipe beneath her broomstick exploded sending her hurtling into the air and causing a two inch deep wound to her leg number four Judy Garland was slapped by director Victor Fleming during the Cowardly Lions big entrance Judy Garland simply could not stop laughing the giggling was so persistent that director Victor Fleming took drastic measures to make her stop the renowned director who helmed dozens of flicks including the seminal 1939 film gone with the wind took garland aside slapped her on the cheek and quipped now go in there and work afterwards Fleming apparently felt so bad that he told the crew to punch him in the face as punishment for his boorish behavior instead Garland planted a kiss on his nose man Hollywood was weird back in the 30s number three Judy Garland became addicted to pep pills during filming Garland's addiction struggles with drugs and alcohol have been well-documented and it's no secret that her addiction to amphetamines began while she was filming The Wizard of Oz incredibly the pills were often provided by her own mother who felt that they would help boost her performance she was chemically trained as a kid to take a pill to go to sleep and take a pill to wake up and go to work of course it wasn't just Mommy Dearest leading Garland down a dark path the studio wanted her on em feta means to as noted earlier lose weight and also the actress later remarked that the studio would knock her and co-star Mickey Rooney quote out with sleeping pills then after four hours they wake us up and give us the pet pills again so we could work 72 hours in rrrow this is a real truly live place and I remember that summer wasn't very nice number to some munchkins were out of control it's alright you may all come out and we have you are if this entry doesn't destroy your rose-colored glasses we don't know what will according to Garland's ex-husband some of the male actors playing munchkins would regularly show up to the set hungover and would act in a disorderly and extremely unprofessional manner tormenting Judy Garland her ex-husband even claimed that on at least one occasion they tried to put their hands up her skirt indeed many of the munchkin actors would spend their post work shifts drinking in nearby bars only to then wind up in jail however because they were essential to one of the film's most important scenes the studio continued to bail them out it got so bad that the studio had to assign someone just to watch over them [Music] my childhood is ruined I still love watching The Wizard of Oz anyway here are some other behind-the-scenes facts that'll be hard to get out of your head next time you watch it give me back my slippers I am the only one that knows how to use them how do feeling we're not in Kansas anymore before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one any M actress Clara blended committed suicide to be done I know three shiftless farmhands it'll be out of a job before they know it in her post wizard of oz life clara bland ex health eventually slowly declined by the early 60s she was in her 80s and suffering from a number of ailments and chose to commit suicide rather than die a slow painful death on April 15 1962 she arranged her room to reflect her personal and professional accomplishments got dressed up in her best gown and proceeded to overdose on sleeping pills and asphyxiated herself she left behind a note that read quote I am now about to make the great adventure I cannot endure this agonizing pain any longer it's all over my body neither can i face the impending blindness I pray the Lord my soul to take amen [Music] do you agree with our picks check out this other recent clip from is mojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos [Music]

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Length: 11min 40sec (700 seconds)

Published: Sat Feb 29 2020