My mother went to see the Wizard of Oz when it was originally released. She said that when the movie went from black and white to colour as Dorothy opened the house door and sees Oz, the entire audience broke out in applause.

@junebugg045

Жыл бұрын

I got the chills reading this. I believe it and it takes my breath away every time I see that scene lol

@dianetheisen8664

Жыл бұрын

That was an awesome scene‼️

@lexwithbub

Жыл бұрын

It's so perfect. And matches the original books where Kansas is described as being grey. The house is grey, the land is grey, the skies are grey, aunt and uncle are also grey.

@martok2112

Жыл бұрын

There was a segment of a short- lived TV series in the late 70's/ early 80's that replicated this style of black and white (or actually, sepia-tone, IIRC) and color, depending on the situation. It was part of a weekly anthology series called "Cliffhangers". The segment in question was called "The Secret Empire", which took place in the Old West era. When above ground, the show was in b/w(sepia), and when scenes took place in the technologically advanced underground city, it went to color. 🙂

@cozzeema

Жыл бұрын

When I was a little girl, we only had a black and white tv. The Wizard of Oz was my all time favorite movie but I had only ever seen it in black and white all my life. When I got to be a young teen, I was babysitting at a neighbor’s one evening, anticipating watching The Wizard of Oz with the kids I was watching for the first time in color. It started and I was disappointed that it was in black and white. I called my mom and said, “Didn’t you say this was in color?” All she said was “Just wait and keep watching.” So I did. And when the door opened and the screen went to color, I was absolutely blown away and started saying “Oh my gosh! I can’t believe it!” over and over. It was as if I had seen color for the first time in my life. The kids thought I was absolutely nuts lol.

It's interesting to note that Judy Garlands stand-in, Caren Marsh Doll recently turned 103. She's one of the last surviving people associated with the movie.

@bradyryan5105

Жыл бұрын

Wow

@stephaniestanley8041

Жыл бұрын

Omg thanks for this information

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

She and Judy both attended classes for at least two hours a day during Judy's down time; Judy was at the studio for the eight-hour filming period, but owing to child labor laws, she could only work for four hours.

@Suchapill

Жыл бұрын

Wow

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

104 now!

Remember way back when family used to get together every year on Thanksgiving day and sit together around the 19 inch ‘big screen’ television to watch the Wizard of OZ.

@haywoodjablowme699

2 жыл бұрын

It was Easter for us

@indigop38

2 жыл бұрын

It was Easter for us too.

@williamanthony9090

2 жыл бұрын

I can remember sitting around with the neighborhood kids, discussing the fact The Wizard Of Oz was being shown that night on television. We'd already seen it, and were excited about seeing it that night. The year was 1960 or '61, and I was either three or four. Funny thing is, I can't actually remember seeing it on the previous occasion, only that I had. Strange how our memories work.

@phukgewgle8181

2 жыл бұрын

With limited commercial interruption.

@robertmielke3380

2 жыл бұрын

Our family did the ten commandments with Heston on Easter.

As a child growing up in the 60s and 70s, The Wizard Of Oz appearing on TV each year was always a magical moment, marking the end of the dysfunctional part of the year and the beginning of the holiday season. The house was always full of extended family, aunts and uncles and cousins we only saw a couple of times a year at most and the telling of stories of when my parents were young. From the remaining Halloween candy to the Thanksgiving turkey, and the anticipation of Christmas just ahead, the entire world it seemed became bright, delicious, and Technicolor. There really was no place like home.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

Those were the days!

@Frank00

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully we have provided the same for our kids

@libradragon

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant observation. There are a few other movies, from 1939, in my collection. It was a great year for creative creations from the movie industry. Magnetic delight, is The Wizard of Oz.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@libradragon 1939 still holds the record for the most new releases from Hollywood in one year: 365!

@libradragon

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 I may have forgotten it was that many! Thank you for mentioning this amazing statistic.

To most kids who grew up to The Wizard Of Oz this movie was magical. I grew up in a time when color television was just being introduced to the public and I remember a family in our neighborhood who was able to afford a color TV and they invited some of the kids in the neighborhood to come and watch this movie on a color TV and you could have heard a pin drop in that living room! None of us could take our eyes off of this movie. That's what I'll always remember about this movie when I was a kid!

@Dobviews

2 жыл бұрын

I remember the first time I watched the movie. It was 1983 and I was 5 years old. I hid my eyes with mamaw's crochet pillow when the evil witch appeared. In 1996 I took my mom's old prom dress from the 50's and dyed it pink to be Glenda at a party for halloween. Awesome memories. We did not have a color TV till 1987. That was the first time I saw it in the color version everyone else enjoyed.

@flash001USA

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dobviews For a movie that came out in the 1930's the effects they created still hold up against the modern computer generated effects done today. For me it was the witch melting and the talking trees and the tornado that stuck with me. You mentioned watching this in 1983 for the first time and for me, I watched it for the first time in 1964. Back then only 1% of the public could even afford a color TV and very few television stations even had the ability to transmit in color so owning a color TV was more miss than hit. We got lucky. When the neighbors invited us over to watch the movie, the television station in our area had just added the ability to transmit in color and the Wizard Of Oz was their very first public color transmission. and as crazy as that sounds to tell people that today, back in 1964 that was a really big deal for all of us.

@kdmac1958

2 жыл бұрын

@@flash001USA ditto. We didn't have a color TV till sometime in the 70s. I always thought the whole movie was in black and white. Besides the color, I really enjoyed the Kansas scenes in sepia tone.

@flash001USA

2 жыл бұрын

@@kdmac1958 The Wizard Of Oz was the first movie I had ever seen in color on a TV and that was back in 1964. Our family couldn't afford a color TV until somewhere around the 1970's when the prices finally started to drop. What's so funny is today's kids and even most of the young adults in their 30's and their 40's today still cannot wrap their minds around the fact that television much less color television is still a modern invention and now we have them small enough to carry in our pockets like a small transistor radio and flat enough to hang on a wall like a picture! Yep things have progressed in technology.

@mindyenglish5305

2 жыл бұрын

I took my son to see "Oz the Great and Powerful" in the theater when he was four. He was always well behaved in public, he never once had a tantrum, or so much as raised his voice. But for the first ten or fifteen minutes, while it was black and white, he would not sit still. He kept asking me to leave, it was boring, climbing all over me and running his mouth. He was mid-complaint, with his face right up to my ear, when the colors came out. Whatever he was saying turned into an amazed "wowwwww!" Then he shut up for the rest of the movie. That's the same way I felt as a kid, every time I watched the original. Once a year, every year.

It would’ve never been the same movie without “Over the Rainbow” thank goodness they left it in.

@madhatterster

2 жыл бұрын

And in a preview showing in 1938, it was indeed shown without the song. An actual audience saw it without it.

Many years ago I was listening to a radio interview of, what at the time was, the last actor that was part of the wicked witch's castle guard. He remarked that many thought they were singing something that started as "oh wee oh..." he wanted to set the record straight by giving the actual words they were singing as "Oh we love, the o--ld one..." I pass this along in the hopes this rare piece of trivia lives on.

@johnmontoya8160

Жыл бұрын

Interesting. I remember reading decades ago, someone said that they were saying, "all we owe, we ooooowe her." But I believe your words because your comment is coming from a primary source.

@kojinaoftheinvertedeye810

Жыл бұрын

I honestly never knew that, thanks! That actually makes sense, it’s sounds just like that.

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

It's "Oh-Ee-Yah! Eo-Ah!"

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

@@johnmontoya8160 Not really; the Winkie actors didn't do the singing.

Just the thought of so many classic films being destroyed irreparably by fire is one of the most heartbreaking things to happen.

@bleeuk

2 жыл бұрын

there was a fire but that didn't stop the uncut version being destroy as i seen it in 1993 on BBC TV, and CBS had it in 1950s, 1980s and 1990s which the film is over 2 Hours long. now the standard is 1 Hour and 40mins that 30mins cut out or edited, maybe the full uncut editions will be shown just in time for 100 years anniversary by 2039! branded as uncut or unseen editions, special or Extended cut. for cinema or major TV, rights and streaming.

@bleeuk

Жыл бұрын

i saw a uncut back in early 90s, they shown a version that lasted for 2 hours and 15mins without ads, it rare now but not all was lost in the fire

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

@@bleeuk Liar.

@bleeuk

Жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 no i'm telling the truth, me and my family saw uncut version on tv in the early 90s, it existed, now lots of scenes has been cut out by at least 35mins, it not on home video or streaming this version yet. its was like a TV exclusive

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

@@bleeuk If you're not lying, then you're delusional. The world would know if there was a full version like that. But as it doesn't, there isn't.

Every year when it came on television back in the 60's my mother made homemade fudge. We stuffed our faces and were enthralled the entire movie. It was a huge deal for us little girls! Fond memories!

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

Homemade fudge? Hang on, I'll get my time machine!

@bleeuk

2 жыл бұрын

can you all remember a uncut version it was shown in 1980s and early 1990s on BBC TV where it was 2 hours 10 mins long (me and my family can remember it well), as the standard, physical and streaming editions are shorter cut by 30mins, to 1 Hour and 40mins, the wicked witch scenes, the field, somewhere over the rainbow in the castle and some others clips has been edited out or deleted, maybe soon for 100th year anniversary will be shown again on TV or cinema as uncut/extended, or Special unseen edition.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@bleeuk The movie was never that long, even in the form in which it was shown to test audiences in 1939. Their responses led to the removal of the Scarecrow's extended dance routine in "If I Only Had a Brain," the whole of "The Jitterbug," a reprise of "Over the Rainbow," and the Triumphal Return sequence, plus a few bits of dialogue (mainly from the Wicked Witch). And apart from the Scarecrow's dance, no other deleted scenes have ever been recovered, much less seen, in over eighty years, and are presumed destroyed. The movie as we see it now is the same one that premiered in August of 1939, and has never been altered.

@bleeuk

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 i think we going in circles, we all see this proof one day people who havent seen the uncut, its okay if you some havent seen it and it a great chance it come back to the TV or cinema by 2039 by the 100th year anniversary , but there was a uncut in 1990s on TV, (Running Time 2 Hours and 10mins) with more extended scenes and it did exist, me my family and others have seen it, and imdb and others pages have marked a uncut for TV

@Belynda

2 жыл бұрын

Homemade fudge sounds amazing, we got homemade donuts. The Wizard of Oz was a big event.

I was almost ten years old before I could not look away when the up close image of the wicked witch's face appears in the crystal ball. It can't be said enough how well Margaret Hamilton portrayed that role.

@cair124

2 жыл бұрын

I've read it's psychologically triggering since the crystal ball image changes from Auntie Em into the witch.

@jeffreydotson4842

2 жыл бұрын

@@cair124 I can definitely believe that because one of the reasons I found it so disturbing is because of the thought of how horrible it would be to face something like that.

@jeffreydotson4842

2 жыл бұрын

@@waynemartinmartin4128 Nope, you definitely were not alone because I have heard others say the same thing as us

@williamhaynes4800

2 жыл бұрын

When I 1st saw it I was about 6. I can remember covering my eyes when Dorothy and crew were in the Haunted Forest, they looked up and saw hundreds of flying monkeys coming after them. There was no where to run or hide.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamhaynes4800 Winged Monkeys.

the greatest movie ever made, can never be remade, a true classic.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, though I would still love to see a faithful live-action adaptation of the book. It would probably cover two movies.

@petertaylor3600

2 жыл бұрын

Not the greatest......quite. But up there with the best of them. Nobody would make a beautiful artwork like this now, but then Hollywood is no more, let's face it.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@petertaylor3600 What would you say was the greatest?

@TheLongtimelistener

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 Casablanca, period. (IMHO)

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheLongtimelistener That's one I've never seen, though I've seen a number of spoofs, and I know the catchphrases. :-)

21:60 you missed that the actor Frank Morgan that played Professor Marvel had FIVE rolls over all. He also played the carriage driver, the gatekeeper, the guard to the great hall and, of course, the wizard. If you want to get technical he played six parts with the normal mustache guard and the upside down mustache guard.

@theresaschuebel5151

2 жыл бұрын

He does mention other parts and does show pictures

@markblocker4565

Жыл бұрын

"Not nobody, not nohow!"

I'm 59 yrs old. This video proved I am not insane. I knew scenes were deleted from later TV showings though the years Thank you

@LQOTW

2 жыл бұрын

Nope, Brett, you are not insane (at least not from *that*!). Older sibs described scenes I never saw, too. We are nearly the same age.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

Not whole scenes, just bits of scenes clipped for time.

@TheCarnivalguy

2 жыл бұрын

It’s called editing, done to provide for commercials during the airing in the time allotted. The network had to cram those ads down our throats.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCarnivalguy In some cases, the movie was given a 2 1/2 hour time slot so that they wouldn't need to edit so much.

@bleeuk

2 жыл бұрын

there was a uncut version still in place in early 1990s on BBC TV i seen it with my family it run for 2 Hours and 10mins now the standard times today for physical and Streaming broadcast clocks at 1 Hour and 40mins, 30mins cut off, now i'm predicting maybe for 100th year anniversary on TV, and maybe cinema a Unseen version, Extended and special edition versions, with the nearly 2 Hours and 10mins long in place.

i wonder how or why the Scarecrow dance managed to survive, meanwhile the rest of the deleted scenes, outtakes, did not, i believe it has puzzled and been a mystery to film historians for decades

My memories of The Wizard of Oz predate VHS tapes. The movie was shown on regular television once every year. It was a really big deal too, being the only time my mom let us eat dinner in the living room. The next day at school, everyone would be singing the songs at recess. Something special was lost when VHS made the movie available anytime.

@eduardo_corrochio

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. My childhood was in the 1970's mostly. This movie was "appointment" television that was not to be missed because you only had one chance during its annual broadcast on network TV. It was often aired around Easter, and then that eventually changed to Christmas time. Most families were home that evening to tune in. One year I took my shoe-box tape recorder and captured the movie's audio to play back at my leisure-- next best thing to watching it again.

@xBINARYGODx

Жыл бұрын

"Something special was lost when VHS made the movie available anytime." And yet something special was gained. many people a little younger than you have magical VHS memories that the pre-VHS age could literally not deliver.

@marieminshull1400

Жыл бұрын

Made in 1930's

It would be *so fun* to see an extended version of the film with the "lost footage" added back in through advanced film technologies.

@bradyryan5105

Ай бұрын

Oh if only.

"The Wizard of Oz" is one of only a handful of movies that I would consider truly magical. I would add "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" to that list too. So much turmoil behind the scenes is pretty common for these masterpieces, but they could have turned out disastrous. TWoO still holds up to this day and looks amazing. I wish I could go back in time and be in that theater the first time Dorothy opens the door to the Technicolor world of Oz and hear the audience GASP with wonder.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

The "turmoil" has been exaggerated, but the mere fact that the film turned out so brilliantly is a testament to the skill and professionalism of both cast and crew.

@JustWasted3HoursHere

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 Any production of sufficient size, such as an effects-laden movie with a large cast like this, is going to run into issues for sure. I agree that the problems were most likely exaggerated though.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@JustWasted3HoursHere Exactly!

@dan4lau

2 жыл бұрын

YAAAAAAY!!! Chitty and Willie Wonka were two of my favourites as a child, I totally wore out two VHS tapes of Chitty.

@kallen868

2 жыл бұрын

You mention the 3 movies I waited all year for as a kid! 🍿😊

I'm 64 years old! One of the fondest memories I have was right before Thanksgiving every year the Wizard of Oz would be shown. I've grown up all these years with that being one of my most favorite movies. Actually my favorite movie even to this day. I remember when I was 45 years old my kids bought me a copy of it, so I could watch it whenever I wanted. One of the best gifts I ever got!!! I watch it 10-15 times a year now. It has been a part of my life all my life. I wish they still showed it like they used to. How times have changed! I have watched or read everything there is to know about that movie. But what I've been watching on here is some of the things I didn't even know, and a bunch of things that I already knew. I will continue to watch it Periodically till the end of my days.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

Have you read "The Road to Oz" by Jay Scarfone and William Stillman?

@767Robson

2 жыл бұрын

You might find interesting then that pretty much Star Wars was a steal from the Wizard of Oz. Princesses Leia--Dorothy, (locked up in Witches Castle, SW Leia locked up in Death Star.....Tin Man, in SW CP30, ToTo the Dog, R2D2, The Cowardly Lion, SW Chewbacca, The Witch, Darth Vader.....George Lucas was once asked if he stole the Wizard of Oz to make Star Wars especially the first movie The New Hope, he smiled and said, "No comment!" :) To similar in my opinion not to be a lift.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@767Robson The first six _Star Wars_ films-- all of them, not just _A New Hope,_ by the way-- contain many, many elements of inspiration, going way back to Gilgamesh, forward to King Arthur, movie serials of the 1930's and 40's, and just plain Americana. Lucas has identified in no uncertain terms from where he drew his ideas. The main inspiration for _A New Hope_ was a Japanese movie called _The Hidden Fortress,_ which was directed by one of Lucas's idols, Akira Kurosawa. But obviously one can detect elements of _Flash Gordon, Casablanca, Robin Hood,_ and many other tales and films. The maiden in captivity was certainly not a new idea when _Wizard_ was made, although it's interesting to note that in the book, Dorothy was never locked up while she was the Wicked Witch's slave; in fact, she had the run of the castle as long as she didn't try to leave the grounds-- which she wouldn't have anyway, since the Cowardly Lion *was* locked up in a cage in the courtyard.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@Scott P "may you live not necessarily a very LONG life -" What kind of a thing is that to wish for someone???

@dianetheisen8664

Жыл бұрын

I'm 64 also and also remember watching 👀 it every year.

My great grandma and grandfather passed but I always think of them, when I watch this movie. They were my most cherished people in my life, I’ll see y’all again

Wow, I never even knew that Buddy Ebsen was the original choice for the Tin Man.

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

Yup! And it's interesting to note that some years after the movie, he was in a stage version of "The Wizard of Oz" as the Scarecrow. 🙂

When I was a child there were no vcrs so, yes once a year. If you missed it you had to wait a whole year before you could see it again.

@kallen868

2 жыл бұрын

Event TV📺🍿🌪🌈🦁

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

My family had an LP with an abridged version of the movie on it, so I could at least listen to that as often as I wanted. :-)

@bunpeishiratori5849

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 We had that record too. (I think we still have it somewhere.) When we were little, we used to play act the scenes while it was being played. I was always the Scarecrow.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@bunpeishiratori5849 Nice! If I had thought of doing that, I'd always be the Lion. :-3

@bunpeishiratori5849

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 I was the only boy in my family (the youngest as well) and my sisters used to fight over who got to play Dorothy. It didn't matter to me because I was always the Scarecrow, and that's what I wanted. I remember putting a yardstick up the back of my clothing to simulate being attached to a pole. Kids can be creative. At least in those days.

That was incredibly in depth. That must have taken some time to gather that much information. Nice! Great job

@tsuhodge9427

2 жыл бұрын

Reality

@MacSherry

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video, and of course your personal hard work putting it together.

@MaskedMan66

10 ай бұрын

There are books.

As a 48 yr old who watches this at least 3 times each year, I appreciated the history. Thank you very much for putting this together!

@theresaschuebel5151

2 жыл бұрын

Did you notice that he said her twilight years and when she died she was a year younger than you

@Dutch_van_der_linde939

Жыл бұрын

I watch this 5 times a year, because my father was an extra, been watching it since 1952 every year, what a streak!

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

@@Dutch_van_der_linde939 Where would we see him?

@Dutch_van_der_linde939

Жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 emerald city scene. Also my apologies if your confused about my name and profile picture, my grandson created this account.

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

@@Dutch_van_der_linde939 No, I wasn't confused. Does your father have a close-up?

Amazon actually just purchased MGM. One thing people don't realize is that the color section starts BEFORE Dorothy opens the door to the color part of Oz. it was just painted monochrome. same with Dorothy's dress.

Last night I saw the Wizard of Oz, and the scarecrow dance. Was included. He flies into the sky after a crow that took some of his straw. Then he dances way down the road and the pumpkin rolls underneath him. I had never seen that scene!

This movie really is a miracle! It’s absolutely unbelievable that it was actually made and finished at all!

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

Why? Far worse things have happened on other movies and they got completed.

@mixaliskokkinos1496

Жыл бұрын

This movie was a bullshit story,and a medieval torture for the actors!

Took me decades to realize that the farm hands were the Scarecrow, The Lion and the Tin Man. I was an adult too, when I figured out that Dr. Marvel was the door guard for OZ and the WIz, the coach driver and The Wiz. Also, when I was a kid and Oz came on, it seemed like a holiday.

@charlottecunningham2141

2 жыл бұрын

I knew the farmhands right away but didn’t know about the multiple roles of Marvel

@Tacos135

2 ай бұрын

I only realized when I got cast for the play and the roles were double cast. Watched the Royal Shakesperian version of the play and watched the movie, and I was shocked lol!

I was born in 1960, I must've been 4 or 5 when I first saw it on tv, I was so amazed, I can't remember actually watching it because I was so young, but the images were burned into my psyche, the emerald city, the winged monkeys scared me big time, the witch also scared me, the wizard also scared me. lol

We didn't own a lot of movies when I was growing up, but my dad made sure to get the special edition VHS of Wizard of Oz, and I still remember being so fascinated by the behind the scenes and the recreation of the Jitterbug dance. And I'm still an avid fan of filmmaking in general today, because of that. 🌈

@hawkman5846

2 жыл бұрын

Did u see the hanging munchkin 💀

@mommymeow32

2 жыл бұрын

We have that too! Me and my sister used to watch that movie on VHS all the time when we were babies so my dad would hear and ended up memorizing the behind the scenes part because of that!

@bettyschneider5268

2 жыл бұрын

I have it on VHS 📼📼📼🎥 now with a VCR! Lol 😂 🌈👧🐺🤡🤖🦁👰🏻👨‍👩‍👧👨‍👩‍👧‍👦👨‍👩‍👦‍👦👨‍👩‍👧‍👧👪✨💃🏻🌳🌲🌲💂🏰💂🎩🎅🤹🎈🛌👵👴🏻🤵🏻

@bettyschneider5268

2 жыл бұрын

@@hawkman5846 i believe it's on the old VHS Tapes! Now they cover it up with a big bird!🐦🐥🐣🌈🌪🌈🌈🌈👧🐺🤡🤖🦁👰🏻🐵🐒🐵

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@hawkman5846 No such person.

When growing up in the 50s & 60s we were able to watch on television once a year Wizard of Oz & Peter Pan (Mary Martin one). Those were the days!!!

@adriennerobinson1180

2 жыл бұрын

Oh Yes they were

It came on once a year in the 60’s and 70’s and I never missed it for 14 years in a row

My mother, as a young child, watched most of the movie on the big screen when it first came out. She started screaming during the tornado scene when the house landed in Oz and the family left the movie theater. She never saw the rest of the movie until a few decades later when it was on TV and she watched it with her three children.

Our annual Wizard of Oz-athon took place in April, which was, for us, in tornado season. One year, at age 11, I was babysitting a family of five kids next door.. We cooked Jiffy Pop popcorn and made cherry Kool-Aid and sat down to watch the movie. Soon the sky grew dark and started swirling. We even saw greenage in the clouds, but never had to go to the basement. It was still frightening being responsible for five little friends!

The fact they cut so much of Margaret Hamilton's screen time is absolutely criminal.

@scotnick59

2 жыл бұрын

Loved Margaret in this = I agree

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

It was only a line or two.

@FrankNFurter1000

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 Still criminal.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@FrankNFurter1000 Nah, just showbiz. She didn't raise a stink about it, so why should anyone else?

@FrankNFurter1000

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 nah, more Margaret Hamilton screen time is always a plus.

These 3 movies were broadcast 3 times a year when I was a kid. The Wizard of Oz, The Ten Commandments and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. All the others were gone after they ran in theaters. The only way to re-live the movie was to buy the soundtrack on vinyl, and if you had told me back then that we would be able to rent or buy the movies to watch at home as many times as we wanted, I would have said No Way - you are crazy! I was thrilled when The Lord of the Rings was made into a video game soon after release, you could play the movie!

@adriennerobinson1180

2 жыл бұрын

Truth Indeed

Margaret Hamilton was the sweetest person. She was a child advocate. Billie Burke who played Glinda was the polar opposite.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

No, she was not; Miss Burke was a good and gracious lady who modeled Victorian manners at all times. When she first visited the Munchkin City set, a day or so before beginning her work as Glinda, about fifty of the Munchkin performers gathered around her to ask for her autograph, and she was happy to oblige. One of them spoke to her on behalf of a shy little man who could not speak. With a smile, Miss Burke started speaking to him in sign language! She and her school chums had learned it so they could converse with each other behind their books during boring classes. So she and the man had a good chat!

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@davedee4382 Her only child was by her husband Florenz Ziegfeld, and that was a daughter named Patricia.

@kevinbergin9971

2 жыл бұрын

I believe Hamilton was at one time a kindergarten teacher. That may not prove she was sweet but it proves she had patience.

@kevinbergin9971

2 жыл бұрын

@@davedee4382 She was born in 1884. So let's pick an easy to accept-pre-fertility treatment number: By the time she was 36 that was 1920, Milton Berle was born in 1908 and would have been 12.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinbergin9971 She had always wanted to be an actress, but her parents advised her to get a "proper job" in case the acting didn't work out. As it happened, she excelled at both! :-)

Growing up in my life, the Wizard of Oz is one of my favorite movies in childhood.

I can barely remember before VHS but when I was a young kid, this movie was a one hour and 42 minute magic show that would come on TV once a year. It is an absolute perfect movie and will always occupy a special place in my heart.

Growing up, it was the Wizard of Oz and the Sound of Music, that seemed to be precursor to the holiday season. Growing up, watching both each year was a testament to me, that anything was possible. Thanks for sharing.

@iReporteriReporting

Жыл бұрын

And...It's a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34 the Street

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

Ah, two childhood crushes of mine: Judy Garland in _The Wizard of Oz_ and Angela Cartwright in _The Sound of Music!_

The Wizard Of Oz is one of the very rare movies that I LOVE in its current form and would LOVE to see a mega movie of the film consisting of all of the cut and lost footage together with the theatrical classic. But, since footage is not only cut but lost and blocked, that will never happen.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

Blocked?

@nickperkins8477

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 it’s in the video. Some company or other has blocked footage from being shown in the movie.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickperkins8477 There's no footage to be "blocked." Apart from the film itself and the alternate dance sequence by Ray Bolger, there is nothing else.

@francishanna9999

2 жыл бұрын

I had a DVD with deleted scenes & extra facts about the movie & the stars in the movie.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@francishanna9999 The only deleted scene that exists is the extended dance sequence from "If I Only Had a Brain."

As famously scary as Margaret Hamilton is in the movie, respectfully that color production footage of her in character is subtly horrifying

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

Do you mean the test shots?

@RADIUSBuxbaum

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 I personally think that black and white of her test shots is amazing - wish we could see more

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@RADIUSBuxbaum I think the only major difference was that her hair was unbound; in the movie she wears it pulled back into a bun, like Miss Gulch.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@RADIUSBuxbaum Oh, and I think they added a wart in the finished make-up.

@nickperkins8477

2 жыл бұрын

It’s her facial expressions. Especially as I age, I see more melodrama in her acting in the movie. If she had acted in the movie to match her facial expressions here, it would have been a horror movie performance.

Such a beloved movie, story from a book. Baum wrote the book for his wife. She had a young niece that died as a baby named Dorthy Gage. . It had broken her heart. He made her memory eternal through the story. He changed Gage to Gale. She’s buried in Bloomington Illinois.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

He wrote the book because his wife's mother thought that he ought to take all the fanciful tales he'd told his children and write them into a book. His heroine was indeed named for his wife's niece, although her surname wasn't used in the first book. Baum and Paul Tietjens came up with "Gale" for the "Wizard" stage musical in 1902 as a pun on how Dorothy got to Oz, and Baum used the name in all the books after that. You probably know the wonderful story of how Mickey Carroll, who had been one of the Munchkins for MGM, went back to his family's monuments company after the movie was done, and some while later heard about the graveyard where Dorothy Gage was buried having fallen into disrepair. He personally carved her a new headstone and had the whole children's cemetery restored and named after her.

@cheneethompson5756

8 ай бұрын

That sweet little baby was barely a year old when she died Awww!

On Buddy Ebsen and his health issues. Don't forget, when the 50th anniversary came around he was the one they asked to speak about it since he was the only surviving cast member (save for a few of the Munchkin). So, I guess the best revenge is living well.

I'm 54 and have always loved the wizard of oz. I have bought several tapes and finally a DVD.

@eduardo_corrochio

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, I'll be 56 this summer. I got the blu ray some years back; it's lovely what they can do with these films today with cleaning them up. You can see the burlap texture on the Scarecrow's face in the closeup shots.

The Wizard of Oz and Casablanca two of the most wonderful movies ever made…memorable!

@kevinbergin9971

2 жыл бұрын

I realize that Citizen Kane may well be the greatest ever and I actually use scenes from The Searchers in my classes but the only movie I will never stop watching, when it comes on TV, is this classic.

@bleeuk

2 жыл бұрын

Wizard of oz. is a classic, but they needs to bring back and shown the fully uncut editions! it was 2 Hours and 10mins long on BBC TV in early 1990s, and Network in the states was shown in 1950s, 1980s and 1990s passed as uncut, now the standard editions, physical and streaming is 1 Hour and 40mins long! maybe just in time for 100th Year anniversary will all see on TV, and maybe Cinema as branded unseen version, Extended or Special Limited Version.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@bleeuk The movie was never that long, even in the form in which it was shown to test audiences in 1939. Their responses led to the removal of the Scarecrow's extended dance routine in "If I Only Had a Brain," the whole of "The Jitterbug," a reprise of "Over the Rainbow," and the Triumphal Return sequence, plus a few bits of dialogue (mainly from the Wicked Witch). And apart from the Scarecrow's dance, no other deleted scenes have ever been recovered, much less seen, in over eighty years, and are presumed destroyed. The movie as we see it now is the same one that premiered in August of 1939, and has never been altered.

@bleeuk

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 it was much longer and it was 2 Hours and 10mins, the bbc aired it in 1991 (with 2 Hours and 15mins filling for a couple ads after the film), i saw it and my parents can remember it, even now, with Over the Rainbow castle scene was was there on 1993 TV, Poppy fields, and more witch takes with burning scenes remained, according to IMDB which is true, aired a network uncut editions over 2 Hours long at selected years on TV with CBS rights to fill commercial needs

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@bleeuk Sorry, no. You're either trying to hoax people or you're misremembering. On that BBC broadcast there may have been a documentary before or after the movie outlining some of the lost footage, but it simply does not exist. When the first _Star Wars_ movie was shown for the first time on T.V. in the States, it had a two and a half-hour time slot. People were hoping that this meant that the "Biggs" footage would be included. It wasn't, and the first 30 minutes of the broadcast was a feature on the SW phenomenon, followed by the same version of the movie that had been in theaters. Nevertheless, there are people who swear blind that they saw those Tatooine scenes that evening.

I'm almost 65 and i remember as a little boy hiding behind a chair when the witch came on the movie. I love this movie.

Growing up in the 80s I remember this movie as annual appointment television, miss the good old days!

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

70's for me, as well as 80's, and I agree with you. :-)

@thomsboys77

2 жыл бұрын

Rose-tinted nostalgia bullshit

I’m 73, when the Wizard of Oz first aired on TV in the ‘50’s, the ‘flying monkey’ scene was omitted. It was considered too violent for children to watch. Now look at the crap kids watch. SMH

@adriennerobinson1180

2 жыл бұрын

What? Really? Wow

At the age of 50 The Wizard of Oz is still my favourite moive by far. Just so many memories of watching it over the years x

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

The movie is 83 this year, and the book is 122.

@YouLousyKids

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 I think Matthew's saying HE'S fifty years old.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@YouLousyKids Likely so.

@goofusmaximusII

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@scotnick59

2 жыл бұрын

I have seen it FAR more than any other movie: about 45 times

One of my fond memories is standing on the actual soundstage where Judy Garland sang Over the Rainbow, and seeing the soundstage where Munchkin Land was.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

When was that?

@robertromero8692

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 2015. I was part of a tour of the major studios. Among other things, I also got to hold an ACTUAL OSCAR at the DIsney Studios, and see one of the desks where the animators worked, as well as the house that Shirley Temple lived in on the 20th Century lot. Wonderful stuff.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertromero8692 Wow! To quote the Cowardly Lion, "I'm speechless!"

@robertromero8692

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 If you ever get the chance, do it. You will LOVE it!

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertromero8692 If I ever get the chance. :-)

I don't know if it's because I was a "middle child", but I seemed to be the only one that looked forward to that time of year, when this movie would play on television. It probably is the first introduction to fantasy, and sparked a life long interest in all things magical.😏🖐🏼✨💖🌎

This film was a lasting memory for me, my Mum took me to see it when I was 5 years old at a local theatre. We were sat on the balcony and I remember being transfixed with the morphing of black and white into colour, we only ever saw TV in black and white, this was in the 60's probably when the film was re-released. My Mother passed away 3 years ago and this film will always remain a happy and lasting memory for me. Although realistically it sounds as though Hollywood is more sinister than the films that come out if it!

Billie Burke who played Glinda the good witch, was actually 18 years older than Margaret Hamilton, who played the wicked witch of the west.

@nelliethursday1812

2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love Billie Burke she plays an airhead to perfection (check out Topper movies) By the way most of her earning went to pay off her late husbands death Flo Ziegfield (sp)

@adriennerobinson1180

2 жыл бұрын

Wow

Return to OZ was terrifying for me as a kid, but I loved watching it just for the excitement (movies like it and The Neverending Story, Dark Crystal, Willow, etc., were also a few others in the same vein).....Such an underrated gem.

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

The 80's was, and remains, the all-time best decade for fantasy films. 🙂

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

Mark you, RtO didn't scare me, because I'd already read the two books that were its main sources for material.

@shuruff904

Жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 I actually own the comic adaptation lol

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

@@shuruff904 I do too... somewhere in the house. lol The artist did excellent likenesses, especially of Fairuza.

17:42 This "Off to See the Wizard" cartoon graphic is not directly related to the 1939 film. The lyrical title refers to, as the caption says, a "family/children's anthology" series that ran on the ABC (American) TV network in the 1967 season, as ABC's attempt to imitate NBC's Disney anthology series. The Oz characters were used only to introduce the episodes; they were not part of the stories, which were all live-action. The series lasted just the one season.

It was a big tradition for my family (and and all the families I knew as a kid) to make a special night of it when the Wizard of Oz came on. They'd advertise it for a week or two ahead of time, reminding people that it was coming up. I can easily believe that the Wicked Witch tested as too scary for young kids and they had to cut back her lines since she terrified me when I was really small. Margaret Hamilton was an AWESOME Wicked Witch ! We all waited for that movie eagerly every year. Too bad they stopped showing it like that. It was a real thriller for children, and a damned great movie all round.

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

Nowadays with home video and streaming and all, we can watch the movie any time we like, but it really isn't the same as those great days, is it?

@TedBronson1918

Жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 That's much of the modern problem - everything is instant satisfaction. Personally, I have yet to pay for a streaming service. I pay for 200+ channels of pure crap on cable TV and I have internet, then I'm supposed to pay even more to get QUALITY TV shows through my cable tv ? It's turned into a scam. Sorry about the rant - you hit a sore spot.

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

@@TedBronson1918 I understand completely! My wife and I only watch broadcast T.V., and at that we tend to only watch the nostalgia stations like MeTV and Heroes & Icons.

I’ve seen the original so many times I know the entire thing by memory word for word so it’s weird seeing deleted scenes. It’s like watching a version of the wizard of oz from an alternate dimension

Have you seen this in 4K UHD? Oh my God, it is a wonder to the eye.

I watch WIZARD OF OZ every spring. My 72 in. T.V. makes it more enjoyable. Be watching it soon today is March 4 spring flowers in my heart. They are already coming up. Love this movie much especially Judy singing OVER THE 🌈 RAINBOW. Makes my heart melt.

NO///absolutely do not add ANY animation to this movie! I think they got it right with how it was finally completed. If too long, it could ruin it for little ones, who have attention spans not as long as adults. Leave it be, just as we all remember it and love it.

I'm 65 now and remember watching the movie every year starting sometime in the 1960's. My older sister couldn't watch some of the wicked witch parts and would close her eyes and I would tell her when she could open them again. I don't remember when they stopped having it on TV every year, but when my kids were little and it was again on TV, it seemed some had been cut out. It's still one of my favorite movies. I don't like musicals in general with The Wizard of Oz being the exception.

@putteslaintxtbks5166

2 жыл бұрын

Also with most movies, I couldn't enjoy watching more then once. Not so with this movie.

@TeriB1956

2 жыл бұрын

Still watch it between Thanksgiving and Christmas. On cable and you have to look for it. Took a while before I could look at those darn flying monkeys again.

@bleeuk

2 жыл бұрын

the uncut version last time was shown about 1994. defo everywhere from 1991 i saw it, on BBC it was 2 Hours and 10mins long now its 1 Hour and 40mins

I remember reading once that the original choice to play the Wizard was W.C.Fields, but he asked for too much money so they passed.

@betweentwomillennium5057

2 жыл бұрын

W.C. Fields didn’t like dogs or children, so that would not have worked out well.

I always thought it was weird when Dorothy was about to leave Oz, turns to the Scarecrow and says "I think I'll miss you most of all".

@lhdollbaby

Жыл бұрын

Well, l had a crush on the tinman😘😌🥰🤗

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

That came from an early draft of the script in which Dorothy was in her late teens and had a crush on farm hand Hunk. Producer Mervyn LeRoy nixed the idea because he wanted Dorothy to be a child as in the book (albeit a bit older). The only vestige of that subplot is Dorothy's parting words to the Scarecrow, which can simply be taken to mean she'll miss him most because he's her oldest friend in Oz.

When I was a kid that was a greatest movie out Wizard of Oz

I'd like to see The Jitterbug scene get the CGI treatment. It would help the Wicked Witch's line about sending a bug "that'll take the fight out of them" make more sense.

I cant wait. It might be very scary. Thank you for finding it bro.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for what?

@SeyaDiakite7

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 if the studios manage to find a real footage. He might let us know

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@SeyaDiakite7 It was probably destroyed, if not in 1939, then in the fire in the 60's.

It is a miracle this film turned out so well. Modern Hollywood would never be able to pull a classic from a behind-the-scenes disaster like this these days.

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

There were accidents, not "disasters." Worse things have happened on other movies.

@ElvenRaptor

Жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 Accidents can be disasters, so my statement stands. And films have been shut down over stuff that's trivial compared to this, so my statement stands. Piss off.

@BrianLee6492

7 ай бұрын

-- Don't listen to MaskedMan66. He likes to contradict people. I had to block him from my channel. He didn't know about the blocking, but I guess he does now, through this channel's reply.

@ElvenRaptor

7 ай бұрын

@@BrianLee6492Will do! Thank you.

If CGI can recreate princess Leia, then CGI should be able to recreate the lost scenes from wizard of Oz.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

You're forgetting Tarkin!

@hunterolaughlin

2 жыл бұрын

I think I like the hand drawn idea better.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@hunterolaughlin Not if you want to recreate the look of the original movie, and that's what we're talking about.

@hunterolaughlin

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 I still prefer hand drawn.

@tommyanomaly6193

2 жыл бұрын

It's just not financially beneficial to do so. Warner Bros can't even get their streaming service figured out.

When my daughter was 2 years old, in 1975, my wife and I decided it would be great to take our daughter to see The Wizard of Oz. Big mistake, everything was great until the which appeared oh, and my daughter started screaming and crying we had to leave the theater we were very much embarrassed. I believe it was the following year it was on television oh, and we made a second attempt oh, this time she loved it. Today is April 13 I believe 14, 2022.

Our family could never afford a color TV and no neighbors had one either, so I grew up never knowing that the most of the film was in color. In 1972 I started college and I remember when a group of us got together to watch the Wizard of Oz, it was a major shock to me to see it suddenly become colorful with Dorothy opening that door. And of course I got a lot of razing about being such a hayseed as to never having seen that before.

@andyj39

2 жыл бұрын

You got to experience the surprise that the original audience must have experienced. My mother talked about it. She saw it in the theater during one of the film's rereleases before people commonly had televisions. It had a stunning effect. It put the viewer in Dorothy's place.

That didn't work so well with one episode of Dukes of Hazzard. The scene shows Daisy standing there but not talking, but you hear her talking as if that tiny part got messed up somehow.

I think Mayim Bialik would be perfectly cast to play Margaret Hamilton in any future documentaries or biography. I def see a resemblance.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

But can she do the voice?

@kevinbergin9971

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 Well, she can put every response in the form of a question.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinbergin9971 ?

@kevinbergin9971

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 Not going to explain it to you. Anyone else!

@DonnaLueders

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 Jepardy, She is a stand in now that Alex Trebeck has died. LOL

Who is the singer of this trailer....its BEAUTIFUUUUUL!!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️

It's really sad that old and sometimes archived film footage was just trashed and burnt, etc.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

As the saying goes, "That's showbiz."

@eduardo_corrochio

2 жыл бұрын

The thing is, there was no foresight in movie studio crews of there being a need for such things to be saved for the future. Celluloid/footage that wasn't needed for a movie's final cut was burned or trashed, mostly. Frankly I'm just grateful that we have access to the classic films of decades gone by, and today they're so clear and sparkling from our technology. It's awesome.

The recreation using the surviving assets is a really good idea that I haven’t thought about. If it can be done with Doctor Who episodes and the King Kong deleted scene (both pieces of media that had not much to go off of) then I can’t see why the same can’t be done for the Wizard of Oz.

@hunterolaughlin

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. It’s better than just using stills and previous footage to substitute for missing scenes. The first deleted scenes I’d restore are the Jitterbug Number, Dorothy’s somber reprise of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and the triumphant reprise of “Ding Dong, the Witch Is Dead” and put them in an alternate version of the film along with the full “If I Only Had a Brain” number as an Extended Version of the film.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@hunterolaughlin Gonna be a stickler here: Dorothy's signature tune is titled "Over the Rainbow." That "Somewhere" ain't nowhere. ;-)

@Iconoclasher

2 жыл бұрын

Redoing the lost footage is a great idea, just no animation. Give it the full state-of-the-art CGI treatment. The soundtracks still exist. That with whatever production notes that still exist they can probably restore it to 90% originality.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@Iconoclasher Except for the Jitterbug itself, which was going to be a bit of cel animation.

@Iconoclasher

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 Right. Restored the way it was supposed to be seen.

I’m 67 and the first time I saw it it scared the crap out of me. I was probably only seven years old, but it took me years later to watch it over and over again to accept it as it really was and love it, and I watched it every year since.

According to IMDb, there was a deleted scene from the witch's castle. Here's the description of the scene from the trivia section "If you look closely, the door the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman and Cowardly Lion rescue Dorothy through isn't the same as the one Dorothy enters the Hourglass Room through. This is due to the deletion of an entire scene in which the room the heroes enter (following the sound of someone humming "Somewhere Over The Rainbow") holds not Dorothy but the Wicked Witch of the West! She paralyzes the heroes, then creates a false Rainbow Bridge from that room to Dorothy's. She sends a Winkie out to test it . . . he falls through the center of the bridge. She then magically compels our three heroes to call out to Dorothy, who runs onto the bridge . . . and is carried across by the magic slippers! Our friends are reunited, and (released from the witch's spell by love/the slippers, whichever) run out of the room, with the witch screaming, "Stop them!" behind them. The scene was cut both for technical reasons--they couldn't pull off a good Rainbow Bridge--and because seeing a Winkie falling to his presumed death was considered too likely to incur the wrath of the Hays Office, the industry's official censors."

@looseleafcelluliod

2 жыл бұрын

The Rainbow Bridge scene was in at least one draft of the screenplay by duo Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf, though Noel Langley hated it (along with most of their work, tbh) and cut it immediately when he re-entered the project when it was still in preproduction. Thus, it was never filmed. Though the scene was included as an extra in the book The Wizard of Oz: The Screenplay, edited by Michael Patrick Hearn and published by Dell Publishing in 1989, and Noel Langley is quoted about the scene in The Making of The Wizard of Oz by Aljean Harmetz, talking about why he disliked it and when it was cut.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

It is the same staircase, just shot from a different angle.

@jeremyknifley

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if we will ever see that footage

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeremyknifley None was ever shot.

@kdmac1958

2 жыл бұрын

For the millionth time, the song title is 'Over the Rainbow'. 🌈🌈🌈 Somewhere is not in it. Sorry, I'm a stickler, I know. 🙄 Also it's..."Seize them!"..... not stop. 🤭 Happy New Year everyone! 🌈🥂🎉🎇

The scene in the castle 🏰 when Dorothy -is transfixed on the hour-glass when her -Auntie Em's face then changes to the wi -cked witch's taunting image still sends -a chill down to my spine to this day. Margaret Hamilton was perfectly cast. 🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀😈😈😈😈😈👍👍🔚🔚

@eduardo_corrochio

2 жыл бұрын

That is one of the most frightening things in the entire movie for young viewers because the sudden change in the crystal ball from comforting mother figure to evil impending danger is traumatic stuff.

I miss my family

This movie has been watched through 4 generations in my family. My grandchildren (11 7 2) recently watched it and loved it

@bleeuk

2 жыл бұрын

maybe one of your generation or you in the 1950s, 1980s or like me early 1990s seen a uncut version that run over 2 hours long! (2 hours and 10mins) on BBC TV, now the standard editions, physical and Streaming run time clocks at 1 Hour and 40mins so basically 30mins has been edited out from the longer length TV broadcast and possible original limited cinema broadcast, maybe just in time for 100 years anniversary most will see on TV, and maybe Cinema branded as Unseen Version, Extended or Special limited run version which is the uncut edition that clocks at 2 Hours and 10mins ish long. it was there my family can remember it well and today the scenes that lost

As I said, I remember seeing some of the lost deleted scenes like the extended scarecrow dance and Jitter bug dancing.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

The only footage we have of "The Jitterbug" are the home movies someone shot during filming.

@LQOTW

2 жыл бұрын

I have older siblings who saw the Wizard of Oz when the bee sting scene was included. They described it so well when I was little I could see it in my mind's eye. I remember watching the movie each year since I was very little - sometime in the 60s.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@LQOTW I'm not sure which scene you mean. If you mean the bit with the bees flying out of the Tin Woodman's mouth, that was shot but never completed. If you mean "The Jitterbug" (which I reckon you mean) that was completed, but cut from the movie in 1939, and is long gone.

@madhatterster

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 Unless someone has the deleted footage somewhere, and they've allowed this person to watch it, the only way you could see any of these scenes would be to part of the preview audiences in 1938. Time machine?

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@madhatterster Maybe amsterdamsel is from Gallifrey?

I was just reading Buddy Ebsen's memoirs about Oz and how sick he got.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

Nobody, not even him, had any idea he would have a reaction to the aluminum powder; after all, powder of one kind or another has been used in make-up for centuries.

Still a living classic today.

In the 60s we had the first color TV on the block. Every kid on the block would be in our living room watching the Wizard of Oz. Mom would make carmel apples and popcorn balls for all of us. Those were such good times.

Back around the late 1970s I remember seeing The Wizard of Oz on TV and it was suddenly a half hour longer and a number of the deleted scenes mentioned in this lost footage video were in it.

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

Liar.

Such a wonderful and lots of references today are from it! This was a very good video, GREAT job! Lot's of things I and am sure lots of other folks didn't know! I like your idea of re-making it with the deleted scenes, that's be an interesting watch!

In these hyperbolic times, it's refreshing that you refrained from saying "actual " lost footage.

There’s need to be a docu-drama made about the movie’s production. Anything but it dream, it turned into a nightmare. “Dark Side of the Rainbow”.

17:48 - Yes, in my childhood home, I made it a point to watch “The Wizard of Oz” every year, like clockwork. I don’t remember my Family watching with me, but the memory of them watching with me could’ve just faded away after so many years. I love 💕 that movie so much!!! Thank you for this video!

If KZread has finally decided to let me comment on videos again, I'd like to say again that I adore the "We'll go and see the cracks again someday" audio sample in the intro. Beautifully haunting and perfect for lost media related videos. It's genuinely amazing how much of a mess Wizard of Oz's production was, and no wonder that things got lost along the way. And God, I knew that some of the actors had it rough, but the way Judy Garland was talked about prior to her stardom? Crazy.

@VanessaKittredge

2 жыл бұрын

And she made less money then the rest of the cast.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

The production wasn't a "mess," and things didn't get "lost," they were deliberately removed from the film. Judy had it the easiest of anyone else in the movie.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@VanessaKittredge They had been in showbiz longer, that's why.

@paulybarr

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66 The easiest? Well, apart from the beginning of a lifetime of chronic addiction to pills, so thoughtfully pumped into her by the studio, to get her up pre- dawn and then to knock her out at night. And so began a lifetime of drug addiction while also coping at the time with adolescence. No wonder she was dead a mere thirty year later in her forties.

@MaskedMan66

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulybarr Her addictions started in adulthood. Because of California child labor laws, she only worked for four hours of the eight-hour filming day on _Wizard_ and didn't have anything "pumped into her." As far as getting up at dawn, lots of people did, and not just in the acting profession. It was her three co-stars who had to be at the studio at 4AM or so to get made up; Judy's hair and make-up were done at home.

The narrator keeps saying "incidences." The word is "incidents." Completely different meaning.

Marvelous video! I don't understand why so many filmmakers are concerned with the length of a movie. While the Lord of the Rings films were each about three hours, the DVD releases were each about four hours. And as far as I'm concerned, they could add more deleted footage until each was six hours long. Same thing with Titanic. They could release it on DVD at five hours, and I'd love every minute!

The jacket Professor Marvel wore, was at one time owned by L. Frank Baum, the author of the Wizard of Oz book.

@kallen868

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing fact! Love Oz.🌪🌈🦁

@KendrickHarrisKenfinity

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing, actually adds more to Professor Marvel/The Wizard being the embodiment of inventiveness and creating.

THE most magical - and perfect - fantasy movie for children ever made. And translated into over 40 languages so it could be watched by children (and adults) all over the world. It had Universal appeal to everyone everywhere (even though the reviews were only "very good" when it first came out. It was 15 years later, when it was re-released on tv, that critics took it fully into their hearts and hailed it as a masterpiece. (Which, as we all know, it is!) I hope they never attempt a re-make. I doubt it can be duplicated anyway: the kind of innocence we (as children) had 80 years ago would not translate easily into today's world.

@adriennerobinson1180

2 жыл бұрын

I Pray they don't either

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

There's a remake every time someone does the stage version. I wouldn't mind seeing a live T.V. event of it. And of course, a screen adaptation which is faithful to the book is over a century overdue.

I remember watching OZ on the family back & white TV for years... Then we got a color TV.. I didn't even know OZ was in color. When the house lands in OZ and she steps out.. bam!!! it when to color... I was just amazed, it was unbelievably amazing.

@mikelastname1220

2 жыл бұрын

My father, who was always well read, knew that the film turned into color. We were one of the first people in our area to own a 25" color TV. It was in the early 1960's. I'm 75 now, and I can remember when he gathered all three of us kids up to watch this movie on TV that he said, "Pay attention to when the house drops into OZ. Something very special is going to happen when Dorothy goes out the door." We watched with baited breath when the scene started, and to this day, I still remember the amazement at the brilliant color when that scene appeared. Not a kid at my school knew that this movie turned into color. I talked about it the next day in a classroom setting, telling my teacher and everyone about it. My dad is gone now, but he always was on the cutting edge of changing things in life. We were one of the first to own our own 8mm camera and projector. My father worked factory work and we were on the edge of being poor, but he always found a way to give us special things in life. I was the first person in my class to see a Cinerama movie, go to New York City and go inside the Statue of Liberty, go to the top of the Empire State Building, to see Niagra Falls, and to go to the New York World's Fair. I don't know how he managed to do it with what little money he made. He must have made sacrifices along the way. When I got older, got married and got a great paying job, I paid Dad back by taking him and my Mom all over the country sightseeing, plus I was one of the first in my town to own my own VHS machine and recording camera. I got to show HIM this new marvel, just like he showed me so many things.

Look how happy Buddy Ebsen was. His contract was like 10k a week. Imagine how much money that was back then.

I really enjoyed watching this, thank you. Many emotions, seeing the old footage and the meaningful history and enjoyment this film has given to all generations. So nostalgic too. To think it will live on and beyond all our lives. It's magical. Definitely a special film. Thank goodness they kept in over the rainbow 🌈🎉

As a kid in 1989 I got that 50th Anniversary VHS and it contained all this additional footage mentioned here. It was the first time I leaned about deleted scenes and lost footage.

@thomsboys77

2 жыл бұрын

Well, do you still have and post it on the Internet? Otherwise you’re lying

@hatednyc

10 ай бұрын

@@thomsboys77what? They sold it everywhere. I hope you’re kidding. That’s ridiculous. What makes you think I would care if you think I’m lying? Furthermore, why would I lie about that?

Always watched the movie every year Love the Wizard of Oz.

Something that rlly scares me is one of the munchkin actors hanging in the background of a certain scene.It proves how badly the actors were treated to the point were one committed suicide.You can argue with me and say it’s a bird or a crane but I won’t be replying and if you want proof,look in the original version of the movie before it was remastered and look in the background of when Dorothy,tin man and the lion skip down the road-you’ll see it in the trees.

@adriennerobinson1180

2 жыл бұрын

Oh no,I didn't know this. Terrible SMH