28 Fascinating Things You Never Knew About "The Wizard of Oz"
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28 Fascinating Things You Never Knew About "The Wizard of Oz"
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Those adored slippers weren’t originally ruby red.
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And that wasn’t a real spark.
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Judy Garland wasn’t the first choice.
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Age was nothing but a number.
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The Wizard of Oz is the most-watched movie of all time.
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The Cowardly Lion’s costume weighed a ton.
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The Queen Mother cried during “Over the Rainbow.”
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Dorothy’s friends didn’t really make friends on set.
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MGM spent a chunk for movie rights.
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Hollywood’s MGM lion mascot almost won the part.
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Actor Frank Morgan played five characters, including the Wizard
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The Good Witch’s dress was already famous.
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The Wicked Witch was too dang scary.
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Her date of death has a deeper meaning.
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There’s a surprise vocal in “If I Only Had a Heart.”
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The Emerald City odyssey snagged them a trip to the Oscars.
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The Scarecrow wasn’t a math whiz.
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Someone stole Dorothy’s ruby red slippers.
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That wasn’t oil in that squirt can.
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The Tin Man wasn’t actually made of tin.
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“Over the Rainbow” almost never existed.
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Judy Garland is related to the Tin Man.
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The Wizard of Oz had an ’80s resurrgence.
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The Times said critics of the film should be “spanked.”
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That’s not blue and white you’re seeing.
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Dorothy was almost a blonde.
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That’s not yellow. It’s Jell-O.
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Toto was actually a good girl .
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Dorothy's ruby red slippers were meant to be silver.