Did the Wizard of Oz Really Happen? Or was it really just a stupid dream?

In the series of books by L. Frank Baum a little girl named Dorothy has her house lifted up by a tornado whilst she’s still in it and transported to the magical land of Oz and attempts to… Read More

Oz Secret Service

I’ve seen this movie hundreds of times but only just now did I notice that the Wizard has guards with muskets doing crowd control around his balloon launching platform. Which is sillier looking and/or more threatening?

Casting the Wizard of Oz

Clips on the casting back stories from a documentary made in the mid 90s on the MGM classic film ‘The Wizard Of Oz (1939) Margret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch: Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale: Ray Bolger as… Read More

Wizard of Oz Mistakes

I’m happy to report that I had noticed and lectured about every one of these bloopers, with the exception of the hair length (which also occurs later in the movie).

March of the Munchkins. Ding Dong the Witch is dead

If I Only Had A Brain deleted scene

During the “If I Only had a Brain” sequence, there was originally a spectacular dance that displayed Ray Bolger’s vaudeville dancing history. In the final version, he sang the first and second verses of “If I Only had… Read More