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Dorothy learned in the Land of Oz....
...if I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own backyard, because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with."

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All I Really Need to Know I Learned From "The Wizard of Oz"


Imagination can take you anywhere-even over the rainbow.

Sometimes you have to leave home to fine "it".

Follow the Yellow Brick Road-but be ready for a detour.

Faith, Hope and Love can work wonders, but ruby slippers can't hurt either.

When friends stick together, they can work miracles.

Having the courage to ask for what you want is half the battle.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the rainbow.

All you need is right there inside of you.

Keep home in your heart and you can always return to it.

When you go out into the world remember to stand up for yourself, but always be kind to the little guys.

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Toto was paid $125 a week while filming The Wizard.

In the book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", Dorothy had silver slippers instead of ruby slippers. The reason that they are ruby slippers in the movie, is because they thought it would show off the Technicolor better.

Toto was played by a female Cairn Terrier named Terry.

The movie's Television debut was November 3, 1956.

Dorothy's last name was Dorothy Gale.

Four Directors worked on this movie.
Richard Thorpe...George Cukor...Victor Fleming...King Vidor

The Cowardly Lion's costume made of African Lion Skin.

Frank Morgan played Five parts in the movie... Professor Marvel, The Doorman, The Coachman, The Palace Guard, and The Wizard of Oz

Buddy Ebsen was originally cast as the Tin Man

The Cast
We all know Dorothy lived in Kansas, but neither L. Frank Baum nor the makers of The Wizard of Oz mentioned a particular town. So, Max Zimmerman of Liberal, Kansas claimed his home town. He converted the Seward County Historical Society's old-fashioned farmhouse into a replica of Dorthy's own. The farmhouse has a total of five rooms, and 15 hired guides, who no doubt are dressed up like little Dorothy Gale herself. Editors note: I've been there....it sucks

Clara Blandick (Auntie Em) was just as unhappy as she appears; she ended up a recluse who eventually took her own life.

The original Wizard was to have been W.C. Fields.

Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, and Bert Lahr had to eat lunch in a bungalo on the MGM lot. When they tried once to dine in the commissary, they were turned away because their faces covered with rubber and fur and aluminum paste offended the other diners.

There are several inconsistencies in Garland's hairstyles during the time she is beautified in OZ.

Creating the tornado was the most costly and difficult special effect. Actually a miniature, the first cyclone failed because it didn't twist, a mistake that cost MGM $8000.

There were one thousand fantastic costumes and sixty dazzling sets. The movie was in production for two years.

Curiously, Garland, forever to be identified with the wide-eyed Dorothy, was not the first choice for the part; both Shirley Temple and Deanna Durbin were considered for the role.

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ironic? ...Among the final scenes filmed was the beginning Kansas sequence. Frank Morgan's (Professor Marvel's) costume in those segments provided an anecdote, an almost ghostly benediction for the Oz group. Professor Marvel's shabby, Prince Albert-style coat had been selected from a rack of old clothing purchased by MGM. When Morgan turned out the pocket one day, he found the name of L. Frank Baum sewn into the lining, and both Baum's widow and the Chicago tailor who made the jacket later verified that it had belonged to the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz many years before. LeRoy presented the coat to Mrs. Baum when filming was completed. References Wendy's Wonderful Wizard of Oz 12th Edition Uncle John's Absolutely Absorbing Bathroom Reader Over the Rainbow with Rene This page hosted by Get your own Free Home Page