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August 2018 - Volume XVI, Issue 8
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The Wizard of Oz
Trivia and “Notes from the Set”
You’ve likely seen the great movie The Wizard of Oz.
Following is some interesting trivia and “notes from the set.”
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On August 1, 1900 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L.
Frank Baum was copyright registered.
In January 1938, MGM bought the rights to the hugely
popular novel from Samuel Goldwyn. The film’s script was
adapted by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan
Woolf.
The script went through a number of revisions before the
final shooting. The original producers thought that a 1939
audience was too sophisticated to accept Oz as a straight-ahead
fantasy; therefore, it was reconceived as a lengthy, elaborate
dream. Because of a perceived need to attract a youthful
audience through appealing to modern fads and styles, the script
originally featured a scene with a series of musical contests. A
spoiled, selfish princess in Oz had outlawed all forms of music
except classical and operetta, and went up against Dorothy in a
singing contest in which Dorothy’s swing style enchanted
listeners and won the grand prize. This part was initially written
for Betty Jaynes. The plan was later dropped.
Another scene, which was removed before final script
approval and never filmed, was a concluding scene back in
Kansas after Dorothy’s return. Hunk (the Kansan counterpart to
the Scarecrow) is leaving for agricultural college, and extracts a
promise from Dorothy to write to him. The implication of the
scene is that romance will eventually develop between the two,
which also may have been intended as an explanation for
Dorothy’s partiality for the Scarecrow over her other two
companions.
The final draft of the script was completed on October 8,
1938.A persistent rumor suggests that negotiations took place
early in pre-production for Shirley Temple to play the part of
Dorothy. The tale is almost certainly untrue, yet the story
appears in many film biographies (including Temple’s own
autobiography).
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