Behind The Scenes Secrets: The Wizard Of Oz

There Were Tons of Changes from the Book

Anytime you have a movie adapted from a novel, some things are guaranteed to change; however, most people didn’t expectThe Wizard of Ozto change as dramatically as it did from the original text. In the book, Glinda is the Good Witch of the South, not the North. Oz is a real place, too. It’s not just a dream like it was in the film.

One of the most iconic details ofThe Wizard of Ozfilm is Dorothy’s red slippers. In the book, Dorothy had silver slippers, but studio head Louis B. Mayer wanted to swap the color for something brighter so he could test out MGM’s new Technicolor technology. Dorothy’s shirt was also a light pink, rather than white because white was hard to shoot in color.

The Scarecrow, CowardlyLion,and Tin Man Always Ate Lunch Alone

Poor Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, and Jack Haley. All they wanted to do was play their roles without being exiled from the rest of the cast. Unfortunately, the 1930s were a lot different than they are now. They didn’t have intense slasher films and they didn’t have CGI that could make anything happen on film. In the 1930s, costumes like the Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion and Tin Man were considered terrifying in real life. They were considered so frightening, that the whole gang was banned from MGM’s lunchroom and forced to alone in case they scared other MGM workers.