Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x Ok, so I'm stuck in 1939 for movies. Anybody ever wonder where the RED brick road went????
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x From imdb: Walt Disney was the unwitting impetus behind getting the film started. Louis B. Mayer was determined to come up with something that would equal the success of Disney's runaway smash, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) which had become the most successful film of all time in a matter of months.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin Gone With The Wind was in production at the same time...amazing, huh?
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x In the song "If I Only Had A Heart", the girl who says, "Wherefore art thou, Romeo?" is Adriana Caselotti, the voice of Snow White in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x One of the directors left TWOO to work on GWTW. The film had five different directors. Richard Thorpe shot several weeks of material, none of which appears in the final film. The studio found his work unsatisfactory and appointed George Cukor temporarily. Cukor did not actually film any scenes; he merely modified Judy Garland's and Ray Bolger's makeup. Victor Fleming took over from him and filmed the bulk of the movie, until he was assigned to Gone with the Wind (1939). King Vidor filmed the remaining sequences, mainly the black and white parts of the film set in Kansas. Producer Mervyn LeRoy also directed some transitional scenes.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin One of the dr's I used to work with was a niece of Ray Bolger's...there was somewhat of a resemblence.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x Adriana's line in "If I only Had a Heart" just came on. Alex is lying on my bed, playing with her leapster, and I called her attention to it. I rewound it a bit so she could hear it again. I said nothing, but "Listen" She said "I recognize that voice. It's Snow White"... I'm so proud!!!
Originally Posted By threeundertwo >>In the song "If I Only Had A Heart", the girl who says, "Wherefore art thou, Romeo?" is Adriana Caselotti, the voice of Snow White in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).>> LOL. Everything's related to Disney somehow.
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 Only here, 2/3. lol. You know the old "munchkin hung himself" myth? I can't see anything there that resembles a hanging, just a bird. Usually on those kinds of things, I'll go, "yeah, I unerstand where you could see that." But as far as this one goes, I just can't see it.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x That myth has been said to be false by Snopes... <a href="http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/ozsuicide.asp" target="_blank">http://www.snopes.com/movies/f ilms/ozsuicide.asp</a>
Originally Posted By threeundertwo I like the alternate soundtrack: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmCfvcfHwKA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =KmCfvcfHwKA</a>
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <a href="http://www.atriptothemovies.com/index.php?src" target="_blank">http://www.atriptothemovies.co m/index.php?src</a> this past weekend at the Hollywood Theatre in suburban Chicago - a nice sit down meal theatre that brings in actors etc for weekend events ( notice other coming up) - they have had Wiz of Oz Munchkins more than a few times over the past 10 years or so
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 Oh, yeah. I know the munchkin hanging myth is false; I just don't understand where it even came from. To me, it is obviously a bird, and looks only like a bird. I just wish I could see the "picture in the clouds" that other people see. It would be interesting.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Anybody ever wonder where the RED brick road went????<< In the book, the bricks changed color based on which land you were headed towards. The red brick road led to the Quadling Country, Glinda's home town.
Originally Posted By JazzCat >>You know the old "munchkin hung himself" myth? I can't see anything there that resembles a hanging, just a bird. Usually on those kinds of things, I'll go, "yeah, I unerstand where you could see that." But as far as this one goes, I just can't see it.<< That myth was featured on TVLand's Myth's and Legends and yes, it is a bird.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut Anyone know why this was on so much this weekend? At one point it was on 2 channels at the exact same time.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x Usually, the weekend before Thanksgiving is The Wizard of Oz weekend. Thanksgiving weekend is 007 weekend.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo It seems I remember as a kid always watching this Thanksgiving eve.
