#Cast of the wizard of oz full#

To move on from the long line of OH&S issues from the film set and onto a topic much more light, it turns out that DorothyвЂ™s ruby slippers werenвЂ™t originally ruby. DorothyвЂ™s ruby slippers werenвЂ™t actually ruby.

#Cast of the wizard of oz full#

With many of the characters in full body costumes, including the Lion, who literally wore lion pelts, it probably wasnвЂ™t a lie when the Wicked Witch screamed, вЂњIвЂ™m melting.вЂќ 7. Subsequently, this bumped up the heat on set. In the early days of technicolour, film productions required much more lighting for the process. On set temperatures often exceeded 37 degrees. Toxic face paint and asbestos-based props, talk about an OH&S issue. Despite the change, Ebsen still suffered a serious eye infection caused by the substance. He later said: вЂњMy lungs were coated with that aluminium dust they had been powdering on my face.вЂќД®bsen was replaced with actor, Jack Haley and they changed the silver powder to silver paste. The actor who was set to play Tin Man, Buddy Ebsen (who had actually originally been cast as Scarecrow) was sent to hospital nine days into production due to the effect of the silver makeup used to create the Tin ManвЂ™s metal appearance. The actors were unknowingly doused in carcinogenics.ДЄt the time the substance was also used for snow based holiday decorations. So to create snow in the scene where the Good Witch of the South, Glinda awakes Dorothy and her friends from the Wicked WitchвЂ™s poppy spell, they used chrysotile asbestos. In 1939 there were no high-tech computer generated special effects. вЂњShe was married to the drugs before she met me, and she never really got divorced,вЂќ Luft wrote in the biography. Garland, who was 16 years old when she filmed Wizard of Oz, went on to have a life-long battle with drugs. The drugs also assisted in weight loss, and suppressing her appetite. Sidney Luft also claimed in the biography that Garland was given amphetamines by senior crew members while on the set of Wizard of OzВ to ensure she was energised for the long hours. Judy Garland was allegedly given drugs on set. There was no rowdiness or anything like that, and those stories are very upsetting.вЂќ 3. Everyone was having a good time and enjoying themselves. Margaret Pellegrini who played one of the Munchkins when she was a 15-year-old girl, told Independentin 2009:В вЂњThere were a lot of them who liked to go out and have a few drinks, but nothing got out of hand. However this alleged behaviour has been denied by the munchkins themselves. вЂњThey would make JudyвЂ™s life miserable on set by putting their hands under her dressвЂ¦ The men were 40 or more years old,вЂќ Luft, a producer and business manager, revealed.В вЂњThey thought they could get away with anything because they were so small.вЂќ In 2017, a posthumous memoir by Sidney LuftВ вЂ“ one of GarlandвЂ™s ex-husbands, who died in 2005В вЂ“ alleged that she was groped by the munchkins on set. Judy Garland was allegedly groped by the Munchkins. Hamilton refused to eat once it had been applied and would only drink through a straw to avoid ingesting the substance.Дў. The paint was made out of copper based ingredients which made it toxic. The green face paint was another hazard that the actor faced. She spent 11 days in hospital and was reportedly only paid $35 for the role. She understandably refused, so a double, Betty Danko was used instead.Дanko also suffered burns after her broom caught alight. Upon returning to the set, Hamilton was asked to perform another fire scene. As she went through the door, HamiltonвЂ™s broom, hat and cape caught on fire and left her with second-degree burns on her hand.ДЇrustratingly, this was the back up take that the director had requested, the first take went off without a hitch. In the Munchkin Land scene, the green faced witch warns Dorothy, вЂњIвЂ™ll get you my pretty and your little dog too,вЂќ then disappears in a fiery exit, through a trap door underneath her. While filming one of her first scenes as the Wicked Witch of the West, actress Margaret Hamilton ended up having six weeks off production because she literally caught on fire.