8:23 - I am literally tearing up watching all of you react to Dorothy opening the door and seeing the Land of Oz in color! It's got to be one of the greatest cinematic moments in history, right?
THANK YOU for reviewing this movie!!, it was one I requested. Im 61 and this movie was shown once a year on television in the USA during the 1960's and 1970's, its one of the greatest movies ever made IMO. as a child I watched this every year to see the tornado!. facts....the tornado special effects was more expensive than anything else in the whole movie. the tornado was created on a huge sound stage using a airport weather sock thats used to determine wind direction. they filled it with dirt and used huge fans to create the tornado effect. UNBELIEVABLE special effects from 82 years ago before computers!. again THANKS for the review!, Love you all!.
Where i live they run this movie once a year in theaters. They even did a 3D one on the anniversary but i didn't know until after. Love this movie too. So many shows pay homage to it, plays, authors, it just touches every thing in one way or another.
They also showed it alot in the 1980s and 1990s where I live in so cal and another that they still show till this day is ben hur the one from the late 1950s I think it was made in 1959? that is another classic movie.
... and I used to cry from the moment Auntie Em appears in the crystal ball until the end of the movie. Every year. Didn't Danny Kaye used to introduce it?
Yep, and there's a mostly fictionalized account of all those little people being together at once called "Under the Rainbow" with Chevy Chase. It bombed but I'll always have a warm place in my heart for it.
The ruby red slippers that Judy Garland wore in the film are now considered a national US treasure. They were anonymously donated to the Smithsonian museum in 1979. The attraction is so popular that the carpet on the walk way surrounding the shoes has to be constantly replaced due to visitors' wear and tear.
In the book, by L. Frank Baum, the slippers were silver. Perhaps, this refers to the idea, of having a silver backed currency, as an alternative to a fiat currency? A warning, that slipped passed some, maybe? The use of symbolism, by Baum, was a commentary on aspects of society, but he did want his stories to appeal to young minds, and give them the space for imagining the fantastic, as well. It sits well, with both parents, and children, in tone. To have families contemplate the state and direction, of agriculture (Scarecrow), industrial mechanization (Tin Man), and the military (Lion), through the media of that time (1900), in such a form, is a astounding feat. I highly recommend, people read the books; sublime works, that are more than infotainment. They are treasures.
I classify that witch noise as a legendary cackle. but hey I am not gonna disagree with you on "bet evil laugh in movie hoistory". She's such a great protagonist and she actually has a reason to hate Dorthy. Since she flattened her sis with a house and all.
@@lethaldose2000 That was hardly Dorothy's fault! She really had nothing to do with the twister picking the house up and dropping it on WWE. If she had had any say in it, she would have stayed in Kansas. I suppose it could be argued that, as WWE's next of kin, the slippers were rightfully her's. But, she was going to use them to dominate Oz and persecute the citizens. So, Glinda was not wrong in intercepting the slippers and giving them to Dorothy.
Also, they tried the silver slippers in the movie but saw they didn't stand out. Her socks wouldn't make them stand out too. I got a pair of the same type of sparkley slippers when I was a kid.
You girls just watched one of the most classic films in history. As a young boy in the sixties I would wait every year for this movie to come on TV. The witch and flying monkeys scared the hell out of me but I Love it. I'm wondering if any of the older ones here in the states remembers that Margaret Hamilton who played the wicked witch was Cora the Maxwell House lady on their TV commercials in the late sixties and maybe into the early seventies. She was always so comforting too me in those commercials. I always found it hard too believe that she was the wicked witch. In those commercials she was like your loving grandmother. Take care Homie Girls. 🎄🦌☮️✌️💕
Simply the greatest movie ever made. 1939 and stands the test of time. To see the pure enjoyment on these young ladies' faces watching an 83 year old film warms my heart. Best regards from Indiana, USA.
The song, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is such a timeless and iconic song. Kids and Adults for generations have grown up knowing it has an amazing gift of making the world feel so much more simple. To think that the MGM studio executives almost cut the song out of the movie because they thought it was too long. It went on to win the Academy Award for best song.
@Batman I agree. I looked forward to "Follow the Yellow Brick Road.", "Wizard of Oz" and so many more. They didn't get that it's a musical and that singing along to musical parts, takes the experience to the next level.
@@tarmaque You can play 10 seconds of the song and then muffle it to avoid the copyright strike. But the grls never reacted to it so the editor didn't include that part in the YT release. The editor mainly uses whatever they react to since there is so much footage to cut.
Frank Morgan is an unbelievable actor in this movie. He brilliantly played the roles of Professor Marvel, the Doorman, the Cabbie, the Guard and the Wizard. When Professor Marvel was reading his crystal ball, he wasn't trying to dupe or con Dorothy. Since he knew she was running away, he made up a story to convince her to go back home.
I always thought of Professor Marvel as the antithesis to Miss Gulch. Gulch hit Toto for getting in her garden. Professor Marvel just chuckled when Toto stole his hot dog, and said he was welcome to it. Gulch prompted Dorothy to run away. Professor Marvel talked her into going home. Gulch showed up at the farm to take Toto and get Dorothy in trouble with Auntie Em and Uncle Henry. Professor Marvel showed up at the farm to make sure that Dorothy was okay after the storm.
Remind you that this classic movie will be 83 years old. Effects artists used practical techniques and innovating techniques in filmmaking such as Technicolor.
@@porflepopnecker4376 I'm in Kentucky where we're cleaning up the mess from the Dec 10 tornado and I agree with you (I watch a lot of actual tornado video). The speed of the debris flying by her on set, the way the set itself disintegrates around her, and the realistic animation of the twister itself, still pack a punch.
Honestly it’s still one of the nicest closing moments in film history, how the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion were all people in her real life. It’s so sweet. Thanks for reacting to this golden oldie! These classics have such a beautiful, timeless, endearing charm about them, harkening back to a more innocent time, that even though by 1939 the greatest conflict in human history was just around the corner, the escapism of a dream world must have been beautiful to behold. I hope you can do more classic films in the future from around this same time, and others in the 40’s and 50’s. I don’t know how much you’d take to it, but if you don’t mind some pretty creepy vibes, the sort-of sequel Return to Oz is actually really good fun to watch, and I think it’s underrated!
_Return to OZ_ was not a true sequel, because Faruzia Balk was clearly younger than Judy Garland as Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion was actually a CGI lion (more in line with the source material fairytale written by L. Frank Baum, actually) rather than an neurotic actor wearing genuine lion's skins & having rubber latex prosthetics glued to his face, the MGM film was wrapped around the idea that OZ was all a dream from a bump to the head during the twister knocking Dorothy unconscious & yet the events of the source material fairytale and a lot of the adaptations (including _Return to OZ_ curiously enough) treated the trip "over the rainbow" as legitimate (since the start of _Return to OZ_ actively shows Uncle Henry & Aunt Em putting the finishing touches on a new house after their original house was destroyed by the cyclone and the 2nd female "patient" at the psychiatric ward whom Dorothy had befriended turned out to truly be the definitive heiress of OZ, forever young Princess OZma, who promised she would show up in Dorothy's mirror from time to time [think parallels to "The Looking Glass" from Lewis Carroll's similar _Alice in Wonderland_ children's story] to check up on her friend should Dorothy ever wish to come back to OZ again, which Dorothy - with terrier Toto and her initially skeptic Aunt Em & Uncle Henry in tow - finally does permanently in one of the later original OZ books, with Princess OZma effectively allowing Dorothy to serve alongside her as a regent of The Emerald City) rather than just Dorothy's hyperactive imagination.
This film is based on a children's book by L Frank Baum; the first of 14 books in a series about Oz. In the books, Dorothy wasn't dreaming: Oz was a real place that she really travelled to via the tornado. In the later books, she moves there permanently and even brings her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry to live there with her. The books are full of amazing characters and clever social and political satire that grownups could enjoy while reading the books aloud to their children. The books are all great, and highly recommended. Thanks for the reaction!
If you remember in The Avengers, they were talking about flying monkeys, and Captain America says “I understood that reference”, because he saw the movie three years before he joined the army.
Keep in mind this movie was made in 1939. It was one of the first major uses of Technicolor in a motion picture. The transition from black and white to color wowed audiences. No one had ever seen anything like this movie before with brilliant color and incredible special effects at the time. The Munchkins were all little people. No kids. Many of the special effects were physical effects done using magic tricks devices by magicians. fireballs were real, smoke and trapdoors made the witch disappear. And no one had ever attempted make up effects like this before. Still regarded as state of the art by todays make up artists. For pre WWII audiences, this was like our grandparents Star Wars.
The munchkins were actually "little people," dwarves and midgets (sorry for the politically incorrect labels) for which MGM sent out a major casting call. Love your reactions. Beautiful young ladies, a joy to watch and listen to you. Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year to all of you and your families.
The way they did color video back then involved shooting it on three different reels of film at once. In front of each film was either a red, green, or blue color filter. The resulting films were then tinted according to the color filter that was used, then recomposited for theaters. To get it to work, it required specially made insanely bright lights that cost an astronomical electric bill. It wasn't practical, but it was the best technology available at the time. Believe it or not, this wasn't the first color film. The very first color film was a 1908 short film called "A Visit to the Seaside," and used an even more primitive method in which a rotating two-color filter was synced to the film to capture black and white frames that alternated between the two filters. In the theater, the film was projected through another red-green filter combo to yield a color picture.
Merry Christmas Homies! I'm glad that you've had the pleasure of reacting to a beloved American classic film that has entertained many children and adults for over 80 years! 🎄☃️💞
My brothers and I watched this every single year on television when it was shown. As a very little children we loved this show, but there were moments that were very scary ( at least for little kids ). Also, for kids, it helped to instill good values. Shirley Temple was supposed to play Dorothy but her studio would not release her, so they picked Judy Garland to replace her. Lots of people thought Judy was a little too old for the role, but it worked out in the end and this is an American Classic.
True. Judy was a bit old for the roll of a pre-teen girl, and they had to bind her breasts to help keep the illusion. (She was rather well endowed, even at sixteen years of age.) Another vehicle was created by 20th Century Fox for Shirley Temple called _The Blue Bird_ but it was not much of a success. It was seen as a cheap knock-off of _The Wizard of Oz,_ and although it had some great effects for the time it didn't have the charm or the quality writing.
The movie takes place during the 1930's in Kansas when over planting led to soil depletion and barren crops. The winds came, causing Sahara like conditions. Causing a great migration of people to California. John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath". Also a movie.
I loved Glinda and her costume so much that I have a magnet of her on my fridge with the quote, " Are you a good witch or a bad witch?" I used to own a pair of sparkley red shoes too.
This movie and so many of its phrases have become a part of American culture that we take it for granted. "And Toto too", "I guess we're not in Kansas anymore", "Some people without brains do an awful amount of talking", "Just click your heels together three times", "There's no place like home", "Someone drop a house on you", "I'm melting", "I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog too", "Horse of a different color", "People come and go so quickly here", "Don't look behind that curtain", "A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others", "Somewhere over the rainbow", "Lions, and tigers, and bears", and "You don't know how lucky you are not to have a heart. Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable". This entire movie is a national treasure. By the way, Judy Garland was only 16 when this was made
When the Wizard of Oz started being shown on television, Children wrote Mister Rogers telling that they were frightened and scared that there was actually an evil witch in the world. Fred Rogers bought Margaret Hamilton on his show, to demonstrate that the witch was actually a kind actress, and the story was make believe.
Originally the man who plays Scarecrow was asked to play Tinman but he refused saying he wouldn’t act in the movie if he wasn’t Scarecrow. The second man asked to be Tinman ( Buddy Ebsen, yes from Beverly Hillbillies) turned out to be allergic to the paint used. It’s how we ended up with Jack Haley the Tinman we all know and love. Bless him for putting up with such a stiff and heavy costume, paint on his face which bothered his eyes, and the chocolate syrup on his face to portray oil. In the book his story is a sad one that would break anyone’s heart. Poor thing. Lion is a true lion walking on all fours and according to the book freakin HUGE. (The book describes him as nearly as big as a full grown horse.) Scared of everything and feels so guilty for it because as a lion he is supposed to be a powerful courageous being and he isn’t. However he is also ready to place his life on the line for Dorothy. Basically the movie backstabbed such a wonderful and sweet, selfless character for jokes at his expense. I always found Lion annoying as a kid but it irritates me more ever since I read the book. I tend to skip over his King of the Forest song. The warble is a little irritating. To me. (I’m likely to be kicked hard for that…) But has anyone here read the book? Whatcha think? P.S. I own an old cd with the original soundtrack of this movie. Including the song that never made it to the movie.
The U.S. gets more tornadoes than any other country in the world, due to it's topography. They mostly occur in the central states known as "Tornado Alley", which includes Kansas, where Dorothy lives.
The horses used in this scene were different colors from having Jell-o powder rubbed onto them! It was necessary to use something safe to dye them. Of course the horses licked it off because it tasted good.
The story of the Tin woodsman from the Oz Books: Nick Chopper started out as a rather healthy and handsome human being. He was an Ozian born and raised in the eastern quadrant known as the Munchkin Country in Oz. Being a Munchkin, he was destined to become a great lumberjack woodsman. This was because when Nick was growing up his father was a skilled woodsman who chopped down trees for a living. Nick's father would sell the wood and lumber to the people in Oz to make houses, bridges, fences, and other establishments throughout the farming communities. So when Nick grew up he carried on the family tradition and became a woodsman as well. He made his own home deep in the Munchkin woods not too far off from Oz's Yellow Brick Road. He lived all alone on the side of the road in a little cottage with a bed of dried leaves. The Wicked Witch spies on a human Nick Chopper with his lover Nimmie Amee. After his parents died, Nick had no other family to turn to, so to stop his aching heart from the loneliness he was enduring after their deaths, he decided to find a mate to marry and to start a family of his own with. Soon Nick fell deeply in love with a beautiful Munchkin girl he had met by fate named Nimmie Amee. She was lovely and kind but worked as a full time maid and belonged to an old widowed woman who lived close by in the woods. But Nimmie Amee also had deep feelings for Nick, so Nick proposed to her confessing his true love. Nick Chopper then promised his significant other and future wife that he would build a nice sturdy house for her to escape to and live a happier life at, all he had to do was chop some trees down and start building. Now, This old woman who owned Nimmie Amee eavesdropped on the two lovers talking one day about their plans. Being old and alone, she did not want to lose her servant, so she secretly visited the Wicked Witch of the East. This Witch was the Wicked ruler of the Munchkin Country and had the people who inhabited the east tightly in her bondage. The old woman paid the Witch two sheep and a cow to prevent her servant from becoming a bride to elope with Nick Chopper in anyway possible. The Wicked Witch cast a dark spell and without him knowing it, she magically enchanted his axe to slip in his hands when he used it to swing. Instead of hitting the wood of the tree trunk, his axe strangely missed the spot her aimed at and over time chopped and hacked all of his body parts clean off one by one. After each accident, a nearby tinsmith named Ku-Klip who also lived in the Munchkin Country replaced the lost part that had been amputated with a new shiny tin one until eventually his entire body was made of tin, even his head. And his soul from his meat body, transferred to the tin one. But with his new form the Tin Woodman no longer had the desire to eat or drink, or even sleep. And his new tin body had no heart, so naturally he thought he could no longer love, and ultimately lost interest of pursuing a future with Nimmie Amee.
This was one of the first color movies and when it was released they said audiences were in awe of the bright beautiful colors of Oz. Also FYI .. copyright only extends for 70 years. Since they movie is so old it is not protected by the same copyright laws. Hence you can play the songs and show clips.
@@waynejones5635 And it will always be. Warner Brothers owns the MGM film library & will never allow any of it to fall into public domain...ever. That's like asking Disney to give up Mickey Mouse. It will NEVER happen.
Also, the first color film made by that color company, Technicolor, was "The Toll of the Sea" in 1922, with the process of 2 - Strip Technicolor. In 1932, the cartoon film, "Flowers and Trees" was released with 3 - Strip Technicolor, the process they used for the Wizard of Oz.
All copyrights expire eventually. At this time, they expire after 95 years, so every January 1st a new batch of books and movies becomes public domain forever. This will happen to “The Wizard of Oz” as well, and nothing can be done by whoever owns the rights to it to stop it.
The funny thing is. the terrier canine TOTO is one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood at this time. Making $125 per week. This was a lot since most people made around 5-7 dollars a week, back in 1939. The high pay came from the fact that MGM studio head Louis B. Mayer wanted this particular canine Terrier.
Wow. If your numbers are accurate, that's a HECK of a lot more! Using an inflation calculator, I find that, in today's dollars, these would be $2500 per week for the dog -- quite respectable -- but only $100 to $140 per week for the people. How the heck could someone survive on that kind of low pay?!?
@@lethaldose2000 But those would be the pre-inflation numbers, to be compared with, say, an income of $120/week x 52 weeks/year = $6240/year. Although I guess inflation has affected some items differently than others. Today that would be a $2 sandwich (cheap), $200 suit (cheap), $60k car (pricey), and $200k house (cheap).
@@bigdream_dreambig I don't know where you live but if you are correctly adjusting for inflation. A meal at burger king is $2 but Burger King uses wholesale purchasing to achieve those economies of scale. If you took a $7 meal at Chiplote or Panera Bread you'd get a true sense of inflation. A $10 or $20 dollar suit would cost $600 or $800 today. but that's a custom suit. Not a suit off the rack at Men's Warehouse made in Indonesia where the cost of labor is $2.50 a day. The cost of houses today are controlled by prefabrication and large-scale building of 100 house at a time in phase housing developments and associations. So all this must be taken into account.
@@bigdream_dreambig Yes, my grandma went to work in 1939 right out of high school in a town of about 5000 people so she would have been close to the bottom of the pay scale and she made $10/week.
I'm an old man and enjoyed seeing this film through young eyes!!! Please screen :"Gone With the Wind"(1939).….any Mae West films from the 1930s..."American Pop" tells the story of American music through the generations of a family..it is ROTOSCOPE ANIMATION!!! (1979) "Midnight Express"(1979) with Brad Davis is hardcore about an American in a middle east prison for drugs..."She"... 1930s RKO .. Randolph Scott...a adventure fantasy about traveling to a mysterious kingdom beyond the icy artic ruled by a cruel unaging woman:"She who must be obeyed"... The special effects are mind blowing... there's a colorized version that's quite good..early work of Ray Harryhausen.
1939 is considered a momentous and magical year in american film history. aside from this wonderful and charming film, 1939 also saw the release of... "gone with the wind," "mr. smith goes to washington," "young mr. lincoln," "of mice and men," "beau geste," "stagecoach, "gunga din," "destry rides again" and "wuthering heights." every one of these films is a bona fide classic. it was a very productive year in cinema history indeed. all of you are such a pleasure to watch. thanks for the video.
8:23 no matter what year it is, no matter the generation, where we are from, the reaction is literal magic on our faces when we see Dorothy walk into colour.
Growing up before the internet, we only got to watch this once a year - which my family did each year. 'The Wiz' is a remake of this (1978), starring Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow and Diana Ross as Dorothy. As always, thanks for your reactions.
The Technicolor process was almost experimental in 1939. It uses three strips of regular black and white film in the camera each behind different coloured filters. This required ferocious amounts of lights in the studio, making it really really hot for the actors in their costumes.
Here are the only alive cast of the movie wizard of oz Caren marsh doll as judy garland's(dorothy's voice actress)stand is 104 years old and alive And then few of the ten little girls that played munchkins are alive and i know three that are alive and two that passed away in 2022 and in 2023 but for the other five i don't know anyways The first one betty ann bruno born in 1931 and was only 8 and died in 2023 age 91 before having 92 years Then ken keamore born in 1931 and died in 2022 age 91 Then three that are alive are janet comerford born in 1931 age 92 Valerie lee shepard born in 1931 age 92 And lastly priscilla montgomery born in 1929 age 94
Imagine how many generations this has been a childhood movie for, and how amazing this must have been to film viewers in 1939, with the brilliant colors in it. 1939 was a big year for films, since 'Gone with the Wind' also came out in 1939 in color and it beat 'The Wizard of Oz' to the Best Picture Oscar. The Wizard of Oz won two Oscars, for Best Music and Best Original Song ('Somewhere Over the Rainbow').
This movie is my all time favorite! I remember the first time I saw it when I was about six years old and it has been a part of my life ever since. I've dressed up as Dorothy several times over the years and I lost count about how many times I've seen this movie after the first 100. The Wizard of Oz will always be a part of my life.
The Wizard of Oz was the Avatar of it's day; one of the first uses of technicolor in a feature length motion picture. It was the first blockbuster, where the line went all the way around the theater block. Audiences watched it, and then went and got back on line to watch it again. The soundtrack for the missing (and rather crudely cut) musical number (The Jitterbug) can be found online; along with home movies made of it's production. The actual footage is considered lost. In the story the Wicked Witch sends an insect to hamper the progress of our heroes; it's bite causes uncontrollable dancing.
As trippy as this still is now. Try to imagine never seeing all the films you've seen, never seeing any types of effects or color tv. Then imagine seeing this all at once.
Um, there were color films in 1939. Gone With the Wind was huge that year, remember. What was startling was not the color, but the TRANSITION to it in the door-opening scene. Which is funny, because the effect was achieved using the most obvious, prosaic effect possible - just paint the inside of the house in sepia tones! Nobody ever thinks of the obvious, though, so it stunned audiences who weren't expecting it.
There were other older movies made in color like the 1938 Adventures of Robin Hood, but it was still a new enough gimmick that everyone loved the transformation scene from sepia to color when in Oz.
Vicky, I love the way that you noted that they all already had what they wanted. Very sharp. I also agree with you about Peru. Machu Picchu is my dream vacation!
Fun fact: Frank Morgan played several characters in the movie: Professor Marvel, the gatekeeper at the Emerald City, the carriage driver of the Horse of a Different Color, the doorman at the Wizard's Palace and The Wizard of Oz.
What's most amazing to me is the fact that this was done in full color. At the same time, a television would cost about $7000 in today's USD and only came in black & white with about a 19" screen at best. It's insane how far ahead of its time this movie really was.
Well, it was a LONG time before it ever made its way to TV. Like 15 years or something. It was the first use of full color in a movie…ever. I can’t imagine what it was like going to the theater and seeing that for the first time. It probably made the experiences of seeing visually groundbreaking movies like 2001, Jurassic Park and Avatar pale in comparison.
The song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" has been voted in numerous polls over the years as the greatest movie song of all time. Hard to believe that it was _almost_ cut from the movie because they felt it slowed it down too much. Luckily they came to their senses and left it in!
I saw the Broadway play, "Wicked". It tells the back story of the wicked witch of the west. As wicked as she is in the movie, the play explains that she is misunderstood. It's a really amazing stage play to witness. I love, "Wicked" and I love, "Wizard of Oz". Especially when I show it to my nieces and nephews.
@Music _Wicked_ may have political overtones (the whole anti-Animals agenda pushed forward by Madame Morrible & Elphaba being mislabeled as a Wicked Witch when she was actually right all along about the Ozian elite's racism, xenophobia & other bigotry against oppressed groups, as a mirror reflection of real-life), feminism (but then, so did the original story, given the witches - both good AND wicked - being the only ones with legitimate power & Dorothy being the innocent protagonist), pro-LGBTQ+ relationships (both G[a]linda & Elphie are canonically BI, since Glinda would later enter into a boring arranged marriage with an utter dullard - lampooning how dame Billie Burke was married to MGM star Lawrence Zigfield in reality, although she was treated with great respect because of whom she was wed to - and titular green girl Elphaba would make love to literal diamond stud Winkie prince Fiyero to sire "Son of a Witch" Liir, however Elphie & G[a]linda would also love each other romantically, particularly during their younger college years at Shiz University) and the like, but there were reasons why these things were added to the inversion of the classic tale retold from the iconic villain's perspective, reconstructing her as a misunderstood wallflower "beautifully tragic" protagonist. The term "woke" didn't exist in 1995 when the book _Wicked: The Life & Times of The Wicked Witch of the West_ was written, nor 2003 when the Broadway musical debuted, so _Wicked_ is NOT "woke crap"!
It speaks to the power of this film that the switch to color still surprises people over 80 years later. And the tornado is definitely one of the best special effects in film history.
"This is your home now. Enjoy it." 🤣 You all have such great reactions!! "That's the horse of a different color" was a joke on an old American saying from back then. If in a discussion you brought up a contrary or unrelated point, one would say that to mean it is totally different. The horse changing color each time you see it was a good literal play on the saying; I for one always liked it. Also, "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" has become ingrained in our phrases as a blast at behind-the-scenes manipulation. This film is so iconic, and there is so much interesting history to its making. Glad you enjoyed it so much, this is another fun reaction!
The actress who played the Wicked Witch lived in the town next to mine and so it was a bit confusing when I was a child as we would see her in the stores and my mother knew her. Nice lady in real life.
As an American, it was amazing watching grown women who have never seen this. I loved your reaction and wish you could have played the great music. Having been in the music world, I know how heartless those bastards are. Nice job girls!
A couple years ago, I read the book to my second grade class. It was the first time I had read the book. Talk about differences. The biggest being how the Tin Man decapitated just about anything he encountered! The kiddos loved that.
there's a sequel called Return to Oz, it's one of the most haunting films you'll ever watch , also, there's a video on youtube by Film Theory, i think that poses that Glinda is actually the Wicked Witch
It's amazing that a film from 1939 can still make people laugh in all the right places, and feel the myriad of emotions in all the right places. I so enjoyed your reactions. It's such a timeless film, a work of art, and so pure in its presentation - I think that's why it still resonates today. Of course, the performances, music, sets, effects - all fantastic. Now check out "Meet Me In St. Louis" for more Garland, this time as a beautiful young woman. :)
Beautiful ladies. My momma is 92 and saw it when she was 9. Please keep being so childlike when too many are just childish. Big difference. Thanks again
This movie had cutting edge special effects. For 1939. As a native Kansan, whenever I go anywhere else outside of my home state. This is the movie people associate with Kansas. They may not know anything else about Kansas, But they know this movie.
Hey girls...Nice review, so heartfelt! The amazing backstory of "The Wizard of Oz" movie. - When the wardrobe department got the script, they said Professor Marvel (and The Wizard) required a long coat for the part. Every coat on MGM's lot didn't seem acceptable for the actor Frank Morgan's part, so they sent several assistants out to the thrift stores in the Los Angeles area to search for long coats. After returning with many coats, Mr. Morgan went through them and chose one tattered, old wool coat. He looked at the label, and it was marked with the previous owner's name. L. Frank Baum. They saw the manufacturer's name, as it was made by hand at a fine clothing shop in England, and contacted the shop, which was still in business, to search their records to verify the owner's having placed an order for this coat in the late 1800's. It was true! How it made it's way to Los Angeles is a mystery. And an even larger mystery was how it was selected by the actor who played The Wizard of Oz, from hunddreds of pieces of clothing on the MGM studio lot. After filming concluded, the MGM studio presented the coat to L. Frank Baum's family as a souvenir of the film. You see, the author of the original children's book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" from which this movie was based, was L. Frank Baum! - Buddy Ebsen (from The Beverly Hillbillies TV show) originally got the part of The Tin Man, but was allergic to the silver face paint, so he had to turn the part down. - The Ruby Slippers Dorothy wore are considered "The Holy Grail of Hollywood Collectibles" - "Today in 2001, Judy Garland's "Over The Rainbow" was voted Song Of The Century in a poll conducted by the Recording Industry Association of America, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Scholastic Inc. The song was written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and became Garland's signature song."* * www.thecurrent.org/feature/2021/03/02/today-in-music-history-over-the-rainbow-was-song-of-the-century
*i think this is and probably will be the most iconic "black/white to colour" films of all time* - *i recommend "the wiz" and "oz the great and powerful" too!!*
Girls, I recommend you to watch the movie "The Elephant Man" (1980) by David Lynch, with Anthony Hopkins. The story is real about Joseph Merrick. It's a tearful film.
I was looking forward to the girls singing so many of the songs like, "Follow the Yellow Brick Road.", "Wizard of Oz" and so many more. They didn't get that it's a musical and that singing along to musical parts, takes the experience to the next level.
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8:23 - I am literally tearing up watching all of you react to Dorothy opening the door and seeing the Land of Oz in color! It's got to be one of the greatest cinematic moments in history, right?
Same ❤ :)
Imagine the audience in 1939, used to black and white, who maybe never´ve seen a color movie. They must have been totally blown awy.
It was a beautiful moment, I completely agree.
@@UltraHD.7 And, with no such thing as spoilers back then, no one saw it coming!
Yeah!
THANK YOU for reviewing this movie!!, it was one I requested. Im 61 and this movie was shown once a year on television in the USA during the 1960's and 1970's, its one of the greatest movies ever made IMO. as a child I watched this every year to see the tornado!. facts....the tornado special effects was more expensive than anything else in the whole movie. the tornado was created on a huge sound stage using a airport weather sock thats used to determine wind direction. they filled it with dirt and used huge fans to create the tornado effect. UNBELIEVABLE special effects from 82 years ago before computers!. again THANKS for the review!, Love you all!.
Where i live they run this movie once a year in theaters. They even did a 3D one on the anniversary but i didn't know until after. Love this movie too. So many shows pay homage to it, plays, authors, it just touches every thing in one way or another.
They also showed it alot in the 1980s and 1990s where I live in so cal and another that they still show till this day is ben hur the one from the late 1950s I think it was made in 1959? that is another classic movie.
... and I used to cry from the moment Auntie Em appears in the crystal ball until the end of the movie. Every year. Didn't Danny Kaye used to introduce it?
I never saw the color part, but my parents told me it was in color. We only had a B&W TV set. (i'm 69)
@@michaelvincent8208 This is the same movie it starts in black and white then later comes in color.
The Munchkins were actually portrayed by 124 adult "little people", with 10 young girls among them.
Yep, and there's a mostly fictionalized account of all those little people being together at once called "Under the Rainbow" with Chevy Chase. It bombed but I'll always have a warm place in my heart for it.
@@JustWasted3HoursHere Princess Leia is in it. (Carrie Fisher)
Correct.😊
They also assaulted the actress that played as Dorthy Gale.
The ruby red slippers that Judy Garland wore in the film are now considered a national US treasure.
They were anonymously donated to the Smithsonian museum in 1979.
The attraction is so popular that the carpet on the walk way surrounding the shoes has to be constantly replaced due to visitors' wear and tear.
There were several pairs.
In the book, by L. Frank Baum, the slippers were silver.
Perhaps, this refers to the idea, of having a silver backed currency, as an alternative to a fiat currency? A warning, that slipped passed some, maybe?
The use of symbolism, by Baum, was a commentary on aspects of society, but he did want his stories to appeal to young minds, and give them the space for imagining the fantastic, as well.
It sits well, with both parents, and children, in tone.
To have families contemplate the
state and direction, of agriculture (Scarecrow), industrial mechanization (Tin Man), and the military (Lion), through the media of that time (1900), in such a form, is a astounding feat.
I highly recommend, people read the books; sublime works, that are more than infotainment. They are treasures.
Judy was and still is a national treasure.
@@BlueboyIvyandRubythedogs. I'm American too, but these girls aren't and probably don't know.
@@williamjordan5554 Yep. There was even a pair made of GENUINE rubies off the back of the film's timeless popularity.
margaret hamilton was fantastic as the witch. best evil laugh in movie history
It was sweet how Mr Rogers had her on to show the children she was actually such a kind person in real life.
I classify that witch noise as a legendary cackle. but hey I am not gonna disagree with you on "bet evil laugh in movie hoistory".
She's such a great protagonist and she actually has a reason to hate Dorthy. Since she flattened her sis with a house and all.
@@lethaldose2000 John Wick never had anything on Dorothy Gale for sheer killing power.
I loved seeing her play Morticia's mother in the Addams Family TV show.
@@lethaldose2000 That was hardly Dorothy's fault! She really had nothing to do with the twister picking the house up and dropping it on WWE. If she had had any say in it, she would have stayed in Kansas.
I suppose it could be argued that, as WWE's next of kin, the slippers were rightfully her's. But, she was going to use them to dominate Oz and persecute the citizens. So, Glinda was not wrong in intercepting the slippers and giving them to Dorothy.
One of the most timeless classic movies of all time the Wizard of Oz. There's no place like home.
Unfortunate to know what Judy Garland was dealing with at this time
@@theretrosavage I agree with you it makes me look at this movie in a different way rip Judy garland
@@theretrosavage Judy Garland and Bette White were the same age. They were both born in 1922.
@@nsasupporter7557 wtf is your point
"A heart is not judged by how much you love, but how much you are loved by others."
It sounds profound, but isn't it more correct the other way around?
Growing up in the 50s this was a must at Christmas Time. This never gets old I still watch it at 70.
The ruby slippers were silver in the book. They made them ruby in the movie to show off the new Technicolor technique.
I think that Smithsonian has those original Ruby Slippers on display
@@MrTech226 Several pair were made for the movie. The Smithsonian does have one of them.
@@katwithattitude5062 Thanks for the info
You're right. I read it in french when I was a little girl and in the books, they were silver.
And I read three kids books writted differently.
Also, they tried the silver slippers in the movie but saw they didn't stand out. Her socks wouldn't make them stand out too. I got a pair of the same type of sparkley slippers when I was a kid.
You girls just watched one of the most classic films in history. As a young boy in the sixties I would wait every year for this movie to come on TV. The witch and flying monkeys scared the hell out of me but I Love it. I'm wondering if any of the older ones here in the states remembers that Margaret Hamilton who played the wicked witch was Cora the Maxwell House lady on their TV commercials in the late sixties and maybe into the early seventies. She was always so comforting too me in those commercials. I always found it hard too believe that she was the wicked witch. In those commercials she was like your loving grandmother. Take care Homie Girls. 🎄🦌☮️✌️💕
Usually I envy them for being able to watch so many movies for the first time. Not in this case. I can't IMAGINE having grown up without this movie.
Simply the greatest movie ever made. 1939 and stands the test of time. To see the pure enjoyment on these young ladies' faces watching an 83 year old film warms my heart.
Best regards from Indiana, USA.
The song, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is such a timeless and iconic song. Kids and Adults for generations have grown up knowing it has an amazing gift of making the world feel so much more simple. To think that the MGM studio executives almost cut the song out of the movie because they thought it was too long. It went on to win the Academy Award for best song.
Hey! I recognize you from Popcorn in Bed. Good seeing you here!
I was disappointed they didn't include that number in this reaction. I love that song.
@@B-a-t-m-a-n They couldn't. It would have been a guaranteed copyright strike.
@Batman I agree. I looked forward to "Follow the Yellow Brick Road.", "Wizard of Oz" and so many more. They didn't get that it's a musical and that singing along to musical parts, takes the experience to the next level.
@@tarmaque You can play 10 seconds of the song and then muffle it to avoid the copyright strike. But the grls never reacted to it so the editor didn't include that part in the YT release. The editor mainly uses whatever they react to since there is so much footage to cut.
Frank Morgan is an unbelievable actor in this movie. He brilliantly played the roles of Professor Marvel, the Doorman, the Cabbie, the Guard and the Wizard. When Professor Marvel was reading his crystal ball, he wasn't trying to dupe or con Dorothy. Since he knew she was running away, he made up a story to convince her to go back home.
I always thought of Professor Marvel as the antithesis to Miss Gulch.
Gulch hit Toto for getting in her garden. Professor Marvel just chuckled when Toto stole his hot dog, and said he was welcome to it.
Gulch prompted Dorothy to run away. Professor Marvel talked her into going home.
Gulch showed up at the farm to take Toto and get Dorothy in trouble with Auntie Em and Uncle Henry. Professor Marvel showed up at the farm to make sure that Dorothy was okay after the storm.
@@Ælfgifu-1 Sad part, I don't think he ever got a chance to see the movie.
@@haveanicedave1551 And, he never knew how it immortalized him.
Remind you that this classic movie will be 83 years old. Effects artists used practical techniques and innovating techniques in filmmaking such as Technicolor.
And this movie still has the scariest and most realistic looking tornado of any film.
@@porflepopnecker4376 I'm in Kentucky where we're cleaning up the mess from the Dec 10 tornado and I agree with you (I watch a lot of actual tornado video). The speed of the debris flying by her on set, the way the set itself disintegrates around her, and the realistic animation of the twister itself, still pack a punch.
Honestly it’s still one of the nicest closing moments in film history, how the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion were all people in her real life. It’s so sweet.
Thanks for reacting to this golden oldie! These classics have such a beautiful, timeless, endearing charm about them, harkening back to a more innocent time, that even though by 1939 the greatest conflict in human history was just around the corner, the escapism of a dream world must have been beautiful to behold.
I hope you can do more classic films in the future from around this same time, and others in the 40’s and 50’s.
I don’t know how much you’d take to it, but if you don’t mind some pretty creepy vibes, the sort-of sequel Return to Oz is actually really good fun to watch, and I think it’s underrated!
_Return to OZ_ was not a true sequel, because Faruzia Balk was clearly younger than Judy Garland as Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion was actually a CGI lion (more in line with the source material fairytale written by L. Frank Baum, actually) rather than an neurotic actor wearing genuine lion's skins & having rubber latex prosthetics glued to his face, the MGM film was wrapped around the idea that OZ was all a dream from a bump to the head during the twister knocking Dorothy unconscious & yet the events of the source material fairytale and a lot of the adaptations (including _Return to OZ_ curiously enough) treated the trip "over the rainbow" as legitimate (since the start of _Return to OZ_ actively shows Uncle Henry & Aunt Em putting the finishing touches on a new house after their original house was destroyed by the cyclone and the 2nd female "patient" at the psychiatric ward whom Dorothy had befriended turned out to truly be the definitive heiress of OZ, forever young Princess OZma, who promised she would show up in Dorothy's mirror from time to time [think parallels to "The Looking Glass" from Lewis Carroll's similar _Alice in Wonderland_ children's story] to check up on her friend should Dorothy ever wish to come back to OZ again, which Dorothy - with terrier Toto and her initially skeptic Aunt Em & Uncle Henry in tow - finally does permanently in one of the later original OZ books, with Princess OZma effectively allowing Dorothy to serve alongside her as a regent of The Emerald City) rather than just Dorothy's hyperactive imagination.
This film is based on a children's book by L Frank Baum; the first of 14 books in a series about Oz. In the books, Dorothy wasn't dreaming: Oz was a real place that she really travelled to via the tornado. In the later books, she moves there permanently and even brings her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry to live there with her. The books are full of amazing characters and clever social and political satire that grownups could enjoy while reading the books aloud to their children. The books are all great, and highly recommended. Thanks for the reaction!
If you remember in The Avengers, they were talking about flying monkeys, and Captain America says “I understood that reference”, because he saw the movie three years before he joined the army.
Keep in mind this movie was made in 1939. It was one of the first major uses of Technicolor in a motion picture. The transition from black and white to color wowed audiences. No one had ever seen anything like this movie before with brilliant color and incredible special effects at the time. The Munchkins were all little people. No kids. Many of the special effects were physical effects done using magic tricks devices by magicians. fireballs were real, smoke and trapdoors made the witch disappear. And no one had ever attempted make up effects like this before. Still regarded as state of the art by todays make up artists. For pre WWII audiences, this was like our grandparents Star Wars.
Judy Garland's voice is absolutely ICONIC!! 😍🥰💘💘💘💘😊
Still one of the best of all time
The munchkins were actually "little people," dwarves and midgets (sorry for the politically incorrect labels) for which MGM sent out a major casting call. Love your reactions. Beautiful young ladies, a joy to watch and listen to you. Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year to all of you and your families.
Speaking of Politically Incorrect: th-cam.com/video/UJnzY4nn57o/w-d-xo.html
Some of the same actors also played flying monkeys.
Not all, they did use children too.
While not a good movie, Under The Rainbow (1981) is very loosely based on the little people staying at a hotel during the filming of the Wizard of Oz
Many of the little people were underpaid actors from other countries, some spoke English but many didn’t.
"Only bad witches are ugly." "Are you a good witch or a bad witch."
The way they did color video back then involved shooting it on three different reels of film at once. In front of each film was either a red, green, or blue color filter. The resulting films were then tinted according to the color filter that was used, then recomposited for theaters. To get it to work, it required specially made insanely bright lights that cost an astronomical electric bill. It wasn't practical, but it was the best technology available at the time.
Believe it or not, this wasn't the first color film. The very first color film was a 1908 short film called "A Visit to the Seaside," and used an even more primitive method in which a rotating two-color filter was synced to the film to capture black and white frames that alternated between the two filters. In the theater, the film was projected through another red-green filter combo to yield a color picture.
Merry Christmas Homies! I'm glad that you've had the pleasure of reacting to a beloved American classic film that has entertained many children and adults for over 80 years! 🎄☃️💞
My brothers and I watched this every single year on television when it was shown. As a very little children we loved this show, but there were moments that were very scary ( at least for little kids ). Also, for kids, it helped to instill good values. Shirley Temple was supposed to play Dorothy but her studio would not release her, so they picked Judy Garland to replace her. Lots of people thought Judy was a little too old for the role, but it worked out in the end and this is an American Classic.
True. Judy was a bit old for the roll of a pre-teen girl, and they had to bind her breasts to help keep the illusion. (She was rather well endowed, even at sixteen years of age.) Another vehicle was created by 20th Century Fox for Shirley Temple called _The Blue Bird_ but it was not much of a success. It was seen as a cheap knock-off of _The Wizard of Oz,_ and although it had some great effects for the time it didn't have the charm or the quality writing.
They originally wanted W.C. Fields to play the wizard/Professor Marvel, but he was unavailable and suggested Frank Morgan.
It's not a coincidence that Dorthy lives on a farm. Until the 1920s at least 50% of all Americans lived on a farm. Today it's less than 2%.
The part Dorthy doesn't mention as what she learned from her dream: "but first, I need to kill that witch that wants to destroy Toto!"
Michelle saying "I want to go to Bali..." That was a well-timed laugh!
The movie takes place during the 1930's in Kansas when over planting led to soil depletion and barren crops. The winds came, causing Sahara like conditions. Causing a great migration of people to California. John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath". Also a movie.
I loved Glinda and her costume so much that I have a magnet of her on my fridge with the quote, " Are you a good witch or a bad witch?" I used to own a pair of sparkley red shoes too.
An American classic! Brings back childhood memories. Brought the the little girl out to these lovely ladies. Genuine reaction 👍👍
This movie and so many of its phrases have become a part of American culture that we take it for granted. "And Toto too", "I guess we're not in Kansas anymore", "Some people without brains do an awful amount of talking", "Just click your heels together three times", "There's no place like home", "Someone drop a house on you", "I'm melting", "I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog too", "Horse of a different color", "People come and go so quickly here", "Don't look behind that curtain", "A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others", "Somewhere over the rainbow", "Lions, and tigers, and bears", and "You don't know how lucky you are not to have a heart. Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable". This entire movie is a national treasure. By the way, Judy Garland was only 16 when this was made
The actress playing Mrs. Gulch/Wicked Witch was actually, by all accounts, one of the sweetest people you would ever meet lol.
The director of the Chorale that I sing in worked with her once. He refers to her as Maggie, and says that she was extremely nice!
When the Wizard of Oz started being shown on television, Children wrote Mister Rogers telling that they were frightened and scared that there was actually an evil witch in the world. Fred Rogers bought Margaret Hamilton on his show, to demonstrate that the witch was actually a kind actress, and the story was make believe.
I’m so glad y’all watched this! I’m 47 years old and the flying monkeys still scare me 😳 lol
Originally the man who plays Scarecrow was asked to play Tinman but he refused saying he wouldn’t act in the movie if he wasn’t Scarecrow.
The second man asked to be Tinman ( Buddy Ebsen, yes from Beverly Hillbillies) turned out to be allergic to the paint used. It’s how we ended up with Jack Haley the Tinman we all know and love.
Bless him for putting up with such a stiff and heavy costume, paint on his face which bothered his eyes, and the chocolate syrup on his face to portray oil.
In the book his story is a sad one that would break anyone’s heart. Poor thing.
Lion is a true lion walking on all fours and according to the book freakin HUGE. (The book describes him as nearly as big as a full grown horse.) Scared of everything and feels so guilty for it because as a lion he is supposed to be a powerful courageous being and he isn’t. However he is also ready to place his life on the line for Dorothy.
Basically the movie backstabbed such a wonderful and sweet, selfless character for jokes at his expense. I always found Lion annoying as a kid but it irritates me more ever since I read the book.
I tend to skip over his King of the Forest song. The warble is a little irritating. To me.
(I’m likely to be kicked hard for that…)
But has anyone here read the book? Whatcha think?
P.S. I own an old cd with the original soundtrack of this movie. Including the song that never made it to the movie.
Harold Arlen/Herbert Stothart with lyrics by Edgar "Yip" Harburg.
The U.S. gets more tornadoes than any other country in the world, due to it's topography. They mostly occur in the central states known as "Tornado Alley", which includes Kansas, where Dorothy lives.
"a horse of a different color" is a popular phrase. So the literal horse of different colors is a pun
The horses used in this scene were different colors from having Jell-o powder rubbed onto them! It was necessary to use something safe to dye them. Of course the horses licked it off because it tasted good.
The story of the Tin woodsman from the Oz Books:
Nick Chopper started out as a rather healthy and handsome human being. He was an Ozian born and raised in the eastern quadrant known as the Munchkin Country in Oz. Being a Munchkin, he was destined to become a great lumberjack woodsman. This was because when Nick was growing up his father was a skilled woodsman who chopped down trees for a living. Nick's father would sell the wood and lumber to the people in Oz to make houses, bridges, fences, and other establishments throughout the farming communities. So when Nick grew up he carried on the family tradition and became a woodsman as well. He made his own home deep in the Munchkin woods not too far off from Oz's Yellow Brick Road. He lived all alone on the side of the road in a little cottage with a bed of dried leaves.
The Wicked Witch spies on a human Nick Chopper with his lover Nimmie Amee.
After his parents died, Nick had no other family to turn to, so to stop his aching heart from the loneliness he was enduring after their deaths, he decided to find a mate to marry and to start a family of his own with. Soon Nick fell deeply in love with a beautiful Munchkin girl he had met by fate named Nimmie Amee. She was lovely and kind but worked as a full time maid and belonged to an old widowed woman who lived close by in the woods. But Nimmie Amee also had deep feelings for Nick, so Nick proposed to her confessing his true love. Nick Chopper then promised his significant other and future wife that he would build a nice sturdy house for her to escape to and live a happier life at, all he had to do was chop some trees down and start building. Now, This old woman who owned Nimmie Amee eavesdropped on the two lovers talking one day about their plans. Being old and alone, she did not want to lose her servant, so she secretly visited the Wicked Witch of the East. This Witch was the Wicked ruler of the Munchkin Country and had the people who inhabited the east tightly in her bondage. The old woman paid the Witch two sheep and a cow to prevent her servant from becoming a bride to elope with Nick Chopper in anyway possible. The Wicked Witch cast a dark spell and without him knowing it, she magically enchanted his axe to slip in his hands when he used it to swing. Instead of hitting the wood of the tree trunk, his axe strangely missed the spot her aimed at and over time chopped and hacked all of his body parts clean off one by one. After each accident, a nearby tinsmith named Ku-Klip who also lived in the Munchkin Country replaced the lost part that had been amputated with a new shiny tin one until eventually his entire body was made of tin, even his head. And his soul from his meat body, transferred to the tin one. But with his new form the Tin Woodman no longer had the desire to eat or drink, or even sleep. And his new tin body had no heart, so naturally he thought he could no longer love, and ultimately lost interest of pursuing a future with Nimmie Amee.
Super sad 😢
Only 9 kids played a Munchkins in the movie. The vast majority, 113, were adults.
This was one of the first color movies and when it was released they said audiences were in awe of the bright beautiful colors of Oz.
Also FYI .. copyright only extends for 70 years. Since they movie is so old it is not protected by the same copyright laws. Hence you can play the songs and show clips.
Wrong. Its copyright was renewed, so it will remain copyrighted for a 95-year term, entering the public domain in 2035.
Cheers
I stand corrected. The copyright was extended.
@@waynejones5635 And it will always be. Warner Brothers owns the MGM film library & will never allow any of it to fall into public domain...ever. That's like asking Disney to give up Mickey Mouse. It will NEVER happen.
Also, the first color film made by that color company, Technicolor, was "The Toll of the Sea" in 1922, with the process of 2 - Strip Technicolor. In 1932, the cartoon film, "Flowers and Trees" was released with 3 - Strip Technicolor, the process they used for the Wizard of Oz.
All copyrights expire eventually. At this time, they expire after 95 years, so every January 1st a new batch of books and movies becomes public domain forever. This will happen to “The Wizard of Oz” as well, and nothing can be done by whoever owns the rights to it to stop it.
The funny thing is. the terrier canine TOTO is one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood at this time. Making $125 per week. This was a lot since most people made around 5-7 dollars a week, back in 1939. The high pay came from the fact that MGM studio head Louis B. Mayer wanted this particular canine Terrier.
Wow. If your numbers are accurate, that's a HECK of a lot more! Using an inflation calculator, I find that, in today's dollars, these would be $2500 per week for the dog -- quite respectable -- but only $100 to $140 per week for the people. How the heck could someone survive on that kind of low pay?!?
@@bigdream_dreambig a sandwich cost like 10 cents, a suit cost $10, a car cost $3000, and a house cost $10K. So it was a different time for sure.
@@lethaldose2000 But those would be the pre-inflation numbers, to be compared with, say, an income of $120/week x 52 weeks/year = $6240/year. Although I guess inflation has affected some items differently than others. Today that would be a $2 sandwich (cheap), $200 suit (cheap), $60k car (pricey), and $200k house (cheap).
@@bigdream_dreambig I don't know where you live but if you are correctly adjusting for inflation. A meal at burger king is $2 but Burger King uses wholesale purchasing to achieve those economies of scale. If you took a $7 meal at Chiplote or Panera Bread you'd get a true sense of inflation. A $10 or $20 dollar suit would cost $600 or $800 today. but that's a custom suit. Not a suit off the rack at Men's Warehouse made in Indonesia where the cost of labor is $2.50 a day. The cost of houses today are controlled by prefabrication and large-scale building of 100 house at a time in phase housing developments and associations. So all this must be taken into account.
@@bigdream_dreambig Yes, my grandma went to work in 1939 right out of high school in a town of about 5000 people so she would have been close to the bottom of the pay scale and she made $10/week.
I'm an old man and enjoyed seeing this film through young eyes!!! Please screen :"Gone With the Wind"(1939).….any Mae West films from the 1930s..."American Pop" tells the story of American music through the generations of a family..it is ROTOSCOPE ANIMATION!!! (1979) "Midnight Express"(1979) with Brad Davis is hardcore about an American in a middle east prison for drugs..."She"... 1930s RKO .. Randolph Scott...a adventure fantasy about traveling to a mysterious kingdom beyond the icy artic ruled by a cruel unaging woman:"She who must be obeyed"... The special effects are mind blowing... there's a colorized version that's quite good..early work of Ray Harryhausen.
1939 is considered a momentous and magical year in american film history. aside from this wonderful and charming film, 1939 also saw the release of... "gone with the wind," "mr. smith goes to washington," "young mr. lincoln," "of mice and men," "beau geste," "stagecoach, "gunga din," "destry rides again" and "wuthering heights." every one of these films is a bona fide classic. it was a very productive year in cinema history indeed.
all of you are such a pleasure to watch. thanks for the video.
8:23 no matter what year it is, no matter the generation, where we are from, the reaction is literal magic on our faces when we see Dorothy walk into colour.
Growing up before the internet, we only got to watch this once a year - which my family did each year.
'The Wiz' is a remake of this (1978), starring Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow and Diana Ross as Dorothy.
As always, thanks for your reactions.
And 'The Wiz' was a terrible movie, which is why you don't hear anything about it nowadays, yet The Wizard of Oz is still a popular an iconic movie.
Diana Ross, the 33 year old little girl
"The Wiz" isn't a remake. It's actually a film adaptation of a broadway musical that is a "re-imagining" of "The Wizard of Oz"
@Music Yes, that's what I said
Not quite. Remember there were at least two decades where you could actually own a copy BEFORE the internet.
6:25 The tornado was actually made with a woman's stocking. Haha
The Technicolor process was almost experimental in 1939. It uses three strips of regular black and white film in the camera each behind different coloured filters. This required ferocious amounts of lights in the studio, making it really really hot for the actors in their costumes.
Here are the only alive cast of the movie wizard of oz
Caren marsh doll as judy garland's(dorothy's voice actress)stand is 104 years old and alive
And then few of the ten little girls that played munchkins are alive and i know three that are alive and two that passed away in 2022 and in 2023 but for the other five i don't know anyways
The first one betty ann bruno born in 1931 and was only 8 and died in 2023 age 91 before having 92 years
Then ken keamore born in 1931 and died in 2022 age 91
Then three that are alive are janet comerford born in 1931 age 92
Valerie lee shepard born in 1931 age 92
And lastly priscilla montgomery born in 1929 age 94
Imagine how many generations this has been a childhood movie for, and how amazing this must have been to film viewers in 1939, with the brilliant colors in it. 1939 was a big year for films, since 'Gone with the Wind' also came out in 1939 in color and it beat 'The Wizard of Oz' to the Best Picture Oscar. The Wizard of Oz won two Oscars, for Best Music and Best Original Song ('Somewhere Over the Rainbow').
This movie is my all time favorite! I remember the first time I saw it when I was about six years old and it has been a part of my life ever since. I've dressed up as Dorothy several times over the years and I lost count about how many times I've seen this movie after the first 100. The Wizard of Oz will always be a part of my life.
Scarecrow, tin man and lion are the same guys on the farm in the first scene
22:50 I love when Ellie says Oiiii ❤️❤️❤️
Your reaction to the color reveal is fantastic. One of the greatest moments in film history.
This movie never gets old. A true iconic masterpiece.
The Wizard of Oz was the Avatar of it's day; one of the first uses of technicolor in a feature length motion picture. It was the first blockbuster, where the line went all the way around the theater block. Audiences watched it, and then went and got back on line to watch it again. The soundtrack for the missing (and rather crudely cut) musical number (The Jitterbug) can be found online; along with home movies made of it's production. The actual footage is considered lost. In the story the Wicked Witch sends an insect to hamper the progress of our heroes; it's bite causes uncontrollable dancing.
They are all real Munchkins on The Wizard of Oz.
As trippy as this still is now. Try to imagine never seeing all the films you've seen, never seeing any types of effects or color tv. Then imagine seeing this all at once.
Um, there were color films in 1939. Gone With the Wind was huge that year, remember. What was startling was not the color, but the TRANSITION to it in the door-opening scene. Which is funny, because the effect was achieved using the most obvious, prosaic effect possible - just paint the inside of the house in sepia tones! Nobody ever thinks of the obvious, though, so it stunned audiences who weren't expecting it.
There were other older movies made in color like the 1938 Adventures of Robin Hood, but it was still a new enough gimmick that everyone loved the transformation scene from sepia to color when in Oz.
The word "extravaganza" comes to mind
Vicky, I love the way that you noted that they all already had what they wanted. Very sharp. I also agree with you about Peru. Machu Picchu is my dream vacation!
Fun fact: Frank Morgan played several characters in the movie: Professor Marvel, the gatekeeper at the Emerald City, the carriage driver of the Horse of a Different Color, the doorman at the Wizard's Palace and The Wizard of Oz.
What's most amazing to me is the fact that this was done in full color. At the same time, a television would cost about $7000 in today's USD and only came in black & white with about a 19" screen at best. It's insane how far ahead of its time this movie really was.
Well, it was a LONG time before it ever made its way to TV. Like 15 years or something. It was the first use of full color in a movie…ever. I can’t imagine what it was like going to the theater and seeing that for the first time. It probably made the experiences of seeing visually groundbreaking movies like 2001, Jurassic Park and Avatar pale in comparison.
There were other color movies out at the time, and even before. For movie theaters, of course.
This was NOT the first full-color feature-length film. “Becky Sharp” was made in 1935, four years earlier.
The song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" has been voted in numerous polls over the years as the greatest movie song of all time. Hard to believe that it was _almost_ cut from the movie because they felt it slowed it down too much. Luckily they came to their senses and left it in!
I saw the Broadway play, "Wicked". It tells the back story of the wicked witch of the west. As wicked as she is in the movie, the play explains that she is misunderstood. It's a really amazing stage play to witness. I love, "Wicked" and I love, "Wizard of Oz". Especially when I show it to my nieces and nephews.
@Music _Wicked_ may have political overtones (the whole anti-Animals agenda pushed forward by Madame Morrible & Elphaba being mislabeled as a Wicked Witch when she was actually right all along about the Ozian elite's racism, xenophobia & other bigotry against oppressed groups, as a mirror reflection of real-life), feminism (but then, so did the original story, given the witches - both good AND wicked - being the only ones with legitimate power & Dorothy being the innocent protagonist), pro-LGBTQ+ relationships (both G[a]linda & Elphie are canonically BI, since Glinda would later enter into a boring arranged marriage with an utter dullard - lampooning how dame Billie Burke was married to MGM star Lawrence Zigfield in reality, although she was treated with great respect because of whom she was wed to - and titular green girl Elphaba would make love to literal diamond stud Winkie prince Fiyero to sire "Son of a Witch" Liir, however Elphie & G[a]linda would also love each other romantically, particularly during their younger college years at Shiz University) and the like, but there were reasons why these things were added to the inversion of the classic tale retold from the iconic villain's perspective, reconstructing her as a misunderstood wallflower "beautifully tragic" protagonist.
The term "woke" didn't exist in 1995 when the book _Wicked: The Life & Times of The Wicked Witch of the West_ was written, nor 2003 when the Broadway musical debuted, so _Wicked_ is NOT "woke crap"!
One of my favorite classic movies. The Wizard Of Oz is a true timeless treasure.
Judy Garland who plays Dorthey is the mother of Actress, singer, dancer and choreographer Liza Minnelli
(1939)That's 6 Years Before My Grandma was born 😮
It speaks to the power of this film that the switch to color still surprises people over 80 years later. And the tornado is definitely one of the best special effects in film history.
Dorothy to Scarecrow: "I think I'll miss you most of all".
Tinman & Lion: "What the hell, man?"
'Now I know I've got a heart, 'cause it's breaking.' That line gets me every time.
In barely 17 years this movie will be 100 years old, that's very hard to imagine, it'll still hold up
Dorothy keeps killing people "I didn't mean to kill her, it was an accident." LoL. I am from Kansas City! Go Chiefs!
FUN-FACT - The snowflakes they used in the poppy field scene was asbestos, crazy, they had no idea of the dangers of asbestos in 1939
The snow is asbestos.
Good thing the witch never flew on a rainy day.
"This is your home now. Enjoy it." 🤣 You all have such great reactions!!
"That's the horse of a different color" was a joke on an old American saying from back then. If in a discussion you brought up a contrary or unrelated point, one would say that to mean it is totally different. The horse changing color each time you see it was a good literal play on the saying; I for one always liked it. Also, "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" has become ingrained in our phrases as a blast at behind-the-scenes manipulation. This film is so iconic, and there is so much interesting history to its making. Glad you enjoyed it so much, this is another fun reaction!
The actress who played the Wicked Witch lived in the town next to mine and so it was a bit confusing when I was a child as we would see her in the stores and my mother knew her. Nice lady in real life.
The Oz doorman, horse carriage rider, the soldier at the main door, and professor marble, and of course the wizard are all played by the same actor .
Yall needs to watch another Judy Garland movie called Meet me in St Louis it's a masterpiece
I never heard of it before..
As an American, it was amazing watching grown women who have never seen this. I loved your reaction and wish you could have played the great music. Having been in the music world, I know how heartless those bastards are. Nice job girls!
27:45 - Trolling...😆
Another Classico like: " It's a Wonderful Life".
Same crow, want to high five the crow.
Jesus christ id kill myself if i had to hear any one of those voices every day
You just witnessed one of the most classic movies ever made
"I want to go to Bali!" 😆
A couple years ago, I read the book to my second grade class. It was the first time I had read the book. Talk about differences. The biggest being how the Tin Man decapitated just about anything he encountered! The kiddos loved that.
there's a sequel called Return to Oz, it's one of the most haunting films you'll ever watch , also, there's a video on youtube by Film Theory, i think that poses that Glinda is actually the Wicked Witch
Return to Oz is only a pseudo sequel, since it was made by Disney, not MGM.
It's amazing that a film from 1939 can still make people laugh in all the right places, and feel the myriad of emotions in all the right places. I so enjoyed your reactions. It's such a timeless film, a work of art, and so pure in its presentation - I think that's why it still resonates today. Of course, the performances, music, sets, effects - all fantastic. Now check out "Meet Me In St. Louis" for more Garland, this time as a beautiful young woman. :)
Beautiful ladies. My momma is 92 and saw it when she was 9. Please keep being so childlike when too many are just childish. Big difference. Thanks again
3:55 what is that laugh all about 😂😂😂😂
Y’all should watch “Twister” with Bill Paxton.
You want to see what tornados do, that’s a good movie.
This used to be shown once a year on a major TV network in America. It's an all time classic. Movies don't get more classic than this one.
This movie had cutting edge special effects. For 1939. As a native Kansan, whenever I go anywhere else outside of my home state. This is the movie people associate with Kansas. They may not know anything else about Kansas, But they know this movie.
Hey girls...Nice review, so heartfelt!
The amazing backstory of "The Wizard of Oz" movie.
- When the wardrobe department got the script, they said Professor Marvel (and The Wizard) required a long coat for the part. Every coat on MGM's lot didn't seem acceptable for the actor Frank Morgan's part, so they sent several assistants out to the thrift stores in the Los Angeles area to search for long coats. After returning with many coats, Mr. Morgan went through them and chose one tattered, old wool coat. He looked at the label, and it was marked with the previous owner's name.
L. Frank Baum. They saw the manufacturer's name, as it was made by hand at a fine clothing shop in England, and contacted the shop, which was still in business, to search their records to verify the owner's having placed an order for this coat in the late 1800's. It was true! How it made it's way to Los Angeles is a mystery. And an even larger mystery was how it was selected by the actor who played The Wizard of Oz, from hunddreds of pieces of clothing on the MGM studio lot.
After filming concluded, the MGM studio presented the coat to L. Frank Baum's family as a souvenir of the film. You see, the author of the original children's book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" from which this movie was based, was L. Frank Baum!
- Buddy Ebsen (from The Beverly Hillbillies TV show) originally got the part of The Tin Man, but was allergic to the silver face paint, so he had to turn the part down.
- The Ruby Slippers Dorothy wore are considered "The Holy Grail of Hollywood Collectibles"
- "Today in 2001, Judy Garland's "Over The Rainbow" was voted Song Of The Century in a poll conducted by the Recording Industry Association of America, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Scholastic Inc. The song was written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and became Garland's signature song."*
* www.thecurrent.org/feature/2021/03/02/today-in-music-history-over-the-rainbow-was-song-of-the-century
*i think this is and probably will be the most iconic "black/white to colour" films of all time* - *i recommend "the wiz" and "oz the great and powerful" too!!*
Also, the two forthcoming film adaptations of _Wicked_ (based on the 1995 novel & 2003 Broadway musical).
Got the privilege to watch this movie as a child..cause watching it as an adult just wasn’t the same..
You're not in Bulgaria any more Homies. Welcome to Oz where all dreams are possible.
Great Reaction Ladies To One Of My All Time Favorite Movie's
Girls, I recommend you to watch the movie "The Elephant Man" (1980) by David Lynch, with Anthony Hopkins. The story is real about Joseph Merrick. It's a tearful film.
watching the four of you SMILE through the whole movie…so magical. This movie is a gift.
I was looking forward to the girls singing so many of the songs like, "Follow the Yellow Brick Road.", "Wizard of Oz" and so many more. They didn't get that it's a musical and that singing along to musical parts, takes the experience to the next level.