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You too are very preceptive in recognizing that the Scarecrow, Tinman, and the Lion already had the qualities they wanted. Your grasp of home is good too!
I am quite surprised that they didn't recognize the 3 as the farmhands. Especially when Dorothy said "I feel that I know you". I think the movie made it pretty obvious that the 3 already had the qualities they were seeking from Oz. Especially the Scarecrow. I got it as a little kid.
In the book version Baum makes it very obvious that scarecrow is already a smart guy there’s a couple things that they didn’t put in the film that illustrated it so obviously.
This wasn’t the first color film but it was one of the first. Imagine being an audience in 1939 and seeing these images for the first time. A movie so amazing, it would be played for a hundred (if not hundreds of) year(s)…
@@Worrell057 Before Gone With the Wind there was The Adventures of Robinhood (1938). Before that.... Actually Technicolor became commercially feasible in the early 30s. Experiments with color in film goes back to the turn of the last century.
every time you hear someone say something like "we're not in kansas anymore" is a reference to this movie. "the wizard of oz" and "2001.." are probably the 2 most referenced films in other films in history. as for color, back in the silent era (before 1930) they would tint certain scenes (blue tint for night scenes and yellow for day) and even color, by hand, frame by frame some parts of some films. when "technicolor" came around it was a VERY expensive process. it used a 3 film process where red, blue and yellow tinted film stock ran through the camera simultaneously. all 3 film strips were combined in post-production to create color. the cameras were HUGE, bulky and noisy. over time the cameras became smaller and more maneuverable but it remained an expensive and time consuming process. in the 50s color films and wide-screen became more common as theaters tried to compete with small, b&w tv screens. in the 60s color movies eventually became the standard using a variety of different techniques. thanks for the video.
My Mom is from Kansas. We always teased her saying that color wasn't invented in Kansas in 1939. I remember seeing this movie on TV around the holidays. That was the 1970's. I can smell my Grandma's spaghetti sauce cooking, the smell of garlic in the air ❤ Thank you so much for the memories!
My brother's family lived in Leavenworth (not the prison, the town). Whenever they crossed the bridge into Missouri, they would say the line (I don't think...).
I'm so happy you're watching this you have no idea. They would only show this once a year when I was a child. There was no videotapes. So you had to wait a whole year so you can watch it on TV. Virtual hug in advance.
This was my favorite movie _ever_ as a child. One holiday season our house was full of people and my mom was like “Oh, The Wizard of OZ is coming on.” I perked right up “IT IS??!?!” B/c like you said, we couldn’t just pop in a VHS or a disc and watch it any time we wanted. It was like she magically called it up outta nowhere.❤❤❤
I saw the first TV showing of this classic as a kid in the 1960s, on a black-and-white TV. It wasn’t until many years later that I got to see it on a color TV. The scene of the flying monkeys was terrifying, and the castle was marvelously spooky. Judy Garland (Dorothy) was one of the most famous pop singers of the 20th century, playing in many musicals, on TV, and in concert. Frank Morgan, one of the great character actors of the 1930s, played 5 parts (Prof. Marvel, the wizard, the city gatekeeper, the coachman, and the palace doorkeeper. Bert Lahr (Lion) was a Vaudeville headliner and played the American premiere of Waiting for Godot on Broadway in the 1950s. Ray Bolger (Scarecrow) and Jack Haley (Tinman) were popular song-and-dance men in 1930s Hollywood. Margaret Hamilton (Witch) found a new round of fame after the TV showings and made many TV commercials for a coffee brand in the 60s and 70s. L. Frank Baum wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, starting in 1900, and the series was continued by many other writers. The book count was over 100 the last time I looked. When American Film Institute conducted their first poll of the greatest American films, they invited members to submit five nominations. This movie was #5 on my list. I think it is still the greatest production feat of all time.
@@oliverbrownlow5615 And Ms Gulch DIES in the tornado. No one addressed that. Why would this be called "no place like home", when Gulch had an order to shoot Toto? Dorothy didn't have that issue solved, unless the old ugly gulch died probably the same time dorothy was throwing water at the witch in the dream.
I remember when I was a little boy, they would show this on television only once a year (it was before it came out on video in the 1980s), and it was a big event for families to watch. By the way, Margaret Hamilton who played the mean ol’ Wicked Witch, was in real life a terrific lady (I think she worked as a schoolteacher at one point?). She went on Mister Rogers’ television show to show the children who were watching that she was an actress and her wicked witch was just pretend 😉 (because so many kids watching the movie had been frightened by her…)
I loved your comments. I am 70yrs old & have watched this movie many times as a child. The best time was when we finally got a color tv & realized that her journey was in color! The Wonderful Wizard of Oz book was written in 1900, with its profound themes of friendship, bravery, loyalty.
The poppies are plants/flowers that we get morphine from, it is the drug we use for extreme pain, and sometimes in surgery in the past. This film shows us that if the story is good, the actors are good, the film will always be good. Just cause it is old, doesn't mean it isn't one you will still enjoy today.
I suspect that, though neither said anything, they were both trying to craft a clever opium joke that wouldn't break RU-vid guidelines. Instead they both could only giggle and not say why.
My grandmother grew up in what is now western Ukraine and there were huge poppy fields. She used to lick the sap and get "all sleepy" when she was a child, she told me. It works!
I believe the reason why the snow the Good Witch sent woke them up was because it was cold and it’s hard to sleep when you’re cold. I seem to recall that the studio used asbestos for the snow before anybody knew it was a carcinogen. 😳
@@greenpeasuit I got the impression maybe they had tried opium at one point. But then they didn't know why it only affected the mammals, and not the Tin Man and Scarecrow.
This movie was so popular it ran in theaters for years and would come to small towns when they eventually got theaters of their own. My grandmother was born in 1938. She recalled seeing the movie in 1944 or so when she was in elementary school. They took a field trip to see it. She said she was terrified but eventually grew to love it as she got older.
It was Judy Garland's performance that got you so emotional. She grounds this film with so much raw emotional realism that we feel her torment and homesickness throughout. She suspends our disbelief. The film is elegantly directed and often hilarious, but without an amazing Dorothy (and all those great character actors) it wouldn't have endured almost 90 years.
In 1998, for a Wizard of Oz listing on TCM, writer Rick Polito wrote, "Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again."
Wow caught this reaction early! What a great movie! 1939 is considered the best year for groundbreaking and entertaining movies. This movie is one of the reasons.
The actress singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow was 14 year old Judy Garland, who actually did the singing. She became a very sought after actress and movie star after this. The movie came just as color in films was made possible. The actual color you see at the beginning is called sepia. Her daughter, Liza Minnelli also became a very talented singer and actress.
Unfortunately she had a very bad problem with addiction that a lot of people believe started with her role as Dorothy. She was on a strict diet of coffee, cigs, amphetamines and downers throughout the filming. She also had her breasts taped down and wore a girdle thing to hide her natural female development because Dorothy was supposed to be a little girl not a young teen
The song Over The Rainbow is one of the most iconic numbers in a musical and my personal favorite in this movie. Delicious movie trivia: >The "oil" that they used to lube up Tin Man's joints was actually watered-down chocolate syrup. >The horse pulling the carriage in The Emerald City kept licking off the gelatin powder that turned its coat purple, red and yellow. Sweet movie trivia: >Jack Haley, the actor who played the Tin Man was the replacement for Buddy Ebsen, who suffered an allergic reaction to the makeup. The voice Jack used for Tin Man was reportedly one he'd use when reading good night stories to his daughter, his real voice was gruffer and deeper. Sad movie trivia: >In the scene where Dorothy, Scarecrow and Tin Man meet The Cowardly Lion, you can see Judy bury half of her face in Toto's fur. This is because she found it difficult to keep a straight face when Bert Lahr started blubbering as the Lion, and the producers would get mad and slap her because of it. >In the poppy field scene when Glinda makes it snow to negate the Wicked Witch's sleeping spell, the "snow" is actually asbestos flakes. >The pyrotechnics used for the Wicked Witch of the West's entries and exits inflicted 2nd degree burns on her face and 3rd degree burns on her hand. She understandably refused to not only do any more stunts involving pyrotechnics, but she missed 6 weeks of filming due to hospitalization.
--Margaret Hamilton‘a stunt double Betty Danko injured her ankle when her broomstick exploded. -A couple of Winged Monkey actors suffered injuries when their wires broke… -Toto got injured when a Winkie Guard accidentally stepped on him. Professor Marvel’s coat once belonged to author L Frank Baum.
the name of the color is Sepia not to be confused with the yellowish "isabelle colour" (from an ancient Spanish Queen, isabel the Catholic, with a suspect sens of hygiene and a very dirty shirt, around the year 1491)
In the shot where the movie transitioned to color, there were two actors for Dorothy. One wore sepia-toned clothes and makeup, and when she left the camera view, she was swapped with a full-color Judy Garland.
Yes, we always watched it around Thanksgiving as well. But, now you can watch it streaming anytime on Max. Also (I'm old), the guy who played the tinman was a very well known actor. He had a comedy tv show back in the early 60s called The Beverly Hillbillies. He played the patriarc of the family, Jed Clampett (His name was Buddy Ebsen). Fun to have this brought up again. Thanks for sharing this. It was fun to see young peoples' reaction to a show that is ingrained in the fiber of our lives from birth. Although it was in color at the movie theaters, most people didn't have color TVs until around 1956. We didn't get a color TV until the early 60s.
@@mitsim Buddy Ebsen was supposed to play the Tin Man, but he had an allergic reaction to the aluminum paint he had to wear and got very sick. The role was actually played by Jack Haley, who they had to bring in on short notice.
@mitsim This Tin Man is NOT Buddy Ebsen, aka Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies in the 60's and Barnaby Jones in the 70's, this is Jack Haley. Buddy Ebsen almost died from an allergic reaction to the silver makeup and had to be replaced.
Actress Margaret Hamilton was a former schoolteacher who adored children. After playing the Wicked Witch of The West, she was feared by children all over the country. She appeared on an episode of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" in 1975 to explain to children that she was merely playing a part in the film, and that she was not really a witch. Hamilton said that during her personal appearances, the children's usual reaction to her went like this: "Almost always they want me to laugh like the Witch. And sometimes when I go to schools, if we're in an auditorium, I'll do it. And there's always a funny reaction, like 'Ye gods, they wish they hadn't asked.' They're scared. They're really scared for a second. Even adolescents...." "I guess for a minute they get the feeling they got when they watched the picture. They like to hear it but they 'don't' like to hear it. And then they go, 'Ooooooh ... !' " "The picture made a terrible impression of some kind on them, sometimes a ghastly impression, but most of them got over it, I guess ... because when I talk like the Witch, and when I laugh, there is a hesitation and then they clap. They're clapping at hearing the sound again."
@Stogie2112 And the reason she started acting was to support herself and her young son, when she first heard first from a friend that they were interested in for the movie she went "Oh, I've loved that story since I was a little girl, who do they want to play? And she said "The witch" and I said "The witch" and she said "Who else?!".🤣
She also appeared in character as the wicked witch on episode 847 of Sesame Street, but the writers made a mistake in endangering the otherwise "safe" place for kids with the witch's magic, so the episode was banned from ever airing again.
Way back in the 70s, this movie came on tv about once per year. My little sister got scared and had to leave the room whenever the witch or flying monkees were on-screen.
My older sister did that with the monkeys, too, but always with an excuse. "I'm cold, I'm going to get my robe" or "I need to go to the bathroom." She didn't want anyone knowing she was scared.
This came out 11 years before I was born. When I was a kid this was on TV every year. We always watched it. This was great, watching you see it for the first time. Things were much more simple back then, and this one had such a wonderful message. Thanks so much for letting us watch with you! God bless you!
@@mistyvaughn6356 Yeah, isn't that nice of them? I guess the messages in a classic movie are far less important than making more money! Thanks for a really nice reply, and God bless you!
1:50 "How is she so clean, though?" You are only the second person I've ever heard make that observation. My mom's sister used to point out the cleanliness of Dorothy's dress after her fall into the pig-sty.
@@smadaf Not being a farmer or around pigs, this is what I heard, as pigs are omnivores. So to check what you said, I did a search on Google, which has a lot of first-hand accounts of pigs trying to eat their farmers, particularly if they have not been feed recently. Or if the person falls down and looks incapacitated.
@@johnnehrich9601 , hooray for searching for information! I don't spend much time around pigs. Every time I've been around them, they've made zero effort to eat me. My great-grandmother had a pet pig, who roamed freely in her house and yard for years-and never ate anybody. Please, keep in mind that hugely more numerous than the accounts you mentioned are the accounts of people who have been around pigs and in pigs' territory and enclosures and yet not been eaten at all. Extrapolating from the anecdotes of pigs' biting humans in some circumstances to the statement "if you fall into a pigsty, the pigs will eat you" is like saying "If you see a cop, he will shoot you" just because, in a tiny fraction of the countless times in which other human beings see police-officers, the police-officers shoot those other humans. It's like saying "If you hear a train, it will destroy your car" and "If there is thunder, your mother will be fatally struck by lightning" and "If you are in a hospital, it's because you're going to die of cancer next week." This is just silly. I hope that you at least did your Googling and unwarranted extrapolating from anecdotes _before_ you used your comment to repeat unequivocally what you'd heard. I don't mean to be harsh, and I don't think you meant to do any harm; but I just have trouble tolerating that kind of stuff. The Internet needs _less_ of people just repeating 'what they heard', not more.
I commend you both for knowing that the characters already had what they were seeking. Also, you were the 1st to notice, after watching many 1sts time reactions that the black and white characters from the farm were the people in the story.
Groundbreaking in more ways than just color film! It was a fore-runner in the field of visual effects. Many novel techniques were developed during production.
Glad you are reacting to this all-time classic. Since I was a little kid in the 60's, I've always said that TOTO, THE LION AND THE WICKED WITCH stole the show. The acting by those three were outstanding. Special shout out to the animal trainer's for Toto.
Great reaction Jyn and Ryl. This American classic has stood the test of time for a long time. I'm an older man now, and I don't know how many others can relate. Growing up as a black kid in the 60's all TV's did not have the newer version of showing TV in color. (We could only afford black and white TV.) My Dad took me and brother to our "rich" Aunt house(his sister) so we were able to see for the first time in color when Dorothy opens the door to Oz. I was clued to screen....what memories. Every year we would gather with our cousins to watch Wizard of Oz, even after getting our own new "color " TV 📺 ❤❤
There is a Disney animated version of Alice in Wonderland (1951) and Disney also released non-animated version in 2010 starring Mia Wasikowska (Alice), Johnny Depp (The Mad Hatter) and Helena Bonham Carter (The Red Queen- "Off with their Heads!"). Both are very good movies.
Alice in Wonderland was written in 1865, with a follow up, Alice Through The Looking Glass. There have been MANY film versions including an early silent movie version in 1903. It was really the first of the modern fairy tale, about children's adventures, not damsels in distress, Prince Charmings, and fire-breathing dragons. These books were written in England. L. Frank Baum wrote Wizard in 1900, intended as an American fairy tale. He wrote 13 more sequels, Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, and so on. After his death, his estate had a writer to continue the series. These books were actually a bit darker than the MGM version. At one point, the witch sends a bunch of wolves to attack the four, and the the tin woodsman uses his axe to chop off the head of each. She also sends a flock of crows to peck out their eyes, and the scarecrow has to wring the neck of each. But children at the time simply adored the books and besieged Baum to keep writing. MGM bought the rights to the first book. Later Disney bought them for the rest of the books. In 1985, Disney produced Return to Oz, based on the second and third books. Many Oz fans (myself included) consider this as a sort of love-letter to the books, as it is so much closer. Many other film adaptations of the books have been made, generally going far beyond the fairyland that Baum created.
I swear, very few films have hit me on an emotional level as The Wizard of Oz did. I still tear up during most scenes because there's just so much joy and beauty on display here, it's crazy to me that the actual making of it was less than magical. Either way, this is cinema of the highest order, can't love it enough ❤
Back in the day before VHS (and beyond), kids used to look forward to watching this every Thanksgiving time as it played once a year on TV. The flying monkeys scene used to literally terrify me! Your reaction allowed me to see it in a different light after over 60 years of watching this! The way you caught on to the Scarecrow being really smart all along and all the other details you noticed was refreshing as well as your pure laughter and happiness at some of the lines and songs as well. It was like seeing it for the first time! Looking forward to more of your reactions!! (Oh and The original Disney Alice in Wonderland (animated) would be the one to watch! 🦁🐯🐻
@@kbrewski1 It's funny I actually thought it was Easter too but then I saw someone else say Thanksgiving so I thought I was wrong, but I am now changing my reply to Easter!!! :D
And the same was true of the Oz books by L. Frank Baum. It's sad that these children's classics are so neglected or completely forgotten now. I suppose I lot of people would consider them too "adult" for kids these days.
THANK YOU both for reacting to this great classic movie. Im 64 and remember watching this every year on TV when they showed it on sunday nights every year in the 1960's and 1970's in america. I watched mainly to see the tornado which costs about 50% of the movies budget to produce. the tornado was produced by using an airport windsock filled with dirt and dust on a huge soundstage with giant fans. this special effect was 50 years ahead of its time.
I'm 65 and have been watching this movie since it's early television yearly broadcasts. Legend has it that it wasn't an instant hit at the time of its release in 1939. But it was up against mega movies that year that have become classics.When it started being shown on television it became a family tradition to gather and watch it. I watched it religiously over the years. So, I know it backwards and it's been such a pleasure watching the two of you react. You were like the little kids that we were , big eyed sometimes and sometimes a tear or two. I just loved watching it through your eyes. Well done.
The transition to color was massive back then, the entire industry was just starting to embrace it, perhaps only Schindler's list has used it as effectively.
"Spaceballs" reference! When Yogurt says goodbye to Lone Star, he fizzles away and cries, "Oh, what a world! What a world!" That is a direct call-back to the Wicked Witch melting and saying, "Oh, what a world! What a world!" There are many quotes from this film that are still said today. "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore." "Lions and tigers and bears! Oh my!" "And your little dog, too!" "There's no place like home."
You just watched one of the very best movies to ever come out of Hollywood. I first saw it on TV in 1965. Years later, I watched it countless times with my young daughter, when she was at the age when she insisted on watching her favorite movie over and over. It just gets better every time. “Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” “Follow the Yellow Brick Road.” “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.” “There’s no place like home.” I suspect that in the years to come, you will recognize these lines and many other references from the movie in other creative works you encounter.
When I was growing up this movie would come on once a year and I would always hide under the bed when the monkeys showed up. I saw a spoof deal showing current reviews for old movies and this one was presented as “Two Women in a Fight To The Death For A Pair of Shoes.”
I loved your reactions to the movie. And this is one of my favorites. It is true that the journey has many lessons, twist and turns, while crossing paths with teachers and students, through the dark and into the light, and finally the awakening. I just turned 51 years old but this movie awakens the child in me everytime I watch it.
Old films from those days, the Golden Era of Hollywood. 1930's to the 50's or so were basically all great films. They had to be or else the studio went bankrupt. It's a Wonderful Life actually bankrupted the studio. That's the pressure studios were under. They put everything into their films. The quality was extremely high and the actors..well they had to be able to sing and dance and Judy Garland was like..BORN to do it. Some say the worlds greatest entertainer. But yeah, it's always great to see new reactions to it. It's just pure magic for any generation. That lion suit is a legit lion...tail, paws and claws. Imagine having to work in that. The movie trivia or factoids on this is mindblowing. That fake snow is asbestos. Yeah..
You were right... the person playing the Wizard was also the doorman... He also played the carriage driver with the color changing horse and the guard at the door to the wizard. As you figured out at the end... he was also the Professor with the broke down cart that tricked Dorothy into going home to her aunt. Thank you for your reaction...
Elton John has a song called Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. And there is a group from the 1960's called America and they did a song called Tin Man. This movie has been enjoyed by many generations. I really appreciate and enjoy your reactions to old movies and music. I really enjoy both of you! Thank you!
Great reaction. The scarecrow is played by the great dancer Ray Bolger. Dorthy is played by Judy Garland, a great singer. You need to see her other films.
In decades of showing the film, the networks programmed it around different holidays at different times (but never showed it more than once a year). So everybody's memories are probably correct.
For many Americans, it's a tradition to watch _The Wizard of Oz_ around the Thanksgiving holiday. For decades, one broadcast television network or another would play the movie on the evening before Thanksgiving Day or the evening of Thanksgiving Day. ADDENDUM: See my partial correction in a reply to this comment.
my memory is this film used to be televised around halloween. not thanksgiving. it has nothing to do with thanksgiving but its the perfect halloween movie. that's the way i remember it.
@@cjmacq-vg8um , I see what you mean about Halloween-the witches, the costumes, and such. Maybe there were some markets in which it was shown around Halloween. To me, the Thanksgiving connection is the movie's closing statement, that "there's no place like home". Thanksgiving is the biggest short travel-period in the United States because so many people are going 'home'. Even so, it seems that I was wrong that it was such a long-lasting _Thanksgiving_ tradition. Pages 213-223 of the book _The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History_ (1992) tell about the history of showing _The Wizard of Oz_ on TV in the United States (with a bit about Canada, too). It started in 1956, when CBS planned to show the movie near Christmas, but then they changed the date and aired it on Saturday 3 November: estimated viewership was 45,000,000, 53% of the people watching any TV during that two-hour time-slot. In 1957 and '58, CBS, which had the television rights to the movie, declined to show it: the next airing was on Sunday 13 December 1959, followed by Sunday 11 December 1960; Sunday 10 December 1961; Sunday 9 December 1962; Sunday 26 January 1964; and one date each in '65, '66, and '67. Each of these nine CBS broadcasts was seen by at least 49% of the people who were watching TV in the U.S. That was the end of the CBS contract, which was not renewed. NBC then outbid ABC for the right to six broadcasts of the movie; at least some of these occurred at times far removed from Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, such as the summer of 1969 and Sunday 15 March 1970. The seventeenth American broadcast was in 1975. Then CBS outbid NBC for five annual telecasts, 1976-1980; CBS got the next five, too, 1981-1985. The book doesn't specify dates for all these broadcasts. I have a VHS tape of _The Wizard of Oz,_ which I recorded from CBS on Wednesday 27 November 1991. The network voiceover during the closing credits ends by saying "Thanks for being [or staying?] with CBS tonight. Now get ready for your local news"-but, before that, it encourages viewers to watch the live broadcast of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, which it says will occur the next morning.
Margaret Hamilton, the wicked witch of the north, was severely injured during the filming of the scene in Munchkin Land when the witch leaves in a huge puff of smoke. There was a trapdoor in the floor that opened and Margaret, intentionally, fell through it to a padded area below to create the illusion that the witch had disappeared. That part went OK, but the charge that created the smoke ignited her costume. Although the crew below quickly extinguished the flames, Margaret sustained serious burns. Luckily, one of the crew realized that the green makeup that she was wearing contained zinc, and if it was improperly removed, could have led to more very serious health problems. Fortunately, the hospital removed it properly and treated her burns and she was able to recover sufficiently to resume filming and finished the picture.
It’s important to keep in mind that the major lesson is that everyone has what they needed all along. You mentioned that Scarecrow was smart when he suggested Dorothy bend the nail. He has lots of smart ideas throughout the movie. But when he gets his diploma, he says the Pythagorean Theorem WRONG. He didn’t get smarter at the end (you could argue that his increased confidence made him more willing to say wrong things authoritatively). It’s the same thing for the others. Dorothy could get home all along, the Tin Man had a heart all along, and the Lion had courage the whole time. They just needed to gain experience to know they had those abilities.
What a fun reaction! Y'all caught and appreciated sooo much of the humor that many people miss, and that was s delight. So sweet the the sentimentality got to you a bit❤ You really won me over. Subscribed.
Margaret Hamilton who played the wicked witch of the West. I watched her in an interview and she said that she was trying out for the role of Dorothy. They told her she was more suited to play the witch, because she didn't have a singing voice like Judy Garland. When the director heard Margaret Hamilton speak with her natural voice. The director told her you are our witch. Congratulations! Margaret Hamilton died in May 1985. I could never imagine her in the role of Dorothy. This is a true story. Love your reactions.
It's always a good experience watching people watch this for the first time. It's such a mesmerizing story, as it was for me as a 4 year old back in the 1960s. The copyright ran out, so it was shown on TV every year, and it was such an event for us kids to watch it.
THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) was not shown annually because the copyright ran out, but because those annual showings were licensed from the copyright holder. The movie remains under copyright today, and will not enter the public domain until 2035.
OMG, watching you two watching this for the first time took me back 55 years!!! Thank you so much for making this video. You reminded me of all the things I thought about as a child when I first watched this
"The Wizard Of Oz" was a big part of my life when I was a kid in the 1960's. ABC used to show it every year, usually in January, and the whole family would sit around and watch it. The worst part for me was the Wicked Witch, she really scared me, eventually I got over that. Happy that you young ladies enjoyed this blast from the past, Hollywood has always made great movies, that's why it is still open for business. Just because a movie is old, doesn't mean it can't tell a great story, and take you on a memorable journey.
I have seen this movie probably well over a hundred times over the last almost forty years-and only when you pointed it out did I notice that the Tinman got _clean_ at the Wash & Brush Up Co.
I've seen this wonderful classic movie plenty of times as a kid and as an adult. And it took Jyn and Ryl for me to realize that the characters in the movie. Were displaying their missing qualities all through the movie all that time, I hadn't realized that. Great reaction, great childhood memories watching this great classic move again.
I remember my twin sister and me, hiding behind the couch when the flying monkeys appeared. It was terrifying. Watching you two react to this was just so heartwarming. You never disappoint.
The black and white portion of the film is Sepia toned. "Sepia toning is a chemical process used in photography which changes the appearance of black-and-white prints to brown. The color is now often associated with antique photographs."
Being totally clueless of the Wizard of Oz made your reaction that much more better. I have been watching this movie basically all my life, but I was delighted to see you laugh and it put a smile on my face just watching RU-vid. Imagine people in 1939 watching this in the movie theater when the only other movie in 1939 that was in color was gone with the wind. Even as a kid watching this for the first time in the 1970s was amazing to us. Oh, by the way. Next week I will be going to Washington DC and I hope to go to the museum where one pair of the ruby slippers are located.
I used to watch this movie every year from the time I was a little boy. It is so funny watching you react to this iconic movie. I started crying when Dorothy was saying goodby, too. The beginning and end were filmed in sepia, kind of a brownish color. Great reaction. Billy Boy
Fun fact: the snow was made of asbestos! The director chose it because he thought it looked more authentic. It's wild knowing this film was made before WWII!
Bert Lahr played the Cowardly Lion. He was probably the most well-known member of the cast when the film was made-he was a huge star on the Broadway stage and the vaudeville theaters across the nation. His second song, “If I Were King,” highlights his signature comedic singing style, with that exaggerated slow vibrato. His fame was why he was the only one of the three to get a second solo song.
This came on every Easter and we waited for it every year. We had only a black/white TV so the color section was alway black/white for us...When I was 23, I won a color TV about a week before this movie was due to be on and I was so excited to be able to finally see the color portion of this movie...Now you can see any movie you want whenever you want and you lose the excitement of anticipation,,,
🎵Ding Dong, the witch is dead! Which old witch? The wicked witch! Ding dong the wicked witch is dead! 🎶😊 was a song that all kids knew during this time. 😅this is a classic that you never forget. ❤❤
You’ve surely heard references just didn’t know they were references. If you’ve ever heard, 1. “We’re not in Kansas anymore” 2. When raining, someone says, “Try not to melt” because the witch melts from water. It’s not really meant as an insult, just playful. Though if you adjust your tone in delivery it could be an insult. 3. Any reference to flying monkeys. 4. “I’ll get you my pretty, your little dog Toto too” 5 Auntie Em Auntie Em! And many more I’m failing to remember. Edit: I got to the end and realized a missed a TON I’d forgotten about.
I remember in the 60s watching when it came on once a year, sitting in front of the tv with my sister, all these years and still when Dorothy tells Scarecrow she will miss him most of all it gets me, like you said her first friend there, also love how Glinda the good witch is so powerful, shes fearless and trolls the wicked witch
So glad that you two enjoyed this beautiful, classic movie. One of my favourites from childhood, especially since I was able to watch it televised at least once a year. All of the songs for the movie were original, composed by Harold Arlen. I know because a few years ago, my brother produced and directed a retrospective of Arlen's songs, in a stage show entitled "Over The Rainbow". Naturally, Arlen created songs other than those used in "The Wizard of Oz", but the movie's numbers feature prominently in my brother's production. If no one's told you yet, one of the earliest movies for "Alice in Wonderland" was the animated feature film by Walt Disney. It adapts a number of plot points from the story and makes them suitable for little kids, but it's still quite well done.
That intro card that says, "For nearly forty years..." Baum's book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was published in 1900. As of this film's release in 1939, that was "almost 40" years ago. As of today, in 2024, that 124 years ago, and the film is 85 years old. There had been a few previous adaptations of the Wizard of Oz, including at least one silent film. And there have been other films and projects that have re-visited the land of Oz. But this 1939 film has remained THE touchstone for this story, even more than the original books. Even the fantastically popular musical "Wicked" owes its existence more to this film version than the original books. It changes a lot of things for its own story-telling purposes, to be sure. But without this film, I'm positive "Wicked" would never have existed.
Yes, eventually the adaptations overtake the literary originals in the popular imagination. How many people today have read any Sherlock Holmes stories? Or for that matter, the book 'Wicked'? The book was a big hit, which was why there were thirty-nine "official" (same-publisher) sequels, two silent film versions, and the 1902 stage musical was a big success (and had some echoes in this 1939 film).
The three farmhands at the beginning of the movie, Hunk, Zeke and Hickory, all showed up in Oz as the Scarecrow, Tinman and the Cowardly Lion. There is a bit of foreshadowing going on- The one who accuses Dorothy of acting like she doesn't have a brain (Hunk) is the Scarecrow; the one who gets scared when Dorothy falls into the pig trough (Zeke) is the Cowardly Lion and the one who says they're going to erect a statue to him one day (Hickory) is the Tinman. You man notice that Hickory's voice is different from the Tinman's voice. That's because when the actor, Jack Haley was playing the Tinman, he used the voice that he used when he would read bedtime stories to his son, Jack Haley, Jr.
I enjoyed your comments and reactions as you watched this movie classic from 1939. Judy Garland is one of the best and most famous actresses and singers of all time! She went on to make many great pictures. She and Mickey Rooney starred together as a team through their teenage years.
