1. The Wizard of Oz Facts and Info

2. Directed by Victor Fleming Released 1939 Judy Garland – Dorothy Ray Bolger – Scarecrow Jack Haley - Tin Man Burt Lahr – Lion Based on novel by L. Frank Baum

3. Originally Wanted W.C. Fields as the Wizard Originally Wanted W.C. Fields as the Wizard Buddy Epson – Original Tin Man. Almost died from makeup coating his lungs so they replaced him. Judy Garland – couldn’t stop giggling when she slapped the lion. – Fleming slapped her to stop her from giggling. One of the winged monkeys was injured when piano wire broke

4. Munchkins paid $50 a week Munchkins paid $50 a week Toto paid $125 a week 1978 – The Wiz - Diana Ross, Richard Pryor, Michael Jackson “Over the Rainbow” – Named by AFI as greatest movie song of all time. Nearly cut from the film In Baum Story – slippers were silver not red

5. Judy Garland 1922 – 1969 1922 – 1969 5 Husbands Several Suicide Attempts Serious Drug and Alcohol Abuse – led to death Suspended by MGM Fling with Sinatra Mother of Liza Minelli

6. Judy Garland as Dorothy Baum’s Dorothy was 11. Garland was 17. Baum’s Dorothy was 11. Garland was 17. Made her look young Chicken Soup Diet Chicken Soup Diet Appetite Suppressants Appetite Suppressants Corset Corset Special lessons to walk, talk and dance in very tight corset Special lessons to walk, talk and dance in very tight corset

7. Works Cited http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000023/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/aug/12/t he-wizard-of-oz-google-doodle