![]() ![]() ![]() "What? Are you out of your mind? This is a kids film. Right there the conversation should have went this way. "Well sir, that's the scarecrow's piece." Why? Why a gun? Why why why?Īnd why would Ray Bolger go through with it? A stagehand hands him a revolver. I'm assuming some genius on the production followed this same train of thought and decided Scarecrow needed a weapon. He's made of straw and easy to literally beat the stuffing out of. Not only that, it's only logical that the rest of the group we be protecting her (hey, she was supposed to be like a twelve year old girl and this was way before women's lib). The tin woodsman has that axe so he's covered. He's a lion for crying out loud! Cowardly though he might be he's got claws and teeth - if needed he could be taking care of business. They all needed to be able to defend themselves. In the scene our heroes are heading off to confront the witch. First up why did the filmmakers feel the need to give the scarecrow a shooting iron. I just have to wonder what the heck was that gun doing in that scene, both in terms of the making of the movie and in terms of the movie's reality. is that a gun? Ooops they cut to a different shot. I was in the middle of taking in the cleaned up print, my eyes lingering on every element in the frame when suddenly. I first noticed old slug thrower when I went and saw the restored version on the big screen. The other reason I think is because for the longest time we have been watching The Wizard Of Oz on TV where it is harder to notice. I think people haven't noticed this because, for one thing, there is so much else going on. They are heading into the scary forest and in a number of shots Scarecrow is clearly carrying a gun - a rod, a pistol, a heater, death in a tube, a rapid bullet delivery system. Check out the scene immediately after Dorothy and company leave the wizard to go after the witch. You're thinking, "Huh? What are you talking about? The Scarecrow didn't have a gun?" Oh contraire. The movie in question is The Wizard Of Oz and the question is why does the Scarecrow have a gun? A question regarding an oddity about a movie classic that millions have seen over and over and yet have not looked at closely enough. Where do those mysterious crop circles come from? Who built Stone Henge? What's the deal with Doug Henning?īut there is one question that has slipped under the radar of most observers. There are many unexplainable things in this world of ours, unanswerable questions. Obviously, the directors wouldn't have written this into the story if they would have deemed it unsafe for the actress.Everybody Run, The Scarecrow Of Oz Has A Gun!!! After Goldfinger she was in a few more films before retiring, so she lived through the movie just fine. Regardless, actress Shirley Eaton had doctors standing by when she wore the paint, and was not affected at all by the scene. However, body paint could still keep you from sweating (which would overheat your body), and could be toxic if you wear it for too long, so covering yourself in it isn't the best idea. Of course, we now know that people don't breathe through their skin so as long as you're breathing through your mouth or nose, you won't suffocate. Since this woman was painted for real and people thought that would kill someone, it was enough for viewers to conclude that she had died when she slipped out of public view. ![]() Knowing this, dancers back then would leave a small patch of their skin exposed so as to make breathing possible. In those days, some people believed that the body breathed through the skin, which would mean that someone who was totally covered in paint would suffocate. Instead, it was a bird, which can be seen much more clearly in the remastered DVD release of the film: And if the film staff were "covering it up," they wouldn't have been so cheap as to not get another take of the scene. Even in 1939, it would have been physically impossible for someone to commit that act and not have a single person notice. Nobody committed suicide on the set of The Wizard of Oz. That doesn't even take into account the fact that the Munchkins weren't even on the set when this scene was recorded. Even if it somehow slipped by them, the post-production team would have seen the hanging when they were editing the film. First, filming a movie requires dozens of people at any given time, who would have surely noticed someone who was hanging on the set. This is the kind of hoax that seems believable when you get caught up in excitement and view the slow-mo video, but think about it for just a minute. Once thought to be a crew member accidentally stuck on-screen, the legend eventually evolved into its current form: a Munchkin extra, distraught from unrequited love, decided to end his life on the movie's set.
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