That look is completely different from Baum's book. The Winkies in this movie look much like the WInkies in The Wizard of Oz, where they're the Wicked Witch of the West's army. There's a short moment where James Franco's Oz walks past a herd of multi-colored horses, a callback to The Horse Of A Different Color, which was not in Baum's book and was created just for the movie. The Wicked Witch of the East does not seem (at least on my first viewing) to have any special shoes at all.īut that doesn't mean Raimi's film isn't drenched in design that recalls the 1939 film. In any case, Raimi's movie simply avoids the question of footwear altogether. It's possible that Warner Bros, who now has the rights to the 1939 movie, wouldn't want to share, as they've been making noise about resurrecting the property themselves. This time around it seems like nobody wanted to bother. Disney paid through the nose to license the image from MGM. In 1985 Disney released Return to Oz, and while that movie was an amalgamam of Oz book sequels (and featured character designs directly lifted from the Oz book illustrations, as opposed to The Wizard of Oz, which created mostly new designs), director Walter Murch wanted to use the famous Ruby Slippers. In Baum's book Dorothy has Silver Shoes, but it was decided by MGM that red would be much more exciting in Technicolor, and so the Ruby Slippers were born. Like so many elements from the musical movie, the Ruby Slippers were an invention of the production. The most obvious difference is the lack of the famous Ruby Slippers. Frank Baum books are in the public domain, the 1939 movie remains under copyright protection. But the reality is that the new Disney film, while based on the same L Frank Baum books as the musical, is quite different from what Victor Fleming* brought to life. After all, so much of the design and tone of Sam Raimi's new film relates directly to that movie. Click Museum of American History to see the entry about the museum and its location.Ĭlick Wizard of Oz to see a entry that summarizes information about the Wizard of Oz in and around Washington DC.Ĭlosest Metro Station: The Federal Triangle Metro Station on the Blue and Orange Lines is nearest to the Constitution Avenue NW entrance to the museum, but the Smithsonian Metro Station, also on the Blue and Orange Lines, is only a little bit further from the National Mall entrance to the museum.You've be forgiven for thinking that Oz The Great and Powerful is a prequel to 1939's The Wizard of Oz. This pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland is located in the Smithsonian Institution Museum of American History. ![]() Click Ruby Slipper Design to see the design of the ruby slippers including details of the bow on The Ruby Slipper Fan Club website. For example this shoe with its slightly odd shaped bow can be seen on Judy Garland’s right foot when she enters the Emerald City throne room. Because this bow shape is recognizable, this pair of shoes is believed to be the primary pair worn by Judy Garland in the filming of the movie. That bow is a little bit odd shaped in that it does not have the same evenness and symmetry as the bows on the other known pairs of shoes used in the movie. Interestingly the bow pictured above is from the right shoe in the Smithsonian. These are easily seen in the close up photograph above. Each bow is covered with 46 red rhinestones, 42 red bugle beads and 3 large red jewels. ![]() Bow on Right Ruby Slipper Worn by Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale in the 1939 Movie The Wizard of OzĮven though the ruby red color of the shoes comes primarily from red sequins, the bows use red from other sources.
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