So to create snow in the scene where the Good Witch of the South, Glinda awakes Dorothy and her friends from the Wicked Witch’s poppy spell, they used chrysotile asbestos.
In 1939 there were no high-tech computer generated special effects. “She was married to the drugs before she met me, and she never really got divorced,” Luft wrote in the biography. Garland, who was 16 years old when she filmed Wizard of Oz, went on to have a life-long battle with drugs. The drugs also assisted in weight loss, and suppressing her appetite. Sidney Luft also claimed in the biography that Garland was given amphetamines by senior crew members while on the set of Wizard of Oz to ensure she was energised for the long hours. Judy Garland was allegedly given drugs on set. There was no rowdiness or anything like that, and those stories are very upsetting.” 3. Everyone was having a good time and enjoying themselves. Margaret Pellegrini who played one of the Munchkins when she was a 15-year-old girl, told Independentin 2009: “There were a lot of them who liked to go out and have a few drinks, but nothing got out of hand. However this alleged behaviour has been denied by the munchkins themselves. “They would make Judy’s life miserable on set by putting their hands under her dress… The men were 40 or more years old,” Luft, a producer and business manager, revealed. “They thought they could get away with anything because they were so small.” In 2017, a posthumous memoir by Sidney Luft – one of Garland’s ex-husbands, who died in 2005 – alleged that she was groped by the munchkins on set. Judy Garland was allegedly groped by the Munchkins. Hamilton refused to eat once it had been applied and would only drink through a straw to avoid ingesting the substance.Ģ. The paint was made out of copper based ingredients which made it toxic. The green face paint was another hazard that the actor faced.
She spent 11 days in hospital and was reportedly only paid $35 for the role. She understandably refused, so a double, Betty Danko was used instead.ĭanko also suffered burns after her broom caught alight. Upon returning to the set, Hamilton was asked to perform another fire scene. As she went through the door, Hamilton’s broom, hat and cape caught on fire and left her with second-degree burns on her hand.įrustratingly, this was the back up take that the director had requested, the first take went off without a hitch. In the Munchkin Land scene, the green faced witch warns Dorothy, “I’ll get you my pretty and your little dog too,” then disappears in a fiery exit, through a trap door underneath her. While filming one of her first scenes as the Wicked Witch of the West, actress Margaret Hamilton ended up having six weeks off production because she literally caught on fire.
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