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Wizard of Oz fans are only just noticing peculiar detail about Judy Garland scene with the scarecrow - so did YOU spot it?
Wizard Of Oz fans have noticed a continuity error in the original film after flocking to watch it following the release of the musical prequel, Wicked.
In fact, The Wizard of Oz was so notorious for production disasters and controversies that some have mirthlessly observed the green-hued Wicked Witch of the West must have cursed it – before, that is, Dorothy doused her with a bucket of water and she melted. Molested both by studio bosses and the Munchkins – natives of Oz – and forced to accept an oppressive regime to keep her weight down and look younger, her already shaky mental health never recovered as she descended into drug and alcohol abuse. Each time the Tin Man's make-up was applied or touched up, Ebsen was inhaling toxic fine grains of the metal which coated the inside of his lungs and stopped oxygen reaching his blood.
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