![]() ![]() Obviously, the directors wouldn't have written this into the story if they would have deemed it unsafe for the actress. 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. After Goldfinger she was in a few more films before retiring, so she lived through the movie just fine. It's here Dorothy and her friends are suddenly armed to. They're bound for the castle of the Wicked Witch of the West and must travel through the Haunted Forest. The scene occurs immediately after Dorothy, the Tin Man, Cowardly Lion and Scarecrow leave Emerald City. Regardless, actress Shirley Eaton had doctors standing by when she wore the paint, and was not affected at all by the scene. How the gun wound up in his hand is just as bizarre as the land of Oz itself. 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. The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 musical/fantasy/comedy film adapted from the 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. ![]() 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: It features a scene where the Scarecrow inexplicably has a revolver firearm. Frank Baum and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 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. The Scarecrow Has a Gun Octoby Vaughn The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 musical/fantasy/comedy film adapted from the 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. 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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