Who got paid the most in Wizard of Oz?
Judy Garland was paid less than her male co-stars
Despite the fact that Garland was the lead, she only made $500 per week for her work. Meanwhile, Scarecrow Ray Bolger and Tin Man Jack Haley were each making around $3,000 per week, CBR reported. Bert Lahr (Cowardly Lion) wasn't far behind them at $2,500 per week.
In the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, Toto was played by a female brindle Cairn Terrier named Terry. She was paid a $125 salary each week, which was more than some of the human actors (the Singer Midgets who played the Munchkins reportedly received $50 to $100 a week).
As the story goes, "For the movie 'The Wizard of Oz,' Judy Garland was paid $35 a week while Toto received $125 a week."
Terry's $125 per week salary (equivalent to $2,400 in 2021), was more than that of many human actors in the film, and also more than the average working American at the time.
Answer and Explanation: Boq is the wealthiest of all the munchkins in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Here's how Dorothy meets him...
Judy Garland had a dangerous process of becoming Dorothy
In addition to being under a strict diet and pill regimen while filming The Wizard of Oz, Garland had to hurt herself physically for the role as well as medically. Biography.com reported on Garland's not-so-magical experience filming the iconic movie.
Stephen Cox, author of The Munchkins of Oz, wrote in his 1989 book that in 1938, the Munchkins were paid US$50 per week, about US$900 in 2016. Meanwhile, Toto and her trainer earned US$125 per week, which would now equate to about US$2,100 per week. The Munchkin cast never even saw their names in the credits.
In fact, the dog's handlers wished they'd asked for more money because the producers were so keen to cast the pooch. In comparison, the Munchkin actors only made $50 dollars a week – less than half of what the dog was earning.
Judy Garland's salary: $500 a week. Ray Bolger's salary: $3,000 a week. Jack Haley's salary: $3,000 a week. Bert Lahr's salary: $2,500 a week.
Auntie Em Dorothy's Aunt and Henry's wife. A typical midwestern farm worker, her main concern is the upkeep of her farm. Doubles as Glinda the Good Witch of the North. Ethereal, whimsical, comedic.
Did Shirley Temple turn down The Wizard of Oz?
SHIRLEY TEMPLE as DOROTHY in THE WIZARD OF OZ? Shirley Temple was MGM's first choice to play Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz but she was under contract to 20th Century Fox. When a deal for her services could not be struck, MGM turned to one of its contract players, Judy Garland, who proved to be the perfect Dorothy!
Dorothy's hair changes length in the movie (most visible in the Scarecrow's cornfield scene). This was due to reshoots, and changes in her costume and overall look.
The Tibetan mastiff is considered the most expensive dog, as it has sold for thousands and even millions. In 2014, a Tibetan mastiff puppy was sold for nearly $2 million in China, according to AFP, which cited a report in Chinese newspaper Qianjiang Evening News.
Everyone knows about the Munchkins, portrayed by 124 pituitary midgets in the 1939 film starring Judy Garland. These days, the word “Munchkin” -- now included in some dictionaries -- is synonymous with small.
The Munchkin actors have since not avoided controversy with alleged behavior behind the scenes. In a 1967 interview, Judy Garland referred to all of the Munchkins as "little drunks" who got intoxicated every night to the point where they had to be picked up in "butterfly nets".
The Cowardly Lion has his brave/cowardly persona intact, and even gets to wear the Ruby Slippers for a short while in one episode. Nathan Lane performs as this character in the 1995 television stage performance The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True.
Munchkin Key Executives. Steven Dunn serves as the CEO / President of Munchkin.
The Hollywood legend's former husband, Sid Luft, claims the then teenage Judy was groped and felt up by the actors playing the Munchkins in the hit film. She was so traumatised by what was happening it made her life "miserable" while she filmed her most famous role.
This particular dress, according to the auction house, was pinpointed as the one Garland wore in the iconic scene where Dorothy confronts the Wicked Witch of the West in her castle. But Barbara Ann, Fr. Gilbert's niece and his closest living relative, claims she's the rightful owner of the costume.
In L. Frank Baum's original 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, on which the film is based, Dorothy wears Silver Shoes. However, the color of the shoes was changed to red to take advantage of the new Technicolor film process used in big-budget Hollywood films of the era.
How did the Munchkins get their voices?
The Munchkins' voices, both in singing and spoken dialogue, were all dubbed by professional singers. Vocal arranger Ken Darby worked closely with supervising sound recorder Douglas Shearer to create the distinctive sound of the Munchkins. His own choral group, the Ken Darby Singers, contributed to the Munchkins' sound.
With her death, only two of the original 124 Munchkins in the movie are still alive. Pellegrini has said she was 16 when "The Wizard of Oz" was filmed. She played one of the "sleepy head" kids and wore a flowerpot on her head in the movie.
How much does a TV actor get paid per episode? New actors take home between $15,000 and $20,000 per episode on a TV or cable network, while more experienced filmmakers earn from $75,000 to $100,000.
Children go through auditions the same way as adult actors. This shows in the way their wages get calculated as well. For one 30-60 minutes long episode in a TV show, the child actor can get paid about $1,000. A weekly rate is usually around over $3,500.
All the soaps pay their actors in the same way, with the stars getting a fee per episode they are in.
The last name of Gale was originally mentioned in Baum's script for the 1902 Broadway stage version of The Wizard of Oz, in which it was originally a setup for a punning joke. (DOROTHY: "I am Dorothy, and I am one of the Kansas Gales." SCARECROW: "That accounts for your breezy manner.")
Annie Gale is a character in the Disney film Oz the Great and Powerful. She is the mother of Dorothy Gale and the wife of John Gale.
As the story continues, audiences learn that Galinda changed her name to Glinda in order to appease Prince Fiyero, whom she had a crush on. She also bullied Elphaba before they became friends, which only happened because the latter got her in the magic course.
With a tested IQ of 155, Temple was a remarkably quick learner.
Margaret Hamilton played the Wicked Witch and was severely burned (and her stunt double was also injured in another on-set accident) when a trap door failed to remove her from a scene where a live pyrotechnic device shrouds her in a mist of sparks and smoke.
What color were Dorothy's slippers originally?
In the original book by L. Frank Baum, Dorothy's magic slippers are silver; for the Technicolor movie, costumers created ruby red shoes to show up more vividly against the yellow-brick road.
In the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, what color were Dorothy's socks as she wore the ruby slippers? And the answer: blue.
Back in 1939, there was no CGI, so Terry did all of her own stunts. As you may recall, there is a lot of action in The Wizard of Oz, so Terry was one busy pup! Luckily, she only suffered one injury, when an actor accidentally stepped on her paw.
The last time one of Garland's gingham dresses from the movie sold was in 2015, for $1.5 million. The donation of the dress to Catholic in 1973 was a news-making event, in part because it was donated by Oscar-winning actress Mercedes McCambridge, who was then an artist-in-residence at the school's drama department.
Gunther IV
Most dogs on this list have inherited their wealth from their owners. But Gunther IV has inherited his fortune from his father, Gunther III. Karlotta Leibenstein was a German countess who had amassed a great fortune. Gunther III inherited her wealth of $106 million when she passed away in 1991.
The world's richest pet, a German shepherd known as Gunther VI, is owned by the Gunther Corporation who also manage the dog's estate and fortune and through real estate investments have rocketed Gunther's grandfather's inherited fortune from a mere £59 million in 1992 to the £370 million reported today.
One of the most expensive dog breeds to own because of its $2,500 to $3,500 average purchase price, the Miniature Bull Terrier is a small animal with a lot of energy. These dogs have an average life expectancy of 10 to 12 years and cost approximately $30 to groom.
The American Kennel Club has used registration data to compile the list of 2021's most popular breeds. As always, the Labrador Retriever tops the list — this time for the 31st year!
According to The Intelligence of Dogs, which ranks 131 dog breeds in terms of their relative intelligence, the border collie is the smartest dog breed known to man.
Besides, you have white in your frock, and only witches and sorceresses wear white." "My dress is blue and white checked," said Dorothy, smoothing out the wrinkles in it. "It is kind of you to wear that," said Boq. "Blue is the color of the Munchkins, and white is the witch color. So we know you are a friendly witch."
Who Will Dorothy miss most of all?
9. "I think I'll miss you most of all." Thus Dorothy says goodbye to the Scarecrow. Why the strange partiality? Because, in an earlier draft of the script, Dorothy and the Kansas counterpart of the Scarecrow are sweet on each other.
[Above: Pat Walshe – as Nikko – carries the basket of The Wicked Witch of the West and poses with her hourglass on the set of THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939). The former survived to appear in other Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films; the hourglass exists today in a private collection.]
Judy Garland's salary: $500 a week. Ray Bolger's salary: $3,000 a week. Jack Haley's salary: $3,000 a week. Bert Lahr's salary: $2,500 a week.
Hamilton worked on the production for four months, and earned precisely $18,541.68. Prior to her acting career, Hamilton had worked as a kindergarden teacher.
26. Ray Bolger and Tin Man were the top earners on Oz, getting paid roughly $3,000/week.
According to Munchkin actor Jerry Maren, the little people were each paid over $125 a week (equivalent to $2,400 today).
Carroll owns the Wicked Witch's hourglass from the 1939 movie. He paid $80,000 for it a couple decades ago, outbidding a rather famous Oz devotee — Michael Jackson. Vice president of the International Oz Club, Jane Albright is Kansas City's most-noted reaper of the Yellow Brick Road.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE as DOROTHY in THE WIZARD OF OZ? Shirley Temple was MGM's first choice to play Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz but she was under contract to 20th Century Fox. When a deal for her services could not be struck, MGM turned to one of its contract players, Judy Garland, who proved to be the perfect Dorothy!
After appearing in the off-Broadway musical "See What I Wanna See," Menzel reprised her role in another run of "Wicked" in London's West End. During this run, she was the highest-paid female performer in the West End with earnings of over $30,000 per week.
In comparison, the Munchkin actors only made $50 dollars a week – less than half of what the dog was earning. Adjusted for inflation, the actors' pay equates to $946 per week.
How much did Orlando Bloom get paid for the Lord of the Rings trilogy?
Orlando Bloom says he was paid only US$175,000 (NZ$275,000) for his starring role as Legolas in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Bloom made the revelation during an interview with US radio host Howard Stern on his SiriusXM show Howard 100, dailymail.com reported — but had no complaints.
