The Wizard of Oz Was Supposed to Look Totally Different
Richard Thrope was the original director of The Wizard of Oz and wanted it to look completely different. In his version, Dorothy looked more like the character did in the book. She had cute blonde hair with a full face of doll makeup. That’s definitely not how Dorothy was portrayed in the film.
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If you ask me, Judy Garland made The Wizard of Oz, the iconic movie that it is today. However, she wasn’t cast to play Dorothy at first. Richard Thorpe was really hoping to get Shirley Temple to play the lead. He also wanted Buddy Ebsen as the Tin Man and managed to cast him before getting fired two weeks later. Unfortunately, Ebsen couldn’t play the role… but we’ll get to that later.