I saw this many times as a child,and also in my teens. Then as an adult, I introduced my son to it when HE was very little,and the magic never diminished at all for me as I watched it with him! It became his favourite movie and he actually knew it word perfectly within a short time!!! He is now 30,and it is still a firm favourite which we watch rather often!! He is now 30 and we often quote lines from this movie to each other,and we both get such giggles and fun from it even after so many years and so many times seeing it!!! What a joy it is to still enjoy seeing something so truly magical and delightful,which was made so very long ago; BEFORE the CGI special effects which seem to be so prominent in every movie made these days.
Interesting that they wanted Shirley Temple and couldn't get her . . . . . Oh, what would it have been like then . . .??? We can only wonder.
I truly would NOT have enjoyed it ,had Shirley Temple played the part of Dorothy!!!! I can hardly bear to watch more than a couple of minutes of her!!
Sometimes these roles do end up with the perfect person being cast,thank heavens!
Hahahahahahahahahaha!!! Yes, I think it would have suffered had poor old Shirley been Dorothy . . .although I always felt JG was too "old" for the part. However, history is history.
I think that JG's singing voice may have had a lot to do with the success of her being cast. The other cast members, who to me were always the far more interesting and entertaining,made the entire movie the joy it always has been for me! 'Oooooh I'll get you,my pretty... and your little dog toooooo!!!!!'
The now famous quotes from both book and movie are simply classics which remain with us!!!! Of course the most famous of all has to be 'There is NO place like home' .
Ray Bolger. *sigh* He looked boneless, he was so supple.
I have just once, a few years ago.
Up until then it was not a movie I was interested in.
I think because it was so often spoken about, was a tad of a turn-off for me.
I found it interesting, but I am not a lover of Judy...sadly.