Since there have been many videos online claiming to show the ‘original’ munchkin suicide scene, it is safe to say that some people have gotten very creative with this myth. Everyone involved in making the film has unwaveringly denied that anyone committed suicide on set.Īlso, the forest scenes in The Wizard of Oz were filmed before the Munchkinland scenes, and thus none of the munchkin actors would yet have been present on set. Media Its been covered in many major media outlets, including the, the and even. MGM – who made the film – stated that the hanging munchkin was actually a large bird from the Los Angeles Zoo, brought onto the set to give it an outdoorsy feel. So, perhaps someone came up with the story by conflating these events and allegations with the glimpse of the bird spreading its wings looking a bit like someone hanging. Since stories of munchkin lechery and drunken misbehavior on the set had been circulating for years, the wild suicide story had some seeming background plausibility to it. The story goes that he was driven to despair over his unrequited love for a fellow munchkin actress and decided to end it all right there on set. Word quickly spread and soon it was said that a munchkin who was part of the film had committed suicide by hanging himself from one of the prop trees. This was not a regular-sized person, but a small person, who seemed to be hanging from a tree.
I'm checking the 1989 VHS to debunk the myth and prove the hoax wrong. And in the background, in between the trees, they saw someone. The urban legend of the Hanging Munckin in The Wizard of Oz has been around for years. With the invention of VHS people were able to rewind and replay the scene in question, view it in slow-motion or pause it. It’s there that they run into the Tin Man.
HANGING MUNCHKIN WIZARD OF OZ MOVIE
There’s a scene in the movie where Dorothy and the Scarecrow try to pick some apples. There was a dark rumor treading the hallowed halls of Hollywood that a Munchkin hanged himself during the production of the Wizard of Oz. At the end of the Tin Man scene, as Dorothy, the Scarecrow and the Tin Man are heading on up the Yellow Brick Road, some viewers noticed something strange. A Munchkin Was Thought to Have Taken Their Life on Set. This particularly popular and notorious myth first came on the scene during the 80’s, when The Wizard of Oz was widely released on home video. The Wizard of Oz is seen by many as the greatest film of all time and as such, there are a lot of stories and rumours surrounding it. There is a rumor that a munchkin allegedly hung himself during the making of the Wizard of Oz movie and no one noticed it during the scene. Myth: A munchkin on the set of The Wizard of Oz committed suicide and you can see it in the film. Wizard of Oz Hanging Hanging Munchkin Scene. What really happened? Are these ‘urban legends’ true or false? Classic Hollywood Central looks into it! In Classic Hollywood Myths we take a look at all the myths about the Golden Age of Hollywood.