Sue
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Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:40 am Post subject:
Re: Wizard of Oz: Toto's Fate. |
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One-Shot Scot wrote:
| Quote: | "Sue" <sueb1863@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:436E9ADB.8010506@earthlink.net...
But nobody ever notices the chief Flying Monkey still handing her the
script-deleted Wishing Cap, right after the poppies scene...
Derek Janssen
djanss@charter.net
Oh, is that what that thing is? Thanks, I always wondered! I just
thought it was a generic hat or bag or something.
This is a real tragedy. Early studio heads decide that a movie is too long
(whatever that means) or that a certain scene is not appropriate
(censorship) or stops the film's forward momentum, and a lot of fascinating
material is taken out of a movie. This wouldn't be so bad if the original
film hadn't been destroyed.
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I agree! I suppose at the time they just didn't think there'd ever be
any reason anybody would want the footage. They thought, well, we didn't
use it, so out it goes!
It reminds me of the sad fate of most of the original animation cels
from the early Walt Disney movies. Once they were photographed, the cels
were either wiped clean to be reused later or burned, to save the
trouble of storing them. Some were sold for a few dollars as souvenirs
at the theme parks, until it was realized how valuable they were.
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One-Shot Scot
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Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:04 am Post subject:
Re: Wizard of Oz: Toto's Fate. |
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"Sue" <sueb1863@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | This is a real tragedy. Early studio heads decide that a movie is too long
(whatever that means) or that a certain scene is not appropriate
(censorship) or stops the film's forward momentum, and a lot of
fascinating
material is taken out of a movie. This wouldn't be so bad if the original
film hadn't been destroyed.
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<<I agree! I suppose at the time they just didn't think there'd ever be any
reason anybody would want the footage. They thought, well, we didn't use it,
so out it goes!>>
<<It reminds me of the sad fate of most of the original animation cels from
the early Walt Disney movies. Once they were photographed, the cels were
either wiped clean to be reused later or burned, to save the trouble of
storing them. Some were sold for a few dollars as souvenirs at the theme
parks, until it was realized how valuable they were.>>
It's a real shame. The same thing happened to a lot of early TV programs:
The studios recorded over the original tapes. |
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