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What is everyone's fave. scene

posted 18 years ago by BookwormLindsey
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I have two:

1. When Dorothy is first introduced....She has the most beautiful look that innocent look. Too bad they only showed Toto once. Or did i miss something.

2. When they (Baum and Denslow) were reading it and it would show art work and he would read this section:

"She threw her arms around the Lion's neck and kissed him, patting his big head tenderly. Then she kissed the Tin Woodman, who was weeping in a way most dangerous to his joints. But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades."

Something about John Ritter reading that sends chills up me.

Let me know yalls fave. scene. LOVE YALL!

[–] bogonbeast 17 years ago

It's hard to narrow it down to one scene, because there are so many great moments. Here are a few that I particularly like:

1 - When Baum's on the road and he sits down and finally starts to write the first chapter of his book. I've also written a fantasy novel, so I just really connect with this scene.

2 - When Baum's mother-in-law sticks up for him (her speach that begins with "He's right. I'd rather eat a pound of nails than admit it, but it's true!") I love the way Rue McClanahan (sp?) delivered that speech. She was very convincing.

3 - When Baum tells Dorothy about the Tin Man, and then as soon as the scene is over we see Baum at the cemetary, looking at Dorothy's gravestone. I'm not afraid to admit I get a tear in my eye everytime I watch that scene.

[–] BookwormLindsey 17 years ago

oh i do too! i love those too. Rue was a great mom in law wasnt she. I sure they bring it to DVD L. Frank is such a wonderful inspiration. I wish I would of been a fly on the way when he wrote that first chapter. Oh i bust down cry when little Dorothy dies, i still cry the soundtrack is amazing. I was begging so hard and i finally got it well worth $22 bucks!

[–] maskedman66 17 years ago

As the saying goes, "It's all good," but I do like seeing all the little bits, apocryphal though some may be, coalescing in Baum's mind into what eventually becomes "Wonderful Wizard."

I do have to say, though, the beautiful scene you described sticks in my mind: Baum reads the passage in the book when Dorothy says goodbye to her friends. Did you notice Denslow very quickly stifling a sniffle? Classic!

The only liberty they took of which I did not personally approve was in the opening scene depicting the premiere of the MGM "Wizard," when almost none of the reporters knows who Maud is. In real life, she was one of the guests of honor!!!

"Only a Sith deals in absolutes" is an absolute statement.

[–] BookwormLindsey 17 years ago

i did indeed notice that. Oh not gonna cry gotta go to class. That was so beautiful. I love Dreamer. I know how could someone not know who Maude was? Shesh.

[–] maskedman66 17 years ago

Also I seem to remember that either Bolger or Haley (more likely Haley; I think he was already at work on another picture) wasn't able to make it to the MGM movie's premiere, even though both of them are mentioned in the prologue of "Dreamer" as being present there.

Just as a side note, along with Maud Baum, another celebrated guest star was Fred Stone, the actor who had played the Scarecrow in the hugely successful Broadway musical "The Wizard of Oz" from 1902 to (I think ) 1909. It would have been cool if they could have included him in "Dreamer" somehow.

"Only a Sith deals in absolutes" is an absolute statement.

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[–] dchin31 15 years ago

1. Dorothy Gale's scene with the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion.

2. When we are first introduced to the Cowardly Lion.

[–] jacsvogel 14 years ago

There were many good scenes in this movie. Some sad scenes were of course when Dorothy died and when Baum died. The last scene with Baum on his death bed and telling his wife he loves her and her saying she loves him made me cry the first time I saw this movie. It was such a touching scene.

[–] maskedman66 14 years ago

I'm surprised, given all the other possibly false tales incorporated into this movie, that they didn't included the last words Baum is said to have spoken, namely, "Now we can cross the Shifting Sands."

"Only a Sith deals in absolutes" is an absolute statement.

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[–] maskedman66 13 years ago

So many people have chimed in about how affecting the scenes with little Dorothy were, and indeed they were-- beautiful, some of them-- but they are among the fictionalized bits. The real Dorothy Gage died in infancy; no less tragic, to be sure, but she did not provide the model for Dorothy Gale, even if she did provide the name.

"Only a Sith deals in absolutes" is an absolute statement.

[–] Verbal-17 14 years ago

My personal favorite is probably the scene where Baum's son ends up out on the windowsill, and as Baum is rescuing the kid, he calms him down by telling him about the twister carrying the house to Oz. That was a great scene.

Also the scene where he faces down the gunfighter and pretends to be a tough guy. The way Ritter handled that scene was hilarious.

"I can't believe you like money too. We should hang out."