Did You Know This About THE WIZARD OF OZ? #shorts

Did you know the costumes in The Wizard of Oz were dangerous?

The Tin Man’s costume was made of aluminum, and he was painted with aluminum paste, which gave him lasting breathing problems. The Cowardly Lion’s costume was made from real lion fur, weighing 90 pounds, and he often overheated on set. The Wicked Witch’s makeup was toxic because it was copper based, and it caused third degree burns when a stunt went wrong.
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[mr.ginger]

How in the hell did this movie get made, this would be remembered today as a Too dangerous Failure.

[indeeznuts]

i also heard that the snow in the snow scene was pure asbestos

[hearts_soph]

I’m surprised the actors managed to get out alive. The bts of this movie were dangerous

[zapartist]

Everything bout wizard of oz is dangerous bruhh

[McMillanScottish]

The original tin man, was to be Buddy Ebsen, and aluminum powder was applied to his face without any sort of base, and it got into his lungs and put him in the hospital, taking him out of the movie. His replacement wore makeup with some kind of oil base which bonded with the aluminum powder so he could work with it more safely.

[disneyboy]

I'm amazed that they were able to get through all that.

[jimstoesz]

Also the snow effects from that one scene was created using asbestos, so there's that as well...

[ArcadiaOccult]

No it wasn't the copper based paint that cause third-degree Burns it was the FIRE that caused 3rd degree burns!

[vicentehizon]

The Tin Man’s liquid makeup doesn’t give one asthma. You’re mixing Jack Haley with Buddy Ebsen. In the early stages of film development, Buddy Ebsen was chosen over Ray Bolger to portray the Scarecrow, who was originally cast as the Tin Man (understandable considering how more energetic Bolger was playing the Scarecrow). Eventually, Bolger swapped roles with Ebsen, but the one issue was the makeup used to cast Ebsen’s face in “metal” was mixed with aluminum powder. Eventually, the particles of the makeup got into his lungs and he had to be taken to the hospital. Jack Haley was assigned to take over as the Tin Man, and the rest is Oz-story.

[DayGloClam]

The first actor cast as Tin Man was Buddy Ebsen who played Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies.

[ChristopherEnoch]

Buddy Epsen was first picked for the Tinman role. But they used aluminum powder on his face. It got in his lungs. He was hospitalized for a few weeks. But there's was no lasting breathing problems.
Buddy opted out and Jack Haley played the role for the movie. They used aluminum paste which solved the problem. He didn't suffer anything but a minor eye infection one time.
So the way this clip presents the story is a tad bit misleading.

[mustlovebooknerd]

The witch’s makeup didn’t cause third degree burns, the fire that shot up around her did, when the trap door was delayed to avoid it being seen in the shot. The makeup exacerbated the injury just like anything would that’s on skin when it’s burned.

And it wasn’t Jack Haley who had breathing problems from the makeup, it was Buddy Ebsen, best known as Jed Clampett, the original Tin Woodsman, whose makeup was made from aluminum POWDER. They switched to the paste for Jack Haley (his replacement) after Ebsen was hospitalized. The paste DID give him an eye infection though.

But I guess facts aren’t as important as getting clicks and views.

[justinreillyhyers]

Did they use a real tornado to pick up the house too Of course I’m just being sarcastic about that LOL 😅

[bodyofhope]

Oh So many crazy bts things about this movie

[Pfisiar]

what made the overheating worse is that technicolor required a lot of intensely bright, hot lights to work correctly.

[rebeccamount]

Buddy Epson (aka Jed Clampett) was originally set to play the Tin Man, but had a very severe allergic reaction to the paint, leading to his hospitalization and near death.

[Sixtheatre]

Fun fact: the guy that was originally going to play the tin man got sick from the paint and they ended up getting a new actor.

[projectmammoth]

The first actor for the tinman had had aluminum powder on his face, which caused the breathing problems, the second actor who was the one we all know had aluminum paste that gave him eye infections.

[yesyes-ompo]

The suit gave him breathing problems because it contained silver dust, silver dust acts like asbestos where inhaling it causes damage to the lungs by creating microfissures in the lung tissue due to the heavy metal's properties as a fine dust.

It causes damage similar to inhaling asbestos, but it happens more quickly, as asbestos is only a fiber, silver is a heavy metal.

[davidhardison]

Buddy ebsen. Was originally supposed to be the tin Man but they used aluminum powder. Which caused Mr Epson to drop out of the movie and become a Beverly hillbilly. Then with the tin man you're showing here they used aluminum paste.