sandal ruby ​​is a pair of magical boots worn by Dorothy Gale as played by Judy Garland in the 1939 MGM classic music movie The Wizard of Oz. Because of its iconic stature, the ruby ​​sandals are now regarded as the most valuable and valuable film memorabilia items. As always for essential props, a number of pairs are made for movies, although exact numbers are unknown. Five pairs are known to be safe; one pair stolen in August 2005 and never been found.
In the original novel L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), where the film is based, Dorothy uses Silver Shoes. However, the shoe color turned red to take full advantage of the new Technicolor film process used in big-budget Hollywood movies of that era. Film screenwriter Noel Langley is credited with the idea.
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Wizard of Oz (1939)
In the MGM movie, a teenage peasant girl named Dorothy (played by Judy Garland), her dog Toto, and their farmhouse were swept away from Kansas by a tornado and taken to the magical Land of Oz. The house fell and killed the Evil Witch of the East, freeing Munchkins from tyranny. The Good Witch Glinda from the North arrives through a magic bubble and shows Dorothy, the dead woman's legs, visibly sticking out from under the house in a ruby ​​red sandal. When the Wicked Witch of the West came to claim the shoe of his dead sister, Glinda miraculously transferred them to Dorothy's feet. Glinda tells Dorothy to stay tight in them and never let go, because the sandals must be very strong or Wicked Witch will not want them so bad. Throughout the rest of the film, Wicked Witch schemes get shoes. When he catches Dorothy, he tries to take on his sandals, but receives a painful shock. The Wicked Witch then realizes that the sandals will only come off if the wearer dies, so he decides to kill Dorothy. However, before he did so, Dorothy accidentally splashed him with a bucket of water, causing him to melt. In the end, it was revealed that Dorothy could return home just by closing her eyes, clicking on the heels of the sandals three times and repeating the phrase, "There's no place like home."
The sandal was designed by Gilbert Adrian, the designer of MGM head costume. Initially, two pairs are made in different styles. The so-called "Arab test pairs" are "very jeweled Arabic motifs, with toes and curved heels." The pair was used in a costume test, but was rejected because it was not suitable for a picture of a Kansas Dorothy farm girl. The second design is approved, with one modification. The red trumpet beads used to simulate rubies proved too heavy, so most were replaced with beads, about 2,300 for each shoe.
It is believed that at least six or seven pairs of final designs are made. According to producer Mervyn LeRoy, "We definitely have five or ten pairs of shoes". The closet woman working on the film claimed "six identical pairs" had been made. Four pairs used in the film have been accounted for. Rhys Thomas speculated that their possibility was made by Joe Napoli of the Western Costume Company, and not all at once, but because the need arose. Garland asked for a pair of half-size larger, because his legs would become a bit swollen in the afternoon due to the hard morning drills and filming. According to Rhys Thomas in his Los Angeles Times article, "all the rubies are between Sizes 5 and 6, varying between width B and D."
Four live pairs are made of white silk pump from Innes Shoe Company in Los Angeles. At that time, many movie studios used plain white silk boots because they were cheap and easy to color. It is likely that most of the shoes worn by the female characters in The Wizard of Oz are plain Innes shoes with varying heel heights, dyed to match each costume. There is an embossed gold or silver stamp or embroidered fabric label that bears the name of the company inside each right shoe.
To make the ruby ​​slippers, the shoes are dyed red, then overlay the burgundy mortar organza attached to the top and the heel of the shoe. The initial Technicolor three-color process requires a sequin to be darker than most red sequins found today; a bright red sequence will appear orange on the screen. Two weeks before the start of the filming, Adrian adds a red butterfly leather strap bow. Each Art Deco-inspired arc has three large, rectangular gems, red glass with dark red trumpet beads, which are underlined in red glass rhinestones in a silver setting. The stones and the beads were sewn into the bow, then into the coated shoes organza. Three pairs of orange living sandals stuck to the soles of their feet to turn off Garland's dance on Jalan Bata Kuning.
It is theorized that Garland used one main pair during filming. This may be a couple known as "The People's Shoes", on a public screen at the Smithsonian Institution.
The last known couple are, some believe, made for Bobbie Koshay, the Garland stunt action. This is most likely a 6B size pair (first owned by Roberta Bauman, then Anthony Landini, and currently by David Elkouby) whose lining says "Double" is not "Judy Garland". However, some believe that this couple is probably the second pair made, because it explains the "Double" in layers, but is still worn by Garland and Koshay. Some pairs of Garland's own shoes are 6 1 / 2 . In addition, Garland can be seen wearing this pair in a photo taken after the film's main shoot was completed in 1939.
In a sequence of films, Garland does not wear a ruby ​​red sandal. When the trees decorate the scarecrow with apples, Garland can briefly glance at wearing black shoes on his right foot.
Next history
Over the years, reckless movie studios with ancient props, costumes, scripts, and other materials, without realizing increasing value as memorabilia. Often, workers only keep props as souvenirs without permission, aware that their employers are not too concerned. One of the most famous is Kent Warner customers, who collect large personal collections and supplement their income with sales. It was he who found sandals in February or March of 1970 when helping to prepare a giant equipment auction and MGM wardrobe. They have been stored and forgotten in the basement of the MGM wardrobe department. A pair of pairs becomes the center of the auction. Warner keeps the best partner for himself, 5B, and apparently sells the rest.
Sandals in MGM auction (size 5C) were purchased for $ 15,000 by attorneys acting for unknown clients. It is believed to be a couple at a permanent exhibition on the wing of Popular Culture of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., although the donor insists on anonymity. Dr. Brent Glass, director of the museum, appeared on January 23rd, 2008 The Oprah Winfrey Show with sandals and told Oprah Winfrey that "they were worn by Judy Garland during her dance routine on Yellow Brick Road because something was felt at the bottom these sandals ". However, according to Rhys Thomas, all but one pair has shades of orange on the soles of the feet. The Smithsonian couple is experiencing rapid damage from aging and the museum raises money to fund research on conservation.
Another couple was initially owned by a Tennessee woman named Roberta Bauman who earned it by placing the second in the "Best Film Name 1939" contest at the National Four Star Club. In 1988, Christie's auction house sold it for $ 150,000 plus $ 15,000 premium buyer to Anthony Landini. Landini worked with Disney Company to start showing them at Disney/MGM Studios' Theme Park Florida in the queue for Great Movie Ride, whose facade area and queue are themed after the Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. They were spotted on their debut in 1989. Landini auctioned off a pair of sandals, again at Christie's East, on May 24, 2000, for $ 666,000 (including premium buyers). They are sold to David Elkouby and his colleagues, who own a memorabilia shop in Hollywood. Elkouby and Co have not featured shoes.
The Warner couple continues, "Witch Shoes", are in the best condition. Warner sold the shoes in 1981 to an unknown buyer through Christie's East for $ 12,000. Two weeks after Landini bought his sandals, the couple reappeared and offered privately through Christie to the bidder under Bauman's shoes, Philip Samuels of St. Louis. Louis, Missouri. Samuels bought it for the same price as Landini paid $ 165,000. She has used her shoes for fundraising for children's charity, and lends her to the Smithsonian when their sandals are cleaned, repaired or (previously) on tour. Auction House Profile in History announces that the couple will be in the spotlight of the Icon Hollywood auction on 15-17 December 2011. In an interview, Joe Maddalena, head of Profiles in History, estimates that they will earn two to three million dollars. They are offered at a reserve price starting from two million dollars on December 16, 2011, but not for sale. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and other philanthropists, including director Steven Spielberg, allow the Art Academy and Science Motion Picture to get the couple at an undisclosed price in February 2012 for their upcoming museum.
Kent Warner sold one pair, size 5 1 / 2 B, to Michael Shaw in 1970. It was stolen from an exhibit at the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota on the night of 27-28 August 2005. In 2015, the Associated Press reports that an anonymous donor has offered a $ 1 million reward for information about stolen sandals.
This highly arched "Arab" couple is owned by Debbie Reynolds memorabilist actress and presenter. Reynolds admits he got it from Kent Warner. Reynolds sandals sell for $ 510,000 (excluding premium buyers) as part of the auction section of the actress's collection in June 2011.
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Reproduction
Back to Oz
Ruby Sandals plays an integral role in the 1985 film Walt Disney Pictures Return to Oz, in which Disney must get the rights from MGM to use reproduction in the film. Unlike the original, English-made British hand-made shoes for Back to Oz are covered in hundreds of dark red crystals. The stones are immersed in sulfuric acid to remove silver, and two types of glue are used to attach them to shoes (glue spray and optical glue). No matter what it does, the rocks continue to fall during the filming. Stagehands are specifically hired to wipe loose "rubies" that will fall from sandals after a shot scene. Being a little girl, actress Fairuza Balk who plays Dorothy and Emma Ridley who plays Princess Ozma, can not keep playing, jumping up and tapping their heels, so they are finally asked to take off sandals between shoots. The effects are then added in post-production to provide their magical light sandals. Simple, red grosgrain ribbon with extra stones used for the bow. Seven pairs were made for the making of the film: two pairs, three for Ridley, three pairs (unknown size) for Balk and two men's size 11 for Nome King played by actor Nicol Williamson.
In 1985, Walt Disney Productions distributed a pair of sandals to promote the film. They were won by the British family, who sold it to prominent Oz Willard Carroll collector in eBay auction in 2001.
Western Costume Company
Western Costume Company in Hollywood claims to have made Garland's original sandals. While it is possible that Western will be contracted to make some costumes from The Wizard of Oz, there is no record of the original sandals to validate or disprove their claims.In 1989, to commemorate the 19th anniversary, 50 films, Western produces official reproductions, hand-held on genuine Judy Garland foot prints and completely sequined and ornamented, reproduction sandals almost identical to the original Westerners are planning a limited edition of 500 pairs for $ 5,000 each but stopping the project after selling only 16 pairs. One of these couples took $ 35,000 (including premium buyers) at auction November 25, 2013.
Reproduction of other movies
Super Mario Bros. is a 1993 science fiction/adventure retribution of The Wizard of Oz featuring a red-accented Air Stompers "Pegas" that allows the wearer to fly while heading the heels together. A pair of sandals ruby ​​â € <â €
The tribute version
In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of The Wizard of Oz, jewelry company Harry Winston created a pair of four-size sandals using "about 25 carats of diamond and 1,500 karat rubies". At a price of $ 3 million, they are reportedly the most expensive pair of shoes in the world.
During fall 2008 Fashion Week in New York City, the Swarovski company held a charity contest to commemorate the seventies anniversary of the film, with nineteen designers redesigning ruby ​​slippers, including Gwen Stefani, Diane von FÃÆ'¼rstenberg, and Moschino. The "Arab" design is displayed with designer entries.
Television
In the 1990-1991 animated TV series The Wizard of Oz (produced by DiC Animation City), the strength of the ruby ​​sandals â € <â €
In this series, Dorothy remains inexperienced and unfamiliar with shoe magic, and thus, summoning their powers only as a last resort; often resulting in deus ex machina scenarios. The Cowardly Lion and Truckle, Wicked Witch of the West's head Flying Monkey, can also wear it for a while.
In the Charmed season 5 episode Happily Ever After , Piper, after going to Fairytale Castle to defeat Wicked Witch, return home using a ruby ​​slipper.
The sandal appeared briefly on the 4th episode of "Fractured" from Warehouse 13 in Dark Vault, apparently having a life of its own, accompanied by a wizard and some notes about "Over the Rainbow". It is said that "Artifact" - a potentially dangerous and dangerous object that gives dangerous power to the wearer - because many artifacts are based on works of fact and fiction.
Episode 9 The "Slumber Party" from the Supernatural series featured Dorothy and Wicked Witch. Dorothy, here portrayed as a hard fighter, realizes that shoes are the only thing that can kill seemingly invincible magicians. At one point, he admitted he never really wore the iconic shoe, having considered it "tawdry" to wear the shoes of a dead witch. Toward the end of the episode, Charlie Bradbury used his shoes to kill Wicked Witch and thwarted plans to bring his troops to Earth and take over the world.
Books
According to a revisionist version of Oz's history recorded in the novel Gregory Maguire Wikipedia, the slippers were given to Nessarose, Wicked Witch of the East future, by his father. They are built with handmade glass beads and reflect many different colors in lighting, giving them almost chameleon effect. After being fascinated by Elphaba's long-time friend and Glinda roommate (Good Witch of the North), they became a force item that enabled the sleeveless and handicapped Nessarose to stand and run independently and without additional support. In the musical adaptation,
The Ruby Slippers of Oz (Tale Weaver Publishing, 1989) by Rhys Thomas is the history of the famous shoe and part of Kent Warner in it.
Music
The progressive band Electric Light Orchestra used the frame of the 1939 film on the cover of their fourth studio album Eldorado, released in 1974. The cover was styled by Sharon Osbourne (then known as Sharon Arden) and the image was printed upside down: shoes left in the movie.
Video game
In World of Warcraft , Ruby slippers are a pair of 70 level cloth slippers dropped by the "Wizard of Oz" opera show themed in Karazhan raid. The shoe works the same as the hearthstone that all characters start with, allowing them to teleport from their current location to the lodge where a stone fireplace is set. The title below the statistics line, as in the movie, is "There's no place like home."
Sandals are part of the twelve "Elements of the Foundation" in the video game of toy-to-life Lego Dimensions .
See also
- List of memorabilia movies
References
Bibliography
- Harmetz, Aljean (1989). The Making of The Wizard of Oz . Pavilion. ISBN 0-7868-8352-9.
- Thomas, Rhys (1989). The Ruby Slippers of Oz . ISBN: 0-942139-09-7.
External links
- Media associated with Ruby sandals from The Wizard of Oz (film) on Wikimedia Commons
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