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Ruby Slippers

The ruby slippers are the magical shoes worn by Dorothy (played by Judy Garland) in the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz. In film, Dorothy acquires the slippers after her house falls and kills the Wicked Witch of the East, freeing the Munchkins from the Witch's tyranny. However no beneficial effect, Dorothy receives the slippers to protect his sister from the vindictive witch, the Wicked Witch of the West. Dorothy knows the slippers magic, but is not aware of their specific skills. Only at the end of the movie the good witch Glinda North, reveal the slippers' secret: When Dorothy wishes, she can go home to Kansas by simply clicking heels and repeat three times, "There is no place like home."

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The Red Shoes were designed by Adrian Gilbert. It is speculated that at least seven pairs are made in sizes of Judy Garland 5 and 6, four pairs used in the film have been recorded today, and the test of "Arab couple, which was used in the tests of clothing, which are not visible in the final image. A pair is on permanent display at the National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC [1]. This pair does not correspond to (top right front left see picture), fueling speculation that a number of shoes may exist. The other couples are in the hands of private collectors Elkouby Philip and David Samuels. A couple of injuries sophisticated foot, not used in the film, is owned by actress and conservationist memorabilia Debbie Reynolds. Another couple unused horn was Pearl and Richard Thorpe directed the film. The couple's whereabouts are unknown.

The four pairs of shoes worn in the film was originally white silk pumps Company Innes shoes in Los Angeles, and are engraved in gold or silver embroidered seal or label, leather shoe right foot white kid. At that time, many movie studios use plain white silk shoes because they were inexpensive and easily dyed. It is likely that most of the shoes worn by female characters in The Wizard of Oz heels with a clear height vary Innes, dyed to match each costume. The shoes used for Dorothy's slippers were dyed red organza then shine burgundy overlays are attached to each shoe and high heels. early in the process of the film, three-strip Technicolor brightness darker than necessary most of sequins bright red sequined red today would have appeared on the screen in orange. The Art Deco-inspired bows comprised three large rectangular red glass jewels color dark red beads, strass glass set in orange-red in the money from the community. The stones and beads are sewn onto a piece of red leather strap and then the organza covered shoe. Three pairs of shoes orange felt glued to the soles of their survivors to muffle the noise. Unmuffled The remaining pair, the smallest was used on the feet of dead Wicked Witch of the East and perhaps the great Dorothy plans (eg in Munchkinland and the Emerald City gates). Garland had a couple primary during shooting. This pair can be seen when the witch tries to catch them now, while Dorothy and her friends at his castle in captivity and in the climax of the film, when Dorothy taps her heels to return to Kansas. The whole "sister of this pair is owned by Michael Shaw, who obtained from Kent Warner in 1970. This couple be clearly seen in the final movie, when Dorothy shows the ruby slippers to the Emerald City doorman. This couple has been missing since it was stolen from an exhibition Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. [2] The last known pair was made for Bobbie Koshay, Judy stunt double. This is probably the size 6B pair (property Roberta Bauman, Anthony Landini, and current owner David Elkouby), whose lining says "Double" instead of "Judy Garland." Judy can be used this pair of photos and publicity appearances after the shooting the main movie was completed in 1939.

In a 1970 MGM auction, a pair sold for $ 15,000 (The pair now on permanent display in the wing of popular culture, American history museum, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.). Another pair was carried out by a woman from Tennessee, Roberta Bauman who won in a "name of the best films of 1939" contest in high school. It belongs to them until 1988, when they are sold east of the auction house Christie's for $ 165,000, plus commission. Anthony Landini bought shoes, and immediately began to show them in the Disney / MGM Studios The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Two weeks after Landini bought his pair, another pair of real surface, previously held by Kent Warner, who found most surviving pairs of slippers while working in the clothing industry of Hollywood. This pair was offered by Christie's private sector to under-bidder shoes Bauman. Philip Samuels of St. Louis, Missouri, purchased at the same price you paid $ 165,000 Anthony. Samuels used his shoes to raise money for charity for children, and Smithsonian loans where your shoes are cleaned, repaired or (previously) in the tour. Landini auctioned his pair of shoes outside once more to the east of Christie's, May 24, 2000, at $ 666,000, including buyers premium and the Commission to the auction house. Elkouby were sold to David and his partners, who have Hollywood souvenir shops. Elkouby was convicted of selling stolen clothing systems the film. [Edit] Elkouby and company have yet to show the shoes. Yet another pair of ruby slippers from the film, the ownership of Michael Shaw, was shown at the Oz Museum in Wamego, Kansas. They have been stolen from the Judy Garland Museum, part of the Children's Discovery Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in August 2005 and still have not recovered. More information about the history of footwear can be found in the book of the ruby slippers of Oz by Rhys Thomas (1989).

The ruby slippers still play an essential role in the 1985 Disney film "Return to Oz", for which Disney had to obtain the rights to MGM to use reproductions of the film. [3] Unlike the slippers used in the 1939 film, shoes, hand coil English heel for Return to Oz were hundreds covered with red crystals. [3] The stones were soaked in sulfuric acid to remove the support of capital [3], and two types of glue used was to put in the shoes (a spray adhesive and glue optical). What was done, the stones stay in place and kept falling during filming. [3] Effects were added later in post-production to give the slippers their magical glow. Simple, grosgrain ribbon with the more rock have been used for bows. Four couples were made for shooting: a pair, size, for Ozma (Emma Ridley), two pairs, size 2, for Dorothy (Fairuza Balk), and a pair, size 10 men because Gnome King (Nicol Williamson). Stagehands were specifically hired to sweep up loose "Ruby" falling, slippers after a scene was filmed. Fairuza and Emma, the girls were I could not stop playing, jumping and banging their heels, so eventually they were necessary to remove the slippers between takes. In 1985, the Walt Disney Company has distributed a pair of sneakers to promote the film. They were won by a British family, which sold to Oz collector Willard Carroll in a 2001 eBay auction.

Western Costume Company in Hollywood claims to have made original slippers Judy Garland. Although it is likely that Western were recruited to take part in The Wizard of Oz, many costumes, There is no trace of the original shoes to validate your claim. In 1989, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the film, the West has produced the only authorized reproductions Ruby Shoe. Judy Garland Tough original foot mold and completely sequined and precious stones, reproduction of shoes were almost identical to the originals. West provided a limited edition of 500 pairs of $ 5,000 each, but halted the project after selling only 16 pairs.

A pair of ruby slippers imitation the film appeared in 2002, the master of disguise. Another pair appeared in an Oz sequence in the cult comedy Kentucky Fried Movie.

Depending on the version chronic history revisionist Oz Malo Gregory Maguire, the shoes were given to the Wicked Witch of the East (Nessarose) by his father. When the shoes appeared silver. After to be enchanted by Glinda (Good Witch of the North) they become objects of power that can not walk without the aid of a wheelchair Nessarose. Energy Glinda spell gave the shoes his famous ruby glow. Maguire invention and silver shoes and Baum bridges ruby slippers from the film. Wicked The musical adaptation, like the novel, the slippers Nessarose given by his father. Unlike the book, however, Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, is the love the shoes, giving the ability to walk Nessarose. This shows the underlying reason Elphaba wanted the shoes Dorothy so badly.

Ruby Slippers of Oz by Rhys Thomas. Tale Weaver Publishing. 1989. A real mystery story in the Hollywood's most famous shoes in the world and the Underworld in the final work of Hollywood memorabilia and the man who created it.

In World of Warcraft, sneakers Ruby is a pair of epic-level cloth shoes dropped in the Wizard of Oz on the topic if the opera "in the raid instance of Karazhan. The shoes function similarly to hearthstone that all characters start, allowing them to teleport from their current location at the inn where the stone house is fixed. The title lines statistics, as in the film is "No place like home."

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