Allstar Picture Library Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo The Wizard of Oz slippers, as seen in the famous 1939 movie. In the original Oz series of books by L. Frank Baum, Dorothy's slippers were silver.
However, the color was changed to ruby red for the 1939 film to take advantage of the new Technicolor technology. The ruby slippers are a pair of magical shoes worn by Dorothy Gale as played by Judy Garland in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film The Wizard of Oz. Because of their iconic stature, [1] they are as of December 2024 the most valuable items of film memorabilia in the world.
[2] Several pairs were made for the film, though the exact number is unknown. Five pairs are known to have survived. The Ruby Slippers were made famous by Dorothy Gale, a character portrayed by Judy Garland (1922-1969), in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
Based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, this fantasy tale set in a magical land is recognized for its extensive use of Technicolor. In Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," the magical slippers are silver.
Screenwriter Noel Langley switched the color to red for the 1939 MGM film starring Judy Garland, reportedly because he believed the bright hue would look better in Technicolor. In L. Frank Baum's original book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," Dorothy's shoes are actually silver.
The film, released in 1939, changed the color to ruby red to take advantage of Technicolor, a vibrant color film process used at the time. L is their first and only appearance. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Frank Baum's first Oz book, was published in 1900.
Despite this, and due to the widespread popularity of the 1939 MGM musical film The Wizard of Oz, most people believe Dorothy Gale's shoes on her Oz adventure are ruby red. Everyone knows the dazzling ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz." Nearly 90 years later, it's practically a celebrity in its own right. But ruby isn't what author L.
Frank Baum had in mind. What color were the slippers that carried Dorothy home in the original book? Dorothy's shoes in L. Frank Baum's original book "The Wizard of Oz" are silver.
In the 1939 MGM film, they are changed to ruby red. This alteration enhances their visibility against the yellow brick road, making the magic slippers an iconic symbol of the movie. In the original book, and in the 1902/1903 stage version of 'The Wizard of Oz', author and Oz series originator Lyman Frank Baum [May 15, 1856-May 6, 1919] made Dorothy's shoes Silver Slippers.
In. Dorothy Gale's ruby red slippers from Victor Fleming's 1939 classic The Wizard Of Oz are arguably one of the most famous movie props of all time, which is fascinating considering that for a number of years the shoes were practically forgotten about.