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Sareen Leeds and Mental_Floss<\/a><\/b>\u00a0present 17 Wonderful (and Not So Wonderful) Facts About The Wizard of Oz<\/em><\/a>.<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0Here are three of my favorites… [Beware of Spoilers!]<\/p>\n 2. GETTING DOROTHY HOME TO KANSAS WAS AN EASIER FEAT THAN MAINTAINING A DIRECTOR FOR THE WIZARD OF OZ<\/em>. 6. FRANK MORGAN PLAYED NOT ONE, NOT TWO, BUT FIVE CHARACTERS IN OZ. 12.<\/b> MOVIE-MUSICAL VIRTUOSO BUSBY BERKELEY CHOREOGRAPHED AN EXTENDED (AND DELETED) VERSION OF “IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN.”<\/b><\/p>\n\n
\n<\/i><\/b>Victor Fleming may be the one officially credited onscreen, but The Wizard of Oz<\/em> can boast\u00a0four<\/i> directors. The first, Richard Thorpe, was fired after less than two weeks. George Cukor was brought in next, but he was summoned away to go work on\u2014of all projects!\u2014Gone With the Wind<\/em>. Then Fleming stepped in, until he too was called over to assist with Gone With the Wind<\/em>, <\/i>and King Vidor was hired to complete the movie.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em><\/b>Most of the main actors in The Wizard of Oz<\/em> played two roles: A Kansas character and his or her Oz counterpart. This meant Ray Bolger (Scarecrow), Jack Haley (Tin Man), and Bert Lahr (Cowardly Lion) doubled as farmhands, and Margaret Hamilton got wicked in both Kansas (Miss Gulch) and Oz (the Witch). But Frank Morgan, who portrayed the shady Professor Marvel in the Kansas scenes (and was only billed for that role in the credits), not only showed up in Oz as the Wizard, but also as the uppity Doorman to the Emerald City, the Horse-of-a-Different-Color-owning Cabbie, and the snippy (later, sobbing) Wizard\u2019s Guard.<\/p>\n