Fifty dollars ($50) plus expenses each week of costuming and make-up testing and then $100 each week of rehearsing and filming is how much the Munchkin actors were paid in "The Wizard of Oz."
Specifically, the Singer Midgets played the diminutive Munchkins in the beloved 1939 film version of "The Wizard of Oz." They totaled 124 in all. They were hired for the acrobatic, dancing, singing and Wrestling talents originally developed and paid for by the troupe owner, Leopold von Singer (May 3, 1877 - March 5, 1951).
No, residuals were not offered to the actors who played the Munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz."
Specifically, residuals recognize a creator's performance through payments for subsequent screenings or showings of the film in question. The actors who played the Munchkins received weekly payments, as was the case with the other actors involved in the filming of the beloved 1939 movie classic. MGM Studios made payment to Leopold von Singer (May 3, 1877 - March 5, 1951), who originally recruited and trained his performing troupe of Singer Midgets.
Munchkins
The surviving Munchkins from the cast of the Wizard of Oz make a variety of public appearances.
Munchkins, I believe.
18 and up
Many children actually played as munchkins in The Wizard of Oz. If you look very closley in the Munchkin Land scenes, you can see that some munchkins look to be much younger and smaller than the actual midgits.
Munchkins
The surviving Munchkins from the cast of the Wizard of Oz make a variety of public appearances.
Munchkins, I believe.
In "The Wizard of Oz," the Munchkins' favorite color is blue. This is why their houses and clothing are predominantly blue in the movie.
Toto??
Munchkins
18 and up
making sweets :)
Yes, they were standing up.
yes .... because the munchkins are migets i watched it
L. Frank Baum wrote the original Wonderful Wizard of Oz which included the Munchkins. Screenplay writers of the Wizard of Oz, Noel Langley and Florence Ryerson adapted the characters into the theatrical production.
Wizard made the film scene in l939. The Muppets did not exist at that time. Munchkins are associated with Oz but not Muppets.