The Slippers were Silver in the original 1900 book and 1902/1903 stage versions, and Ruby in the 1939 film version.
Dorothy's slippers were ruby red colored.
Ruby red
In the movie, red ruby slippers. In the books, silver slippers.
ruby red
Dorothy , The Main Character
By giving her the ruby slippers.
slippers. Ruby Red slippers. (From wizard of oz) (Dorothy's)
The red ruby slippers in The Wizard of Oz gave Dorothy Gale a most patriotic look what with her wearing a blue-and-white dress.
The famous ruby slippers are featured in the famous hit movie The Wizard of Oz. The ruby slippers are worn by the film's heroine, Dorothy Gale who was played by Judy Garland in the MGM version of the film.
Dorothy Gale is the character who clicks a pair of ruby slippers to get home in "The Wizard of Oz."The color of the shoes is ruby in the beloved 1939 film version. The original color is silver in the original 1900 book edition. But either way, clicking the shoes is the only way that Dorothy can leave the beautiful, enchanted, magical lands of Oz and get back home to Uncle Henry and Aunt Em in Kansas.
Dorothy from "The Wizard of Oz"
The original book and stage versions had the slippers silver, the 1939 film version ruby. For the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film producers decided that the silver color looked washed out in Technicolor. So they changed to the more photogenic ruby for the slippers' color.