Did one of the munchkins hang themself during filming the movie?

Answer 1

This is a myth about "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). No munchkin committed suicide. Animals were brought in to roam the yellow brick road set. The scene where some people claim a munchkin hangs himself is simply a bird moving around in the background.

Answer 2

I don’t know

Answer 3

No. This is a myth. Animals were brought in to be in some background scenes. The scene where some people claim to see the hanging is simply an animal moving around. Actors who played munchkins have said in interviews that no one hanged himself.

No, that was just a rumor. What appeared to be a hanged Munchkin was really the shadow of a bird.

Answer 4

At the end of the sequence in which Dorothy and the Scarecrow first meet the Tin Man, as the three march off singing "We're Off to See the Wizard", there is a disturbance in the trees off to the right. This was long rumored to be one of the crew (or, by some accounts, one of the dwarf actors) committing suicide by hanging himself, but it is in fact a large bird stretching its wings.

Answer 5

This is either an optical illusion or the shadow of a bird or something , I hasten to add there was a Radio drama - a series called Candy Matson Yukon- and a number- it was about a female detective- she was investigating a murder on a movie set - the film took place in old Time San Francisco- there was supposed to be a scene where three bandits were hung ( as capital punishment) in paralell- that is alongside each other, right then and there it hit me this was a parody of Calvary. I do not think anybody hung themself in (wizard) it would be out of warp- phrase not yet coined in l939. Also this might be taken as parodying something about martyrdom, etc, see above. In Candy Matson- Yukon ( some number) yes there was a hanging scene, from a movie.The movie was filmed in San Francisco= maybe some weird analogy?

Answer 6

Yes,the munchkin that did this is dead