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Title: Judy Garland 'was molested by Munchkins' on the set of Wizard of Oz, according to late husband's memoir
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UK Telegraph
URL Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/ ... wizard-oz-late-husband-claims/
Published: Feb 8, 2017
Author: Adam White
Post Date: 2017-02-08 08:23:36 by cranky
Keywords: None
Views: 9825
Comments: 37
"They thought they could get away with anything because they were so small": Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz Judy Garland's infamous childhood turmoil is the stuff of perverse legend, her anguish at the hands of Hollywood studio executives often blamed for a life of addiction, which ultimately killed her at the age of 47. But now a sensational new autobiography has claimed that Garland's experiences on the set of The Wizard of Oz were even worse than previously described. According to Garland's late husband Sid Luft, whose memoir is finally being published nearly 15 years after his death, the former child star was routinely groped and molested by actors portraying Munchkins in the film. Margaret Hamilton and Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz Credit: MGM/Warner Bros "They would make Judy's life miserable on set by putting their hands under her dress," he writes in Judy and I: My Life with Judy Garland. "The men were 40 or more years old." "They thought they could get away with anything because they were so small," he added. Rumours have long swirled about the hundreds of actors hired to play Munchkins in the film, with sources claiming over the years that they were repeatedly drunk, had mass orgies in their hotel, and even that one actor hung himself on set while the cameras were rolling, and can be seen swinging from a tree in the background of a shot. Though the latter has largely been debunked. "They had sex orgies in the hotel, and we had to have police on just about every floor," claimed producer Mervyn LeRoy in 1939. The Munchkin actors reportedly earned less than Toto the dog, forcing many to turn to prostitution It has been claimed that many of the little people on set, who were scouted from all over the USA and Germany, had never previously met other little people, resulting in a set best described as 'dwarf Caligula'. All housed in the same hotel, the Munchkin cast were reportedly drunk and disorderly throughout the making of the film, while some were forced to panhandle and prostitute themselves to make ends meet. Earning just $50 a week for their work, the actors playing Munchkins earned $100 less than the dog that played Toto. "They were very tiny, they were drunks," Garland said in 1967. "They put them all in a hotel in Culver City, and they got smashed every night, and they had to pick them up in butterfly nets." "One of them, who was a gentleman of about 40, asked me out to dinner," she continued. "I couldn't say I didn't want to go out because you're a midget, so I just said 'No, my mother wouldn't like it', but he said to bring her too." Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Judy Garland and Bert Lahr in The Wizard of Oz Garland's molestation only adds to the tragedy of her Hollywood upbringing, which included enforced corseting to slim her figure, the strapping down of her breasts to reinforce her studio-mandated 'girl next door' image, and a regular intake of pills and adrenaline shots to keep her strength up through filming. It has been said that the actress, then just 16, was already addicted to barbiturates and amphetamines while shooting the classic children's film, while MGM boss Louis B. Mayer reportedly sent spies to the set to ensure she was sticking to her daily diet, which consisted of chicken soup, black coffee and 80 cigarettes. 
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#1. To: cranky (#0)
This doesn't make sense since the average income in 1939 was $1400 a year or $26 a week. To me it sounds as if the producer did not have control of the set!
Kudos...MUD "Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, It would be like a 6' tall man having sex with a 12' tall woman. Wouldn't that be a bit too much like having sex with some hulking farm animal? It doesn't sound all that special to me. Maybe even a turn-off. I'm trying to picture having sex with a 12' tall Judy Garland. It doesn't seem all that hot to think about.
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Where do you find such gems.
They made her smoke 80 cigarettes a day?
Ya think? LOL, marauding little folk bullying the motion picture industry.
And at 16 years old. Amazing. And I'd agree that $50 per week in 1939 was probably pretty good pay. That would get more than an ounce of gold per week which would xlate to about 1500 per week today. A rough comparison but even half that for a filler movie role wouldn't be bad.
$50 bucks a week and the small people probably got room and board too. No wonder they were partying it up every night. Each one with $50 burning a hole in their pocket.
You guys have given this topic much more thought than I have. LOL
From those dotty brits. They'll print anything.
No, silly. They were talking about her daily diet. She ate 80 cigarettes a day.
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, "She ate 80 cigarettes a day." NOT that there's anything WRONG with that, Right, Mr. White?! "Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Plus, it can't take all that much cash/bathtubGIN 2 git these little folks hammered...MUD "Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, When did you become Bill Clinton? Or are you Trump? Nope. Nothing wrong with what she eats. She could even eat me. So could you.
Could be. It could also be that you have some deep-set sexual mommy issues if you fantasize about sex with giant women that are 2-3 times as tall as you are. You have to admit that Freud would have a field day with such fantasies. Look at the following image (colorized in 2005, original b&w here). Is Snow White getting molested by the Dwarfs really all that sexy to you? If so, you have issues and are some kind of sicko. IMO.
They made her smoke 80 cigarettes a day? You having a little trouble swallowing that one,too? BOYCOTT PAYPAL AND CLOSE YOUR PP ACCOUNTS NOW! ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO SO,TOO! ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
YER call... Not that MUDZ judging U...MUD GOTstah B true...RIGHT, y'ALL?!! Can't we ALL jist git along, doggieSTYLE...MUD "Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Going by this thread, I'm not the kinky one. You are the one that brought up the whole Munchkin-Judy romance business, not me.
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You are equating genetic dwarfs with small people? Shame, shame. How insensitive. :-)
LOL...just sayin'...if'n I wuz a Munchkin, which I ain't...NOT that there's anything WRONG with that...MUD "Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Pops up automatically whenever I "Sign-in"...MUD "Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, BTW...that's ALL on U, 2con...MUD "Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, You do think about it. Obviously. Yer goin' straight to hell, Mudboy.
Nawww...I'm gonna go the round'about way 2 wherever I end up...MUD "Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Joe Mama...MUD Joe Mama, 2, 2con...MUD "Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, More Cranky kook news. Bigfoot, Lockness monster and CT's... You name it, the paultard is so mentally weak, he'll believe anything.
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THOU protestETH 2 much, mi amigo. NOT that there's anything WRONG with THAT, "O kinky O.N.E.!!" REckon we'LL jist haveta start ADdressin ya as "2kinKY!!", 2con...MUD Q: How long does it take? Q: What happens if you've got TWO flats? (Compliments of the Linux Fortune program.) Hmmm...MUD?! "Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, I'm familiar with it.
good....MUD
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, "RINO-rat-BASS-turd ALERT!! RINO-rat-BASS-turd ALERT!! RINO-rat-BASS-turd ALERT!!" PUNK..RINO..SEAnile..chemicalLEE-imBALanced..embarrASSment!! YES...all of the ABOVE...MUD "Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Well not to be undone, here is an update posted at Drudge who seems to be enamored with the subject: Claims that Wizard of Oz munchkins molested Judy Garland deserve a response BTW, what happened to Cranky? Last post was in Nov of last year.
Dunno. nolu chan went missing that month too. cranky posted a variety of articles but didn't make many posts himself. nolu made extensive and well-researched posts.
It has been claimed that many of the little people on set, who were scouted from all over the USA and Germany, had never previously met other little people, resulting in a set best described as 'dwarf Caligula'. All housed in the same hotel, the Munchkin cast were reportedly drunk and disorderly throughout the making of the film, while some were forced to panhandle and prostitute themselves to make ends meet. Earning just $50 a week for their work, the actors playing Munchkins earned $100 less than the dog that played Toto.
#2. To: Justified, tpaine, redleghunter (#1)
I'd most likely GIT DRUNK and attempt 2 copulate with Judy Garland...
Wouldn't U?! I reckon U WOOD...MUD
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#3. To: Mudboy Slim (#2)
If'n I wuz a MUNCHkin, I'd most likely GIT DRUNK and attempt 2 copulate with Judy Garland... Wouldn't U?! I reckon U WOOD...MUD
#4. To: Tooconservative (#3)
It would be like a 6' tall man having sex with a 12' tall woman.
#5. To: Tooconservative (#3)
"It would be like a 6' tall man having sex with a 12' tall woman."
#6. To: cranky (#0)
#7. To: cranky (#0)
, while MGM boss Louis B. Mayer reportedly sent spies to the set to ensure she was sticking to her daily diet, which consisted of chicken soup, black coffee and 80 cigarettes.
#8. To: Justified (#1)
To me it sounds as if the producer did not have control of the set!
#9. To: redleghunter, Justified (#7)
(Edited)
They made her smoke 80 cigarettes a day?
#10. To: Pinguinite (#9)
And I'd agree that $50 per week in 1939 was probably pretty good pay. That would get more than an ounce of gold per week which would xlate to about 1500 per week today. A rough comparison but even half that for a filler movie role wouldn't be bad.
#11. To: nativist nationalist, misterwhite (#4)
#12. To: redleghunter (#6)
Where do you find such gems.
#13. To: redleghunter (#7)
"They made her smoke 80 cigarettes a day?"
#14. To: Tooconservative (#3)
It doesn't sound all that special to me. Maybe even a turn-off.
I'm trying to picture having sex with a 12' tall Judy Garland.
It doesn't seem all that hot to think about."
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#15. To: misterwhite (#13)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#16. To: redleghunter (#10)
"No wonder they were partying it up every night. Each one with $50 burning a hole in their pocket."
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#17. To: Mudboy Slim (#2)
If'n I wuz a MUNCHkin, I'd most likely GIT DRUNK and attempt 2 copulate with Judy Garland... Wouldn't U?! I reckon U WOOD...MUD
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#18. To: Mudboy Slim (#15)
"NOT that there's anything WRONG with that, Right, Mr. White?!"
#19. To: Mudboy Slim (#14)
Hmmm...perhaps U R a bit TOO2too conservative, Tooconservative...MUD
#20. To: redleghunter (#7)
, while MGM boss Louis B. Mayer reportedly sent spies to the set to ensure she was sticking to her daily diet, which consisted of chicken soup, black coffee and 80 cigarettes.
#21. To: Tooconservative, goldilucky, Mayor Stoney, Kim Chen, Selena Cuffee-Glenn, dAVID iNGROFF, John Logan, Charles Peters, L. Douglas Wilder, Willie LaNIER (#19)
(Edited)
SERVatI've.2?!!o NO?!!
QUESTioning, R.U?! Hmmm...
(Compliments of the Linux Fortune program.)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#22. To: Mudboy Slim (#21)
#23. To: Mudboy Slim (#21)
#24. To: Tooconservative (#19)
#25. To: Tooconservative (#22)
"I'm not the kinky one. You are the one that brought up the whole Munchkin-Judy romance business, not me."
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#26. To: goldilucky (#23)
"Linux Fortune Program?"
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#27. To: Tooconservative (#22)
"Snow White getting molested by the Dwarfs..."
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#28. To: Mudboy Slim (#25)
(Edited)
LOL...just sayin'...if'n I wuz a Munchkin, which I ain't...NOT that there's anything WRONG with that...MUD
#29. To: Tooconservative (#28)
"Yer goin' straight to hell, Mudboy."
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#30. To: Tooconservative (#28)
(Compliments of the Linux Fortune program.)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#31. To: cranky (#0)
#32. To: Tooconservative, TOOkinky, 2kinKEY!!, A K A Stone, goldilucky, AuntB, mel_living (#22)
A: Five; four to hold the car up and one to swap tires.
A: It's indeterminate.
It will depend upon how many flats they've brought with them.
A: They replace your generator."
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#33. To: Mudboy Slim (#26)
#34. To: goldilucky (#33)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#35. To: goldilucky (#33)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#36. To: Liberator, TooConservative, cranky (#11)
You guys have given this topic much more thought than I have. LOL
#37. To: redleghunter (#36)
BTW, what happened to Cranky? Last post was in Nov of last year.
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