The Wizard of Oz is my favorite movie. No other film has ever captured the very specific, beautiful magic that you find in the land of Oz. Where would I be today without this movie and Judy Garland as Dorothy? I have no idea. Her performance of this song brings me to a special place. No one does it better.
Thank you, Judy. And thank you, producers, for cutting the reprise out of the final cut of the film, because if I had to watch and hear THIS in the movie when I was a little girl, I would have been traumatized for life:
Chilling.
[This post is brought to you by Lady T’s inner gay man.]
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Wow! Have never heard that out take and I thought I’d heard them all. I also grew up on this great film and wanted to find the way over that rainbow. My great aunt actually did Billy Burke’s hair for this and the Topper films. So… a bit of family nostalgia as well. Thanks for sharing.
You should check out a reprise of the song she sang in 1943. Her singing voice had improved so greatly over the four years. It’s absolutely magnificent.