This is such an interesting thread. I had no idea the original story in the book had silver shoes, and that MGM changed them for the movie. So fascinating!

Not sure anyone cares, but The Wiz used silver shoes.

Total sidenote, but I chuckle that everyone (including myself) grew up calling these “slippers”. They are heels or pumps, lol. Did women call these type of shoes slippers back in the day?

They colorized the movie.

Stumbled on this because I was looking for other people that remember seeing the shoes at the end. Camera pans down to the ruby slippers (which I don't remember being colorized, just in B&W but sparkly), and The End comes on screen the it all fades into the ending credits.

What I have dug up over the years is that copies were delivered to the tv network and then sent on to the affiliate stations. And over the years those copies would be edited in different ways to fit the varying time slots - if a station had a lot of ads, more of the movie would be cut, less ads and they'd put more movie back in. So we did NOT all see the same movie every year, even on the same channel.
But I've never been able to find the ruby slipper ending....but I KNOW it was always there. Until one day - it wasn't. And I just stared at the screen and wanted to know where the shoes were. It was always my favorite scene of the movie. Leaving the audience wondering if it was really a dream...or not.

https://www.saturdaymorningsforever.com/2015/07/the-wizard-of-oz-animated-series.html?m=1


"The Wizard of Oz debuted on September 8, 1990 on ABC and ran for a single season before it was cancelled. The introduction depicted the backstory on Dorothy’s return to Oz and was produced in the same way as the movie; with the Kansas scenes in black and white except for the Ruby Slippers. The series was adapted by Cliff Ruby and Elana Lesser and written by Pat Allee, Gordon Bressack, Bob Carrau, Jules Dennis, Ben Hurst, Lisa Maliani, Michael Maroney, Michael Maurer, Richard Merwin, Doug Molitor, Michael O’Mahony, Laurie Sutton, Chris Weber and Karen Willson, with Molitor serving as story editor. Animation was handled by Pacific Rim Productions, Inc."

I remember seeing it in the late 1970's. Slippers were not colorized in the ending pan down scene. One of my aunts remembers it same way.

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Anonymous wrote:Just watched the movie and told my husband that I remember a different ending when they panned down and showed the ruby slippers. He insisted Iwas wrong yet I remember it. It was a long time ago. I'm 70 now. But I'm glad to see I'm not the inky one. I wish there was an explanation to this, or are we all crazy thinking we saw that ending ?

Yes I remember that ending

I doubt they had the technology to have red slippers in a b/w scene at the time. Everyone must be remembering one of the many spin offs or cartoon versions.

In the book, the slippers are actually silver. If you watch closely in the new Wicked trailer they are silver. Glinda ends up handing them over as red.

That’s because MGM owns the rights to the red ruby slippers and they choose to change the color for the movie for contrast to the yellow brick road and thought it would be more memorable. During the broadway show musical they use silver shoes and shine a red light on them! It’s all about copyrights

Entirely possible to mix up the 1990 Oz Saturday Morning Cartoon with the 1939 movie. Look up 'wizard of oz 1990 cartoon' and you may find what you are looking for!

Sera Alexia

I remember that ending as well.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 58, I remember that ending, the shoes were in color against the black and white, it really happened, I saw it when I was a little girl and have wondered about every since

It did not.

https://criticsrant.com/mythbusters-dorothys-ruby-slippers/

This link is not definitive proof PP. It's opinion.

How do you prove something that never happened?

The onus proof is not on any one of us. Most movies have scenes and sometimes single shots that get cut out / lost / forgotten. It doesn't mean they never existed.

You really think after 70 years if there had been an alternate ending, that the general public saw, that was cut out of the movie, there wouldn’t be proof of it? And all of the attention the movie gets during its milestone anniversaries, no one mentioned this alternate ending?

Yes,I think that's very possible. I used to work at the BBC where shows for many years were wiped and destroyed, before someone realized they need to create an archive.

The cast or production had years to speak about it. There’s zero chance that there wouldn’t be definitive proof of this alternate ending. But conspiracy therorists are going to conspiracy theory.

Who was asking them about it? No one. It wasn't a thing back then. They're' all dead now. It's not like there was Entertainment Tonight in those days. Really, try to imagine the world existing outside your immediate perspective.

Try to imagine a world based on reality and not your fantasies.

I remember the shoes sticking out from the house's crawlspace, and them showing that again after she "returned" and "woke up."

someone will actually have to go watch the final bedroom scene of all the movie versions, and tell us what's streaming on what!

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 58, I remember that ending, the shoes were in color against the black and white, it really happened, I saw it when I was a little girl and have wondered about every since

It did not.

https://criticsrant.com/mythbusters-dorothys-ruby-slippers/

This link is not definitive proof PP. It's opinion.

How do you prove something that never happened?

The onus proof is not on any one of us. Most movies have scenes and sometimes single shots that get cut out / lost / forgotten. It doesn't mean they never existed.

You really think after 70 years if there had been an alternate ending, that the general public saw, that was cut out of the movie, there wouldn’t be proof of it? And all of the attention the movie gets during its milestone anniversaries, no one mentioned this alternate ending?

Yes,I think that's very possible. I used to work at the BBC where shows for many years were wiped and destroyed, before someone realized they need to create an archive.

The cast or production had years to speak about it. There’s zero chance that there wouldn’t be definitive proof of this alternate ending. But conspiracy therorists are going to conspiracy theory.

Who was asking them about it? No one. It wasn't a thing back then. They're' all dead now. It's not like there was Entertainment Tonight in those days. Really, try to imagine the world existing outside your immediate perspective.

In 1938, when the movie was being made, MGM, the studio behind the movie, looked at the box office numbers behind recent fantasy movies and decided to change the ending to make it more reality based.


https://books.google.com/books?id=PuYMBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=mgm+wizard+of+oz+production+fantasy&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiTtNDl9_rUAhUE72MKHQLtDl4Q6AEIMDAC#v=onepage&q=tolerance%20for%20fantasy&f=false

Ghosts in your code from an alternate reality you lived in the past

Anonymous wrote:My kid is 8 currently and saw the version with the slippers out. Not sure if in color or BW.
She brought this up in primary day school when the teacher read the whole book aloud in 2nd grade.

Can someone share a link to this elusive ending they are so sure exists? Should be easy to put to rest. Is it on YouTube?