9 Famous Pieces Of Movie Trivia Everybody Believes (That Are Totally Wrong)
6. A Dead Body Can Be Seen In The Wizard Of Oz
When Three Men And A Baby was released on video an urban legend quickly spread that you could spot a ghost in the background of a scene, and for years, the story stuck to the movie like glue. It didn’t matter when it was revealed to be a cardboard cut-out of star Ted Danson, people just wanted to buy the myth.
It’s the same thing with the “Munchkin suicide” story from The Wizard Of Oz. The story goes that one of the munchkin actors got depressed during filming and hung himself, and if you look real close at the background of one scene you can see his hanging body. While it’s true movement can be seen in the background of this shot, a close look will reveal it’s really an emu spreading its wings - all you have to do is look at the scene in motion.
The story refuses to go away despite being debunked, but do people really buy the scene was filmed and no one noticed the swinging dead body while it was happening?