Book About Munchkins In Wizard Of Oz

Cox begins his book on the munchkins with an account of how the troupe was assembled and then tells how the midgets were filmed for the wizard of oz.

Book about munchkins in wizard of oz. Frank baum they first appear in the classic children s novel the wonderful wizard of oz 1900 where they welcome dorothy gale to their city in oz. In the book luft claims that garland who famously played dorothy was molested by the munchkins on the set of the wizard of oz. A munchkin is a native of the fictional munchkin country in the oz books by american author l.

Now the book will be re released on sept. 4 2018 with a horrifying new allegation. The book provides a fresh look at the events behind the scenes what life was like on the munchkinland set how the munchkins were recruited and the munchkins lives before and after the movie.

After listing the names of all but two of the people who portrayed munchkins that s 122 names cox provides brief biographies most based on individual interviews for nearly 50 munchkin actors. Tells the story of the midgets who played the munchkins in the 1939 hollywood classic the wizard of oz including where they came from how they fared during filming what they did off the set and what became of those among them who stayed in show business.