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Teenage Judy Garland Was Repeatedly Molested by Munchkins on Set of Wizard of Oz, Says Her Ex-Husband
Teenage Judy Garland Was Repeatedly Molested by Munchkins on Set of Wizard of Oz, Says Her Ex-Husband
In The Wizard of Oz, the lovable Munchkins help Dorothy follow the yellow brick road to find her way home. But just like Oz himself, it turns out some of the Munchkins may not have been all they seemed.
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Well that puts the whole scene in a new (and creepy) light.
I wonder how they managed to find so many actors with dwarfism.
Many were hired from a guy named Leo Singer. He had a vaudeville show called Singer's Midgets that came over from Austria before or during WWI. They also hired children to fill out the scene.
This is not to say it couldn't be true but it has the ring of 'standard sleazy marketing copy to shift 'tell-all' books' about it.