There is a lot of pleasure to be had in perusing the offerings of Royal Books, a Baltimore bookseller purveying uncommon first editions and Hollywood memorabilia. A vintage black and white photograph taken on the set of "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) had caught my eye back in Catalog 61—the numbering is currently at 70. The Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man, and (largely hidden) the Scarecrow are shown climbing a rocky prominence as Toto leads them to the Witch's castle where Dorothy is being held. A member of the sound crew is seen at lower left. I was not the only one to take a liking to this photo and it sold rather quickly, as I recall.
"The Wizard of Oz" (MGM, 1939)
Following Toto
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