Anthony Landini's Ruby Slippers

The Ruby Slippers as seen at Christie's Auction House in May, 2000.

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Entertainment

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• judy
• garland
• ruby
• slippers
• wizard
• of
• oz

[nicholasbarwick]

my mother bought her ruby slippersfrom fairy dust june 28 and we need them byjuly 6 do u think we can get them buy then

[stevejarrettnc]

Only if Fairy Dust would have had them already to go before you bought them. This isn't a massed produced product, some would call it an art. It takes a lot of time to make ruby slippers - and make them well.

I would think you would have discussed that with her before you bought them. Besides, why would you ask me, here, and not her personally?

[europa599]

I believe these shoes to be from two seperate pairs. The shoes in the Smithsonian NMAH are also two different shoes. I speculate there might be two proper pairs between the four shoes.

[thewzrdofoz]

@RaysonPaulTancasis There are 5 pairs of original Ruby Slippers from the movie. The stolen pair has not yet been recovered. These are a seperate pair that were used in the film, and they were never lost :D

[RaysonPaulTancasis]

@thewzrdofoz Really? My gosh, I thought it's just a replica. And I thought that the real pair JG wore in WOZ was gone. At least, they found it!

[thewzrdofoz]

@RaysonPaulTancasis They are the pair Judy Garland used in the film!

[me120845]

I believe the shoes in this video must have used in the skipping and dancing numbers.  The yellow brick road was painted plywood. The orange felt reduced the noise her shoes made on the floor. Both the toes and heels were covered. They used orange because it is the color between red and yellow and the orange would not be visible to the technicolor cameras.

[me120845]

As you view this video you will notice that on the bottom of these shoes there is a layer of orange attached. It is uncertain how many pairs of these shoes were made for the film, however the most accepted number is 6.  5 pairs were for Judy Garland. 1 pair was made to fit Miss Garland's stand-in. 1 pair was made for the close-up shots. That pair was kept in perfect condition durning the shoot.

[lexarquette]

My Father (an Actor ) passed up a chance to buy a pair of ruby slippers at an MGM sale in the 70's (nice going pops) Instead purchasing a wardrobe van with the Lion Logo on the side. He also claimed to have lent James Dean his red Windbreaker after a conga class on a very rainy NY evening,never got it back and Jimmy wore it in "Rebel without a cause"! - the wardrobe dept. obviously made duplicates,but the original was my Dads.

[TanzaniteHayley]

they used burgandy shoes rather than bright red, apparently they bright red looked pink and orange on the camera. They used burgundy shoes and clear sequins to get the red look on camera