Posted on 09/26/2010 11:10:17 AM PDT by EveningStar
This video is the story on how they chose Margaret Hamilton to play The Wicked Witch of the West in the classic film The Wizard Of Oz (1939) directed by Victor Fleming.
Originally the role was offered to Oscar Winner Gale Sondergaard.
This is taken from the documentary Wizard Of Oz: The Making of a Movie classic.
Narrated by Angela Lansbury
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Gale was married to Herman Biberman who was a member of the Hollywood Ten. She was also blacklisted and only made four films after 1949. These days she’s probably best rememered for the 1940 Bette Davis melodrama ‘The Letter’.
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