Judy Garland Molested By Munchkins On ‘Wizard Of Oz’ Set
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Judy Garland didn't have a wholesome time filming the family classic The Wizard of Oz — as the doomed actress found herself sexually attacked by her Munchkin co-stars! That's the shocking claim originally unearthed in a secret memoir by Judy's abusive ex-husband Sid Luft!
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Judy Garland didn't have a wholesome time filming the family classic The Wizard of Oz — as the doomed actress found herself sexually attacked by her Munchkin co-stars! That's the shocking claim originally unearthed in a secret memoir by Judy's abusive ex-husband Sid Luft!
The lost manuscript — entitled Judy and I: My Life with Judy Garland — had Luft revealing: "They would make Judy’s life miserable on set by putting their hands under her dress." Judy, only 16 at the time of filming, could still be intimidated by her diminutive co-stars, too, with Luft noting: "The men were 40 or more years old!”
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“They thought they could get away with anything because they were so small,” added Luft — and even Judy herself backed him up with her own tales of the Munchkins' bad behavior. In a 1962 TV interview with Jack Parr, she complained they “were drunks. They got smashed every night, and the police used to scoop them up in butterfly nets!”
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The ENQUIRER first revealed the bombshell claims in Feb. 2017 — now given new scrutiny as Luft's lost manuscript is released amid the #MeToo movement.. Australian journalist Gary Nunn even tried to track down last surviving munchkin Jerry Maren for comment. Mark Povinelli, the president of the Little People of America, ultimately responded to Nunn's inquiries about the 98-year-old actor.
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Povinelli told Nunn: "I contacted a friend close to Jerry Maren. Unfortunately, due to Jerry's health, he hasn't been in a condition to give an interview for a while now. He has refuted these accusations in the past, and am sure he'd do the same now if he were able to...I was told that Jerry would rather not bring any more attention to it."
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Others, however, said the Munchkins' wild behavior was an open secret in Hollywood — and even became the basis for a 1981 comedy called Under the Rainbow, starring a drugged-out Carrie Fisher as a woman in charge of hiding away their drunken antics. And the abusive behavior by the Munchkins reportedly only made Judy more miserable on the real-life set.
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Others, however, said the Munchkins' wild behavior was an open secret in Hollywood — and even became the basis for a 1981 comedy called Under the Rainbow, starring a drugged-out Carrie Fisher as a woman in charge of hiding away their drunken antics. And the abusive behavior by the Munchkins reportedly only made Judy more miserable on the real-life set.
The actress had already tried to avoid working on Wizard, but finally joined the cast after Shirley Temple wasn't available. Then her fragile ego was weakened even more when she got ready to work. The MGM bosses “tried to make me look as much like Shirley as possible," complained Judy. "I was fat, had crooked teeth, straight black hair and the wrong kind of nose!"
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"They made me wear a corset and a wig, capped my teeth and put horrible things in my nose to turn it up like Shirley’s," added Judy, saying: "Making that picture was almost the end of me!" But even Judy wouldn't go public over claims about the movie's darkest secret — still discussed decades after her death!
Judy Garland didn't have a wholesome time filming the family classic The Wizard of Oz — as the doomed actress found herself sexually attacked by her Munchkin co-stars! That's the shocking claim originally unearthed in a secret memoir by Judy's abusive ex-husband Sid Luft!
The lost manuscript — entitled Judy and I: My Life with Judy Garland — had Luft revealing: "They would make Judy’s life miserable on set by putting their hands under her dress." Judy, only 16 at the time of filming, could still be intimidated by her diminutive co-stars, too, with Luft noting: "The men were 40 or more years old!”
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“They thought they could get away with anything because they were so small,” added Luft — and even Judy herself backed him up with her own tales of the Munchkins' bad behavior. In a 1962 TV interview with Jack Parr, she complained they “were drunks. They got smashed every night, and the police used to scoop them up in butterfly nets!”
Photo credit: Getty Images
The ENQUIRER first revealed the bombshell claims in Feb. 2017 — now given new scrutiny as Luft's lost manuscript is released amid the #MeToo movement.. Australian journalist Gary Nunn even tried to track down last surviving munchkin Jerry Maren for comment. Mark Povinelli, the president of the Little People of America, ultimately responded to Nunn's inquiries about the 98-year-old actor.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Povinelli told Nunn: "I contacted a friend close to Jerry Maren. Unfortunately, due to Jerry's health, he hasn't been in a condition to give an interview for a while now. He has refuted these accusations in the past, and am sure he'd do the same now if he were able to...I was told that Jerry would rather not bring any more attention to it."
Photo credit: Getty Images
Others, however, said the Munchkins' wild behavior was an open secret in Hollywood — and even became the basis for a 1981 comedy called Under the Rainbow, starring a drugged-out Carrie Fisher as a woman in charge of hiding away their drunken antics. And the abusive behavior by the Munchkins reportedly only made Judy more miserable on the real-life set.
Photo credit: Getty Images
The actress had already tried to avoid working on Wizard, but finally joined the cast after Shirley Temple wasn't available. Then her fragile ego was weakened even more when she got ready to work. The MGM bosses “tried to make me look as much like Shirley as possible," complained Judy. "I was fat, had crooked teeth, straight black hair and the wrong kind of nose!"
"They made me wear a corset and a wig, capped my teeth and put horrible things in my nose to turn it up like Shirley’s," added Judy, saying: "Making that picture was almost the end of me!" But even Judy wouldn't go public over claims about the movie's darkest secret — still discussed decades after her death!
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