In 2007, Maren, along with six other Munchkin actors, were honored with a Hollywood star for the "Wizard of Oz" Munchkins on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2013, he placed his handprints in cement ...

In a fun bit of classic Hollywood trivia, The Wizard of Oz cut one particular song from the movie, but the movie still made a subtle reference to it as the story progressed. Adapted from L. Frank ...

The Muchkin mayor from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ co-wrote Elvis Presley’s ‘Love Me Tender’ Ken Darby was a composer who became known for working on movie musicals such as Camelot and The King ...

However, The Wizard of Oz hanging myth is just that â a myth. There is no dead munchkin in The Wizard of Oz, but there is an explanation for where the myth came from, and the silhouette The ...

Betty Ann Bruno, who as a child played a munchkin in the 1939 classic 'The Wizard Of Oz' and went on to become a longtime TV news reporter, died July 30 at 91.

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The sheet music was dated 1910, and The Wizard of Oz premiered nearly 30 years later. But the melody hung there (“Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high …”). It was hauntingly similar.

Algonquin Arts Theatre has revealed the cast and creative team for its upcoming production of The Wizard of Oz, running from July 12 through July 27, 2025. Tickets start at just $27 and are ...

The Foundation of Arts in Jonesboro led us somewhere over the rainbow in this classic tale of THE WIZARD OF OZ, which was presented at The Forum Sept. 6-8 and 13-15. It was a true community event ...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry Maren, the last surviving munchkin from the classic 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” and the one who famously welcomed Dorothy to Munchkin Land, has died at age 99.