Wizard of Oz abuse Secrets exposed after the death of the Cast member

In Judy and I, An unfinished biography of Garland’s third husband Sid Luft, the producer remembered that they confess that she had been molested during filming.

“The men were naughty. They thought they could get away with everything because they were so small,” he wrote.

Luft claimed that Garland – barely 4ft 11 was tied to hide her adult figure – touching older male cast members.

Washer accounts were not limited to pendulum.

Crew members remembered that after work Munchkins fell on Culver City Bars, drink heavy and returned to make hangover.

Luft claimed that they made the life of Garland ‘miserable’ by placing their hands under her dress.

Producer Mervyn Leroy once said: “There were battles and orgies and all kinds of Engages. Almost every evening the police had to hurry from Culver City to prevent them from killing each other.”

Garland itself described them as “drunks” who “were beaten every night and the police created them in butterfly nets.”

The behavior is characterized as a mixture of despair and resistance. Many of the actors had few career opportunities during depression and were under the control of Leo Singer, an impresario that effectively owned their contracts.

They were only paid $ 50 a week – less than a third of what the dog earned – with singer who fell half of their wages. Rumors about orgies, prostitution and even armed threats have been circulating for decades.

Charles Kelley, a Munchkin, is said to have brought loaded pistols after he had accused the mayor of Munchkinland actor Charlie Becker of chasing his wife.

Make-up chef Jack Dawn remembered that he saved a drunk actor who had fallen into a toilet bowl and could not climb out. The atmosphere on the set faded the line between spectacle and exploitation.

Some studio personnel reportedly treated the Munchkins as children, guided them to the toilet or confuse them for students in the on-set school room.

Wardrobe staff was shocked to discover that the “shy boys” they undress were in fact adults.

Garland, although signed by the experience, every Munchkin gave a signed photo and a box of chocolates when the filming ended.

Within two years, however, she sought psychiatric help such as the pressure of star row and reminders of abuse.

Binder later thought about her own role with preference and remembered her relief to be chosen as one of the eight children’s dancers.

She refused a Paramount contract, instead the pursuit of higher education and worked as a consultant in computer science and theology.