A girl named Dorothy Hoffman is tand-in for Margaret Hamilton and Margaret Hamilton happens to be playing the Wicked Witch in "The Wizard of Oz."
Furthermore, it happened that, because Miss Hamilton wasn't being used in a scene for the picture the other afternoon, Dorothy took this opportunity to snatch a few minutes rest in Miss Hamilton's portable lressing room On the sct, the company was filming"a cave sequence wherein Ray Bolger as the scarecrow and Jack Haley as the tin woodman were searching for Judy Garland who plays the heroine, Dorothy The scene started and through the cave rang the voice of Bolger, "Dorothy, Dorothy, where are you?"
The next instant, the company was startled and the scene spoiled when, from a corner of the stage came the voice of Dorothy Hoffman. snapeed out of her daze, crying. "Here I am. Here I am. TIl be right there." ikitina and Svetlanoff the tempo.
To give an idea of his heroine, Shaw clipped a stray photograph from a newspaper and sent it along with the advice: "Here is Eliza exactly: hat and feathers, shawl, apron, and above all the basket." Wendy Hiller was made up and costumed as suggested.
After a prolonged and successful 3 merm^z re-cond with in encore. Meanwhile the Duo Palotai, now in their third As the production neared completion, Mr. Shaw, who was confined to his bed, "nothing really the matter except 82 years," was supplied with a complete set of stills showing every scene in the film. He noted briefly:
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