ray bolger played the scarecrow in the original wizard of oz.
ray bolger played the scarecrow in the original wizard of oz.
who plays the scarecrow in the original wizard of oz?
ray bolger
the scarecrow first appears in "the wonderful wizard of oz", when he joins dorothy to go to the wizard in search of brains. when the wizard leaves oz, he makes the scarecrow ruler, a position he holds until the middle of the second book. later, he moves to a corn-shaped house in the winkie country. the scarecrow appears in many of the later books, including "the scarecrow of oz" (where he is the title character) and "the royal book of oz" (where he researches his ancestry). he was played by ray bolger in the 1939 movie. that actor also played the scarecrow's kansan counterpart, hunk, who was one of aunt em and uncle henry's three farmworkers.
list of oz characters (created by baum)
the grimmerie (derived from 'grimoire' and 'gramarye'): a book of magic that originated on earth but was taken to oz by a wizard to prevent it from being used for evil. it is sought by the wizard of oz, and is the reason he traveled to oz. in the book sarima tells elphaba that she was given the book by a wizard who turned up at the castle one day and asked her to keep it safe, before giving the book to elphaba. in the musical madam morrible gives elphaba the book to see if she has the ability to read it. while in the musical adaptation it is suggested that the grimmerie is a sole book with no others of the same title, in gregory maguire's original elphaba describes it as being 'a' grimmerie, meaning that grimmerie is probably an ozian word for a book of magic and that it most likely has a more distinguishing title. the book appears to have its own consciousness and will only display information to people it deems worthy of reading it, even then it will only display certain information. elphaba is the only one who appears to be able to read the book at will. brrr also describes the book as smelling of sex. before he leaves kiamo ko, liir looks for it in the witch's room, but cannot find it. when resting on his trek back to kiamo ko after deserting the seventh spear, liir, in a "waking dream" similar to an out-of-body experience, sees "a man in a cloak of purple-rose velveteen, holding a staff and a book of some sort. he was emerging in the air as one seen coming through a fog. he seemed to be off balance at first, and tested the ground with his staff until he found his feet. setting his funny hat straight on his brow, he pulled at his eyebrows as if they bothered him...” upon waking, liir realizes that the book the man had was elphaba's grimmerie. trism tells liir that the emperor apostle showed him a page torn out of a book that was indecipherable, but that had been translated by the wizard: "on the administration of dragons". this is the page that elphaba had torn from the grimmerie to show the wizard in "wicked". the grimmerie was revealed to have been taken from kiamo ko by glinda, whereas in the musical elphaba gave her the book. mr boss later recovers the book from glinda. the book does not make another appearance until the end of "a lion among men". in "out of oz", mr boss gives the book back to glinda for safe keeping. glinda disguises it as a copy of "gone with the wind", but rain appears to be able to see its true form. glinda gives to book back to brrr and illianora after escaping mockbeggar hall. the book also appears to respond to rain presence because she is elphaba's granddaughter. mombey also reveals she met the original wizard who brought the book to oz and has known about its existence for years.
list of wicked characters