The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) a hundred little people to play Munchkins; this meant that most of the film's Oz sequences would have to already be shot before work on the Munchkinland sequence could begin. According to Munchkin actor Jerry Maren, the little people were each paid over $125 a week (equivalent to $ today). Meinhardt Raabe, who played the coroner, revealed in the 1990 documentary "The Making of the Wizard of Oz" that the MGM costume and wardrobe department, under the direction of designer Adrian, had to design over 100 costumes for the Munchkin sequences. They then had to photograph and catalog each Munchkin
Little Wizard Stories of Oz series in 1911, with "The Daring Twins", released under his own name, and "The Flying Girl", under his "Edith Van Dyne" pseudonym. None of the new series was as successful as the previous Baum and Van Dyne series – the Oz books and "Aunt Jane's Nieces". Disappointing sales through 1911 and 1912 convinced Baum and Reilly & Britton that a return to Oz was needed. Baum wrote "The Patchwork Girl of Oz" for a 1913 release, and in the same year his publisher issued the six "Little Wizard" stories in individual booklets (price, $0.15 each). The goal was to reach