The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) regrets about turning down the part, and would go on to play a glamorous villain in Fox's version of Maurice Maeterlinck's "The Blue Bird" in 1940; Margaret Hamilton played a role remarkably similar to the Wicked Witch in the Judy Garland film "Babes in Arms" (1939). According to Aljean Harmetz, the "gone-to-seed" coat worn by Morgan as the wizard was selected from a rack of coats purchased from a second-hand shop. According to legend, Morgan later discovered a label in the coat indicating it had once belonged to Baum, that Baum's widow confirmed this, and that the coat was eventually
Wicked Witch of the West speak with you and your wife right away". Dorothy's dog, Toto, has bitten her, and she wants to have him put to sleep. Miss Gulch does successfully take Toto away in a basket, but Toto escapes unknown to her. Dorothy calls her a "wicked old witch" and thus, Gulch transforms into the Wicked Witch of the West, flying on a broom, during the tornado sequence. On a 1976 episode of the American television program, "Sesame Street", the Witch, once again played by Hamilton herself, drops her broom and falls onto the street. In order to get the broom back, she