Monday, April 26, 2010

Original Scarecrow

Fred Stone was the original Scarecrow on Broadway in 1902, helping set the standard for Ray Bolger, 37 years later.


5 comments:

John Matthew Stater said...

I think most modern children would see it as a zombie. Times change.

Thomas Haller Buchanan said...

Hah. I hadn't seen it that way til you pointed it out. The undead stumbling in from the cornfield. Actually many of L. Frank Baum's original Oz imagery had horrific nuances.

M. D. Jackson said...

Yeah... Flying Monkeys, anyone?

(I know they were more MGM than Baum, but those things managed to wing their way into many a nightmare when I was younger)

Thomas Haller Buchanan said...

Those flying monkeys scared the spit outta me. . .and still do. Same goes for Margaret Hamilton. What an amazing movie that was.

Thomas Haller Buchanan said...

Oh, and them apple trees skeert the bejabbers outta me too. What a deliciously disturbing movie.