{"id":5150,"date":"2013-09-03T17:25:51","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T01:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=5150"},"modified":"2020-12-30T18:08:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T23:08:36","slug":"did-victor-fleming-have-a-rather-aggressive-way-of-keeping-judy-garland-from-laughing-during-the-filming-of-the-wizard-of-oz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2013\/09\/03\/did-victor-fleming-have-a-rather-aggressive-way-of-keeping-judy-garland-from-laughing-during-the-filming-of-the-wizard-of-oz\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Victor Fleming Have a Rather Aggressive Way of Keeping Judy Garland from Laughing During the Filming of the Wizard of Oz?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about movies and whether they are true or false. Click here<\/a> to view an archive of the movie urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n

MOVIE URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: Victor Fleming had an…interesting method for getting Judy Garland to keep from laughing during the filming of a scene for the Wizard of Oz.<\/p>\n

Victor Fleming was actually the FOURTH director on the Wizard of Oz (following Norman Taurog, Richard Thorpe and George Cukor), but if you had to pick one person as “the” director of the film, I suppose you’d have to go with Fleming. <\/p>\n

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