That bow is a little bit odd shaped in that it does not have the same evenness and symmetry as the bows on the other known pairs of shoes used in the movie. Interestingly the bow pictured above is from the right shoe in the Smithsonian. These are easily seen in the close up photograph above. Each bow is covered with 46 red rhinestones, 42 red bugle beads and 3 large red jewels.
Wizard of oz red slippers movie#
Since then there has been so much mystery surrounding their whereabouts and the owners that they were the subject of a 2008 documentary, The Slippers, by film-maker Morgan White.Bow on Right Ruby Slipper Worn by Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale in the 1939 Movie The Wizard of OzĮven though the ruby red color of the shoes comes primarily from red sequins, the bows use red from other sources. Warner died in 1984, having quietly attempted to auction most of the pairs in the years before his death. He told the studio there was only one pair of slippers and presented them to the auctioneer, before filling a duffel bag with the other pairs and leaving the lot. Warner acquired the slippers after he was put in charge of cataloguing and preparing an auction of MGM props. He was known for screening classic films in his home while parading around in original dresses from the sets. For a time, most of the pairs belonged to Kent Warner, a movie-lover and eccentric who filled his home with purloined movie memorabilia from his time working in costumes in Hollywood. There are thought to be as many as seven pairs created for the film and worn by Garland. Photograph: Allstar/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayerĭorothy’s slippers hold a near mythical status in the world of movie memorabilia. Garland, Ray Bolger and Jack Haley in The Wizard of Oz, 1939. The museum hired a private investigation firm in 2013 to continue working on the case, although it appears it was the FBI who finally made the breakthrough. On numerous occasions volunteers dove into the Tioga Mine Pit, a deep-water lake near the museum, where it was believed a nervous thief may have got rid of the shoes. Shortly afterwards, an anonymous donor offered a further $1m for anyone who could provide the location of the slippers and the name of the person who stole them. Police initially offered a $250,000 reward for any information leading to their return.
In the following years, there have been numerous attempts to try to locate the slippers. We were literally crying,” museum co-founder Jon Miner told local station KQDS shortly after the robbery. “The biggest thing that ever happened to our museum was getting the slippers stolen. An alarm had been tripped yet had apparently failed to notify police as it was programmed to do. One morning in August 2005, museum staff found the slippers gone, the case containing them smashed. Shaw rejected the offer he didn’t want people handling the valuable slippers daily and was sure the museum’s general security would suffice. The museum suggested to Shaw that they store the slippers in a vault each night. The slippers were loaned to the museum in 2005 by movie memorabilia collector Michael Shaw. He added that multiple suspects have been identified but that law enforcement “are still working to ensure that we have identified all parties involved in both the initial theft and the more recent extortion attempt for their return”.
Special agent Christopher Dudley, who led the investigation from the FBI’s Minneapolis division, explained that “our top priority was the safe recovery of the slippers”.
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