#Frank Morgan

[elwintersoldado]

“And who might you be?”

[hotvintagepoll]

Mary Wickes (Now Voyager, White Christmas, The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Music Man)—Mary Wickes was 6 feet of Raccoon energy- actually 5'10", but she delivered comic lines like she had just washed them in the creek for you. It's too bad the cutoff for propoganda is 1970 because as she continued working she leaned further and further into crabby and cantankerous comedy. (M*A*S*H IN 72 was a real turning point for her scrungle capacity)

Frank Morgan (The Wizard of Oz)—Frank Morgan is known for his illustrious career as grand older men who are also a little funny, including his five different parts in the Wizard of Oz. All five parts are weirdos. This explains him better than I can. [link to blogspot post]

This is round 1 of the contest. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. If you're confused on what a scrungle is, or any of the rules of the contest, click here.

[additional submitted propaganda + scrungly videos under the cut]

Mary Wickes:

If you need a woman who is "ordinary yet weird," Mary Wickes was the go-to for Hollywood from about the 30s on. with a crackling wit, a bony stature she made the most of, and just a fun presence for classic movies.

[Mary Wickes is the woman in dark gray. At 1:11 she is the one standing next to Hermione Gingold.]

Frank Morgan:

[bikkue]

What if Wicked was filmed by MGM...? (click the ALTs)

[louisa-malchance]

Etude n-20, dessin

[citizenscreen]

I really enjoy this photo of Frank Morgan and George Gershwin mixing drinks behind the bar at the Biltmore Hotel, Havana, Cuba, 1935.

[ardathbae]

love when Dracula Daily is going on and people realize that Dracula is all of his own servants because then I get to remind everyone that Dracula is basically Frank Morgan as the Wizard.

[thepopculturearchivist]

THE NEW YORKER, August 19, 1939.

And the review by Russell Maloney:

[nihillist-blog]

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

[vintage-every-day]

Angela Lansbury and Frank Morgan on the set of 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒔 (1948).

[brokehorrorfan]

The Wizard of Oz will be released on Steelbook 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital on November 5 via Warner Bros. The 1939 musical fantasy classic is celebrating its 85th anniversary.

Victor Fleming (Gone with the Wind) directs from a script by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf, based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, and Margaret Hamilton star.

The limited edition Steelbook comes with reproductions of the film's original program, premiere invitation, eight lobby cards, two poster cards, and a movie ticket.

The Wizard of Oz has been remastered from an 8K 16bit scan of the original Technicolor camera negative with Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos sound. Special features are listed below, where you can also see the set's contents.

Special features:

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

Prettier than Ever: The Restoration of Oz

Deleted Scenes/Behind the Scenes

Dorothy and her dog Toto are caught in a tornado's path and somehow end up in the land of Oz. Here she encounters some memorable friends and foes in her journey to meet the Wizard of Oz who everyone says can help her return home and possibly grant her new friends their goals of a brain, heart and courage.

Pre-order The Wizard of Oz.

[abs0luteb4stard]

W A T C H I N G

[adamedits]

Wizard of Oz - The man behind the curtain

[hotvintagepoll]

Groucho Marx (Duck Soup, A Night at the Opera)—groucho marx somehow manages to be a romantic lead despite every single one of his characters hating romance, hating leading, hating the shit he's going through, and in general being real soft mad about it. but most iconically, and this is important: he is having the time of his LIFE. also important is that my father's one request for his funeral is that "whatever it is, i'm against it" must be played. groucho marx is a scrungle close to my heart and soul.

Frank Morgan (The Wizard of Oz)—Frank Morgan is known for his illustrious career as grand older men who are also a little funny, including his five different parts in the Wizard of Oz. All five parts are weirdos. This explains him better than I can. [link to blogspot post]

This is round 2 of the contest. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. If you’re confused on what a scrungle is, or any of the rules of the contest, click here.

[additional submitted propaganda + scrungly videos under the cut]

Groucho Marx:

What is NOT scrungly about him? The painted-on mustache and eyebrows (and the countless cartoon parodies thereof)! The rolling eyes and waggling eyebrows! The truly weird ways he moves his body when walking and dancing! But most of all, the wordplay and sarcasm - possibly no actor has ever made me laugh harder than Groucho.

look just. please. please. his head is in a jug. and i couldn't find the clip on youtube but this scene ends with him chucking fruit at the villain. THAT'S the crowning moment of heroism: throwing fruit at a man stuck in a door. WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT THIS MAN AND HIS SONGS ABOUT GOING TO WAR, AND ALSO BEING AGAINST EVERYTHING.

Listen, his face is literally the glasses we use as a joke. HIS FACE IS JOKE GLASSES. DO YOU SEE MY VISION??

[cw for fatphobic jokes and an insulting word for little person in the clip below]

Frank Morgan:

[moviesiveseenandwanttoremember]

Ernst Lubitsch’s “The Shop Around The Corner” January 12, 1940.

[thursdaymurderbub]

from Silver Screen magazine, September 1941

Also in September 1941, Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn would begin their 27-year affair while filming Woman of the Year.

Director George Stevens, Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy behind the scenes on Woman of the Year (1942).

[citizenscreen]

Frank Morgan (in makeup and costume) with director Victor Fleming on set of THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)