The Wizard Of Oz Page #5

MCS -- Wicked Witch of the East's feet protruding from under the farm

house --

GLINDA o.s.

...that's left of the Wicked Witch of the

East.

MCU -- Dorothy looks o.s. to l.f.g. -- reacts --

GLINDA o.s.

And so what the Munchkins want to know...

MCU -- Glinda looks o.s. to Dorothy and speaks --

GLINDA:

...is, are you a good witch, or a bad witch?

MCU -- Dorothy looks to l.f.g. -- speaks -- reacts to noise o.s. --

DOROTHY:

Oh, but I've already told you, I'm not a

witch at all -- witches are old and ugly.

What was that?

MCU -- Glinda looks to r.f.g. and speaks --

GLINDA:

The Munchkins. They're laughing because I

am a witch. I'm Glinda, the Witch of the

North.

MCU -- Dorothy looks to l.f.g. -- reacts -- speaks -- curtsies --

DOROTHY:

You are! Oh, I beg your pardon! But I've

never heard of a beautiful....

MCU -- Glinda looks to r.f.g. and speaks --

DOROTHY o.s.

...witch before.

GLINDA:

Only bad witches are ugly.

MCS -- Glinda and Dorothy -- they speak -- Dorothy reacts to noise o.s. --

CAMERA TRUCKS back -- Munchkins enter from b.g. behind flowers -- Glinda

sings --

GLINDA:

The Munchkins are happy because you have

freed them from the Wicked Witch of the

East.

DOROTHY:

Oh. But, if you please -- what are

Munchkins?

GLINDA:

The little people who live in this land --

it's Munchkinland, and you are their

national heroine, my dear. It's all right

-- you may all come out and thank her. It's

all right now - you may all come out.

GLINDA:

(sings)

Come out, come out, wherever you are

And meet the young lady who fell from a

star.

LS -- Dorothy and Glinda -- Toto with them -- Munchkins in f.g. -- others

enter in b.g. -- Glinda leads Dorothy toward the b.g. as she sings --

CAMERA BOOMS up and forward --

GLINDA:

(sings)

She fell from the sky, she fell very far.

And Kansas she says is the name of the star.

MLS -- Munchkins -- one rises from manhole in street -- they sing and move

toward the r.f.g. --

MUNCHKINS:

(sing)

Kansas she says is the name of the star.

LS -- Dorothy, Glinda and Toto with them -- Munchkins watch them as they

move to pond -- Glinda sings --

GLINDA:

(sings)

She brings you good news. Or haven't you

heard?

When she fell out of Kansas, a miracle

occurred.

MCS -- Glinda and Dorothy standing by the pond -- Dorothy sings --

Munchkins in b.g. --

DOROTHY:

(sings)

It really was no miracle. What happened was

just this:

The wind began to switch -- the house to

pitch

And suddenly the hinges started to unhitch.

Just then, the witch -- to satisfy an itch --

Went flying on her broomstick thumbing for...

MLS -- Munchkin dances forward and sings -- others behind him move to him

and sing --

DOROTHY o.s.

(sings)

...a hitch.

A MUNCHKIN:

And oh, what happened then was rich!

SEVERAL MUNCHKINS

The house began to pitch

The kitchen took a slitch

MCS -- Munchkins -- CAMERA TRUCKS along past Munchkins as they sing --

MUNCHKINS:

(sing)

It landed on the Wicked Witch

In the middle of a ditch

Which was not a healthy situation

For the Wicked Witch.

LS -- Munchkins as they dance and sing -- CAMERA BOOMS back entering

Glinda and Dorothy at right --

MUNCHKINS:

(sing)

The house began to pitch

The kitchen took a slitch

It landed on the Wicked Witch in the middle

of a ditch

Which

Was not a healthy....

LS -- Carriage drawn by ponies comes forward -- CAMERA TRUCKS back before

it -- Munchkins gather around -- Dorothy and Glinda at right -- Munchkins

sing --

MUNCHKINS:

(sing)

....sitch-

Uation for

The Wicked Witch,

Who

Began to twitch

And was reduced

To just a stitch

Of what was once....

MS -- Glinda and Dorothy -- Munchkins in b.g. -- Dorothy starts to move

toward the l.f.g. --

MUNCHKINS:

(sing)

...The Wicked....

LS -- Carriage, Glinda, Dorothy and Munchkins -- Dorothy moves to the

carriage and is helped in -- Munchkins sing and dance --

MUNCHKINS:

(sing)

...Witch!

MS -- Dorothy carriage facing Munchkins in b.g. -- one steps forward from

crowd and speaks -- another follows and speaks -- Dorothy turns to f.g. as

Glinda speaks o.s. --

MUNCHKIN NO. 1

We thank you very sweetly

For doing it so neatly.

MUNCHKIN NO. 2

You've killed her so completely

That we thank you very sweetly.

GLINDA o.s.

Let the joyous news be spread

MCS -- Glinda looks to f.g. and speaks -- Munchkins in b.g. --

GLINDA:

The Wicked Old Witch at last is dead!

LS -- Dorothy in carriage -- Glinda standing on dais at left -- carriage

moves toward b.g. followed by procession of soldiers -- CAMERA BOOMS

forward as carriage turns and comes toward f.g. -- Munchkins sing and

dance --

MUNCHKINS:

(sing)

Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead.

Which old Witch?

The Wicked Witch!

Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead.

Wake up, you sleepy head.

Rub your eyes

Get out of bed.

Wake up, the Wicked...

MLS -- Dorothy in carriage -- CAMERA PANS right slightly with her -- she

exits right as procession of soldiers enter and march to right -- CAMERA

TRUCKS back --

MUNCHKINS:

(sing)

...Witch is dead!

She's gone where the Goblins go

Below...Below...Below

Yo -- ho, let's open up and sing

And ring the bells out.

Ding Dong! The merry-oh!

Sing it high

Sing it....

LS -- Carriage with Munchkins following -- CAMERA TRUCKS back slightly as

carriage comes forward to steps at right --

MUNCHKINS:

(sing)

...low

Let them know

The Wicked Witch is dead!

MLS -- Three Heralds move forward from building -- Mayor enters and comes

forward followed by Barrister and City Fathers -- CAMERA BOOMS back over

Dorothy in carriage in f.g. -- Mayor moves to carriage -- Dorothy steps

from the carriage and Mayor leads her toward the b.g. --

MCS -- Dorothy and Mayor -- Mayor leads her to Barrister and City Fathers

-- turns and speaks -- Barrister and City Fathers and Mayor sing --

MAYOR:

As Mayor of the Munchkin City

In the County of the Land of Oz

I welcome you most regally

BARRISTER:

But we've got to verify it legally

To see...

MAYOR:

To see?

BARRISTER:

If she...

MAYOR:

If she?

BARRISTER:

Is morally, ethic'ly

FATHER NO. 1

Spiritually, physically

FATHER NO. 2

Positively, absolutely

ALL OF GROUP:

Undeniably and reliably

Dead!

MCS -- Glinda on dais of fountain -- she looks o.s. to f.g. and smiles --

MLS -- Coroner moves up steps toward the r.f.g. -- CAMERA PANS right

slightly as he moves to Mayor and Dorothy -- unrolls scroll and sings --

scroll reads:
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH --

CORONER:

As Coroner, I must aver

I thoroughly examined her.

And she's not only merely dead,

She's really, most sincerely dead.

MLS -- Dorothy, Mayor, Barrister and City Fathers -- Mayor steps forward

and looks to the f.g. and sings --

MAYOR:

Then this is a day of Independence

For all the Munchkins and their descendants!

BARRISTER:

If any!

MAYOR:

Yes, let the joyous news be spread.

LS -- Mayor, Dorothy, Barrister, City Fathers and Munchkins gathered at

steps -- Mayor speaks -- Munchkins cheer and dance --

MAYOR:

The Wicked Old Witch at last is dead!

MUNCHKINS:

(sing)

Ding Dong! The Witch is dead.

Which old witch?

The Wicked Witch!

MLS -- Munchkins move up steps to the left -- CAMERA BOOMS up with them

and holds on kids sleeping in nest -- BOOMS on and then down as Munchkins

come forward from between huts and sing and dance --

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