Glinda didn't tell Dorothy how to use them because later she said she had to find out herself. Dorothy had to first go and find what she wanted. In the book the silver shoes must have had incredible power.
The other powers they could have offered could just be making that person more powerful than they already are. Also the wicked witch of the west almost ran away when she saw Dorothy with the shoes but realized she didn't know how to use them.
The Ruby Slippers, in the movie had another power that I can think of. The witch said that she would not be able to remove the slippers from Dorothy as long as she was alive, her attempt to do so caused sparks to come from the shoes. This also gave the shoes the power to encourage the murder of the wearer by someone who wanted them badly enough.
I wonder why the witch would want these slippers so badly, her broom seemed like very fast transportation. Did she want to leave Oz and maybe wreak havoc on the other side of the rainbow? Sign up to join this community.
The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. What powers did the ruby red slippers have? So the shoes were kept red for audiences could relate and feel more comfortable seeing the Ruby Slippers instead of the silver ones while other aspects of the film were portrayed more faithfully and accurately to what Baum himself originally envisioned when he created the general concept for Oz.
When MGM changed the color in during the making of their musical movie, they became an integral part of their film as well as MGM's legal rightful property.
So to avoid copyright infringement, special permission had to be obtained from Metro Goldwyn Mayer in order for the Ruby Slippers to appear in a Walt Disney picture. The new Ruby Slippers were hand-made by designer "McPhail". The shoes are worn by all three characters at different times in all different sizes. But in the film we are made to believe that there is only one pair that magically alter their size to fit its current wearer. In construction, McPhail started with a plain red leather cork shoe with a "Louis" heel.
This was then covered with reflective fabric onto which multi-faceted glass rubies were attached. These rare red stones, imported from Austria, first had to be soaked in sulfuric acid in order to remove their mercury backing. Then, two optical glues were used to attach and hold them in place: one sprayed directly on the fabric and a second attached directly to the shoes. Because of their faceting, each stone had to be place individually on each shoe.
To complicate matters further, no amount of glue was able to hold all the stones permanently in place -especially when they were jostled by under hot sound stage lights by active little girls. The sparkling beauty of the Ruby Slippers was later enhanced in post-production by the additional optical effects, which make the pair seem to glow on screen.
Even sitting in a chair, she would do things like tap her feet and click her shoes together. The stones would go rolling across the sound stage, and I would chase after them. We finally had to take the shoes off her between shots but, even so, I would end up sweeping the stage at the end of each day to try and collect whatever had fallen off.
Screenwriter Noel Langley changed Dorothy's shoes from silver to ruby to take advantage of the Technicolor process used for the movie. Like all the costumes in the film, they were designed by Gilbert Adrian , the head of MGM's costume department. Red sequins would show up orange, and so the slightly darker version was used, but they were not as dark as burgundy. The dark appearance of the slippers now comes from the aging of the gelatin portion that has turned brown, as well as the blackening of the metallic portion of the sequin.
The slippers were photographed in at least one on-set Kodachrome publicity photo in which their true coloring was visible, and they were no where near a burgundy coloring. Nor are they Silver Shoes like in Baum's book. The shoes are not called by any specific color or gem. They are created and designed in such a unique and authentic way, that nothing has ever been done nor seen before them. The shoes are the very first of its kind.
So instead they are described like this:. Were they silver? It was hard to tell and it didn't matter; the effect was dazzling. The shoes are the one thing the Witch wants above all else, both in the musical and Baum's book strictly for the pairs mysterious powers. But Elphaba wants the shoes for slightly different reasons than her movie counterpart. While in the MGM movie and Baum's book, the shoes were symbols of power and protection.
In Maguire's reinvisonment the shoes are symbols of what Elphaba has secretly craved all her life; love, respect, acceptance, and family. Above all else, Nessa's shoes represent Elphaba's need to be accepted and considered important, particularly to her father.
The shoes aren't just related to themes of family and acceptance, though. Boston University moderates comments to facilitate an informed, substantive, civil conversation. Abusive, profane, self-promotional, misleading, incoherent or off-topic comments will be rejected. Moderators are staffed during regular business hours EST and can only accept comments written in English.
Statistics or facts must include a citation or a link to the citation. It is my understanding there were more than one pair made for the movie I believe two or three. Your email address will not be published. Boston University More Publications. The Brink. So the silver shoes became red, and in one fell swoop cinematic history was made. One pair's on display at the Smithsonian. So what do they mean symbolically?
Well, we know that they're magic, and that the Wicked Witch wants them so bad she's willing to cheerfully murder the owner to get them. We also know that they're stuck on Dorothy's feet until she dies or returns to a more monochrome reality, whichever comes first , which means they're inextricably a part of her.
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