When the last lingering Munchkin from “The Wizard of Oz,” Jerry Maren, died in May, at the age of ninety-eight, I took the news harder than I had thought possible. “People come and go so quickly here” ...

Stop! Before reading any further, please go read my colleague Margaret Roarty's "In Frame" column from August entitled 'The Wizard of Oz' turns 86. Like Margaret, I'm an Oz-head for life. She got to ...

Elvis Presley’s “Love Me Tender” was written by a voice actor from The Wizard of Oz. The actor decided to give his writing credit on “Love Me Tender” to his wife. The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll chose the ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry Maren, the last surviving munchkin from the classic 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” and the one who famously welcomed Dorothy to Munchkin Land, has died at age 99. Maren died May ...

This article contains mention of suicide. Despite being regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, Victor Flemingâ s The Wizard of Oz's secrets on-screen and behind the camera are numerous - ...

One of the last remaining Munchkin characters from the 1939 MGM classic “Wizard of Oz” has died. Elaine Merk Binder, who performed as one of the film’s merry little people when she was 8 years old, ...

The Library of Congress has acquired rare artifacts related to the beloved 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. The treasures include 35 musical manuscripts from composer Harold Arlen and lyricist E. Y. "Yip" ...

Elaine Merk Binder, one of the last surviving actors who played a Munchkin in the 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz,” has died, according to her daughter Annette Phillips. She was 94. Binder auditioned ...