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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jocelyn Noveck

In ‘Wicked,’ they’re silver. But at Academy Museum color show, the ruby-red shoes take center stage

"Color in Motion: Chromatic Explorations of Cinema" Exhibit - (2024 Invision)

In the hit movie “Wicked,” those famous magical shoes are silver. But if you want to see them in all their ruby-red glory from “The Wizard of Oz,” there’s no place like home — their current home, that is, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.

There, Dorothy’s shoes, worn by Judy Garland, are now on display as part of a sweeping exhibit on the history of color in cinema. It’s a history in which the sequined slippers play a key role.

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