Parents Guide for
The Wizard of Oz (1939) More at IMDbPro »

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The Scarecrow is briefly seen holding a gun.

The Wicked Witch of the West sets the Scarecrow on fire twice. (He is saved both times.)

Dorothy is knocked unconscious by a flying window during the tornado.

Dorothy splashes a bucket of water on Scarecrow, but also hits The Wicked Witch Of The West, causing her to melt amid what looks like dry ice. Smoke is seen and a hissing sound is heard, but no blood is shown at all.

Miss Gulch threatens to have Toto destroyed (euthanized)

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Younger children may be frightened by the scenes involving the Wicked Witch. It may help to explain before they see the film that it is all "pretend" with the intention of showing that good people are rewarded for what they do, while bad people are not. It may help to explain the Witch is wonderfully played by an actress who in reality was a kindly woman who was a former kindergarten teacher who loved to read the "Wizard of Oz" books to her students.

The scene in which Dorothy and her friends are walking down a long hall to the Throne Room in the Emerald City has ominous music playing in the background. The Lion is terrified, but his fear is largely played for laughs (he jumps when he thinks someone has pulled his tail, but it turns out he has done it himself). As soon as the Lion sees the Wizard as a head floating in mid-air with fire and smoke around it, he exclaims "I wanna go home!"

Some children may also be frightened by the Wicked Witch's flying monkeys.