| Shoe Size: |
5C |
| Shoe Construction: |
Red silk faille, covered
with hand sequined georgette and lined in white kid leather. Inside
the right shoe is an embossed (stamped) label (silver), reading "Innes
Shoe Co., Los Angeles, Hollywood, Pasadena," and the color of the label
has been worn off. |
| Manufacturers Production
#: |
(Right) 5BC 15250 (Left)
5C 11869 D536 |
| Bows: |
The bows are covered with
rhinestones, surrounding bugle beads and three large red rectangular stones
on each one, 43 rhinestones on the right and 41 on the left. There
are rhinestones missing from each shoe. The bow itself is cut out
of strap leather, 1/8" thick and dyed red. |
| Soles: |
The soles are painted red
and have orange felt adhered to the front of each shoe. There is
a rubber cap on the right shoe had been painted red, however, the cap is
missing on the left shoe. |
| Where in the movie? |
According to the book TRSoOz,
author Rhys Thomas believes that this pair of shoes were the first and
primary pair of shoes made for and worn by Judy Garland..
* I have found this pair
of shoes in the movie, due to the 'unfamiliar' shape of the bow on the
right shoe. This bow is much more angular in the way that it's cut.
It is clearly the shoe on Dorothy's right foot as she enters the throne
room in Emerald City. |
| Where did they come from? |
This pair of ruby slippers
were obtained by an anonymous buyer at the MGM auction in 1970 for $15,000.00.
They have been on display at the Smithsonian since 1979. |
| Miscellaneous Notes: |
*If you look closely in
the fourth picture from the top on the sole of the shoe, near the edge
of the in the peak of the arch - you can see the Smithsonian archival number
etched into the shoe.
* I've read that the carpet
in front of the ruby slipper display tends to wear out much faster than
at other exhibits in the same part of the museum....
* I've also been told that
the front sole of the right shoe is no longer attached to the uppers.
The shoes are in very bad condition.
* Obviously, you've probably
already noticed the the top of the front of this pair of shoes. The
distance from the bottom of the bows to the toes shows clearly that these
shoes came from 2 separate pairs of shoes. Along with the insert in the
back of the shoes. If you compare the production number if Michael
Shaw's right shoe to the left shoe of the Smithsonian - you have a numbered
pair.
But, according to Rhys Thomas,
there are 2 shoes that have no matching numbers between them. Which
means of course - there may be another pair of ruby slippers somewhere
out there! |
