Magical shoes in L. Frank Baum's novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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Silver Shoes
Land of Oz series of prose fiction element
Illustration by W. W. Denslow in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz of Dorothy holding the Shoes
First appearance
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
1900
Created by
L. Frank Baum
Genre
Children's books, fantasy
In-universe information
Type
Magical shoes
Function
Able to send the wearer wherever they wish to go
The Silver Shoes are the magical shoes that appear in L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as heroine Dorothy Gale's transport home. They are originally owned by the Wicked Witch of the East but passed to Dorothy when her house lands on the Witch. At the end of the story, Dorothy uses the shoes to transport her back to her home in Kansas, but when she arrives at her destination finds the shoes have fallen off en route.
The SilverShoes are the magical shoes that appear in L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as heroine Dorothy Gale's transport home. They...
arrives with three grateful Munchkins and gives Dorothy the magical silvershoes that originally belonged to the Wicked Witch. The Good Witch tells Dorothy...
elaborate dream. The silvershoes and ruby slippers are also used in several other versions including Wicked by Gregory Maguire. Here the shoes are constructed...
forcing the native Munchkins to slave for her night and day. Her charmed SilverShoes (changed to ruby slippers in the 1939 film musical) held many mysterious...
SilverShoes. She is also afraid of the dark in Baum's original story for reasons unknown. For that reason, the Witch never tried to steal the Silver...
or "The Wiz" for short ("He's the Wizard"). She gives her Evamean's silvershoes, and tells her not to take them off before she reaches home, for they...
Wizard of Oz, on which the film is based, Dorothy wears SilverShoes. However, the color of the shoes was changed to red to take advantage of the new Technicolor...
representatives of the media. Those who finish as runners-up in the vote receive the Silver Ball and Bronze Ball awards as the second and third most outstanding players...
for the gold standard, and the silvershoes Dorothy inherits from the Wicked Witch of the East represents the pro-silver movement. When Dorothy is taken...
about Dorothy's love for her aunt: indeed, her request to the magic SilverShoes is "Take me home to Aunt Em!" Em spends most of her life working on farms...
Glinda tells Dorothy of how she can return home to Kansas using the SilverShoes, and frees the Winged Monkeys by giving them the Golden Cap that controls...
and valuable film memorabilia in movie history. Dorothy actually wore SilverShoes in the book series, but the color was changed to ruby to take advantage...
Within a short time, she was walking briskly toward the Emerald City; her SilverShoes tinkling merrily on the hard, yellow roadbed. The road is first introduced...
(Jerry Rannow), and Dorothy (Eve Bernhardt), shown aboard ship wearing SilverShoes—who dream they are struck by a storm and encounter the Horrors of the...
after new series protagonist Amy Gumm uses the magic of Dorothy's old silvershoes to separate Ozma and Pete into separate entities, rather than two souls...
creatures that she will meet on the way. They set off, Ellie wearing the silvershoes that Totoshka has found in Gingema's house. They meet Strashila the scarecrow...
kitten-heeled pumps, as well as trendy white go-go boots and shoes of transparent plastic. Shoes, boots, and handbags were often made of patent leather or...
slippers were created by MGM specifically for the 1939 film to replace the SilverShoes of the original stories and, as the slippers remained MGM's intellectual...
"Rock and Roll Widow" 1974 "Hometown" There's the Rub "Persephone" 1975 "SilverShoes" "Persephone" 1976 "Outward Bound" New England "Lorelei" 1977 "Phoenix"...
the Systar System. Dorothy appears in the South Korean animated film Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs, voiced by Katie DiCicco. Dorothy will make an appearance...