Scarecrow Costume
date: label: date made
content: 1939
name: label: user
content: Bolger, Ray
label: designer
content: Adrian
notes: label: Description
content: Ray Bolger wore this patchwork outfit as the Scarecrow, one of the trio of friends who accompany Dorothy to the Emerald City in <i>The Wizard of Oz</i>.
label: Description
content: Designed by Adrian, MGM's premier costume artist, the straw-stuffed clothing fit loosely enough so that Bolger could perform his comedic dance number, "If I Only Had a Brain." A sponge-rubber mask, resembling burlap, completed the Scarecrow's costume. Under the hot lights on the set, the mask was stifling, and it frequently had to be replaced.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Wizard of Oz
label: Subject
content: Movie
label: Subject
content: Music
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Movies
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content: Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
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content: Textiles
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content: Movie Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Gwendolyn R. Bolger
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0608.11
label: accession number
content: 1987.0608
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0608.11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: straw, bag of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: straw (overall material)