Although the Hanging Munchkin myth adds an eerie layer to the lore that surrounds The Wizard of Oz, it is just that—a myth. That is not an actor but a bird shown in the background.

For almost as long as the movie has existed â nearly a century since The Wizard of Oz hit theaters in 1939 â rumors persist that the silhouette of a dead munchkin actor hanging from a ...

Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh's new play, which opens in Dublin this week, seizes on the legend of a small shadowy figure hanging from a tree in the Wizard of Oz - said to be a hanging Munchkin.

‘The Wizard of Oz,’ which springs from Metro’s golden bowl (production cost is reported close to $3 million), is likely to perform some record-breaking feats of boxoffice magic. Given a ...