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Identify Straw/Grass in 'Oz' Broomstick
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Posted by filmfan (My Page) on Tue, May 29, 07 at 9:47
| This posting may seem out of place on this website but I'm hoping someone can help me in my search. I am looking to identify and obtain the type of straw or grass that was used to make the Wicked Witch's broom in the 1939 film, "The Wizard of Oz." I have been trying to make an accurate reproduction of this movie prop for at least a decade but the correct straw has eluded me. It looks like regular straw but it is very long and pliable. Others have used raffia but I believe it to be something else. Occasionally, I have seen someone on TV wearing a grass skirt that looks and moves like the material I'm looking for. Someone said to use the fine branches of a willow tree. Another person said to boil regular straw in salt water to make it more pliable. I welcome any and all suggestions. Thank you! |
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RE: Identify Straw/Grass in 'Oz' Broomstick
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| its called Broomcorn :)I have about 20 seeds of it left |
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