Baby and Toddler Tin Man Costumes

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The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland and directed by Victor Fleming, was released in 1939. The Wizard of Oz was initially considered a box office flop. Although it received positive reviews from critics, MGM spent $2 million to produce the film (MGM’s largest film budget at that time) and failed to recoup the investment until it was rereleased. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, but it lost to Gone with the Wind (also directed by Victor Fleming).

The film has gained popularity over the years. In the 1950s, the film was reintroduced to the public via annual telecasts and became engrained in American culture. The American Film Instituted named it the #1 fantasy film. It also declared Over the Rainbow as the top song in American Cinema in the past 100 years. The Library of Congress has called it the most watched film of all time.

The Tin Man started as the Tin Woodman, a fictional character in the Land of Oz in the classic 1900 book by L. Frank Baum called The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He was an ordinary man named Nick Chopper who chopped down tress in the forest for a living. He had to replace his body with tin because his axe was enchanted by The Wicked Witch of the West. When there was nothing left of him but tin, he was missing his heart, which could not be remade of tin, and he was no longer able to love the lady that caused the witch to enchant his axe.