Silver Shoes

Dorothy Gale holds the silver shoes. By W. W. Denslow 1900

The Silver Shoes (also called Silver Slippers) are fictional charmed items from the magical Land of Oz. Their first and only appearance is in L. Frank Baum's first Oz book titled The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900. Despite this fact and due to the popularity, the classic MGM musical movie of 1939 The Wizard of Oz, has achieved, most people believe the shoes Dorothy wears on her Oz adventure are of ruby red.

A perfect example of what the magic shoes would have looked like if MGM kept them silver and had not changed them to ruby in 1939.

• Interestingly, in Baum's book the shoes are in fact not red at all, but made of out of silver and are designed in an arabian/dutch style with sharp pointy toes and Mary Jane style buckles.

The only thing the Ruby Slippers and the silver shoes both have in common is that in both versions they first were the property of Oz's infamous Wicked Witch of the East, and their magic can only work by clicking the heels together exactly three times in a row. How the Wicked Witch created or obtained them in the first place was never elaborated upon by Baum.

The Silver Shoes of Oz

• In the book, even though the shoes are described as if constructed of real solid silver, due to being magic shoes in a magic realm, they are flexible, comfortable, and easy to move in. They can never wear out and are accustomed to alter their size by shrinking or stretching to perfectly fit the current owner at the time they wear them.

Three Times A Charm

Silver Shoes with Pointed Toes: These antique silver shoes are made out of real silver. Their intricate designs indicate their uniqueness and authenticity. Since L. Frank Baum was a collector of antique silver and used silver shoes to parallel the value of silver during the turn of the century, they are most likely the most realistic and closest version to what L. Frank Baum himself possibly envisioned circa 1899-1900 for the original character of Dorothy to wear on her feet during her adventure in the Land of Oz.

In the end of Baum's original story, Glinda, the Good Witch of the South, tells Dorothy how the magic charm of the silver shoes work. She also reveals to Dorothy that they hold several mysterious powers inside them, this indicates that the shoes are able to do much more than carry people places. But what these other specific powers can do is left a mystery. The only charm that Baum does choose to elaborate upon about the shoes is that they can automatically take its wearer wherever they wish to go in the entire world when the heels are knocked against each other three solid times and then given directions on call; the shoes will then take three fast steps so sudden that the wearer will travel in the wink of an eye with each step made. And to the desired destination in exactly three seconds no matter the distance.

Surprisingly, the ruby slippers worn by Dorothy played by Judy Garland in 1939 and then by a semi-sequel Dorothy portrayed by Fairuza Balk in Walt Disney Pictures' 1985 cult classic film Return to Oz are a much more powerful pair compared to the silver ones in the book. For example, the ruby slippers of 1939 can never be taken off unless through death and can even send volts of painful electricity to shock anyone who tries to touch them without permission or steal them. This happened when the Wicked Witch reached for them while Dorothy was imprisoned in her castle. In Return to Oz, it is indirectly explained that when Dorothy was sent home to Kansas, she lost the ruby slippers on the magical flight back and they fell into the hands of the evil Nome King. And with their power he was able to kidnap Oz's current King, the Scarecrow, after conquering the Emerald City and taking back all the "stolen" emeralds that originally came from his mountain. He also replaced Munchkinland with a gloomy forest, destroyed the Yellow Brick Road and turned everyone in Oz to cold stone, thus leaving Oz and it's inhabitants in a state of apocalyptic ruins; facing possible extinction. Once the Nome King is eventually defeated by a returned Dorothy, the shoes are finally retrieved and used to restore everything to normal again and bring the people of Oz back to life. The shoes even stripped the underlying villain and accomplice of the Nome King named Princess Mombi, of her dark Witchcraft that broke the curse of the long lost child Queen of Oz aka Princess Ozma, who revealed herself to the Ozians as the land's rightful ruler.

However, in Baum's 1900 book, nothing of the sort is ever mentioned. The silver shoes only make one appearance in the first Oz novel, after Dorothy loses them in the Deadly Desert, they are never recovered.

History

The silver shoes from Oz were originally the property and prized possession of the Wicked Witch of the East. She was proud of her silver shoes because these shoes were not just any old regular pair, but a miraculously charmed pair which held many mysterious powers inside of them. Their magic had helped the Wicked Witch conquer the eastern quadrant in the magical Land of Oz known as the Munchkin Country. During her wicked reign she made the majority of the Munchkins who lived in the east her slaves, imprisoning them tightly in her bondage. And she forced them all to work for her night and day for many years with no mercy.

As fate would have it, the Wicked Witch of the East was accidentally killed by a descending farmhouse that had fallen from out of the sky after being swept up in a Kansas cyclone. When the house came crashing down it landed in the very heart of Munchkin Country right on top of the Wicked Witch and killed her instantly.

The farmhouse that had killed the Wicked Witch, happened to also have passengers aloft, a little girl named Dorothy Gale and her pet dog, Toto. The Munchkins and their dear friend, the Good Witch of the North gladly welcomed her to Oz and thought she was a great sorceress. To thank and reward her for freeing them from many years of bondage the Munchkins gave Dorothy the silver shoes as a gift.

Soon after meeting the Munchkins, Dorothy set out to find a way back to her home. As it was believed that the only one powerful enough to send her back was the land's most powerful figure known as the great Wizard who lived in the Emerald City of Oz. Dorothy embarked on a quest as she followed the Yellow Brick Road which lead all the way to the city and she wore her new silver shoes on her journey.

After having many adventures throughout the land and meeting a Scarecrow who wanted brains, a Tin Woodman who desired a heart, and a Cowardly Lion who longed for courage, Dorothy encouraged them to come with her to see the Wizard also and after another set of many adventures involving Kalidahs, Deadly Poppies, and Field Mice, they all finally reached the Emerald City. There they eventually spoke with the Wizard. He made a deal with them, requesting that they kill Oz's last Wicked Witch, the Wicked Witch of the West, to prove themselves worthy in exchange for their wishes to be granted. Now the Wicked Witch ruled over the western quadrant of Oz known as the Winkie Country. She also had enslaved the Winkies to work for her night and day just like the Wicked Witch of the East had once done to the Munchkins before Dorothy came. So Dorothy and her friends all set out in search of the Witch of the West.

After being captured by the Witch's Winged Monkeys, Dorothy and Toto were imprisoned in the Wicked Witch's castle. And once the Witch saw the silver shoes Dorothy was wearing she thought up of a wicked plan to trick Dorothy and steal the magic shoes from the girl to strengthen her own dark powers. However, the Witch's plans to retrieve the shoes backfired because in anger and defense, Dorothy threw a bucket of water at her who was allergic to it, thus ultimately killing her as she melted away. Dorothy became a hero to the Winkies and was praised throughout all of Oz for killing its most vile villains. But even after they were both dead, Dorothy was still unaware of the charm the silver shoes possessed.

Successfully defeating the Witch, Dorothy used the magic Golden Cap she owned which allowed her to call upon the Winged Monkeys. Dorothy had them carry her and her friends safely back to the Emerald City. There they discovered the shocking truth about the Wizard. They all learned that he was a phony illusionist and humbug named Oscar Diggs. He promised to find a way to take Dorothy home to Kansas if they kept his true identity a secret and they agreed to keep his secret safe. He made a plan to leave Oz in his hot air balloon with Dorothy, but when it was about to depart Toto ran to chase after a green kitten in the streets of the Emerald City. By the time Dorothy caught him it was too late. She was left behind as the balloon floated up into the sky and away.

So Dorothy, along with her friends, eventually ventured out seeking Glinda, the Good Witch of the South. She lived in a ruby palace and ruled fairly over Oz's southern quadrant called Quadling Country. As Dorothy was desperately hoping she could help her find a way home, as Glinda was her last resort and chance of salvation. After encountering Fighting Trees, the dainty enclave called China Country and the mean spirited Hammer-Heads, Dorothy made it all the way to Glinda's castle.

Luckily, Glinda was not only beautiful and fair, but also a very intelligent Sorceress who was in touch with all things mysterious within Oz. She kindly explained about the silver shoes and the charm held inside of them in exchange for the Golden Cap that Dorothy was wearing. Glinda told Dorothy how the shoes' spell worked and how to use it, which was to click the heels together three times and command them to take her wherever she wished to go. She said goodbye to her friends and was ready to go home.

As Dorothy clicked her heels, she was instantly lifted into the air and carried away. And when she opened her eyes again, she and Toto were sitting on the Kansas prairie with Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. But to her surprise, she was in her stocking feet, for the silver shoes had fallen off and were lost forever.

The Wiz

The Silver Slippers are now more widely known for being associated with The Wiz,the African-American musical version of L. Frank Baum's classic tale .

In the 1974 Broadway play, the 1978 Motown film , and the 2015 NBC production , the shoes are kept silver like in the original book. The shoes were originally worn by Evamene. After she was killed due to Dorothy's arrival in Oz, Addapearle had given the shoes to Dororthy as a way of protecting her. In the end, Glinda instructs Dorothy, through the song "Believe in Yourself", that in order for the shoes to take Dorothy home, she must believe that she can go where she wants, then click her heels three times. In live performances of the musical (including the play and the NBC telecast), she still wears them when she returns to Kansas, unlike the book, and the dialogue suggests that she can use them to both leave and revisit Oz.

However, the movie shows Dorothy wearing ordinary shoes when she returns home. Earlier, the movie also showed that the silver shoes have a safeguard against thieves, as the Wicked Witch Evillene's fingers painfully curled over backwards when she attempted to steal the shoes from Dorothy.

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Wicked

In Gregory Maguire's 1995 mature Oz novel titled Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, the shoes are not ruby slippers. Nor are they made of silver like in Baum's book. They are not called by any specific color or gem. They are created and designed in such a unique and authentic way, that nothing has ever been done nor seen before them. The shoes are the very first of its kind. So instead they are described like this:

"From a pile of ash shavings she withdrew a shoe, and then another. Were they silver? – or blue? – or now red? – lacquered with a candy shell brilliance of polish? It was hard to tell and it didn't matter; the effect was dazzling." (2.3.4.20)

The character Turtle Heart probably describes their symbolism best:

"To look in glass," said Turtle Heart, pointing to the roundel he had made as a toy for Elphaba, "is to see the future, in blood and rubies." (1.8.46)

The shoes are the one thing the Witch wants above all else, both in the musical and Baum's book strictly for the pairs mysterious powers. But Elphaba wants the shoes for slightly different reasons than her movie counterpart. While in the MGM movie and Baum's book, the shoes were symbols of power and protection. In Maguire's reimagining, the shoes are symbols of what Elphaba has secretly craved all her life, love, respect, acceptance, and family. Above all else, Nessa's shoes represent Elphaba's need to be accepted and considered important, particularly to her father. The shoes aren't just related to themes of family and acceptance, though. They also, as in the movie, represent beauty and authority. Interestingly, though, that becomes more of an excuse for Elphaba to justify her obsession with getting the shoes from Dorothy:

"Should she pursue Dorothy, should she snatch those shoes away – and what were her real motives? Was it to keep them out of the hands of the Wizard ... Or was it to snatch back some small shred of Frex's attention?" (5.10.1)

Ultimately, Elphaba is the one who turns the shoes into something more than they really are. And other than considered dazzling to look at, the shoes really don't have much power at all.

• (Gregory Maguire combines elements from the 1939 film and paying homage to the 1900 book by Baum by making the slippers both ruby and silver while adding his own twist to his own version of the classic Oz tale.)

In the successful Broadway adaptation of Wicked--the shoes are first silver. But when a magic spell is cast upon them to help the handicapped Nessarose walk without any assistance, the shoes appear to turn to a beautiful red in color due to the walking spell.

How the Wizard Came to Oz

In Donald Abbott's 1991 novel How the Wizard Came to Oz, the Wicked Witch of the East acquires the shoes in a trade with a Crooked Magician. She uses their magic power to build two Yellow Brick Roads through Munchkin Country. She also uses them to enchant a woodman's axe in an attempt to destroy him.

Silver Shoes - A 2010 Novel by Paul Miles Schneider

Silver Shoes-A Novel.

• FOR OVER A CENTURY PEOPLE HAVE THOUGHT OF THE WIZARD OF OZ AS A MERE AMERICAN FAIRY TALE. BUT DONALD GARDNER IS ABOUT TO LEARN THE STORY OF OZ IS TRUE!-Silver Shoes Synopsis.

When Donald Gardner's parents tell him they'll be taking an exciting road trip through Kansas, he openly cringes. He is sure it will be a boring summer vacation. But at one of their final roadside stops on the way home, they are approached by a poor woman offering to sell a curious item—an antique shoe made out of solid silver. While Donald's mother is initially reluctant, she is ultimately smitten with the shoe and buys it.

Donald is skeptical that the shoe is anything more than a relic, but when the new school year starts, he brings it in for show-and-tell, attempting to impress his classmates. His friends liken it to something out of The Wizard of Oz, and his teacher agrees the idea is not far-fetched considering author L. Frank Baum wrote about “silver shoes,” not ruby slippers, which were strictly in the movie. Yet when he accepts a dare from his two best buddies to try it on, frightening and incredible things begin to happen. Strange animals cry out in the night. Dark, shadowy shapes lurk in distant corners. Scratching sounds are heard just outside his bedroom window. And when he meets George Clarke, a reclusive man who has been in hiding and on the run for many years, Donald finds out there is a lot more to Baum's story than he thinks, and comes to discover that the Silver Shoe's are the same pair that a little farm girl named Dorothy wore during a fateful trip to another dimension known as Oz over one hundred years ago.

Join Donald as he unravels Baum's earth-shattering secret in …"SILVER SHOES!"

The Wizard of Oz 1939

(See Ruby Slippers for more information.)

In the iconic 1939 musical movie The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, the silver shoes were famously changed to ruby slippers to take full advantage of Technicolor.

Russian Slippers

In Alexander Melentyevich Volkov's The Wizard of the Emerald City, the shoes are the source of Ellie Smith's protection instead of the Good Witch of the North's magic marking kiss. Elly is therefore attacked by an ogre when removing them, and afterward wears them even when she sleeps. They aren't taken from the Witch's feet, but rather brought by Totoshka from her dwelling (a dark spooky cave). This was possibly done to avert the problem of a person wearing them to be impossible to harm, since in that book the hurricane was created by the Wicked Witch to destroy mankind, and redirected upon her by the Good Witch of the North, who suffered no ill effects for harming her. It is said she only wore them on very special occasions. The shoes are ultimately lost on the way back home just like in Baum's original book.

The Wizard of Oz - Peter Pan Records

Peter Pan Book and Record - Dorothy obtains the silver shoes from the Wicked Witch of the West after melting her.

In the Peter Pan Book and Record retelling of the original book, the silver shoes are owned by the Wicked Witch of the West. There is no mention of the Wicked Witch of the East or any of the other witches in this version. Dorothy obtains the silver shoes after melting the Wicked Witch of the West with a bucket of water.

There is also no mention of Dorothy clicking her heels to activate the silver shoes. The Wizard simply instructs her to "Just wish, and your magic silver shoes will take you home." Her wish is enough to send her home, so she doesn't have to click her heels together or do anything else. The record points out that soon she was back home in Kansas, and the story ends there, so there is nothing to indicate if she lost the silver shoes or retained them.

The Wizard of Oz (1982): Silver or Ruby?

Dorothy clicking the heels of her magic slippers in The Wizard of Oz (1982 anime movie)

The 1982 anime movie of the original book is known for being particularly close to it, but there are some differences. In the case of Dorothy's magic shoes, they very much resemble the silver ones from the original novel, but with one major difference; they are red like the Ruby Slippers from the 1939 movie. In the English dubbed version, they are referred to as "magic slippers", but no indication is given on what they are made of, be it silver, ruby, or anything else. They make a metallic "clink" sound when Dorothy clicks the heels together, indicating that they are likely made of a precious metal.

In the original novel, the silver shoes were lost after Dorothy used them to return home. In the 1982 movie, no mention of them is made after Dorothy uses them, but she can still be seen wearing them even when she is back in Kansas.

Return to Oz 1985

In Walt Disney Pictures' film Return to Oz, the slippers are ruby just like the 1939 movie. After falling into the Deadly Desert when Dorothy first returned home to Kansas, they are recovered by the Nome King, who used their powers to invade Oz, conquer the Emerald City, kidnap the Scarecrow and turn the Ozians into stone with the help of the vain Princess Mombi. After defeating the Nome King and Mombi, Dorothy gives them to Princess Ozma.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz anime TV series (1986)

Magic shoes as they were when worn by the Wicked Witch of the East in the 1986 anime TV series

In the first season of the series, based on the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the shoes as worn by the Wicked Witch of the East were actually orangish-brown colored shoes with curled-up toes. When the Witch of the North uses her magic to put them on Dorothy's feet, they change into what look like the silver ones in the book, except they look more like sandals (although they do have heels) and the toes are curved instead of pointed. There is no mention of what they are made of, and they look white than silver, but Dorothy mentions that they feel good, and it feels like she is walking on air when she wears thm, and her regular shoes would have worn out near the start of her journey down the Yellow Brick Road.

Magic shoes when worn by Dorothy in the 1986 anime TV series

All throughout the series, up to the end of the first story arc based on the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and her friends wonder what kind of powers the shoes have. Their curiosity is kindled even more knowing how badly the Wicked Witch of the West wants them. When Dorothy and her friends visit Glinda, the Good Witch of the South, she points out that Dorothy had the power to return home since the day she arrived. Dorothy realizes she means the shoes, but thinks it would have been awful if she'd known how to use them right away because she would never have met her friends. The Scarecrow would still be stuck on the pole in the cornfield, the Tin Man would still be rusted solid in the middle of the forest, and the Lion would have been a coward forever. She is glad she never knew how to use them because she did meet her friends, help them make their dreams come true. And they had enough adventures together to last a lifetime, and they became kings. Dorothy mentioned how they had often wondered what the shoes could do. Glinda said that they can do many great and wonderful things, but theit greatest power was to fulfill their wearer's deepest desire, and she asked Dorothy what she longed for most. She simply said her desire was to go home.

Dorothy clicking heels of the magic shoes in 1986 anime.

Glinda instructed Dorothy that using the shoes was easy. She just needs to click her heels together three times, make her wish, and it will come true. Dorothy practices clicking the heels twice, and is glad that she is finally going home, but sad to leave her friends. She says her goodbyes, picks up Toto, and approaches the balcony of Glinda's castle to use the shoes. She strikes the heels together three times by lifting her right leg and letting it fall so the heels make contact each time. No reason is given for this unconventional method of tapping the heals together. Perhaps it was easier to animate that action, or perhaps since Glinda's instructions were to "strike" the heels together, that may be because it had to be to do that with some force to prevent accidental activation. (When she practiced clicking the heels together before, though, she did it the conventional way.) She commands the shoes to take her back home, she screams with fright, and her friends appear frightened as well as she is propelled into the air.

Dorothy flies home using her magic shoes in 1986 anime series

She closes her eyes nervously and holds onto Toto tightly as she flies through what appears to be a portal, and despite the frightful experience, she arrives safely back in Kansas. When she arrives, she is asleep in a field in Uncle Henry and Aunt Em's farm, and Toto wakes her up. Dorothy runs to greet Uncle Henry and Aunt Em, not realizing she has lost one of the shoes. One major difference between the series and the original novel is that Dorothy retains the shoes after using them to return home to Kansas in the final episode of season 1. She loses one of them in the field she lands in, and is so excited to see her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em again, she forgets about it as she runs to them. As the second season and story arc based on Baum's second Oz novel The Marvelous Land of Oz begins, she is telling Uncle Henry and Aunt Em about her adventures in the Land of Oz, but they are not sure whether they should believe her or not, so she decides to use the shoes to prove to them that Oz exists. Aunt Em sees the shoe she currently has, and almost throws it out, thinking they're not really magic and Oz is just a story, but she decides she'd better not. She doesn't say why she changes her mind, but perhaps she thinks Dorothy would be upset because she still wants it as a keepsake, even if it is not magic, and may want to wear the shoes for the style if she finds the other one. Dorothy tries to look for the missing shoe, but is unable to find it in the cornfield. Toto later finds it while playing in there, but is distracted as he passes a chicken coop, he drinks their water and is harassed by them. Later, Aunt Em discovers the missing shoe near some eggs laid by them. When Dorothy is in her room and has both shoes in her hands, she talks to herself about how great it would be to return to Oz and visit her friends, and prove to Uncle Henry and Aunt Em that it exists.

Dorothy tries clicking the heels to see if the shoes are still magic, and ends up stranded in Oz in the 1986 anime TV series.

She holds the shoes and tries clicking the heels together three times to see if they are still magic and what would happen. Although not shown for the viewers, the magic activates, and with Dorothy having expressed her wish to return to Oz, she is whisked away, this time without Toto, and drops the shoes in her room. Uncle Henry and Aunt Em hear Toto bark like crazy and wonder if Dorothy is teasing him. But when they go to her room to see what's the matter, the window curtain is torn and she is gone, and the shoes were on the floor. They were sure they saw her come in here, and start to believe that Oz is real, and realize that she is stranded there without the shoes to get her back.

Dorothy realizes that she is stranded in Oz and deeply regrets that she didn't put the shoes on before trying to click the heels. She didn't specify any particular place in Oz she wanted to go to when saying how great it would be to visit there again. She ends up in Gillikin Country in the northern part of Oz. She meets Tip, who shows her the pumpkin headed man he's building that would become Jack Pumpkinhead. She leaves with Tip to escape Mombi, and finds out that General Jinjur is plotting to take over the Emerald City. Dorothy wants to go home, but she decides to stay in Oz until she helps her friends stop her and Mombi from conquering there. So she finds herself setting out on a new journey with Tip, Jack, the Sawhorse, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Man to free Oz from the tyrannical rule of Jinjur, search for Princess Ozma, the true heir of the throne, and find out how to get back home to Kansas without the shoes. At the end of their journey, Glinda uses her magic to send Dorothy home.

Dorothy's magic shoes glow as she is whisked to the Land of Ev in the 1986 anime series.

At the beginning of Season 3's story arc based on Baum's third Oz novel, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy, Toto, Uncle Henry, and Aunt Em are asleep in their farmhouse in Kansas, and the magic shoes are still sitting on a shelf above her bed. The narrator describes a spell calling, beckoning, reaching out, and taking hold. The magic shoes glow, and with Dorothy in their spells' power, she is once again whisked away without anyone knowing, and even though Toto was laying in the bed with her, he is left behind in Kansas, along with the shoes still on the shelf. Even Dorothy is unaware and is still asleep as she arrives in what seems to be some unknown part of Oz, until the Wheelers harass her and wake her up. She does seem to remember flying after hearing someone calling her name but figured she may have dreamed it. After getting away from the Wheelers, she finds the mechanical wind-up man Tik-Tok. She winds him up and is surprised that he knows her name. He reveals that he had programmed his distress signal to send for her whenever he winds down. After the Wheelers caused him to unwind, the distress signal activated, whch is what caused the magic shoes to glow, whisked Dorothy away from her home, and brought her here. The shoes are not mentioned any more throughout the rest of the series. Tik-Tok tells Dorothy that she is in the land of Ev, across the desert from Oz.

Dorothy doesn't go home to Kansas at the end of the third story arc, but returns to Oz. And at the end of the fourth season's story arc, based on the novel The Emerald City of Oz, and also the end of the entire series, Ozma uses her magic to send Dorothy back home, and she is able to return to Oz any time she wishes with the help of Ozma's magic.

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

Dorothy is played by R&B pop star Ashanti in the 2005 made for TV Muppet movie. In it the magic shoes are also silver and are designed by Manolo Blahnik. Dorothy would often complain about how uncomfortable the shoes were.

Syfy's Tinman mini series

The spirit of Dorothy Gale, aka The First Slipper, meets her great granddaughter, D.G., in a black and white portal dimension to give her an Emerald Charm that will help her throughout her journey in the "Outer Zone". The spirit of Dorothy resembles the Dorothy from the 1939 film, yet wears metallic silver shoes.

Dorothy and the Witches of Oz

In this version, a grown-up Dorothy and inspiring children's author, wears the silver shoes as she remembers that her dreams of Oz are not dreams after all, but a long line of suppressed memories from real adventures there.

Once Upon A Time Oz

In the popular TV show Once Upon A Time, the characters from Oz are brought into the plot of the story. The Silver Shoes also make an appearance.

Silver Shoes in Once Upon A Time.

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

In this CGI sequel to the Oz stories, the shoes remain silver in the comic prequel that starts at the end of the first story when the Wicked Witch of the West is melted by Dorothy.

Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz

In this TV series, the silver shoes and ruby slippers coexist as two distinct objects, and the witch wants them both. Known to be more powerful than the ruby slippers.

Silver Shoe Gallery

Dorothy admires the Silver Shoes.

Dorothy in Silver Shoes. By artist Charles Santore.

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The Silver Shoes take Dorothy and Toto home.

The Silver Shoes in The Wiz Live.

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Glinda tells Dorothy about the secret charm of the Silver Shoes.

Lost Silver Shoes

Dorothy Gale in Silver Shoes, as she appeared in the original The Wonderful Wizard of Oz book of 1900

Dorothy loses her Silver Shoes on the way back to Kansas (1900).

Example of the Silver Shoes as described in the original book

In the 2008 production of The Wiz, Dorothy (played by Ashanti) wears Silver Shoes.

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The power of the Silver Shoes

Dorothy tries on the Silver Shoes.

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Dorothy clicks the Silver Shoes three times.

Over the Rainbow and back to Kansas

Dorothy is given the Silver Shoes.

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Dorothy wearing her Silver Slippers.

The Good Witch gives Dorothy the Silver Shoes.

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The Good Witch of the North helps Dorothy try on the Silver Shoes.

They fit perfectly!

The Silver Shoes in the Marvel Comic version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Skottie Young

ONE, TWO, THREE!

From Silver to Ruby

Silver Slippers

Nessarose and the Silver Shoes in Broadway's Wicked musical

The Wiz, (1978)

Diana Ross in Silver Shoes in The Wiz, (1978)

Silver Shoes fit for a Superstar in the Muppets' Wizard of Oz

Silver Shoes on the spirit of Dorothy in Syfy's Tinman

Click your heels in Dorothy and the Witches of Oz film

Silver Shoes on Evamene for The Wiz Live !

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Dorothy in Silver Shoes inn the Dorothy of Oz comic

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Silver Shoes under Dorothy's fallen house...

Silver Shoes. Dorothy Gale

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Wizard of Oz. Charles Santore. Silver Shoes.