Strange Things You Didn’t Know About “The Wizard of Oz”

The Cowardly Lion’s Face Was Made From a Paper Bag

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As we’ve seen, makeup back then was a lot more complicated than it is today. However, there were times when makeup artists had to use everyday material to create each character’s quirky facial features. Like the Cowardly Lion’s facial prosthetics, which consisted of scraps from a brown paper bag. 

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