15 Iconic Props From Classic Movies That Were Thrown Out Like Garbage

15 Iconic Props From Classic Movies That Were Thrown Out Like Garbage


One of them, the matte painting depicting the Emerald City in The Wizard of Oz, was thrown in the dumpster out back without a second thought. 9 Bruce the Shark Before it made them all the money, the studio that funded Jaws and its troubled crew weren’t the biggest fans of each other, so after filming was complete, Universal “just dumped the sharks in the back lot,” according to production designer Joe Alves. “They had to almost immediately clear the studios because they were filming Cabaret with Liza Minnelli there so everything got thrown in the skip," the owner of the only surviving Scrumdiddlyumptuous bar told the BBC.

Author: Amanda Mannen


Published at: 2025-12-25 00:00:00

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