Editing Ruby slippers (section)

{{Short description|Magical footwear from The Wizard of Oz}}
{{For|the ''Once Upon a Time'' episode|Ruby Slippers (Once Upon a Time)}}
{{Infobox fictional artifact
|name            = Ruby slippers
|image           = Ruby slippers.JPG
|imagesize       =
|caption         = One of the pairs used in ''The Wizard of Oz'' (1939), on display at the [[Smithsonian Institution]] [[National Museum of American History]]
|alt             =
|source          = [[The Wizard of Oz]]
|source_type     = 
|company         = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
|first           = [[The Wizard of Oz]]
|first_type      =
|date            = 1939
|creator         = [[Adrian (costume designer)|Gilbert Adrian]] (costume design)
|based_on        = [[Silver Shoes]] by [[L. Frank Baum|Frank Baum]]
|type            = Magical slippers
|genre           = [[Fantasy]]
|uses            =
|owner           =  [[Wicked Witch of the East]] (formerly)<br>[[Dorothy Gale]]
* Ability to send Dorothy back home to [[Kansas]]
* Protect the wearer
}}

The '''ruby slippers''' are a pair of magical shoes worn by [[Dorothy Gale]] as played by [[Judy Garland]] in the 1939 [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] [[musical film]] ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''. Because of their iconic stature,<ref name=SI>{{Cite web |url=http://invention.smithsonian.org/resources/online_articles_detail.aspx?id=593 |title=The Ruby Slippers: Inventing an American Icon |author=Dwight Blocker Bowers |publisher=The Lemelson Center |date=January 2010 |access-date=April 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420213857/http://invention.smithsonian.org/resources/online_articles_detail.aspx?id=593 |archive-date=April 20, 2010 }}</ref> they are as of December 2024 the most valuable items of [[film memorabilia]] in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-08 |title=Ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in 'Wizard of Oz' sell for $32.5 million at auction |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ruby-slippers-worn-judy-garland-wizard-oz-sell-325-million-auction-rcna183339 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> Several pairs were made for the film, though the exact number is unknown. Five pairs are known to have survived; one pair was stolen from a museum in 2005 and recovered in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thief slips away with Dorothy's shoes |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=August 30, 2005 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/aug/30/news2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Red Sequin Shoes |url=http://redsequinshoes.com/history-of-ruby-slippers/ |access-date=1 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309092834/http://redsequinshoes.com/history-of-ruby-slippers/ |archive-date=March 9, 2012 }}</ref>

In [[L. Frank Baum|L. Frank Baum's]] original 1900 novel, ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'', on which the film is based, Dorothy wears [[Silver Shoes]]. However, the color of the shoes was changed to red to take advantage of the [[Technicolor#Three-strip_Technicolor|three-strip Technicolor]] film process used in certain big-budget and prestige [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] films of the era. Film screenwriter [[Noel Langley]] is credited with the idea.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rhodes |first1=Jesse |date=January 2009 |title=For Those Ruby Red Slippers, There's No Place Like Home |journal=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]] |publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]] |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/for-those-ruby-red-slippers-theres-no-place-like-home-130170740/?no-ist}}</ref><ref name=Guardian>{{cite news |title=Judy Garland's missing ruby slippers: anonymous donor offers $1m reward |author=Ascanio Branca |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=July 13, 2015 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/costume-and-culture/2015/jul/13/wizard-of-oz-stolen-ruby-slippers-anonymous-donor-1m-reward}}</ref><ref name="SI2018">{{cite web |last1=Daley |first1=Jason |title=After 13-Year Chase, F.B.I. Nabs Pair of Dorothy's Ruby Slippers |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fbi-nabs-dorothys-ruby-slippers-after-13-years-run-180970196/ |website=Smithsonian.com |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |access-date=4 September 2018 |date=4 September 2018}}</ref>