Margaret Hamilton
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What's New? December 2024
Maxwell House Instant, 1959-1960
In My Attic Treasures, new this year, a television commercial from the late-1950s/early-1960s, completely restored.
Encore: White World of Winter, Bing Crosby 1965
In My Attic Treasures, from 2023, Bing Crosby performs a seldom-heard holiday song on his annual Christmas special on The Hollywood Palace. In color, and in stereo.
Encore: Santa Claus, 1898
In My Attic Treasures, from 2022, the oldest "film" starring Santa Claus, from 1898. This 1-minute video has been processed using AI and is also colorized.
Encore: Jingle Bells, Julie Andrews 1973
In My Attic Treasures, from 2022, Julie Andrews performs a charming song and dance with her extras on her short-lived television show, The Julie Andrews Hour.
Encore: Norelco Santa, 1960s
In My Attic Treasures, from last year, the oldest and second oldest Norelco Santa television commercials from the early 1960s. These ads were among the most famous/popular in that era, year after year.
Encore: Merry Christmas Darling, Carpenters
In My Attic Treasures, Karen Carpenter performs her holiday blockbuster hit, which was re-recorded especially for the 1978 Christmas special.
I will be posting other holiday videos from years past all during the month of December, after which they will all be deleted.
November 2024
In My Attic Treasures, a tribute to one of the most polished, talented, and good-looking groups of the 1960s, performing one of their monster hits, Pretty World. Mendes passed away in September 2024.
In Video Vault, still fresh off the future blockbuster success of The Wizard of Oz, Margaret appears in a well-received and well-produced comedy, although her role is small/brief. This was the third film in The Invisible Man series.
In Video Vault, playing Reuben Kincaid's mother, Margaret provides some much needed relief from the sugary sweetness of this '70s television series.
October 2024
Site contributor and author Don Billie released a new book in October, just before Halloween: Margaret Hamilton From Cleveland, Ohio to the Land of Oz.
This is the first-ever book dedicated to Maggie, written by a fellow Clevelander. You can order the book at the link above.
In My Attic Treasures, legendary GTO The Judge Pontiac television commerical from 1969, featuring Paul Revere & the Raiders. Painfully restored from poor source material; true stereo soundtrack added.
In Video Vault, Margaret and her two spinster sisters drill Guy Madison, who is visiting his pretend "mother", renter Mandy, who is a con woman and petty thief.
September 2024
In Video Vault, Margaret's second-to-last appearance in a television show, Lou Grant. She appeared in two different shows (seasons 1 and 5), playing the same charactor. In this video, her total on-air time was extremely brief and happened near the end of the show.
In My Attic Treasures, a television commercial from (likely) the early 1960s promoting asbestos floor tile. Corporate propaganda has never recognized limitations; even in the 1950s-1960s, they knew the dangers of asbestos...but that didn't stop them.
August 2024
In Video Vault, Margaret (kind of) resurrects her WWW character, only this time 12 years later, she's a voodoo hag concocting a love potion for Lou Costello...with Bud Abbott playing the straight man. Hilarious and well acted; in both black-and-white and colorized versions.
In Video Vault, rare footage of Arlene Francis' 1950s morning show, Home, featuring a silent Margaret Hamilton in this episode. This semi-restored clip is presented in its original black-and-white format along with an AI-generated colorized version. Thanks to Don F. Billie for finding this gem.
July 2024
In Video Vault, a clip from 1971's The Anderson Tapes which was Maggie's last appearance in a studio motion picture. Probably one of the briefest appearances in any of her many Hollywood films.
Also in Video Vault, her last appearance in a 32-minute television special, once again playing the stern, no-nonsense character she played so many times throughout her career.
June 2024
In My Attic Treasures, an exceptional soundie (a three-minute musical film; one of the first music videos) from 1941, featuring the harmonies of the Delta Rhythm Boys, a little known vocal group today but who were quite famous in the 1940s and later. Semi-restored.
This Is How I Felt, September 2017
Move over, Dorothy...
...and give me that compress. Your adventure was a walk in the park compared to mine.
This website disappeared a few years ago, mainly because of the other two websites that were attached to it. Now, after so many years of darkness, it's time to get busy again.
I promised myself and others, too, that I would get this thing up and running by September 2017. They said it would be easy—like clicking my heels three times?—and they lied, BIGtime. Everything changed while I was gone: HTML was no longer the way I remembered it. Browsers don't work like they used to. And who, pray tell, killed Netscape?
But I did it. There was no wizard to help me, no ruby shoes, no Glinda, no nothing. And no Toto, too. I even went to California looking for her, only to find out that her burial ground was paved over by a highway (disrespect much?...geez...I did drive over it, however). And I also found this.
But I'm done (for today), and you're Home. There's no place like Home...as you can plainly see.
Your webmaster, Ran (September 2017/2024; mh at bodietown dot com)
May 2024
In My Attic Treasures, three vintage television commercials that—in one or more ways—were legendary in the history of ads. All three have been restored as much as possible:
From 1974, 7UP Bubbles gobsmacked viewer audiences the first time they saw it. It was a defining moment in the use of motion graphics, psychedelic colors, and a retro-flavored soundtrack.
In 1973, Faygo released a sentimental homage to Detroit's simpler times..and the fond childhood memories that went with it. The ad became a local legend, and is still remembered today as the boat ad.
Finally, who can forget the Limelighters and Glenn Yarbrough's catchy jingle for Coca-Cola, back in 1963? After over 60 years, it's still a great tune.
In Video Vault, an early film featuring a relatively new actress (Hamilton), playing the role of Tippy. Maggie's acting abilities were clearly displayed in this film, providing a stark contrast to the cornball affectations of the main actors.
In My Attic Treasures, Paul Mauriat conducts a beautiful version of his 1967/8 instrumental pop hit, L'amour est bleu.
March 2024
In Video Vault, Margaret's very first film appearance in the 1933 classic, Another Language. Includes the cleaned-up original black-and-white version along with a separate colorized version.
Also in Video Vault, a 1937 film that was famous for real-life tragedy as it was for future fame and fortune. Again, offered in its original black-and-white format as well as a colorized version.
February 2024
In Cora ads, two badly needed upgrades to existing ads and three new Maxwell House ads featuring "Cora".
Of the three new ads, only one is in decent condition. The other two are in poor condition...but considering how difficult it is to find these ads, better poor than nothing at all.
January 2024
In My Attic Treasures, one of the top Pepsi ads of all time (all cleaned up and in true stereo), featuring The Gloved One and a Broadway child star who grew up to be a famous television star.
This Is Mainly Why We're Here
Where to Begin?
Many years ago (while walking down the yellow-brick road...), I thought it would be nice to own a piece of The Wizard of Oz. Since I'm no Willard Carroll, who owns more than his fair share of Oz memorabilia (not mad, just jealous...), MargaretHamilton.com was all I could afford. Why was it available? That's a good question: It was just sitting there waiting to be snapped up, and I was the first to snap.
But why MH? Because her 12-minute WWW appearance in The Wizard of Oz not only stole the movie, but continues to scare the tarnation out of kids around the world. I love that!...and so do they, something they'll appreciate when they grow up.
And then there's the fact that Margaret—Maggie, as she liked to be called—so much reminded me of my good friend, Mabel. Mabel and I were your typical Harold and Maude couple—minus any kind of romantic stuff—we could discuss anything together, we were always there to support each other, and we remained friends until senility stepped in and took her away from me and the world. Plain speaking, down to earth, about the same age as Maggie...Mabel was a gift. Anyway, that's how this all came about...almost...
And then there is also my perverse need to skate on the edge of technology and post "other stuff" on a wide range of subjects. All the other stuff is why there is a My Attic Treasures section...not that I even have a real attic.
If you are a copyright holder of anything on this site and you don't like what I've done, just tell me. I will take down your copyrighted stuff pronto, no harm or disrespect done or intended. But I think the content is either in the public domain (most of it is well over 50 years old), was filmed or designed by me, or falls under the Fair Use Doctrine.
Theft of Work for YouTube
On all of the videos on this site, you will see messages asking you not to steal the work here, and place it on YouTube.
Video content on this website is watermarked; all of the videos contain keep-off-of-YouTube warnings, and they are watermarked several times with this site's identity.
I am not a fan of YT and have never given or shared my work on that site. Furthermore, I don't make money off of anything here. YouTube, however, is a censoring, stealth-surveillance, money-generating corporation worth billions, built off the backs of the artists who originally created the media, and people like me, who promote it in a fair-use manner. Furthermore, YouTube is affiliated with a world-wide famed search engine that feeds information to the surveillance state. Please don't help these corporations grow and prosper; I have enough to do without having to deal with corporate parasites.