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We're Still "Over the Rainbow" for Oz

Seventy years after Judy Garland sang her way into stardom, the "Wizard of Oz" is still capturing the hearts and minds of audiences everywhere as CBS News Correspondent Kelly Wallace reports.

In fact, it's considered the most watched movie of all time.

Former munchkin Jerry Maren is now 89 year old. You may remember him from the movie. He sang, "in the name of the lollipop guild, we wish to welcome you to munchkinland."

He remembers being blown away his first day on the set.

"I had never seen a little person before and my God, I was in my glory, meeting eye-to-eye to everybody," Maren said. ...
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