Unlike the 1939 movie many other charmed items are placed into the plot of the book, for example: the magic Golden Cap. The red shoes are put onto her feet, and she must wear them. SOURCES. It's ironic that Henry Littlefield felt that in changing the color of Dorothy's shoes for from silver to ruby, the movie lost their symbolism. In this story of Dorothy, it is her coming of age.

A number of pairs were made for the film, though the exact number is unknown. Most people accepted the change with open arms and gazed at their color in amazement, And as for the shoes, they have gone down in Hollywood history as an iconic movie prop.
Despite this fact and due to the popularity the classic MGM musical movie of 1939 The Wizard of Oz, has achieved, most people believe the shoes Dorothy wears on her Oz adventure are of ruby red. Please try again later. Fortitude is exemplified by the steadfast perseverance of Dorothy and her friends as they travel to the Emerald City, to the Wicked Witch's castle, and to Glinda's castle. Their first and only appearance is in L. Frank Baum's first Oz book titled The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900. Dorothy loses the Silver Shoes when she's teleported back to Kansas in three steps! Dorothy now took Toto up solemnly in her arms, and having said one last good-bye she clapped the heels of her shoes together three times, saying: "Take me home to Aunt Em!" Instantly she was whirling through the air, so swiftly that all she could see or feel was the wind whistling past her ears. She watched Dorothy carefully, to see if she ever took off her shoes, thinking she might steal them. The change from silver to ruby slippers for Dorothy didn’t seem to fuss too many moviegoers either. On the road, Dorothy comes upon some new friends: the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Lion. Instantly she was whirling through the air, so swiftly that all she could see or feel was the wind whistling past her ears. Her bees and her crows and her wolves were lying in heaps and drying up, and she had used up all the power of the Golden Cap; but if she could only get hold of the Silver Shoes, they would give her more power than all the other things she had lost.

The Silver Shoes are the magical shoes that appear in L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as heroine Dorothy Gale's transport home.
Within a short time she was walking briskly toward the Emerald City, her silver shoes tinkling merrily on the hard, yellow road-bed. The journey will be dark and full of peril, though. Accord to Joey Green's Buddhist interpretation of The Wizard of Oz, the ruby slippers represent the "inner spark" within all of us. Then she looked down at her feet and noticed how old and worn her shoes … She took a little basket and filled it with bread from the cupboard, laying a white cloth over the top. But I guess he wasn't thinking about the shoes in a Freudian sense! They are originally owned by the Wicked Witch of the East but passed to Dorothy when her house lands on the Witch. After collecting a pair of silver shoes from the dead witch, Dorothy sets off down the yellow brick road to find the Wizard of Oz, who may be able to help her. The ruby slippers are the magic pair of shoes worn by Dorothy Gale as played by Judy Garland in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film The Wizard of Oz.Because of their iconic stature, the ruby slippers are among the most valuable items of film memorabilia. The sun shone bright and the birds sang sweetly, and Dorothy did not feel nearly so bad as you might think a little girl would who had been suddenly whisked away from her own country and set down in the midst of a strange land. Dorothy must now grow into them, walk with this new, albeit painful, extension of herself. Each decides to join her on her quest. Dorothy now took Toto up solemnly in her arms, and having said one last good-bye she clapped the heels of her shoes together three times, saying: "Take me home to Aunt Em!" Girls do not choose to get their monthly menses, it is put on them as part of their life cycle. The Silver Shoes (also called Silver Slippers) are fictional charmed items from the magical Land of Oz. The Silver Shoes from Oz are the first magical item introduced in the story. She does not use the Golden Cap or the silver shoes for any nefarious or selfish purpose; her conduct is upright and mannered; her dismay and bashfulness at killing the Witch of the East palpable. This feature is not available right now. Ruby slippers; Silver shoes

The color of Dorothy Gale's shoes in the 1900 book version of The Wizard of Oz is silver. Dorothy's shoes were old and worn, so she decided to wear the silver shoes she received after the death of the Witch of the East.