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 Title: "The Wizard of Oz" - Topics: Cinema; Drama/Musicals; Oz; Emerald City; Baum; L. Frank Baum; The ...
Going to Oz is part of Dorothy's fulfillment of her wish to go "over the rainbow" but the events there and her strong desire to go home are the result of her fears of what will occur.
The Wizard promises Dorothy that he will be able to bring her back to Kansas with a balloon filled with a lot of "hot air." Instead, it is the silver slippers, which Dorothy had all the time, which took her home.
The Rise and Fall of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as a "Parable on Populism"; this is the article published in the JOURNAL OF THE GEORGIA ASSOCIATION OF HISTORIANS, vol.
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 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz is an entity unto itself, however, and was not originally written with a sequel in mind.
Oz itself is a magic oasis surrounded by impassable deserts, and the country is divided in a very orderly fashion.
Formerly the Wizard was a mimic, a ventriloquist and a circus balloonist.
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 Wizard Of Oz - The Musical - Encyclopedia FunTrivia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
At the end of The Wizard of Oz, the Wizard assures the Scarecrow that he is intelligent and bestows upon him a diploma.
In the original "Wizard of Oz" novel from 1900, Frank Baum had written that Dorothy's slippers were silver.
In the movie The Wizard of Oz in the scene after Dorothy and the Scarecrow find the Tinman, I've heard that someone actually committed suicide by hanging themselves and it can be seen on the movie.
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 The Wizard Of Oz: Collector's Edition (1939)
The Wizard of Oz may well be the most "critic-proof" film of all-time, but that wouldn't stop me if I had something negative to say.
Oz certainly delights kids, but it works equally well for adults, largely due to the extreme charm of its performers.
The Wizard of Oz appears in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; due to those dimensions, the image has not been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
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 Judy Garland Database film review: "The Wizard of Oz"
Professor Marvel, Doorman, Cabby, Guard, The Wizard of Oz Ray Bolger...
The Wizard of Oz is said to be the most-watched movie of all time.
Judy was sixteen years of age when she made The Wizard of Oz.
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 The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz was produced as a motion picture in 1939 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
The Wizard of Oz was (and is) an allegory for the radically new state of affairs that existed in America in the 1930s, following the stock market crash and the bankruptcy of the United States Government which occurred immediately thereafter.
A “wizard”, of course, is “a very clever or skillful person.” “Oz” on the other hand is an abbreviation for “ounces”, which is always the unit of measurement for gold, silver, and other precious metals.
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 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Anniversary
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900, is the first American fairy tale and the first fantasy written by an American to enjoy an immediate success upon publication.
So powerful was its effect on the American imagination, so evocative its use of the forces of nature in its plots, so charming its invitation to children of all ages to look for the element of wonder in the world around them that author L.
That was also the year that Dorothy and her friends appeared on the silver screen in the immortal MGM adaptation featuring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, and Bert Lahr.
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 The Wizard of Oz
The Hollywood premiere of MGM's The Wizard of Oz is held at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California.
The Wizard of Oz opened at the Loew's Capitol Theatre in New York City where Judy Garland, along with her frequent film partner, Mickey Rooney, performed each night on stage.
The Wizard of Oz made history by being the first movie to be shown on commercial television annually.
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 The Wizard of Oz
HE WIZARD OF OZ, one of the most successful American stage extravaganzas of the early twentieth century, has about it the magic and wonder of a child's world of fantasy.
The latter complains that he has lost his brains, that the only person able to restore them to him is the Wizard of Oz.
On the way they meet and are joined by the Tin Woodsman who is on the hunt for his heart, which was lost when he fell in love with Cynthia.
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 The Wizard of Oz (1939)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Marvel/Emerald City doorman/The cabbie/The Wizard's guard/The Wizard of Oz Ray Bolger
The Wizard of Oz is enjoyable for people of all ages.
Oz gives us an idea of what an almost perfect world would be like.
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 "The Wizard Of Oz" Movie Script   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
You're off to see the Wizard The Wonderful Wizard of Oz You'll find he is a whiz of a Wiz If ever a Wiz there was.
BOTH (sing) We're off to see the Wizard The Wonderful Wizard of Oz We hear he is a whiz of a Wiz If ever a Wiz there was If ever oh ever a Wiz there was, The Wizard of Oz Is one because Because, because, because, because, because Because of the wonderful things he does.
If ever, oh ever a Wiz there was The Wizard of Oz is one because Because, because, because, because, because Because of the wonderful things he does We're off to see the Wizard The Wonderful Wizard of Oz!
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 Wizard of Oz - Frequently Asked Questions - The Oz Books
(These additional books by "official" Oz authors and illustrators are discussed in sections 6 and 7.) Also, since 1956, when the copyright on The Wizard of Oz expired in the United States and the characters entered the public domain, a number of other authors have written and published Oz books outside of the regular series.
When Baum returned to writing Oz full time, he had a better idea what was going on and what his country was like, and so had an easier time of it — although he still contradicted himself at times.
While The Wizard of Oz couldn't be found on the shelves of the Chicago library system as early as 1928, two of the most notorious incidents took place in the 1950s, when Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee were active and saw Communism in all aspects of life.
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 Wizard of Oz
One of the true classics of American literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has stirred the imagination of young and old alike for over four generations.
Here she meets the Munchkins and joins the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion on an unforgettable journey to the Emerald City, where lives the all powerful Wizard of Oz.
But Dorothy's ruby slippers (one of several surviving pairs) have been one of the most popular attractions at the National Museum of American History since 1979.
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 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Wizard of Oz performances and other events are held all over the world.
The Wonderful Blog of Oz Illustration by John R. Neill from The Giant Horse of Oz, © 1928 The Reilly and Lee Co.
Oz T-shirts, Cards, and Posters are now available through our own shop at Zazzle.com.
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 Amazon.com: The Wizard of Oz: Video: Victor Fleming,King Vidor,Mervyn LeRoy,Judy Garland,Frank Morgan,Ray Bolger,Bert ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
And while Oz's TV broadcasts are now controlled by media mogul Ted Turner (who owns the rights), the advent of home video has made this lively musical a mainstay in the staple diet of great American films.
The Wizard of Oz DVD released in 1999 was loaded with extra features, but it's now safe to throw away that version in all its cardboard-package glory in favor of this new two-disc edition.
Known to all, this is the story of Dorothy Gale and her journey to the magical land of Oz.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000JS61?v=glance   (2457 words)

  
 The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
After travels down a Yellow Brick Road to the Land of Oz, and the defeat of the Wicked Witch of the West, Dorothy and her friends are rewarded by the Wizard of Oz with their hearts' desires - and Dorothy is enabled to return home to Kansas.
Jan de Bont's blockbuster Twister (1996) made numerous Wizard of Oz references (i.e., Dorothy is the name of the tornado device that measures the wind speeds in a tornado, and a tornado-blown cow was similar to the one in Dorothy's concussion-dream)
An interesting sidenote: the plot of The Wizard of Oz has often been used, rightly or wrongly, as a Parable on Populism in the Gilded Age, to explain the political situation at the time of its writing, including the 1896 Presidential election, and the turn-of-the-century Populist movement.
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 Amazon.ca: The Wizard of Oz: DVD: Victor Fleming,Mervyn LeRoy,King Vidor,Judy Garland,Frank Morgan,Ray Bolger,Bert ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Young Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland), her dog, Toto, and her three companions on the yellow brick road to Oz--the Tin Man (Jack Haley), the Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr), and the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger)--have become pop-culture icons and central figures in the legacy of fantasy for children.
On their journey off to see the wizard, they encounter the wicked witch of the west - who is determined to get the ruby slippers off of Dorothy's feet.
Then she is the one who places them on Dorothy's feet: "There they are and there they'll stay." Had she not had the shoes, her journey to the wizard would not have been so troublesome.
www.amazon.ca /Wizard-Oz-Victor-Fleming/dp/B00000JS62   (1854 words)

  
 The Wizard of Oz - Wikiquote
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 musical film about a young Kansas girl cast into a fantasy world.
Her efforts to return home are aided by three unusual companions, each with a quest of his own.
Based on the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L.
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 The Wizard of Oz: An American Fairytale (Library of Congress Exhibition)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has become America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale.
The Oz story has become a classic because it blends elements of traditional magic, such as witches, with ones from early twentieth-century American reality, such as a Kansas cyclone, a scarecrow, and a man made of tin.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has universal appeal, demonstrated by numerous non-American translations and dramatizations.
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 The Wizard of Oz
It is the biggest reson for the success of Oz.
"The Wizard of Oz: 50th Anniversary Pictorial History" by John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, and William Stillman.
The clip is now available in its entire form on the 2000 Warner Bros. Wizard of Oz DVD & Video.
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 The Wizard of Oz (Project Gutenberg)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
You might also be interested in the first sequel to this work, "The Marvelous Land of Oz".
There are, of course, many more books in the series, but these seem to be the only ones currently available on-line.
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 Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | "The Wizard of Oz"
Before acquiring this delightful, feature-packed DVD I probably hadn't watched "The Wizard of Oz" the whole way through in 20 years, and by American standards I haven't seen it often, maybe six or eight times at most.
What put the ape in apricot?" But as Jack Haley (the Tin Woodsman) puts it in an interview included here, the secret of "The Wizard of Oz" is not its Technicolor or its Munchkins or its special effects (astonishing in 1939 and still remarkably effective).
"The Wizard of Oz" didn't really begin to accumulate a cult following until after its 10th anniversary re-release in 1949, and it really came into its own as a cultural phenomenon with the advent of television.
www.salon.com /ent/movies/dvd/review/2000/11/10/wizard_oz/index.html   (738 words)

  
 The Wizard of Oz Homepage
According to Baum family legend, the soft spoken storyteller glanced around the room until his eyes fell on a filing cabinet.
Keep The Wizard of Oz alive in your heart.
Any information about The Wizard of Oz is Copyrighted.
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 Amazon.com: The Wizard of Oz: DVD: Victor Fleming,Mervyn LeRoy,King Vidor,Judy Garland,Frank Morgan,Ray Bolger,Bert ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Shot in glorious Technicolor, befitting its dynamic production design (Munchkinland alone is a psychedelic explosion of color and décor), The Wizard of Oz may not appeal to every taste as the years go by, but it's required viewing for kids of all ages.
The 1.33:1 picture is clear and defined, bursting with the vibrant colors of Oz (you can even see the wires holding up the Lion's tail).
The disc is also chock-full of extras, including outtakes, audio sequences, composer Harold Arlen's backstage movies, extracts from earlier silent Oz films, clips from the Academy Awards, and interviews with the stars among many other fascinating nuggets.
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 Wizard of Oz Links Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Oz Factors, The Wizard of Oz as an analogy to the mysteries of life
The Wizard of Oz vs the Chronicles of Narnia — [A] [B]
Wizard of Oz Costumes — Buy the full range of character costumes for kids to adults including: Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, Glinda, Wicked Witch, Munchkins, Flying Monkeys and others.
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 The Wizard of Oz (1939) - MovieWeb
Lavish Special Edition of The Wizard of Oz Coming October 25
July 7th, 2005: Available both as a two-disc special edition and as a three-disc collector's edition that comes with an additional disc of bonus material.
Movies > The Wizard of Oz © 1995-2006 MovieWeb™, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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 The Wizard Of Oz on DVD - The Official Site
Synopsis: An All-New Wizard of Oz With State of The Art Ultra-Resolution Picture Quality and Over 10 Hours of Bonus Extras.
An All-New Wizard of Oz 3-Disc Collector's Edition With More Than 13 Hours of Special Features, Including Over 5 New Hours of Extras.
Other: The Wizard of Oz - 1910 short; The Magic Cloak of Oz - 1914 short; His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz - 1914 feature; The Wizard of Oz - 1925 feature; The Wizard of Oz - 1933 animated short; and more
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 Oz Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This Web Site provides a tour of the fantasy land of Oz and its inhabitants, as created by L. Frank Baum, and the illustrators and writers and movie makers who have contributed to it through the years.
Browse a bit; if all you have ever seen is the movie The Wizard of Oz, you will be amazed to learn that Oz and its history is a much larger and very intriguing land of make-believe.
We will be posting the results periodically so you can check back and see what all our visitors are saying.
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