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Film/Classic: The Wizard of Oz Then, it was made into a silent film in 1910 (as the short film The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with 9 year old Bebe Daniels as Dorothy), again in 1921, and in 1925 (with comedian Oliver Hardy of Laurel and Hardy fame portraying the Tin Woodsman). Dirks continued, "from L. Frank Baum's venerated children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (written in 1899 and published in 1900) by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and E.A. Woolf, and a team of many uncredited scriptwriters (including Arthur Freed, Herman Mankiewicz, Sid Silvers, and Ogden Nash). "The Wizard of Oz" is a magical trip into a child's fantasies, full of fun and fright. www.thecityreview.com /oz.html

Failure Magazine-Archives-Arts & Entertainment-The Wizard Of Oz The Oz movie legacy began unceremoniously in 1925 with a silent screen version starring Oliver Hardy, which was called "The Wizard of Oz" but made dramatic departures from Baum’s plot lines. In 1902 a musical version of "The Wizard of Oz" was produced; it was successful enough to tour the country for nine years, spending a year-and-a-half on Broadway. The film’s unfavorable balance sheet was undoubtedly due to the outbreak of World War II (which cut off most of the European market for the film), the fact that the child-dominated audience paid lower admission fees, and because 1939 was a great year for motion pictures. www.failuremag.com /arch_arts_wizard_of_oz.html   (3187 words)

Film/Classic: The Wizard of Oz Then, it was made into a silent film in 1910 (as the short film The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with 9 year old Bebe Daniels as Dorothy), again in 1921, and in 1925 (with comedian Oliver Hardy of Laurel and Hardy fame portraying the Tin Woodsman). The special effects of "The Wizard of Oz" were not very spectacular, but the acting and the lyrics and the make-up and the richness of its Technicolor combined with the great charm of the story have made it a classic that always delights. "The Wizard of Oz" is a magical trip into a child's fantasies, full of fun and fright. www.thecityreview.com /oz.html   (3362 words)

Victor Fleming - The Wizard of Oz Movie (1939) A cartoon sequel, Journey Back to Oz, with Judy Garland's daughter Liza Minnelli providing the voice of Dorothy, was made in 1971; in 1978 Diana Ross starred in an all-black grown-up version called The Wiz, and there had been a silent film of The Wizard of Oz in 1925. Yet despite all this and some reviews that verged on the grudging, this fantastical story of a young girl and her dog, transplanted by a storm to the land of Oz and trying to get back to Kansas, remains the yardstick against which all other cinematic fairy tales must be measured. The latter, lacking sound, was hardly in the same class and the other two can best be regarded as tributes, rather than rivals, to the 1939 picture. www.leninimports.com /the_wizard_of_oz_1939.html   (275 words)

The Wizard Of Oz on DVD - The Official Site 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 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. thewizardofoz.warnerbros.com   (352 words)

BBC - h2g2 - The 1925 film version of The Wizard of Oz - A690220 Semon was clownlike on film, from the pale white makeup he wore to the pratfalls and physical comedy that filled his short films. In both films Dorothy's companions remain the same, though in the 1939 film the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman and Lion have counterparts in the 'real'; world; in Semon's film they are the same people in disguise. A little girl named Romola Remus played Dorothy in the Fairylogues, while in Selig's film Dorothy was played by Bebe Daniels, who would later work in films with Harold Lloyd, and on BBC Radio with her husband, Ben Lyon. www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/alabaster/A690220   (2372 words)

The Wizard of Oz (1939) The Wizard of Oz is a film that is steeped in such classic status that the story surrounding it has become the stuff of legend, even urban legend. Wizard of Oz (1925), the famous version starring Oliver Hardy of Laurel and Hardy fame as the Tin Woodsman. The Wizard of Oz is perhaps the nearest that we have to a genuine native American fairytale mythology. www.moria.co.nz /fantasy/wizardofoz.htm   (2040 words)

The Wizard of Oz (movie) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article The Wizard of Oz is the title of several films based on the (Click link for more info and facts about L. Frank Baum) L. The Wizard of Oz (1925), directed by Larry Semon This is the best-known version, starring (United States singer and film actress (1922-1969)) Judy Garland as Dorothy. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/the_wizard_of_oz_(movie).htm   (121 words)

Victor Fleming - The Wizard of Oz Movie (1939) A cartoon sequel, Journey Back to Oz, with Judy Garland's daughter Liza Minnelli providing the voice of Dorothy, was made in 1971; in 1978 Diana Ross starred in an all-black grown-up version called The Wiz, and there had been a silent film of The Wizard of Oz in 1925. Yet despite all this and some reviews that verged on the grudging, this fantastical story of a young girl and her dog, transplanted by a storm to the land of Oz and trying to get back to Kansas, remains the yardstick against which all other cinematic fairy tales must be measured. 1939: Best song (Over the Rainbow mus by Harold Arlen, lyr by E.Y. Harburg); best score (Stothart) www.leninimports.com /the_wizard_of_oz_1939.html   (121 words)

Silent Era : DVD : Metropolis (1927) Review Metropolis (1927), black and white, 115 minutes, not rated, with The Wizard of Oz (1925), black and white, 87 minutes, not rated. Metropolis (1927), black and white, 119 minutes, not rated, with Nosferatu (1922), black and white, 80 minutes, not rated, and The Phantom of the Opera (1925), black and white and color, 107 minutes, not rated. In its truncated form, Metropolis is at times a little confusing — not a big surprise since an estimated one-quarter of the original Berlin release of the film is still missing from surviving prints and some intertitles are badly translated into English and most times intentionally changing the storyline to disguise its choppy, shortened form. www.silentera.com /DVD/metropolisDVD.html   (3423 words)

Film/Classic: The Wizard of Oz Then, it was made into a silent film in 1910 (as the short film The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with 9 year old Bebe Daniels as Dorothy), again in 1921, and in 1925 (with comedian Oliver Hardy of Laurel and Hardy fame portraying the Tin Woodsman). Many of the film's characters played two roles - one in Kansas and their counterparts in the Land of Oz, the locale of the young hero's troubled dreams. This film in rated 4th in the American Film Institute's top 100 films, 58th in the Internet Movie Data Base's Top 250 films as of December 26, 2003 and 15th in Carter B. Horsley's www.thecityreview.com /oz.html   (3362 words)

Sources for Silent Films on Video in the U.S. Frank Baum's Silent Film Collection of Oz His Majesty the Scarecrow of Oz, The Patchwork Girl of Oz, The Magic Cloak of Oz, The Wizard of Oz Westerns Back Trails 1924, Custer's Last Fight 1912, Desert of the Lost 1927, The Fighting Stallion 1926, Heart of Texas Ryan 1916, The Iron Rider 1925, Lash of the Law 1925 music, Man From Texas music, Riders of the Law 1922, Road Agent 1926 music, Son of a Gun 1919, Wild Horse Canyon 1920 music Lon Chaney- Behind the Mask Nomads of the North, Outside the Law, Oliver Twist, Shadows, The Shock, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Phantom of the Opera www.cinemaweb.com /silentfilm/video.htm   (2861 words)

Victor Fleming - The Wizard of Oz Movie (1939) A cartoon sequel, Journey Back to Oz, with Judy Garland's daughter Liza Minnelli providing the voice of Dorothy, was made in 1971; in 1978 Diana Ross starred in an all-black grown-up version called The Wiz, and there had been a silent film of The Wizard of Oz in 1925. Yet despite all this and some reviews that verged on the grudging, this fantastical story of a young girl and her dog, transplanted by a storm to the land of Oz and trying to get back to Kansas, remains the yardstick against which all other cinematic fairy tales must be measured. The latter, lacking sound, was hardly in the same class and the other two can best be regarded as tributes, rather than rivals, to the 1939 picture. www.leninimports.com /the_wizard_of_oz_1939.html   (275 words)

Today in History: May 15 Lyman Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was born on May 15, 1856, in Chittenango, New York. Throughout the 1910s, traveling road companies brought the The Wizard of Oz to cities and towns across the country. In 1925, yet another silent film version also disappointed at the box-office. memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/may15.html   (1300 words)

TO SEE THE WIZARD - Oz on Stage and Film: The Wizard of Oz (Library of Congress Exhibition) MGM decided to create new music for the 1939 film instead of using music from the stage version, in which most of the songs had little to do with the Oz story. The appearance of the main characters from the 1939 MGM film version differs greatly from those in the 1925 version. The Wizard of Oz in 1939, MGM provided eight different lobby cards to theater managers. www.loc.gov /exhibits/oz/ozsect2.html   (1948 words)

Amazon.de: Rezensionen English Books: Oz Before the Rainbow: L. Frank Baum's the Wonderful Wizard of Oz on Stage and Screen to 1939 Swartz makes clear that the popular stage musical influenced silent film depictions of Oz, including a multimedia show (1908), a one-reel short produced by Selig Studios (1910) and a full-length feature film (1925) that portrayed Dorothy as a flirtatious flapper and co-starred Oliver Hardy as the Tin Woodman. Comprehensive examinations of each production provide behind-the-scenes information, including: battles over the legal rights to Baum's stories and over the financial backing for each play or film; different strategies to market each production; set and costume designs; special effects (how to create a tornado on stage); box-office receipts; and reactions of audiences and newspaper critics. He documents how the show evolved during its tour of the US, changing songs or adding topical jokes to keep the production fresh. www.amazon.de /exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books-intl-de/0801864771/reviews   (1948 words)

The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History (John Fricke , Jay Scarfone , William Stillman) Also included in this prologue are stills from some of the vaudeville and silent movie versions (the 1925 film had Oliver Hardy as the Tin Woodman), the original book covers for the 42 Oz stories, and Technicolor test shots of the movie cast, which includes Judy Garland wearing a blond wig as Dorothy. After an introduction by Jack Haley, Jr., the volume's prologue, "The Marvelous Land of Oz," begins with the story of how Baum came up with the name for Oz and looks at the history of his stories prior to the movie. The research and work that went into the writing of this book is truly astounding! www.interference.com /webstore/us/product/0446514462.htm   (1948 words)

Podcast cinemaslave - Joe Barlow - obsessive movie-maker and reviewer. Movie spanking time: The Wizard of Oz (freaky 1925 silent version!) Upcoming Cinemaslave "Nostalgia Films" marathon: Gremlins, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Tron, The Never-Ending Story, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and The Last Starfighter Song of the Week: Since music is my second love (after film), I've decided to feature a song by a great unsigned artist or band each week. www.cinemaslave.com /podcast.html   (1000 words)

Amazon.ca: DVD: Wizard Of Oz (1925) This long-forgotten 1925 silent version of the children's classic, cowritten by L. Frank Baum's eldest son, had a character named Dorothy and a house transported to Oz by a tornado, but you won't recognize much after that. This film served mainly as a vehicle for comedian Larry Semon, who played the Scarecrow. This story is only loosely connected to the L. Frank Baum books or the 1939 film that is the definite version. www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005KHJH   (1000 words)

The Wizard of Oz (1939) The Wizard of Oz is a film that is steeped in such classic status that the story surrounding it has become the stuff of legend, even urban legend. Wizard of Oz (1925), the famous version starring Oliver Hardy of Laurel and Hardy fame as the Tin Woodsman. The Munchkins tell her that the only person able to do so is the fabulous Wizard of Oz who lives in the Emerald City. www.moria.co.nz /fantasy/wizardofoz.htm   (2040 words)

FMS: Feature [Carol Stothart Perkins Remembered] In 2002, she and her siblings donated Stothart’s 1925 Bluthner piano (known to many as "The Wizard of Oz piano") to the Motion Picture and Television Home as a bequest to the Home’s musical residents. Carol was an avid scholar of her father’s song repertoire as well as those of his contemporaries. The Society gratefully acknowledges Carol’s perseverence in upholding the Stothart legacy, helping to preserve its important place in film and theatre music history. www.filmmusicsociety.org /news_events/features/2004/022004_2.html   (197 words)

AllRefer.com - Harold Arlen (Music: Popular And Jazz, Biography) - Encyclopedia In 1939, Arlen won an Academy Award for the song "Over the Rainbow" in the film The Wizard of Oz. Arlen sang from the age of 7 in the synagogue where his father was cantor, and at 15 he left school to play jazz piano. After coming to New York City in 1925, Arlen achieved fame by writing songs for various reviews and for the Harlem Cotton Club Shows (1930–34). reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Arlen-Ha.html   (265 words)

Encyclopedia: 1925 in film See also: 1923 in film 1924 1925 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) considers making a silent film of The Wizard of Oz. See also: 1924 in film, other events of 1925, 1926 in film, list of 'years in film'. Other Lists of Movies List of years in film in the 1920s 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Decades in Film: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s List of movies See also Film, History of cinema Categories: 1920s... www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1925_in_film   (2004 words)

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