vertical_align_top
The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz (1939) (Movie)

EDIT
 
Please login to post content on this page.
  • person_grey
    over a year ago
    Ray Bolger - TV Guide Magazine [United States] (1 July 2000)
    TVGUIDEMAGAZINE.COM
    Press Enter to post.
  • Mar 15
    1930s American films
    List, 5,467 members
    Press Enter to post.
  • add_box
    Please be the first person to add a timeline event for this topic!

    Quotes 117

    add_box
    format_quote Cowardly Lion: (singing) If I were king of the fore-e-e-est / Not queen, not duke, not prince / My regal robes of the fore-e-e-est / Would be satin, not cotton, not chintz / I'd command each thing, whether fish or fowl / With a r-r-ruff and a r-r-ruff, and a royal growl - R-R-Ruff! / As I click my heels / All the trees would kneel / And the mountains bow / And the bulls kowtow / And the sparrow would take wing / If I, if I were ki-i-i-i-ng! / The rabbits would show respect to me / The chipmunks genuflect to me / Though my tail would lash / I would show compash / For every underling / If I, if I were king / Just ki-i-i-i-ing! edit

    Trivia 199

    add_box
    stars  The Wicked Witch of the West is named Elphaba in Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West', which tells much of the story and back-story from 'The Wizard of Oz' from the Witch's perspective and portrays her as a sympathetic victim of circumstances. The name 'Elphaba' was derived from Oz' writer L. Frank Baum's initials, L-F-B. edit
    stars  Herbert Stothart, who scored this film, also scored Marie Antoinette (1938). A recycled piece from that film can be heard during the scene in which Dorothy and her friends attempt an escape from the Witch's castle. edit
    stars  At the time that CBS purchased the television rights to The Wizard of Oz (1939), MGM had sold most of its pre-1950's film library to individual stations across the U.S. The two major films they had not sold were Gone with the Wind (1939) (which MGM controlled the rights to) and "The Wizard of Oz". It would be twenty more years before "Gone With the Wind" would come to television. edit
    stars  On March 18, 2010, on Celebrity Jeopardy (Jeopardy! (1984)), the contestants were Cheech Marin, Aisha Tyler, and Anderson Cooper. The final category was Authors, and the clue was: In 1890, he witnessed a mild cyclone in Aberdeen, South Dakota, fodder for his most famous novel. The answer was L. Frank Baum (which none of the contestants got right.) While revealing the answer, Alex Trebek also revealed that that film had been "filmed right in this studio lot." edit
    stars  L. Frank Baum's novel is considerably more gruesome than MGM's rendition. For example, "Kalidahs" (tiger-bear hybrids) are dashed to pieces in a crevasse, the Tin Man uses his axe to chop off the heads of a wildcat and forty wolves, bumblebees sting themselves to death against the Scarecrow, and the Wizard orders the four to actually kill the Wicked Witch of the West, not simply to retrieve her broomstick. edit
  • richardrodg.. posted a photo
    Feb 12
    The Wizard of Oz @TheWizardofOz
    Press Enter to post.
  • richardrodg.. posted a photo
    Feb 12
    The Wizard of Oz @TheWizardofOz
    Press Enter to post.
  • richardrodg.. posted a photo
    Feb 12
    The Wizard of Oz @TheWizardofOz
    Press Enter to post.
  • richardrodg.. posted a photo
    Feb 12
    The Wizard of Oz @TheWizardofOz
    Press Enter to post.
  • richardrodg.. posted a photo
    Feb 12
    The Wizard of Oz @TheWizardofOz
    Press Enter to post.
  • richardrodg.. posted a photo
    Feb 12
    The Wizard of Oz @TheWizardofOz
    Press Enter to post.
  • richardrodg.. posted a photo
    Feb 12
    The Wizard of Oz @TheWizardofOz
    Press Enter to post.
  • richardrodg.. posted a photo
    Feb 12
    The Wizard of Oz @TheWizardofOz
    Press Enter to post.
Release Date 12 August 1939
Budget $3,000,000 USD
US Box Office $15,000,000 USD
Tagline "The Wizard" Musical Returns By Unprecedented Demand! [UK re-release]
Mighty Miracle Show Of 1000 Delights !
Genre Adventure
Family
Fantasy
Musical
view all »
pencil

The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. An adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the film was primarily directed by Victor Fleming (who left the production to take over the troubled Gone with the Wind), and stars Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke and Margaret Hamilton. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, but others made uncredited contributions. The songs were written by Edgar "Yip" Harburg and composed by Harold Arlen. The musical score and incidental music were composed by Herbert Stothart.

View More
Desktop | Mobile
Terms of Use · Copyright · Privacy
© 2006-23, FamousFix · loaded in 0.31s