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THE UNNOFFICIAL FANBASED ROYAL HISTORY OF THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ: 108 YEARS BEHIND THE EMERALD CITY & BEYOND
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Please Contact: moderator SeraMary@aol.com for any further questions or comments, or if you just wanna chat :) Please sign the guest book under the Oz Lyrics section !!! Join Everythingoz at yahoogroups.com
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UPDATED Saturday, June 29, 2008
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CLICK BELOW (but not three times)
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============ The Wizard of OZ was a novel written by L. Frank Baum in 1939, this wonderful novel became a beloved movie that generation after generation still loves to watch over and over time and time again. I am part of a new generation that fell for this timeless masterpiece. The year 1980 marked my very first showing of this movie. It enchanted me in every way possible. I was 3 years old at the time and it was the very first movie I ever sawwith my mother beside me and my godparents in tow. To this day The Wizard of Oz is my favorite movie. Since then, I have read the entire book series by L. Frank Baum from cover to cover many times. I also found myself involved with OZ and its magic and creativeness, the authors and their many works besides, and any other form of OZ I know of. Truly this masterpiece series is one of the best children's books of all time !
1999 marked the movie's official anniversary. 60th years in running and 2000 made another anniversary for OZ. THE STORY WAS 100 years old ! ( now 108 ) Next marks the 70th Anniversary of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz on the big screen. May another 100 years hold a TREASURED classic forever.
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
OZ MOVIES :
1925 ~ The Wizard of Oz
silent film starring OLIVER HARDY
L. Frank Buam's Compnay makes 4 Oz films in the 1930's
1933 Oz cartoon featurette
1939 ~ The Wizard of Oz
CAST :
Dorothy ~ Judy Garland
Toto ~ Terry ( later changed name to Toto )
Aunt Em ~ Clara Blandick
Uncle Henry ~ Charlie Grapewin
farmhands ~ Ray Bolger,Jack Haley,Bert Lahr
Scarecrow ~ Ray Bolger
Tin Woodman ~ Jack Haley
Lion ~ Bert Lahr
Miss Gulch and Wicked Witch of the West ~
Margret Hamilton
Glinda ~ Billie Burke
Munckins ~ Singer Midgets ( Leo Singer)and freelances
Wizard ~ Frank Morgan
Winged Monkeys ~ 6 foot men hired to play the parts, plus munchkin men
1960's ~ Journey Back to Oz
Liza Minelli provides voice of Dorothy guest voices: Ethel merman as Mombi, Paul Lynd as Jack Pumpkinhead, Margaret Hamilton as Aunt Em, Milton Berl as Lion, Danny Kaye as Tin Woodman, Mickey Rooney as Scarecrow plus others !
1970's The Wiz ( all black cast )
FILMED IN New York
Starring :
Dorothy ~ Diana Ross
Scarecrow ~ Michael Jackson
Tin Woodman ~ Nipsey Russel
Lion ~ Ted Ross
Good Witch of the North ~ Lena Horne
Oz ~ Richard Pryor
plus many others!
1985 Return to Oz
Starring :
Fairuza Balk as Dorothy
Emma Ridley as Ozma
Piper Laurie as Aunt Em
plus many others
Matt Clarke as Uncle Henry
Jim Henson Productions provides all of the animatronics .
Directed by Walter Murch.
Loosely based on The Marvelous Land of Oz and Ozma of Oz .
late 1980's The Dreamer of Oz
starring John ritter as L. Frank Baum and
Rue McLanahan as Matilda Gage Baum
This movie is about the author L. Frank Baum and how The Wonderful Wizard of Oz got started
other Oz Movies
The Continuing Story of OZ animated
one on DVD, another on VHS
HBO's 4 Wizard of Oz set
Dorothy Meets Ozma Of OZ
Dorothy in the Land of OZ
Many castings of the Broadway Play: WICKED
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Oz in American Culture
Jared Davis is part of what I would like to call the New Age of Wizard of Oz historians and fans of my generation. He, along side Aaron Pacentine among others is what I prefer to call an Oz Extremist. An Oz Extremist in my honest opinion celebrates the beauty in life and uses the creativity and imagination of a yesteryear moment to make the magic of life now to be better. The Wizard of Oz is that moment for us, it's our passion. Our zest and happiness come from this tale is various forms. Oz is everywhere in American culture. The Wizard of Oz first came to be known as a series of 14 Oz books by Lyman Frank Baum in the early 1900's. Later in the year of 1939 Oz was stapled into history forever. The movie which starred Judy Garland as Dorothy, among others finally gave more magic to the story and it's evolved into a bigger production now than it ever has been. When Oz appeared on television in 1956 this marked another milestone . Now, 70 years since Oz has embedded its way to the top. Countless movies and sequels have been made to attract an interesting audience time and time again. The 60's brought an animated movie Return to Oz. The 70's brought The Wiz an all black casted Musical, the movie starred Diana Ross as Dorothy and Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow. An animated story was in theatres and was called Journey Back to Oz with voice talents of Liza Minelli as Dorothy, Mickey Rooney as the Scarcrow and Ethel Merman as the voice of Mombi the Witch. The 80's brought an anime Wizard of Oz to television starring Aileen Quinn as the voice of Dorothy. Also, Disney produced a sequel to the Wizard of Oz called Return to Oz.It was a live action feature film. The 90's places Oz in a precarious situation. Saturday mornings had a Wizard of Oz animated half hour sequel from week to week to little acclaim. But, what really happened to make the Witch of the West so evil? Author Gregory Maguire's Oz was now called Wicked, and a PREQUEL to the Wizard of Oz itself. Later in 2003 Wicked became known as a Musical, and a great one at that. Fresh new talent and voices and acting made this story supreme and excellent of it's time. Idina Menzel makes her character of Elphaba Thropp, Witch of the West proud. As Kristin Chenoweth does to Glinda. However, 2007 brought down the house with a new twist to the story of Oz that came into light. In December 2007, Sci fi's mini series Tin Man became the most watched mini series ever. Oz is on the map once again. Where is Oz? Oz is On Broadway, Oz is on tour, Oz is on youtube.com , Oz is in your home on video cassette and dvd. Oz is in our hearts and it makes better people in this world inside all of us. If we use its imagination and become creative Oz will live on forever. I find that it's essential to life. Oz gave us beauty. It gave us wonderful books to read, and movies to enjoy and cherish. Oz is one in a million. It holds the child in all of us and sets us free to escape to another world. Of course there's no place like home. But home is where it all began for most of us. Home is where we probobly saw the 1939 movie for the first time. Home is most likely where any of us first read the Baum book from 1900 of the Wizard of Oz. Home is why we bought the DVD in the first place, so we could watch it at home. So, you see Oz is everywhere. We carry it everyday inside of us alongside our loved ones. Where is your piece of Oz?
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THE WIZARD OF OZ COOL Facts
*Judy Garland at age 16 played a 12 year old Dorothy, who was originally almost 7 years old in Baum's 1900 novel!
*During the filming of Munchkinland scene Margaret Hamilton's Hat,Broom & Cloak caught fire & she suffered severe 2nd & 3rd degree burns on her hands & lower face.
*Ray Bolger was oringinaly cast as the Tin Man but asked to play the Scarecrow because his childhood hero was Fred A. Stone who played the Scarecrow in the 1902 play.
*After only a few weeks of production Buddy Ebsen (Tin Man) became very ill from his "allumieum dust" make-up & was replaced by Jack Haley.
*The Wizard of Oz had 4 directors, Richard Thorpe(Fired after 2 weeks), George Cukor(Temporary director designed Dorothy Final Costume/Make-Up), Victor Fleming(Primary), & King Vidor(Kansas Scenes)
*Shirley Temple was wanted for Dorothy, but Mervyn LeRoy did not believe she had the singing talent & 20th Century Fox would not loan her to MGM.
*Gale Sondergaard was hired to play a "Slinky & Seductive" Wicked Witch, the sequinced gown did not pass as a Witch & she was given "The Ugly Treatment" at that time she happily left Oz behind & later quoted, "I was not about to make myself look ugly. I have no regrets, absolutley no Regrets." Note, she starred in Shirley Temple's THE BLUEBIRD a rib on OZ.
*THERE IS NO HANGING PERSON IN THE WIZARD OF OZ IT IS A LARGE BIRD FLAPPING ITS WINGS WHILE THE BIRD TRAINER TRIES TO CATCH IT!
Deleted Scenes:
The Scarecrow Dance-A longer version of Ray Bolger's dance that was greatly directed by Busby Burkley & Ray Bolger had some hillarious moments, but the scene was scrapped after a few preview showings. The clip is now available in its entire form on the 2000 Warner Bros. Wizard of Oz DVD & Video.
The Jitterbug-On the way to the Witch's castle, the Witch sent the Jitterbug after Dorothy & Friends. The bug sent them in a dancing frenzy which weakened them against the Winged Monkeys. The film still includes an indication of the scene in which the Witch state "I sent a little insect on a head to take the fight out of them!". Clips from Harold Arlens home videos are the only clips of the scene available to the public. The clips are on the 50th Anniversary Video release as well as the 2000 Warner Bros. Edition.
Over the Rainbow(Reprise)-Dorothy was to sing another verse of Over the Rainbow while prisoner of the Witch, but was so sad it was scrapped. It is unknown if clips exist.
Triumphent Return-The triumphent return to the Emerald included a reprise of Ding-Dong the Witch is Dead as the heros parade through the Emerald City. Footage for this scene no longer exist.
Bloopers
*When attempting to escape the Witch's Castle Dorothy & the Tin Man switch places after the Witch's door slams shut.
*Dorothy's hair changes length throughout the film.
*Dorothy's dress appears to be fuller & fluffier after the Emerald City scene.
*After the Witch leaves Munchkinland, Glinda knocks her wand into her crown.
*The sewer lid in which one of the Munchkins emerges from during "Come Out, Come Out" does not appear in any other scenes.
*After slapping the Lion, you can see Judy use Terri(Toto) to cover her face so you couldn't see her giggling.
*The Tin Man smashes a flowerpot to make a crown for the cowardly Lion, but when the crown is dropped it does not break.
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