The Wizard of Oz [1939] [DVD]

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Next up on Disc 1 we have Angela Lansbury (a big time Oz fan and owner of the perfect narrator's voice for a perennial family favourite) reading us The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz Storybook (10.28 mins) as the camera whisks us around a selection of the original colour plates used to illustrate the book. There is also some quirky Captain Pugwash-style animation and a few hints of the greater dangers to be found in the land of Oz - like Hammerheads and Fighting Trees.

Memories Of Oz (27.36 mins) is a Turner Classic Movies special made in 2001 that takes the unusual approach of throwing in the recollections of the Munchkin players (who retain the spirit of things by staying in-costume) and director (and huge fan) John Waters to the usual mix of archive footage and vintage interviews. There are even a few moments telling of the careers of various props and costumes since their time in Oz. It's a nice and slightly irreverent piece of whimsy.a b " 'I'll ruin you': Judy Garland on being groped and harassed by powerful Hollywood men". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved May 25, 2021. Cullinane, Susannah (July 21, 2021). "University finds missing Dorothy dress from 'The Wizard of Oz' ". WLS-TV . Retrieved July 24, 2021– via CNN.

After the preview in San Luis Obispo in early July, the film was officially released in August 1939 at its current 101-minute running time.The Wizard of Oz: An American Fairy Tale". Library of Congress. April 21, 2000. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016 . Retrieved December 29, 2017. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 3D". Prime Focus World. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016 . Retrieved April 9, 2016. Stafford, Margaret (May 17, 2023). "Man indicted in theft of 'Wizard of Oz' ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland". AP News. The Associated Press . Retrieved May 17, 2023. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/judy-garland-molested-munchkins-set-wizard-oz-late-husband-claims/

An excerpt of Mussorgsky's " Night on Bald Mountain", when Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion try to escape from the Witch's castle.W. C. Fields was originally chosen for the title role of the Wizard (after Ed Wynn turned it down, considering the part "too small"), but the studio couldn't meet Fields' fee. [29] Wallace Beery lobbied for the role, but the studio refused to spare him during the long shooting schedule. Instead, another contract player, Frank Morgan, was cast on September 22.