Wizard of Oz is a 1925 American silent film directed by Larry Semon, who also appears in a lead role?that of a farmhand disguised as a Scarecrow. The only completed 1920s adaptation of L. Frank Baum's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, this film features a young Oliver Hardy as the Tin Woodman. "L. Frank Baum, Jr." is top-billed with the writing of the script. This is Frank Joslyn Baum, Baum's eldest son, and although his actual contribution to the screenplay is doubted by Baum scholar Michael Patrick Hearn, he was certainly involved in the business angle of the production.
The story of how a green-skinned woman framed by the WizardofOz becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. The first of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical
Fashion designer (1903-59). Head of MGM's costume design, created WizardofOz costumes, and clothed Garbo, Hepburn, Harlow, and Crawford. Posthumous Tony Award for his work on the musical Camelot
The WizardofOz (1939)
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 musical fantasy adventure film written by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf and directed by Victor Fleming.
The WizardofOz (1982)
The Wizard of Oz is a 1982 Japanese anime feature film directed by Fumihiko Takayama, from a screenplay by Yoshimitsu Banno and Akira Miyazaki, which is based on the 1900 children's novel by L. Frank Baum, produced by Yoshimitsu Banno and Katsumi Ueno for Toho Co., Ltd. The film was originally shown at the Cannes Film Festival, but did not have a regular run in U.S. theatres.
In the 1980s, a re-edited version of the film was released in Czechoslovakia. The film was dubbed into the Slovak language except for the songs, which were performed by Japanese singers. Some other foreign dubs, such as the Italian and Greek versions, had this premise edit as well.
The WizardofOz (1990)
The Wizard of Oz was an animated television series produced by DiC in 1990 to capitalize on the 50th anniversary of the 1939 classic film. The series featured thirteen episodes and premiered on ABC, starting on September 8, 1990. It also aired on YTV from 1990 to 1995 in Canada. Reruns aired on Toon Disney from 1998 to 2002.
As one of the famous Singer Midgets, appeared as a Munchkin in the 1939 MGM classic, THE WIZARDOFOZ. Also built a career playing Little Johnnie for the Philip Morris Company
Austrian-Hungarian (now Czech Republic) actress who appeared in THE WIZARDOFOZ (as one of the Lullaby League), THE TERROR OF TINY TOWN, and THREE WISE FOOLS
Former MLB player -San diego padres (1978-1981), st. louis cardinals (1982-1996) HOF 2002 NL Gold Glove shortstop from 1980-1992 2460 hits lifetime won World series with Cardinals in 1982 NL Championship series mvp in 1985 nickname 'The WizardofOz'
Tales of the WizardofOz (1961)
Tales of the Wizard of Oz is a 1961 animated television series, produced by Crawley Films for Videocrafts. This is the second animated series produced by the studio, and the first by Rankin/Bass to feature traditional animation.
The series features stories derived from characters created in L. Frank Baum's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Several characters are given additional names, including Dandy Lion, Rusty Tin Man, and Socrates the Scarecrow.
Artistic renditions of the Oz characters created for this series were later featured in the hour-long television special, Return to Oz. The series was also adapted to a comic book for a one-shot in Dell's Four Color #1308 [March?May 1962].
As of 2013, this series has yet to be released on DVD. Ironically, both this series and Filmation's own animated project, Journey Back to Oz, are now owned by the same company, DreamWorks Animation.
In October 2010, the series was re-issued on the Retro Television Network.
Part of the Doll Family; circus performers/actors. In FREAKS and THE WIZARDOFOZ (a Lollipop Guild member). Brother of Daisy Earles, Gracie Doll, and Tiny Doll
Voice Actress - The Little Lulu Show (voice of Little Lulu in most episodes), The Wonderful WizardOfOz, The Marvelous Land OfOz, Heavy Metal 2000, How The Toys Saved Christmas
former college/NBA small forward; played for the University of North Carolina, Nets & Bullets; 2X All-American; former Wizards Head Coach; former Nets assistant coach; #6 pick overall, 1980 NBA Draft
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1910 American silent fantasy film and the earliest surviving film version of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, made by the Selig Polyscope Company without Baum's direct input. It was created to fulfill a contractual obligation associated with Baum's personal bankruptcy caused by The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays, from which it was once thought to have been derived. It was partly based on the 1902 stage musical The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, though much of the film deals with the Wicked Witch of the West, who does not appear in the musical.
The Wonderful WizardofOz (1987)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an imaginative, feature-length animated film, faithfully adaptied from the classic book by L. Frank Baum. In this brand new version, the limitations of live action film are transcended by fanciful full animation and whimsical narration. This version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz contains scenes from the book not included in the MGM movie. The Lightyear Wizard of Oz series was featured exclusively on HBO. Now reacquaint your family with some of the best loved characters ever to dance the yellow brick road and into your heart in this colorful, timeless adventure.
The Wonderful WizardofOz (1986-1990)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, known in Japan as Oz no Mah?tsukai, is an Japanese anime adaptation based on four of the original Oz books by L. Frank Baum. In Japan, the series aired on TV Tokyo from 1986 to 1987. It consists of 52 episodes, which explain other parts of the Oz stories, including the events that happened after Dorothy first left Oz.
American Actress (b: 1912) - many Westerns. The WizardOfOz (as the Emerald City manicurist who sings to Dorothy, and the woman holding the cat that causes Toto to jump out of the hot air balloon). 1940's Chesterfield Cigarettes Poster Girl
42nd Street (1933); Manor Lord in City ofOz scenes in The WizardofOz (1939); Gone with the Wind (1939) and appearances in dozens of classic Hollywood films! Born: 06/04/1914
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz is a 2005 musical television film directed by Kirk Thatcher and starring Ashanti and The Muppets with supporting roles done by Jeffrey Tambor, Quentin Tarantino, David Alan Grier, and Queen Latifah. The film was produced by Bill Barretta and written by Debra Frank, Steve L. Hayes, Tom Martin, and Adam F. Goldberg.
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz follows a young woman named Dorothy Gale who dreams of becoming a singer but is unable to pursue her dreams. After being swept up by a tornado with her pet prawn Toto, she embarks on a journey to meet the Wizard of Oz, the person who both she and the citizens of Oz believe can help make her dream come true.
The film was co-produced by The Jim Henson Company in association with Fox Television Studios, Touchstone Television, and the The Muppets Studio. Pre-production on The Muppets' Wizard of Oz took place throughout February 2004, and filming occurred during September 2004. ABC made several changes to the film after the initial script was written, ultimately deciding to base the film on L. Frank Baum's original novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz instead of the 1939 film.
Buffalo-born composer (1905-86). 'The WizardofOz', 'One For My Baby', 'Blues in the Night', 'Come Rain or Shine', 'Get Happy', 'Stormy Weather', and many more classic songs
Actor (b: 01/24/1920) - The WizardOfOz, Superman & The Mole Men, Spaceballs, At The Circus, Planet of The Apes, Under The Rainbow, TRON, Little Cigars, Andys Gang (as Buster Brown), Lidsville (as Boris), The Gong Show, Seinfeld (Dad in Yada Yada ep)
Actor - The WizardOfOz, The Terror Of Tiny Town (as The Hero), Superman & The Mole-Men (as a Mole-Man), Saboteur, Meet John Doe, High Plains Drifter, The Thing '51 (as the small version of The Thing), Man Of 1,000 Faces, The Incredible Shrinking Man
Voice over actor (1894-1979). Disney's Big Bad Wolf in The Three Little Pigs, also did voices for I Love to Singa and Munchkin voices in The WizardofOz
Actor, voice actor, cartoonist, clown (1892-1967). Original Disney voices of Pluto, Goofy, and Sleepy and Grumpy in Snow White. Did Munchkin voices in The WizardofOz, and was the original Bozo the Clown
Emerald City extra in the 1939 MGM film, THE WIZARDOFOZ. Stand-in for Vivien Leigh in Waterloo Bridge. Contract player at MGM in ?Babes on Broadway,? ?Strike up the Band,? and ?Babes in Arms.?
1939 MGM Film, THE WIZARDOFOZ, as a Munchkin villager and one of the Lullaby League. Born 1917; assumed deceased but no record found. Also starred as The Girl in The Terror of Tiny Town
American Former Actress - Movie - 'WizardofOz' (1939), 'The Mysterious Miss Terry' (1917), 'Father of the Bride' (1950), 'Merrily We Live' (1938), 'Father's Little Dividend' (1951). . Radio - 'The Billie Burke Show' (1943-1946) Plus Many More Roles
German actress who migrated to the United States in the early 1920s. She worked in Hollywood films in California and later toured with circus companies. FREAKS; The WizardofOz (1939)
American actor (1880-1956), MGM contract player of silent and sound films. Captain of the Winkie Guards in The WizardofOz, 1939: 'You killed her... Hail Dorothy! The Wicked Witch is dead!'