The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel.An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel.An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel.

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5.7/10

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9/10

Historically interesting

This film is included in the "More Treasures of the American Film Archive" DVD. The running time is listed at 13 minutes. It kind of looks like a junior high school production of "the Wizard of Oz" with people dressed up in costumes to portray Toto, the Cowardly Lion, Imogene the Cow and what appears to be a donkey. The latter two accompany Dorthy to the Emerald City with the all the rest. The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodsman are not too bad, and not that far removed from the 1939 Classic. The Wizard himself looks like the 19th century Medicine Show man that the Wizard was supposed to be. It is interesting that they basically told the whole story in such a short time frame. This film is actually interesting to watch in a historical sense. For that reason I gave it a 9.

RDenial
Nov 6, 2004
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Many of the costumes and much of the make-up in this film resemble those used in the 1902 Broadway musical "The Wizard of Oz". None of the songs in this show, however, were used in Le Magicien d'Oz (1939).