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Gretchen Curtis and Ben Blee
Lakeside Week 10 Seminar
August 25, 2014
L. Frank Baum 1856 - 1919
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
and the 13 sequels by L. Frank Baum
Mervyn Leroy, Producer
Creating a Script
and Finding Direction
• 14 screenwriters involved
– Credit to Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and
Edgar Allen Woolf
• Directors…three false starts
– Norman Taurog, Richard Thorpe
– George Cukor recalled by David Selznick for
Gone with the Wind
Victor Fleming 1889 - 1949
Original Songs
Lyrics: E. Y. “Yip” Harberg
Music: Harold Arlen
Adrian Greenberg Costume Designer
Jack Dawn Makeup Artist
Technicolor camera, circa 1938
Judy Garland 1922 – 1969
Dorothy Gale
Caren Morris Judy’s Double
Terry 1932/33 – 1945
Toto
Clara Blandick 1880 –1962
Auntie Em
Charley Grapewin 1869 –1956
Uncle Henry
The Munchkins 122 Little People were recruited from around the world.
MGM wanted 300, so children were added in background.
Billie Burke 1884 – 1970
Glinda, the Good Witch
Margaret Hamilton 1902 – 1985
Wicked Witch and Almira Gulch
Ray Bolger 1904 – 1987
Hunk / Scarecrow
Jack Haley 1898 – 1979
Hickory / Tin Man
Buddy Ebsen
Bert Lahr 1895 – 1967
Zeke / Cowardly Lion
Frank Morgan 1890 – 1949
The Wizard (and talking head),
Professor Marvel, Guardian of the
Gate, Coachman, Palace Guard
Pat Walshe 1900 – 1991
Nikko – Leader of the Winged Monkeys
Special Effects
Costume Challenges
West Coast Premiere Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
August 15, 1939
• Approx 2000 seats sold at $2.20 per ticket.
• Most cast members present
• Judy in NY; saw Oz film in its entirety in MGM room in 1940
• Glowing reviews
• NYC premier Aug. 17 at Capitol Theatre; Judy & Mickey live routine between five showings
12th Annual Academy Awards 1940
• Multiple Nominations
– 13 for Gone with the Wind
– 11 for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
– 8 for Wuthering Heights
– 7 for Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Stagecoach
– 6 for Love Affair, The Rains Came and The Wizard of Oz
• Three films received multiple awards
– 10 awards for Gone with the Wind
– 2 awards for Stagecoach and The Wizard of Oz
Wizard of Oz Awards 1940
• Mickey Rooney presented
Academy Juvenile Award
to Judy Garland who then
sang “Over the Rainbow”,
a “Best Song” nominee
• Best Score: The Wizard of
Oz – Herbert Stothart
• Best Song: “Over the
Rainbow” - Music by Harold
Arlen, lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Ten Year Wait to Re-release
Re-released nation-
wide in 1949 & 1955
Television brings Oz into U.S. homes
• First telecast Nov.3, 1956
• Telecast again in Nov 1959
• Then once annually on U.S.
network tv as special 1960 to
1998
• Emerged on cable TV 1999
• Available on home video 1980
“…it’s such a beautiful film…”
75th Anniversary DVD and Book
