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  2. Musical selections in The Wizard of Oz - Wikipedia

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    Publicity still showing music for The Wizard of Oz being recorded — ironically, for a deleted scene, the "Triumphant Return". The songs from the 1939 musical fantasy film The Wizard of Oz have taken their place among the most famous and instantly recognizable American songs of all time, and the film's principal song, "Over the Rainbow", is perhaps the most famous song ever written for a film.

  3. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Wikipedia

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    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz at Wikisource. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. [1] It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl named Dorothy ends up in the magical Land of Oz after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their home by ...

  4. Political interpretations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Political interpretations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz include treatments of the modern fairy tale (written by L. Frank Baum and first published in 1900) as an allegory or metaphor for the political, economic, and social events of America in the 1890s. Scholars have examined four quite different versions of Oz: the ...

  5. Yellow brick road - Wikipedia

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    The yellow brick road is a central element in the 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by American author L. Frank Baum. The road also appears in the several sequel Oz books such as The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904) and The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913). The road's most notable depiction is in the classic 1939 MGM musical film The ...

  6. Wizard of Oz (character) - Wikipedia

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    Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs[1] (also known as the " Wizard of Oz " and, during his reign, as " Oz the Great and Terrible " or the " Great and Powerful Oz ") is a fictional character in the Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum. [2] The character was further popularized by a stage play and ...

  7. The Wizard of Oz - Wikipedia

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    The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). An adaptation of L. Frank Baum 's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, it was primarily directed by Victor Fleming, who left production to take over the troubled Gone with the Wind.

  8. The 'Wicked' cast is embracing method dressing to ... - AOL

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    The Wizard is often depicted in green suits in both "Wicked" and "The Wizard of Oz," so Goldblum's chic take on his style struck the perfect tone for the premiere.

  9. Adaptations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Wikipedia

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    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 children's novel written by American author L. Frank Baum. Since its first publication in 1900, it has been adapted many times by L. Frank Baum and others: for film, television, theatre, books, comics, games, and other media. Baum was responsible for many early adaptations, including the 1902 musical The ...