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Gretchen Curtis and Ben Blee
Lakeside Week 10 Seminar
August 25, 2014
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L. Frank Baum 1856 - 1919
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
and the 13 sequels by L. Frank Baum
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Mervyn Leroy, Producer
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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
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Victor Fleming 1889 - 1949
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Original Songs
Lyrics: E. Y. “Yip” Harberg
Music: Harold Arlen
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Adrian Greenberg Costume Designer
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Jack Dawn Makeup Artist
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Technicolor camera, circa 1938
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Judy Garland 1922 – 1969
Dorothy Gale
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Caren Morris Judy’s Double
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Terry 1932/33 – 1945
Toto
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Clara Blandick 1880 –1962
Auntie Em
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Charley Grapewin 1869 –1956
Uncle Henry
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The Munchkins 122 Little People were recruited from around the world.
MGM wanted 300, so children were added in background.
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Billie Burke 1884 – 1970
Glinda, the Good Witch
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Margaret Hamilton 1902 – 1985
Wicked Witch and Almira Gulch
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Ray Bolger 1904 – 1987
Hunk / Scarecrow
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Jack Haley 1898 – 1979
Hickory / Tin Man
Buddy Ebsen
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Bert Lahr 1895 – 1967
Zeke / Cowardly Lion
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Frank Morgan 1890 – 1949
The Wizard (and talking head),
Professor Marvel, Guardian of the
Gate, Coachman, Palace Guard
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Pat Walshe 1900 – 1991
Nikko – Leader of the Winged Monkeys
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Special Effects
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Costume Challenges
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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
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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
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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
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Ten Year Wait to Re-release
Re-released nation-
wide in 1949 & 1955
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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
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“…it’s such a beautiful film…”
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75th Anniversary DVD and Book
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