-
Select media
-
Stills must not be reproduced, copied or downloaded in any way.
Film details
-
Featuring
-
Director
-
Country
USA
-
Year
1939
-
Genres
Musical Fantasy
-
Type
Film
-
Category
Fiction
Introduction
“The Wizard of Oz is one of the Thirties’ most engaging films. Frank Baum’s simple vision seems to have achieved its perfect reincarnation in Fleming’s film.”
John Baxter, Hollywood in the Thirties, 1968
It’s difficult to believe this evergreen family film was a commercial failure on its release, only acceding to its now iconic status after perennial revivals on television. MGM’s lavish production, which switches from sepia for the Kansas farmland sequences to glorious Technicolor for Oz, magically brought to life the original novel by L. Frank Baum.
From Dorothy’s (Judy Garland) wistful ballad ‘Over the Rainbow’ – where she dreams of life away from her dreary home – to the adventures along Oz’s Yellow Brick Road, in which Dorothy is joined by the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion, every aspect of the film holds a special place in the public consciousness.
The same year, Victor Fleming was the credited director on the super-production Gone with the Wind.
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s A Matter of Life and Death (1946) reverses Oz’s colour strategy, employing monochrome for its fantasy sequences and Technicolor for the real world.
Cast & Credits
-
Cast
-
-
Dorothy Gale
-
Professor Marvel/The Wizard
-
Hunk/The Scarecrow
-
Zeke/The Cowardly Lion
-
Hickory/The Tin Woodman
-
Glinda, the Good Witch
-
Miss Gulch/The Wicked Witch of the West
-
Uncle Henry
-
Nikko
-
Aunt Em
-
Toto, the dog
-
The Munchkins
-
cast member
Dona Massin (uncredited)
-
cast member
Amelia Bachelor (uncredited)
-
cast member
Margaret Raia (uncredited)
-
cast member
Tiny Doll (uncredited)
-
Munchkin
Luce Potter (uncredited)
-
Munchkin soldier
Clarence Swensen (uncredited)
-
Munchkin
Mickey Carroll (uncredited)
-
-
-
Credits
-
Direction:
-
Director
-
[Director]
Production:
-
Production Company
-
Producer
Writing:
-
Screenplay
-
Screenplay
-
Screenplay
-
Adaptation
-
From the book by
Photography:
-
Photographed in Technicolor by
-
Associate [Photographer]
-
Technicolor Director
-
Associate [Technicolor Director]
Special Effects:
-
Special Effects
Editing:
-
Film Editor
Design:
-
Art Director
-
Associate [Art Director]
-
Set Decorations
Costumes:
-
Costumes
Make-up:
-
Character Make-ups Created by
Music:
-
Music
-
Lyricist
-
Associate Conductor
-
Orchestration/Vocal Arrangements
-
Orchestration/Vocal Arrangements
-
Orchestration/Vocal Arrangements
-
Orchestration/Vocal Arrangements
-
Music Adapter
Choreography:
-
Musical Numbers Staged by
Sound:
-
Recording Director
-
-
The Greatest Films of All Time 2012
Voted for by 12 critics and 2 directors.