Dwan also helped launch the career of two other very successful Hollywood directors, Victor Fleming, who went on to direct The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind, and Marshall Neilan, who became an actor, director, writer and producer.

* 1939 – The Wizard of Oz premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.

His voice over acting talents can be heard on animated shows like Ren and Stimpy, Scooby Doo, Batman: The Animated Series, Steven Spielberg's Animaniacs, Little Wizard Adventures, The Oz Kids and Disney's Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.

Another example is the place of The Wizard of Oz ( 1939 ) in American and British gay culture, although a widely viewed and historically important film in greater American culture.

" Yip " Harburg ( performed by Judy Garland in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz ), " White Christmas " written by Irving Berlin ( best-known performance by Bing Crosby ), " This Land Is Your Land " written and performed by Woody Guthrie, " Respect " written by Otis Redding ( best-known performance by Aretha Franklin ), and " American Pie ".

During this period, beginning in 1964, he acted as television host to the annual CBS telecasts of MGM's The Wizard of Oz.

1939, a major year for American cinema, brought such films as The Wizard of Oz and Gone with The Wind.

Frank L. Baum published “ Mother Goose in Prose ” in 1897, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900, and American Fairy Tales in 1901.

The Wizard of Oz, in particular, is considered to be an allegory of the politics and characters of the 1890s.

It failed to win any Oscars partly because of the number of other major pictures that were nominated that year, including The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind.

He filmed the cave scene for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( 1938 ) and, following the firing of its original director Richard Thorpe, Cukor spent a week on the set of The Wizard of Oz ( 1939 ).

* Hickory, portrayed by Jack Haley, the farm worker who became the Tin Woodsman in Dorothy's dream in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz

Garland as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz ( 1939 film ) | The Wizard of Oz ( 1939 )

Lyman Frank Baum ( May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919 ) was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Baum's description of Kansas in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is based on his experiences in drought-ridden South Dakota.

In 1900, Baum and Denslow ( with whom he shared the copyright ) published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to much critical acclaim and financial success.

Baum and Tietjens had worked on a musical of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1901 and based closely upon the book, but it was rejected.

This stage version, the first to use the shortened title " The Wizard of Oz ", opened in Chicago in 1902, then ran on Broadway for 293 stage nights from January to October 1903.

The Wicked Witch of the West was eliminated entirely in the script, and the plot became about how the four friends, being allied with the usurping Wizard, were hunted as traitors to Pastoria II, the rightful King of Oz.

Beginning with the success of the stage version, most subsequent versions of the story, including newer editions of the novel, have been titled " The Wizard of Oz ", rather than using the full, original title.

He did not get back to a stable financial situation for several years, after he sold the royalty rights to many of his earlier works, including The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Frank Baum's grave in one of the films, whose younger brother Harold Rosson photographed The Wizard of Oz ( 1939 ).

* Wizard of Oz ( 1925 film ), directed by Larry Semon

Dorothy Dwan portrayed Dorothy in the 1925 film Wizard of Oz.

* Wizard of Oz ( 1925 ): Charles Murray

* Other notable actors who have played the Tin Woodman include Oliver Hardy in a 1925 silent version of The Wizard of Oz directed by and starring Larry Semon, in which a villainous farmhand briefly fell into a tin pile and emerged as a " Tin Woodsman ".

" The ' Wizard of Oz ' as a Monetary Allegory ," Journal of Political Economy 98 ( 1990 ): 739 – 60 online at JSTOR

" The ' Wizard of Oz ' as a Monetary Allegory ," Journal of Political Economy 98 ( 1990 ): 739-60 online at JSTOR

* The Wizard of Oz ( 1902 Broadway musical ): Anna Laughlin

* The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz ( 1910 ): Bebe Daniels

* The Land of Oz, a Sequel to the " Wizard of Oz " ( 1932 ): Maryeruth Boone

* The Wizard Of Oz ( 1939 ): Judy Garland

* Tales of the Wizard of Oz ( 1961 ): Corinne Conley

* The Wizard of Oz ( 1982 ): Aileen Quinn

* The Wizard of Oz ( 1991 ): Liz Georges

* The Wizard of Oz ( 1995 ): Denise van Outen adaptation made for British cable channel Five

* The Wizard of Oz ( stage show ) ( 2001 ): Nikki Webster

* The Muppets ' Wizard of Oz ( 2005 ): Ashanti

* The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's ( 2007 ): Lisa Vischer as Junior Asparagus as Darby ( replacing Dorothy )

* The Wizard of Oz ( 2011 musical ): Danielle Hope

* The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ( 1910 ): Hobart Bosworth

* 2000 ( by Setec Astronomy ): the movie The Wizard of Oz ( link to hunt )

" The ' Wizard of Oz ' as a Monetary Allegory ," Journal of Political Economy 98 ( 1990 ): 739-60 online at JSTOR

* Ed Martínez ( The Video Wizard ): 1991

* The Current Dreams Studio Head ( Kevin Michael Richardson ): A small studio head of the subconscious network, who used a holographic head to be more powerful and scary, like the wizard in The Wizard of Oz.

; A Frightened Hound Meets Demons Underground / The Wizard of Ooze ( November 13, 1976 ): Scooby and the gang enter a town haunted by demons locked underground a century ago.

** Koren ( meaning Crimson Wizard in the original ): The Dragon Emperor's main servant, and the penultimate boss in Duran and Angela's storylines.

* Eli Pandarus ( Voiced by Jonathan Freeman ): The Wizard of Wall Street.

* Second generation ( UE ): badge engineered second generation Isuzu MU ( three-door ) and second generation Isuzu Wizard ( five-door ) produced in the United States The five-door models had six-cylinder engines and the option of automatic transmission whilst the three-door Sport retained a four-cylinder engine and manual transmission only.