The Wizard of Oz is a well known musical fantasy adaptation of the children's fantasy novel written by L. Frank Baum under the working title The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Main Cast -
Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Berg Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton
The screenplay was written by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, & Edgar Allan Woolf.
The musical composition was by Harold Arlen. The lyrics were written by Edgar "Yip" Harburg.
Awards & Nominations -
5 Academy Award Nominations ... Best Original Song Win ("Over the Rainbow") ... Best Original Score Win .., Academy Juvenile Award presented to Judy Garland
Box office success ... Fail to profit - $2.7 million budget/$3 million earned ... MGM's most expensive production at the time
1956 television broadcast premiere of the film on CBS ... Most seen film in movie history
Preserved in the United States National Film Registry (1989)
No. 2 on Variety's inaugural 100 Greatest Films of All Time (2022)
"Over the Rainbow" listed on the Recording Industry Association of America's 365 Songs of the Century
From production to release and every aspect in between to create a landmark film receiving global acclaim, The Wizard of Oz has a history that would exhaust this post. And so read more on Wikipedia where there is so much to learn and explore.
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