East Baton Rouge Parish Library

The Wizard of Oz, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; produced by Loew's Incorporated ; screen play by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf ; adaptation by Noel Langley, from the book by L. Frank Baum ; produced by Mervyn LeRoy ; directed by Victor Fleming

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MPAA rating: G; for suitable for viewing by all ages

The Wizard of Oz

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; produced by Loew's Incorporated ; screen play by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf ; adaptation by Noel Langley, from the book by L. Frank Baum ; produced by Mervyn LeRoy ; directed by Victor Fleming

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The charming film based on the popular L. Frank Baum novel, Dorothy and her dog Toto, are caught in a tornado's path and somehow end up in the land of Oz. Here she encounters some memorable friends and foes in her journey to meet the Wizard of Oz who everyone says can help her return home and possibly grant her new friends their goals of a brain, heart and courage

Feature program: The Wizard of Oz / commentary by John Fricke with Barbara Freed-Saltzman, Margaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, John Lahr, Jane Lahr, Hamilton Merserve, Dona Massin, William Tuttle, Buddy Ebsen, Mervyn LeRoy and Jerry Maren -- Special features -- The making of the wonderful Wizard of Oz / Warner Home Video in association with Leva FilmWorks Inc. Narrator, Martin Sheen. Written, produced and directed by Gary Leva ; director of photography, Yoram Astrakhan ; edited by Gary Leva, Anne Eriksson -- The wonderful Wizard of Oz storybook / read by Angela Lansbury. Story adaptation, Tim Prokop ; animation, Michael Klaumann, Ted Gore ; music, John Massari -- We haven't really met properly ... : Frank Moran, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin, Clara Blandick, Terry as Toto -- Music and effects track -- Original mono track -- Sing-along -- Audio jukebox -- Leo is on the air radio promo -- Good news of 1939 radio broadcast : Stars from the Wizard of Oz / NBC. Host, Robert Young with Judy Garland, Bert Lahr, Ray Bolger, Frank Morgan. Meredith Wilson and his Orchestra (6/29/1939) -- Lux Radio Theater radio broadcast : The Wizard of Oz / CBS. Announcer, John Milton Kennedy ; host, William Keighley ; starring Judy Garland. Producer, William Keighley ; adaped by S.H. Barnett ; music directed by Rudy Schrager (12/25/1950) -- Stills galleries -- Trailers: 1939 What is Oz? teaser ; 1940 Loews Cairo Theater trailer ; 1949 reissue trailer ; 1949 grownup reissue trailer ; 1970 childrens matinee reissue trailer ; 1998 Warner Bros. reissue trailer ; 2013 Warner Bros. reissue trailer

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