The wizard of Oz

Resource Information

The work The wizard of Oz represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Cedar Rapids Public Library-Metro Library Network. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The wizard of Oz

Statement of responsibility

a Victor Fleming production ; screenplay by Noel Languley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolfe ; directed by Victor Fleming ; produced by Mervyn LeRoy ; a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture

Contributor

• Haley, Jack, 1899-1979
• Lahr, Bert, 1895-1967
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Langley, Noel, 1911-1980
• Woolf, Edgar Allan
• LeRoy, Mervyn, 1900-1987
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Morgan, Frank, 1890-1949
• Ryerson, Florence
• Sewell, Blanche
• Burke, Billie, 1885-1970
• Bolger, Ray
• Fleming, Victor, 1889-1949
• Baum, L. Frank, (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919
• Garland, Judy
• Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986

Actor

• Burke, Billie, 1885-1970
• Bolger, Ray
• Garland, Judy
• Haley, Jack, 1899-1979
• Lahr, Bert, 1895-1967
• Morgan, Frank, 1890-1949

Editor of moving image work

• Sewell, Blanche

Film director

• Fleming, Victor, 1889-1949

Film distributor

• Warner Home Video (Firm)

Film producer

• Fleming, Victor, 1889-1949
• LeRoy, Mervyn, 1900-1987

Production company

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Publisher

• Warner Home Video (Firm)

Screenwriter

• Woolf, Edgar Allan
• Langley, Noel, 1911-1980
• Ryerson, Florence

Subject

• Oz (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile films
• Scarecrow, (Fictitious character from Baum) -- Juvenile films
• Tin Woodman (Fictitious character) -- Drama | Juvenile literature
• Tin Woodman, (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Wizard of Oz (Fictitious character) -- Drama | Juvenile literature
• Wizard, of Oz (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile films
• Children's films
• Action and adventure films
• Scarecrow (Fictitious character : Baum) -- Drama | Juvenile literature
• Musical films
• Gale, Dorothy, (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile films
• Gale, Dorothy (Fictitious character) -- Drama | Juvenile literature
• Film adaptations
• Cowardly Lion, (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile films
• Cowardly Lion (Fictitious character) -- Drama | Juvenile literature

Genre

• Juvenile films
• Juvenile literature
• Drama

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

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

Member of

• Wizard of Oz (Motion picture : 1939)
• Wizard of Oz (Motion picture : 1939)

Cataloging source

ZHI

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

Photography, Harold Rossen ; editor, Blanche Sewell ; music, Harold Arlen ; lyrics, E.Y. Harburg ; musical adaptation, Herbert Stothart

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

• Rating: G; general audiences: all ages.
• CHV Rating: G

Language note

English or French dialogue; optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

PN1997.W59

LC item number

W59 2013

PerformerNote

Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Billie Burke

Runtime

102

Target audience

general

Technique

live action