Vintage Poster
The Wizard of Oz
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Discover the poster for The Wizard of Oz, the timeless classic that has amazed people for decades. Immerse yourself in a fantastic world and feel the magic happen before your amazed eyes.
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Description of this Wizard of Oz Poster
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. An adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wizard of Oz, the film was primarily directed by Victor Fleming (who left the production to take on Gone With the Wind), and features stars Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, and Margaret Hamilton. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf were credited for the screenplay, while others made uncredited contributions. The music was composed by Harold Arlen and adapted by Herbert Stothart, with lyrics by Edgar "Yip" Harburg.
Characterized by its use of Technicolor, fantastical storytelling, musical score, and memorable characters, The Wizard of Oz was considered a critical success and was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, ultimately winning Best Picture. best original song for “Over the Rainbow” and best original score for Stothart. Although the film was sufficiently popular at the box office, it failed to be profitable for MGM until its re-release in 1949, grossing only $3 million on a budget of $2.7 million, which which made it MGM's most expensive production at the time.
The film's first telecast in 1956 on CBS reintroduced the film to audiences; according to the United States Library of Congress, it is the most viewed film in cinema history. In 1989, it was selected by the Library of Congress as one of the first 25 films to be preserved in the National Registry films from the United States because of its cultural, historical or aesthetic significance; it is also one of the few films included in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. The film was ranked second in Variety's inaugural list of the 100 greatest films of all time in 2022; it was among the top ten in the list of "50 films to see before the age of 14" established by the BFI (British Film Institute) in 2005 and appears on the updated list of "50 films to see before the age 15 years" published by the BFI in May 2020. The Wizard of Oz has become the source of many quotes referenced in contemporary popular culture. The film is often featured on critics' lists of the greatest films of all time and is the most commercially successful adaptation of L. Frank Baum's work.
Dorothy Gale, a teenager, lives on a Kansas farm owned by her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em. When Dorothy's dog Toto bites wealthy Almira Gulch, Miss Gulch obtains an order from the sheriff allowing her to seize the dog to be euthanized. Toto escapes and returns to Dorothy, who runs away to protect him. Professor Marvel, a charlatan soothsayer, tells Dorothy to go home because Aunt Em is heartbroken. Dorothy returns just as a tornado approaches the farm. Unable to enter the locked shelter, Dorothy takes refuge in the farmhouse and is stunned by the violence of the storm. The tornado then lifts the house and drops it into an unknown land.
Dorothy wakes up and is greeted by a good witch named Glinda, who explains to her that she is in Munchkinland, in the land of Oz. The Munchkins are celebrating because the house has landed on the Wicked Witch of the East. His sister, the Wicked Witch of the West, appears in a puff of smoke. Before she can grab her late sister's ruby slippers, Glinda magically transports them to Dorothy's feet and tells her to keep them, as they must be very powerful. Since the Wicked Witch has no power in the land of the Munchkins, she leaves in another puff of smoke, but only after telling Dorothy, "I'll have you, my dear, and your little dog too!" . Glinda only knows one person who could help Dorothy get home: The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy is invited to follow the yellow brick road that leads to the Emerald City, the magician's home.
Along the way, she meets the Scarecrow, who wants a brain, the Tin Man, who wants a heart, and the Cowardly Lion, who wants courage. The quartet and Toto eventually reach the Emerald City, despite the evil witch's best efforts. Dorothy is first refused an audience with the magician by her doorman. The doorman relents when he learns that they were sent by Glinda, and the four are taken to the magician's chambers. The magician appears in the form of a giant ghost's head and tells them that he will grant their wishes if they bring him the wicked witch's broom.
During their quest, Dorothy and Toto are captured by flying monkeys and taken to the Wicked Witch, but the Ruby Slippers protect her. The Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion free Dorothy, but are pursued by the Witch and her guards. They are cornered by the witch, who sets the scarecrow on fire. When Dorothy throws a bucket of water at the Scarecrow, she inadvertently splashes the witch, causing her to melt.
The witch's guards gratefully give Dorothy her broom. The four return to see the magician, but he tells them to come back tomorrow. When Toto pulls back a curtain, the magician reveals himself to be just an ordinary man, operating a machine that projects the ghostly image of his face. The four travelers confront him and he confesses to them that, like Dorothy, he arrived in Oz accidentally from America. He then "grants" the wishes of Dorothy's three friends by giving them tokens which symbolize the fact that they always had the qualities they were looking for.
The magician offers Dorothy to accompany him to Kansas aboard his hot air balloon. However, after Toto jumps and Dorothy chases after him, the hot air balloon accidentally flies away with the magician on board. Glinda reappears and tells Dorothy that she always had the power to return to Kansas with the help of the Ruby Slippers, but she had to discover it for herself. After tearfully bidding her friends farewell, Dorothy follows Glinda's instructions by tapping her heels three times and repeating the words "There's no place like home." She was then transported to Kansas.
She wakes up in her bed, a washcloth on her injured head, and receives care from her aunt, uncle and farm workers. Professor Marvel stops by as Dorothy describes Oz, telling the farm workers and Professor that they were there too. (The actors who played Marvel and the Farmhands also played the Oz characters). Unfazed by their disbelief, Dorothy gratefully exclaims, “There’s no place like home!”
