We click our heels in anticipation. There's no place like home and no movie like this one. From generation to generation, The Wizard Of Oz brings us together - kids, grown-ups, families, friends. The dazzling land of Oz, a dream-come--true world of enchanted forests, dancing scarecrows and singing lions, wraps us in its magic with one great song-filled adventure after another. Based on L. Frank Baum's treasured book series, The Wizard Of Oz was judged the best family film of all time by American Film Institute. And this never-before-seen restoration looks and sounds better than ever. We invite you to embark for the Emerald City on the most famous road in movie history. Dorothy (Judy Garland), Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), Tin Woodman (Jack Haley) and Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr) await you on the Yellow Brick Road and "Over the Rainbow."
Directed by
Victor Fleming; Mervyn LeRoy (uncredited); Richard Thorpe (footage unused and completely reshot) (uncredited); King Vidor (Kansas scenes) (uncredited).
Written by
L. Frank Baum (novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"); Noel Langley (screenplay); and Florence Ryerson (screenplay); and Edgar Allan Woolf (screenplay).
Starring
Judy Garland (Dorothy); Frank Morgan (Professor Marvel / The Guardian at the Gates / The Carriage Driver / The Wizard's Guard / The Wizard of Oz); Ray Bolger ('Hunk' / The Scarecrow); Bert Lahr ('Zeke' / The Cowardly Lion); Jack Haley ('Hickory' / The Tin Man); Billie Burke (Glinda); Margaret Hamilton (Miss Gulch / The Wicked Witch of the East / The Wicked Witch of the West); Charley Grapewin (Uncle Henry); Pat Walshe (Nikko); Clara Blandick (Auntie Em); Terry (Toto (as Toto)). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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