The Wizard Of Oz
Dorothy, an innocent farm girl whisked out of her mundane earthbound existence into a land of pure imagination. Dorothy and her dog Toto are caught in a tornado';s path and somehow end up in the land of Oz. Here she meets 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.
25 June 1908, New York City, New York, USA
26 July 1900, New York City, New York, USA
24 January 1920, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
October 5, 1912 in McAllen, Texas, USA
4 June 1914, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
1 June 1890, New York City, New York, USA
29 April 1907, Stolpen, Germany
7 August 1884, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
16 May 1916, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
4 June 1876, on board an American ship in Hong Kong
21 September 1918, Prakfalva, Austria-Hungary [now Prakovce, Slovakia]
9 March 1918, San Francisco, California, USA
27 June 1909, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
15 April 1904, Dallas, Texas, USA
9 December 1902, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2 July 1914, Chicago, Illinois, USA
January 17, 1925 in Oklahoma, USA
2 September 1915, Watertown, Wisconsin, USA
April 15, 1919 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA
January 1, 1912 in New York, New York, USA
18 February 1908, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
10 June 1922, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA
10 January 1904, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
20 December 1869, Xenia, Ohio, USA
January 31, 1887 in Curragh, Ireland
September 12, 2014
Seventy-five years on, it hasn't dated in the slightest.
September 20, 2013
In truth, any opportunity to see the film on the big screen is welcome.
September 19, 2013
Knowing that it was made without a single computer, and entirely by human ingenuity, makes it all the more worthy of marveling at, 75 years and an added dimension later.
September 11, 2014
The central themes of illusions, dreams and going on an extraordinary adventure all the better to come home and appreciate what you have there are enduring.
April 30, 2016
[VIDEO ESSAY] As thick with allegory as any Shakespeare play, "The Wizard of Oz" is the greatest children's movie ever made, and that probably ever will be made.
August 21, 2015
Judy Garland is perfectly cast as Dorothy. She is as clever a little actress as she is a singer and her special style of vocalizing is ideally adapted to the music of the picture.
September 19, 2013
The greatest American movie fantasy.
September 14, 2014
Anyone who can refrain from weeping as Dorothy cries "Aunty Em, I'm frightened!" deserves to be locked in a tower for all eternity.
September 19, 2013
The result is quite stunning and a lot less gimmicky than it could have been.
November 15, 2013
One of Hollywood's quintessential productions, this musical adaptation of L Frank Baum's classic fable is probably the most beloved fantasy film of all time and the ultimate family picture.
September 19, 2013
The blend of old-fashioned, classic storytelling with cutting-edge technology is undeniably enthralling.
