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The Wizard of Oz
DVD Details:
* Run Time: 258 minutes
* Number of Discs: 1
* Black & White
* Region 0 encoding; Can be played worldwide, NTSC-format.
Description by Oldies.com:
In 1914 L. Frank Baum, author of the original fifteen Wizard Of Oz books (written
between 1900 and 1920), formed The Oz Film Manufacturing Company to produce live-
action motion pictures based on his beloved fantasies. With striking visual effects,
including ingeniously charming life-size creature puppets, underwater voyages and flights
into the air, the Baum Oz films are filled with a bizarre whimsy reminiscent of Lewis
Carroll and an audacious fantasy spectacle all their own.
DVD Details:
* Run Time: 258 minutes
* Number of Discs: 1
* Black & White
* Region 0 encoding; Can be played worldwide, NTSC-format.
Description by Oldies.com:
In 1914 L. Frank Baum, author of the original fifteen Wizard Of Oz books (written
between 1900 and 1920), formed The Oz Film Manufacturing Company to produce live-
action motion pictures based on his beloved fantasies. With striking visual effects,
including ingeniously charming life-size creature puppets, underwater voyages and flights
into the air, the Baum Oz films are filled with a bizarre whimsy reminiscent of Lewis
Carroll and an audacious fantasy spectacle all their own.
- The Wizard of Oz (1925, 96 minutes): After L. Frank Baum's death in 1919 and
the publication of the last Oz book in 1920, L. Frank Baum Jr. sought to keep the
series alive by teaming with comedian/director Larry Semon and newcomer Oliver
Hardy. The result was the 1925 remake of The Wizard of Oz which focuses on
comedy rather than fantasy. Hardy would go on to pair with Stan Laurel and
become half of the world's most beloved comic team. While different in tone than
the Oz movies of a decade before, the 1925 Wizard of Oz reinvents the story of
Dorothy, the scarecrow and the tin woodsman in a slapstick and humorous light.
Excerpts from the Soundtrack (click to play):
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