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Isaiah Edwin Leopold (November 9, 1886 – June 19, 1966), better known as Ed Wynn, was an American actor and comedian.He began his career in vaudeville in 1903 and was known for his Perfect Fool comedy character, his pioneering radio show of the 1930s, and his later career as a dramatic actor, which continued into the 1960s. [2]
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum , it was primarily directed by Victor Fleming , who left production to take over the troubled Gone with the Wind .
W. C. Fields was (with Ed Wynn) one of the two original choices for the title role in the 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz. Fields was enthusiastic about the role, but ultimately withdrew his name from consideration so he could devote his time to writing You Can't Cheat an Honest Man. [124]
In addition to The Wizard of Oz, he’s best remembered for playing the devious Barnaby in the original Babes in Toyland (1961) film. He married Gwendolyn Rickard in 1929, and the couple remained ...
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. [1] It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl named Dorothy ends up in the magical Land of Oz after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their home by a cyclone. [2]
Cartoonist William Allen Rogers in 1906 sees the political uses of Oz: he depicts William Randolph Hearst as Scarecrow stuck in his own Ooze in Harper's Weekly. Political interpretations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz include treatments of the modern fairy tale (written by L. Frank Baum and first published in 1900) as an allegory or metaphor for the political, economic, and social events of ...
We all remember 'The Wizard of Oz' from the ruby slippers to the emerald city -- not to mention how cute Toto was. So in honor of the 77th anniversary of the classic film, take a look at the life ...
A pointed black hat resting on a pool of water. A broken window. A yellow brick road being traveled by a girl in a gingham dress surrounded by a lion, a tin man and a scarecrow.