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Bolger as the Scarecrow. Bolger's MGM contract stipulated that he would play any part the studio chose. However, he was unhappy when he was originally cast as the Tin Woodman in the studio's 1939 feature-film adaptation of The Wizard of Oz. The role of the Scarecrow had already been assigned to another dancing, studio-contract player, Buddy ...
The Scarecrow has appeared in nearly every early Oz film, portrayed by different actors each time, including Frank Burns in The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908); Robert Z. Leonard in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910); Herbert Glennon in The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914); Frank Moore in His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914); and Donald ...
The Scarecrow appears in many of the later books, including The Scarecrow of Oz (1915) and Ruth Plumly Thompson's The Royal Book of Oz (1921), in which he researches his ancestry. He was played by Ray Bolger in the 1939 movie. That actor also played the Scarecrow's Kansan counterpart, Hunk, who was one of Aunt Em and Uncle Henry's three ...
The actor never diminished his involvement in The Wizard of Oz, saying in a 1976 interview that he felt lucky to be a part of a movie that left such an impression on the culture. "It's a great ...
The Wizard of Oz is celebrated for its use of Technicolor, fantasy storytelling, musical score, and memorable characters. [5] It was a critical success and was nominated for five Academy Awards , including Best Picture , winning Best Original Song for " Over the Rainbow " and Best Original Score for Stothart; an Academy Juvenile Award was ...
The Wizard of Oz is a 1925 American silent fantasy-adventure comedy film directed by Larry Semon, who has the lead role of a Kansas farmhand disguised as the Scarecrow.. This production, which is the only completed 1920s adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, stars Dorothy Dwan as Dorothy, Oliver Hardy as the Tin Woodman, and Curtis McHenry briefly disguised as a ...
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) Created by: L. Frank Baum: Portrayed by: Pierre Couderc (His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz) Oliver Hardy (The Wizard of Oz) Jack Haley (The Wizard of Oz) Nipsey Russell Deep Roy (Return to Oz) Ne-Yo (The Wiz Live!) Gerran Howell (Emerald City) Alex Désert (Once Upon a Time) Voiced by: Larry D. Mann (Return to Oz)
After releasing The Wizard of Oz on Facebook last fall, Spooky Cool Labs has announced the upcoming launch of Scarecrow's Farm, an expansion to the game that will see you rescuing the Scarecrow ...