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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 ...
On the film review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, The Wizard of Oz has a 98% rating based on 169 reviews, with an average score of 9.4/10. Its critical consensus reads, "An absolute masterpiece whose groundbreaking visuals and deft storytelling are still every bit as resonant, The Wizard of Oz is a must-see film for young and old."
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908) The Road to Oz (1909) The Emerald City of Oz (1910) The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913) Little Wizard Stories of Oz (1913, collection of 6 short stories) Tik-Tok of Oz (1914) The Scarecrow of Oz (1915) Rinkitink in Oz (1916) The Lost Princess of Oz (1917) The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918) The Magic of Oz (1919 ...
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) Created by: L. Frank Baum: Portrayed by: Frank Moore (His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz) Larry Semon (The Wizard of Oz) Ray Bolger (The Wizard of Oz) Hinton Battle (The Wiz; 1975 musical) Michael Jackson (The Wiz; 1978 film) Justin Case (Return to Oz) Jackson Browne (The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True)
The Scarecrow first appears in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), when he joins Dorothy to go to the Wizard in search of brains. When the Wizard leaves Oz, he makes the Scarecrow ruler, a position he holds until the middle of the second book. Later, he moves to a corn-shaped house in the Winkie Country.
The yellow brick road is a central element in the 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by American author L. Frank Baum.The road also appears in the several sequel Oz books such as The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904) and The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913).
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)