About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 38. Chapters: The Champ, The Big Parade, The Wizard of Oz, The Fountainhead, Northwest Passage, Wild Oranges, Duel in the Sun, Show People, La Boheme, The Crowd, The Citadel, Stella Dallas, Bardelys the Magnificent, Hallelujah!, War and Peace, Billy the Kid, Solomon and Sheba, Our Daily Bread, Beyond the Forest, H. M. Pulham, Esq., Street Scene, Japanese War Bride, Wine of Youth, His Hour, Three Wise Fools, Man Without a Star, Ruby Gentry, The Wedding Night, Peg o' My Heart, The Texas Rangers, So Red the Rose, The Patsy, The Wife of the Centaur, Comrade X, Proud Flesh, Happiness, Not So Dumb, Cynara, The Other Half, Dusk to Dawn, Love Never Dies, Conquering the Woman, The Jack-Knife Man, Bud's Recruit, Poor Relations, The Woman of Bronze, Better Times, The Sky Pilot, The Accusing Toe, The Family Honor, The Lost Lie, The Turn in the Road, Real Adventure, The Chocolate of the Gang, Hurricane in Galveston, Tad's Swimming Hole, I'm a Man. Excerpt: The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed primarily by Victor Fleming. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, but there were uncredited contributions by others. The lyrics for the songs were written by E.Y. Harburg, the music by Harold Arlen. Incidental music, based largely on the songs, was by Herbert Stothart, with borrowings from classical composers. Based on the 1900 fairytale novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, the film stars Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, and Frank Morgan, with Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charles Grapewin, Clara Blandick and the Singer Midgets as the Munchkins. Notable for its use of special effects, Technicolor, fantasy storytelling and unusual characters, The Wizard of Oz has become, ...