this Kansas orphan met outrageous
friends fought off flying monkeys and
slayed a pair of witches while also
picking up a new pair of slippers
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be taking a look back at the history of
The Wizard of Oz are you a good witch or
a bad witch who me I’m not a witch at
all I’m Dorothy Gale from Kansas this
story first arrived as a children’s
novel written by author elf frank Baum
called The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and
published on may 17 1903 labeled Oh to Z
and was highly influenced by Lewis
Carroll’s 1895 novel Alice in Wonderland
with in his fantasy narrative Baum
incorporated such elements as his
childhood fear of scarecrows I haven’t
got a brain only straw and a window
display he had made out of metal
household items he even paid tribute to
his niece Dorothy who had died as an
infant due to congestion of the brain
The Wizard of Oz was a staple of fantasy
and literature since its debut it has
been reprinted countless times and
adapted in various theater plays
television specials and feature films
this timeless classic followed the
adventures of an orphaned girl named
Dorothy Gale and centered on her journey
through the land of Oz with her dog Toto
what did you do that for I didn’t buy
them what you tried to Dorothy was
raised in Kansas by her Aunt Em and her
Uncle Henry one day she and her family’s
farmhouse were whisked away to Oz by a
cyclone upon their arrival in this
magical land the house accidentally
landed on the munchkins tyrannical ruler
the Wicked Witch of the East Dorothy
took the witch’s magical slippers and
was told by the Good Witch of the North
that she must seek out a wizard in the
Emerald City in order to find a way home
on her journey along the yellow brick
road Dorothy was forced to contend with
the Wicked Witch of the West
luckily she befriended several new
companions including the Scarecrow the
Cowardly Lion and
Tin Woodsman few to the novels
overwhelmingly positive reception and
thousands of letters from children
demanding a sequel bomb continued the
tale in 1904 s the marvelous land of Oz
following this he penned new stories by
the time of his death in 1919 he had
written 14 in total there were several
screen adaptations of the tales but it
took MGM 20 years after Baum’s death to
produce the most famous adaptation to
ever emerge from the series this was
1939 s The Wizard of Oz starring Judy
Garland we’ve come to add the film made
several well-received changes to the
source material and included memorable
songs dazzling special effects and the
revolutionary use of Technicolor of
course this was not the last time the
series was adapted to film though none
of the later projects were as
universally recognized or beloved as
MGM’s timeless classic these attempts
included 1978 The Wiz with Michael
Jackson in the role of the Scarecrow
people give sing
things are gonna change but they look
just like to stay in the same 1985’s
dark and twisted unofficial sequel
return to Oz and 2005’s the Muppets
Wizard of Oz I don’t have a brain you
don’t have a brain right why are you
whispering what ah what I can’t really
answer that because I don’t have a brain
these efforts to bring the magic back to
audiences were accompanied by countless
parodies and references to the series in
popular culture fans only received a
proper modern retelling of the tale in
2013’s oz the great and powerful this
highly anticipated prequel was directed
by Sam Raimi and starred James Franco it
depicted a young illusionist arrival in
a mythical land his confrontation with
two wicked witches and the journey he
took to become the wizard of oz you’re a
very bad man oh no my di I’m a very good
man I’m just a very bad wizard
friends fought off flying monkeys and
slayed a pair of witches while also
picking up a new pair of slippers
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be taking a look back at the history of
The Wizard of Oz are you a good witch or
a bad witch who me I’m not a witch at
all I’m Dorothy Gale from Kansas this
story first arrived as a children’s
novel written by author elf frank Baum
called The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and
published on may 17 1903 labeled Oh to Z
and was highly influenced by Lewis
Carroll’s 1895 novel Alice in Wonderland
with in his fantasy narrative Baum
incorporated such elements as his
childhood fear of scarecrows I haven’t
got a brain only straw and a window
display he had made out of metal
household items he even paid tribute to
his niece Dorothy who had died as an
infant due to congestion of the brain
The Wizard of Oz was a staple of fantasy
and literature since its debut it has
been reprinted countless times and
adapted in various theater plays
television specials and feature films
this timeless classic followed the
adventures of an orphaned girl named
Dorothy Gale and centered on her journey
through the land of Oz with her dog Toto
what did you do that for I didn’t buy
them what you tried to Dorothy was
raised in Kansas by her Aunt Em and her
Uncle Henry one day she and her family’s
farmhouse were whisked away to Oz by a
cyclone upon their arrival in this
magical land the house accidentally
landed on the munchkins tyrannical ruler
the Wicked Witch of the East Dorothy
took the witch’s magical slippers and
was told by the Good Witch of the North
that she must seek out a wizard in the
Emerald City in order to find a way home
on her journey along the yellow brick
road Dorothy was forced to contend with
the Wicked Witch of the West
luckily she befriended several new
companions including the Scarecrow the
Cowardly Lion and
Tin Woodsman few to the novels
overwhelmingly positive reception and
thousands of letters from children
demanding a sequel bomb continued the
tale in 1904 s the marvelous land of Oz
following this he penned new stories by
the time of his death in 1919 he had
written 14 in total there were several
screen adaptations of the tales but it
took MGM 20 years after Baum’s death to
produce the most famous adaptation to
ever emerge from the series this was
1939 s The Wizard of Oz starring Judy
Garland we’ve come to add the film made
several well-received changes to the
source material and included memorable
songs dazzling special effects and the
revolutionary use of Technicolor of
course this was not the last time the
series was adapted to film though none
of the later projects were as
universally recognized or beloved as
MGM’s timeless classic these attempts
included 1978 The Wiz with Michael
Jackson in the role of the Scarecrow
people give sing
things are gonna change but they look
just like to stay in the same 1985’s
dark and twisted unofficial sequel
return to Oz and 2005’s the Muppets
Wizard of Oz I don’t have a brain you
don’t have a brain right why are you
whispering what ah what I can’t really
answer that because I don’t have a brain
these efforts to bring the magic back to
audiences were accompanied by countless
parodies and references to the series in
popular culture fans only received a
proper modern retelling of the tale in
2013’s oz the great and powerful this
highly anticipated prequel was directed
by Sam Raimi and starred James Franco it
depicted a young illusionist arrival in
a mythical land his confrontation with
two wicked witches and the journey he
took to become the wizard of oz you’re a
very bad man oh no my di I’m a very good
man I’m just a very bad wizard
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