The Wizard of Oz (1933 film)
The Wizard of Oz | |
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Directed by | Ted Eshbaugh |
Written by | Col. Frank Baum |
Based on | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 1900 novel by L. Frank Baum |
Produced by | J.R. Booth Ted Eshbaugh |
Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
Animation by | Frank Tipper Bill Mason Cal Dalton Vet Anderson "Hutch" |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Ted Eshbaugh Studios |
Distributed by | Film Laboratories of Canada |
Release date | June 19, 1933 |
Running time | 9 minutes |
Countries | Canada United States[1] |
Language | English |
The Wizard of Oz is a 1933 Canadian-American
Production
The film was known to be in production during October, 1932.
Plot
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After the four watch mating rituals of various animals set to strains of
The Wizard is a cackling white-bearded man in a starry black robe and conical hat who produces custom seats for each of the four nervous travelers, including one for Toto. He proceeds to perform magic with a hen and eggs. These are variations on simple sleight of hand tricks involving making objects appear, but the hen is able to take the eggs back into her body.
Finally, the hen releases an egg that will not stop growing. The five try to fight it, with the Tin Woodman breaking his axe. Soon, though, the egg hatches, the hen takes the chick, and clucks out "Rock-a-bye Baby" as a chorus joins her.[7]
Home video
There were many home media releases of the film, including
The short is included in the 2005 3-Disc Collector's Edition of the more popular
The short was released again in 2010 as part of Mill Creek Entertainment's DVD compilation, 200 Classic Cartoons.
Thunderbean Animation restored and remastered the cartoon from its original negatives and released the new colourful print on a DVD and Blu-ray combo pack under the title “Technicolor Dreams and Black & White Nightmares” in 2014.
References
- ^ MUBI
- ^ The Animated Worlds of The Wizard of Oz|Cartoon Research
- ^ 'The Wizard of Oz' Is Coming to TV, Plus a Look at All the Other Versions-Closer Weekly
- ^ Cavanaugh, Irene (1933-09-07). "Fantasy Cartoon in Color Held Beautiful Work". Los Angeles Daily News. pp. Twelve. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ Stanchfield, Steve; Kausler, Mark; Komorowski, Thad; Jaques, Bob (2014). Technicolor Dreams and Black and White Nightmares Liner Notes. Thunderbean Animation. p. 3.
- ^ Barnes, Eleanor (1932-08-13). "Rich Canadian to Produce: Will Make Film Cartoons". Los Angeles Daily News. p. 10.
- ^ Internet Archive
- ^ Flickchart