The 12th Academy Awards (1940) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 28, 2017 . Retrieved January 23, 2014. On 20 July 2022, it was announced that Warner Bros. Movie World would be adding a new precinct based on the 1939 film The Wizard Of Oz. It is to feature 2 coasters manufactured by Vekoma and will open in 2024. [156] See also [ edit ] UNESCO chooses The Wizard of Oz as USA's Memory of the World". UNESCO. Archived from the original on July 31, 2011 . Retrieved January 23, 2014. Writing in Variety, John C. Flinn predicted that the film was "likely to perform some record-breaking feats of box-office magic," noting, "Some of the scenic passages are so beautiful in design and composition as to stir audiences by their sheer unfoldment." He also called Garland "an appealing figure" and the musical numbers "gay and bright." [100] Julien Wilk (February 28, 2010). "LaserDisc Database – Search: Wizard of Oz". Lddb.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2012 . Retrieved March 6, 2010.

Frank Morgan as Professor Marvel and the Wizard of Oz, the Gatekeeper, the Carriage Driver, and the Guard at the Wizard's door The Wonderful World of Disney Has a Long History With the Wonderful World of Oz". October 22, 2019. Off To See The Wizards: HDD Gets An In Depth Look at the Restoration of 'The Wizard of Oz' ". Highdefdigest.com. September 11, 2009. Archived from the original on February 12, 2010 . Retrieved March 6, 2010.

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According to the US Library of Congress exhibition The Wizard of Oz: an American Fairy Tale (2010): [142] a b "Step Across This Line". Penguin Random House Higher Education. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020 . Retrieved June 2, 2020. Scarfone, Jay and Stillman, William (2004) The Wizardry of Oz: The Artistry And Magic of the 1939 MGM Classic – Revised and Expanded. Applause Books ISBN 0-517-20333-2, 978-0-517-20333-0 Release [ edit ] Original theatrical run [ edit ] A memorial commemorating the film's world premiere at the Strand Theatre in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, on August 12, 1939 The film was released on the CED format once, in 1982, by MGM/UA Home Video. [79] It has also been released multiple times outside of the North American and European markets, in Asia, in the Video CD format.

The Making of the Wizard of Oz – Movie Magic and Studio Power in the Prime of MGM – and the Miracle of Production #1060, 10th Edition, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc./Random House, 1989. AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies". www.afi.com. Archived from the original on May 15, 2016 . Retrieved August 9, 2017.Total Film's 23 Weirdest Films of All Time on Lists of Bests". Listsofbests.com. April 6, 2007. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009 . Retrieved March 6, 2010. Flinn, John C. (August 16, 1939). "Review: 'The Wizard of Oz' ". Variety. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015 . Retrieved September 22, 2015. Harmetz, Aljean (1998). The Making of the Wizard of Oz: Movie Magic and Studio Power in the Prime of MGM. Hyperion. ISBN 978-0-7868-8352-3. MGM/CBS Home Video ad". Billboard. November 22, 1980. Archived from the original on November 14, 2020 . Retrieved April 20, 2011.

Georgie Stoll was associate conductor, and screen credit was given to George Bassman, Murray Cutter, Ken Darby and Paul Marquardt for orchestral and vocal arrangements. (As usual, Roger Edens was also heavily involved as an unbilled musical associate to Freed.) Burger, Alissa (November 29, 2022). "The Wizard of Oz". Cinema and Media Studies. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/OBO/9780199791286-0360. ISBN 978-0-19-979128-6. Sight & Sound | Top Ten Poll 2002 – The rest of the directors' list". BFI. September 5, 2006. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012 . Retrieved March 6, 2010. The 100 Scariest Movie Moments". Bravotv.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2006 . Retrieved January 23, 2014.

On February 12, 1939, Fleming hastily replaced Cukor in directing Gone with the Wind. The next day, the studio assigned Fleming's friend, King Vidor, to finish directing The Wizard of Oz (mainly the early sepia-toned Kansas sequences, including Garland's singing of " Over the Rainbow" and the tornado). Although the film was a hit on its release, Vidor chose not to take public credit for his contribution until Fleming died in 1949. [ citation needed] On-set treatment and abuse allegations [ edit ] MGM composer Herbert Stothart, a well-known Hollywood composer and songwriter, won the Academy Award for Best Original Score. The film returned to theaters on June 5 and 6, 2022 to celebrate Judy Garland's 100th birthday. [98] Reception [ edit ] Critical response [ edit ] Deleted songs [ edit ] Lobby card with still of deleted musical number "Hail! Hail! The Witch Is Dead!", sung upon the return to the Emerald City