| Description |
1 videodisc (51 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Warner archive collection |
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Archive collection.
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| Note |
Videodisc release of the 1990 documentary. |
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Title from container. |
| System Details |
DVD; full screen 4.3, 1.37:1; Dolby audio, mono. |
| Note |
Title menu screen subtitle states, "50 years of magic," although the container and disc surface states, "the making of a movie classic." |
| Performer |
Host, Angela Lansbury. Interviews with Harold Arlen, Robert A. Baum, Ray Bolger, Judy Garland, A. Arnold Gillespie, Jack Haley, and more. |
| Summary |
Documentary about the making of the 1939 film classic, The Wizard of Oz, including reminiscences from cast members and their families. Also includes deleted "Over the Rainbow" reprise, Ray Bolger's Scarecrow dance sequence, dress rehearsal film of deleted number "The Jitterbug," first soundtrack recording of "If I Only Had a Heart" sung by Buddy Ebsen (the original Tin Man), and newsreel footage of Judy Garland accepting her 1939 Oscar. |
| Subject |
Wizard of Oz (Motion picture : 1939)
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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| Added Author |
Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022 host.
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Haley, Jack, Jr., 1933-2001, screenwriter, director, producer.
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Jack Haley, Jr. Productions.
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Turner Entertainment Co.
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Warner Bros. Entertainment, publisher, distributor.
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| Added Title |
Making of a movie classic |
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Wonderful Wizard of Oz : 50 years of magic |
| Standard No. |
888574498948 |
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