The Disastrous Production History of The Wizard of Oz

A Deep Dive Documentary into the production history of ‘The Wizard of Oz’. What were the early (and failed) adaptations? Why did the 1939 version have so many problems? What about all the lost footage, including the first 2 weeks that was be an entirely different version of the film altogether? We’ll explore all of this is and more!


PRIMARY INFORMATIONAL SOURCES:

American Experience: American Oz - PBS / The WGBH Educational Foundation

The Making of the Wonderful Wizard Of Oz - © Warner Bros. In association with Leva Filmworks, Inc.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990) - © Warner Bros.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Original Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers (Book Now in Public Domain)

The Making of the Wizard of Oz - Aljean Harmetz - Published by Alfred A. Knopf, INC. © 1977 by Aljean Harmetz

The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History - Puck Productions - By John Fricke, Jay Scarfing, William Stillman. Warner Books, INC. - © John Fricke, Jay Scarfing, William Stillman.

The Wizard of Oz: The Official 75th Anniversary Companion - Copyright © Warner Bros. Global Publishing

The Wizard of Oz: An Illustrated Companion to the Timeless Movie Classic - By John Fricke and Jonathan Shirshekan, published by Metro Books - © John Fricke and Jonathan Shirshekan

OZ: Before The Rainbow - Mark Evan Swartz, published by The John Hopkins University Press

The Oz Scrapbook - By David L. Greene and Dick Martin - Published by Random House Inc., New York - © David L. Greene and Dick Martin

The Wizard of Oz: The Artistry and Magic of the 1939 M-G-M Classic - By Jay Scarfing and William Stillman - Published by Gramercy Books, a devision of Random House Inc., New York - © Jay Scarfing and William Stillman

OzMuseum.com

TheJudyRoom.com

ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONAL SOURCES:

Oz Book Sales Statistics - https://www.rareozbooks.com/statistic...

Oz Radio Play - https://steampunkopera.wordpress.com/...

Wizard of Oz Production Timeline - https://oz.fandom.com/wiki/Wizard_of_...

Lost Media - https://lostmediawiki.com/The_Wizard_...)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oz_...

https://thewizardofoz.info/wiki/The_M...

Oz Financial Information - https://ozmuseum.com/blogs/news/the-o... - Article by John Fricke

Lost Media - https://lostmediawiki.com/The_Wizard_...)

Asbestos Timeline - https://www.mesotheliomahelp.org/asbe...

South Dakota State Historical Society

Museum of the City of New York

Syracuse University Libraries

The New York Public Library

The New Yorker

Hathi Trust

Library of Congress

I Am Running Down the Long Hallway of Viewmont Elementary - Chris Zabriskie - https://chriszabriskie.bandcamp.com

(The rest of the attributions can be found in the video’s end credits, as they were far to long for the description)