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/statistics.html Oz Radio Play - https://steampunkopera.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/the-fairylogue-and-radio-plays/ Wizard of Oz Production Timeline - https://oz.fandom.com/wiki/Wizard_of_Oz_Timeline Lost Media - https://lostmediawiki.com/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(partially_found_deleted_scenes_of_musical_fantasy_film;_1938-1939) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oz_Film_Manufacturing_Company https://thewizardofoz.info/wiki/The_Movie_-_Production_and_Crew Oz Financial Information - https://ozmuseum.com/blogs/news/the-oz-that-didn-t-get-away - Article by John Fricke Lost Media - https://lostmediawiki.com/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(partially_found_deleted_scenes_of_musical_fantasy_film;_1938-1939) Asbestos Timeline - https://www.mesotheliomahelp.org/asbestos/history/ 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)