The Wizard of Oz (1950 film)

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The Wizard of Oz is a 1950 half-hour television adaptation with puppets of L. Frank Baum's famous 1900 children's fantasy novel, directed by Burr Tillstrom, best known for creating the TV show Kukla, Fran and Ollie . [1] [2]

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It was telecast live on May 22, 1950, by NBC. [3] A print of the show is preserved in 16 mm. [3] It is not to be confused with the 1939 full-length classic MGM film starring Judy Garland, which was first telecast by CBS in 1956.

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Reception

Tillstrom's work is said to have "brought to television the captivating charm of the early Walt Disney films". [4] Although the film did not have a great commercial success, [5] it received positive retrospective response. [6]

Legacy

The puppets were displayed at the Detroit Institute of Arts in 2020. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Simpson, Paul (November 7, 2013). A Brief Guide To OZ: 75 Years Going Over The Rainbow. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN   978-1-4721-1036-7.
  2. ↑ The Glory and the Dream. 1974.
  3. 1 2 "Public Programs - The Wizard of Oz: An American Fairy Tale - Exhibitions". Library of Congress. May 30, 2000. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  4. ↑ Current Biography Yearbook. H. W. Wilson Company. 1952.
  5. ↑ Bell, John; Arts, Detroit Institute of (2000). Strings, Hands, Shadows: A Modern Puppet History. Detroit Institute of Arts. ISBN   978-0-89558-156-3.
  6. ↑ Current Biography Yearbook. H. W. Wilson Company. 1952.
  7. ↑ Hodges, Michael H. "Kermit the Frog, Howdy Doody to go on display at DIA". The Detroit News. Retrieved October 25, 2023.


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