Creating the Land of Oz is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Wizard of Oz, from the dozen of on set injuries to the infamously poor treatment of Judy Garland.

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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

00:27 - L. Frank Baum’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz

01:38 - Early Attempts at Adapting

03:13 - Producer Mervyn LeRoy’s Vision

04:30 - Directors Norman Taurog & Richard Thorpe

05:18 - The Many, Many, Many Writers on Oz

08:13 - Casting and Make-up Challenges

09:36 - Judy Garland for Dorothy Gale

10:38 - Garland’s Troublesome Early Years

11:41 - Garland’s Torturous Time on Oz

12:59 - The Lasting Legacy of Judy Garland

14:55 - Myths & Thorpe’s Abandoned Version

16:23 - George Cukor Revamps Oz

17:15 - Director Victor Fleming’s Gauntlet

19:26 - The Wicked Witch’s Woes

21:20 - King Vidor Replaces Victor Fleming

22:35 - Cutting Oz Down

23:37 - The Wizard of Oz Releases in August 1939

24:33 - Oz’s Revival via Television

25:42 - The Wizard of Oz’s Stamp on History

Sources:

American Heritage Center: https://bit.ly/3VPsAaf

American Weekly: https://bit.ly/40e0Qi7

Biography: https://bit.ly/4gRvdQH

Independent: https://bit.ly/4gwcevu

LA Times: https://bit.ly/3DBoNXG

Judy Garland: https://bit.ly/4gTezQI

The Making of the Wizard of Oz: https://bit.ly/4gAXc7B

The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece: https://amzn.to/4ftuPXv

The Wizard of Oz : The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History: https://bit.ly/3VWDV8n

Featured Footage:

Alice in Wonderland (1933)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Wicked (2024)

The Wizard of Oz (1925)

The Wizard of Oz (1939) and special features

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)

The Making of 'the Wizard of Oz' (1979)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990)

Music:

Jonathan Larson - 30/90

Diana Ross & Michael Jackson - Ease on Down the Road

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Herbert Stothart, Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg - The Wizard of Oz OST

Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

Stephen Schwartz - Defying Gravity

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