Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer based on L. more...

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Frank Baum's turn-of-the-century children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, in which a resourceful American girl is snatched up by a Kansas tornado and deposited in a fantastic land of good and wicked witches, a talking scarecrow, a cowardly lion, a tin man, and more. It stars Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Billie Burke and Margaret Hamilton. The film continues to generate a cult following, despite its age and original creative intent as a musical cinematic fable for children.

Plot, including deleted scenes

Life in Kansas

Dorothy Gale is an orphan in Kansas, being raised by her aunt Em and uncle Henry. In the beginning, Dorothy tells their three farm hands she is in trouble: her dog Toto bit the stern, humorless Almira Gulch (Margaret Hamilton, who also plays the Witch of the West). Each hand advises her in his characteristic way, foreshadowing their appearance in Oz. Hunk (Ray Bolger, who also portrays the Scarecrow), suggests that it's not smart to walk with her dog Toto near Gulch's property. Hickory (Jack Haley, the Tin Man), an amateur engineer, is reprimanded by Em for "tinkering with that contraption," and starts in making a passionate speech -- "Someday they're gonna erect a statue of me in this town!" -- straight from the heart, but Em snaps "Don't start posing for it now!", stopping him in mid-speech with his right arm upraised (foreshadowing the Tin Man's first appearance, standing like a statue with his right arm upraised, holding an axe). Zeke (Bert Lahr, the Cowardly Lion) recommends a more aggressive approach ("Walk up to her and spit in her eye!"); when Dorothy falls into the pigpen a minute later he leaps in to rescue her, and she notes he is badly shaken -- he was more frightened than she was.

It seems everyone is too busy to take Dorothy's concerns seriously. When she tries to warn Em that Miss Gulch is about to do something terrible, Em admonishes the girl that she is "imagining things" and telling her to "find some place where you won't get into any trouble!" Giving up, Dorothy wanders off with Toto, wondering what such a place would be like. She sings "Over the Rainbow", imagining a colorful and peaceful Eden in imagery typical of a young girl -- "where troubles melt like lemon drops".

In an abrupt transition, Miss Gulch comes to the Gale farm with an order from the sheriff authorizing her to take the dog to be destroyed. Dorothy's aunt and uncle try unsuccessfully to dissuade her. Toto is taken away, as the upset Dorothy calls her "a wicked old witch" (foreshadowing Hamilton's role in Oz). Em snaps at Miss Gulch, "For twenty-three years I've been dying to tell you what I thought of you, and now -- well -- being a Christian woman, I can't say it!"

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