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The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz is a 1933 Canadian-American animated short film directed by Ted Eshbaugh. The story is credited to "Col. Frank Baum." Frank Joslyn Baum, a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army and eldest son of writer L. Frank Baum, was involved in the film's production, and may have had an involvement in the film's script, which is loosely inspired by the elder Baum's 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It runs approximately eight and a half minutes and is nearly wordless, working mainly with arrangements of classical music created by Carl W. Stalling. The film is considered to potentially be the first full color animated film.
Plot
A tornado sweeps through the plains of Kansas, lifting Dorothy and Toto. The two tumble into Oz, landing on the Scarecrow. After freeing him from his pole, the trio stroll together, soon finding a Tin Woodman and oiling him.
Cast
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author | Frank Joslyn Baum |
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director | Ted Eshbaugh |
keywords | break camille saint-saëns dorothy dorothy gale emerald city kansa land le cygne mating ritual rock-a-bye baby scarecrow sleight of hand swan the royal book of oz tin woodman tornado toto wiz wizard of oz |
musicBy | Carl W. Stalling |
producer | J.R. Booth Ted Eshbaugh |
productionCompany | Ted Eshbaugh Studios |
publisher | Film Laboratories of Canada |
theme | animated animated short short |