B00000JS62

012569512320

1939

1939-08-25

102

1h 42min

Top rated movie #222 , Won 2 Oscars, 14 wins & 16 nominations total

Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy

Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf

Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger

Arthur Freed, Mervyn LeRoy

Harold Arlen, Herbert Stothart

Harold Rosson

Blanche Sewell

Leonard Murphy

Malcolm Brown, William A. Horning, Jack Martin Smith

Cedric Gibbons, George Gibson, Wade B. Rubottom, Elmer Sheeley

Edwin B. Willis

Adrian

Jack Dawn, Del Armstrong, Don L. Cash, Jack Dawn, Lyle Dawn, Max Factor, Fred Frederick, Sydney Guilaroff, Cecil Holland, Jack Kevan, Lou LaCava, George Lane, Beth Langston, Emile LaVigne, Betty Masure, Norbert A. Myles, Gustaf Norin, Josef Norin, Web Overlander, Fred B. Phillips, Eddie Polo, Mike Ragan, Bob Roberts, Robert J. Schiffer, Charles H. Schram, Howard Smit, Lee Stanfield, William Tuttle, Edith Wilson, Jack H. Young

Ulric Busch, Charles Chic, Joe Cook, Louis B. Mayer, Keith Weeks

Al Shenberg, Harrold Weinberger, Wallace Worsley Jr.

William A. Horning, Jack E. Ackerman, E. Preston Ames, Leo F. Atkinson, Hugo Ballin, John Bossert, Malcolm Brown, Edward C. Carfagno, Ben Carré, John Coakley, Conklin, Marvin Connell, Randall Duell, Harry Edwards, Clarence J. Falk, A.D. Flowers, Jack Gaylord, George Gibson, George Gibson, William Gibson, Harvey T. Gillett, Henry Greutert, Clem Hall, William Hellen, F. Wayne Hill, K. Johnson, Roy Perry, Clark M. Provins, Ted Rich, Arthur Grover Rider, Gerald F. Rocket, James Roth, Billy H. Scott, Jack Martin Smith, Duncan Spencer, J. Russell Spencer, Steffgen, Charles B. Steiner, Marvin Summerfield, John J. Thompson, Leonid Vasian, Woody Woodward

Douglas Shearer, James Burbridge, G.A. Burns, Earl Cates, O.O. Ceccarini, Bill Edmondson, James F. Gaither Jr., James Graham, T.B. Hoffman, Van Allen James, Lowell Kinsall, Standish J. Lambert, Frank McKenzie, Franklin Milton, Ralph A. Pender, Julian Powell, George G. Schneider, Douglas Shearer, Robert Shirley, Ralph Shugart, Newell Sparks, William Steinkamp, Michael Steinore, P. Richard Stevens, R.L. Stirling, Don T. Whitmer, John A. Williams

A. Arnold Gillespie, Edwin Bloomfield, Marcel Delgado, A.D. Flowers, Corril Harris, Donald Jahraus, J. McMillan Johnson, Mack Johnson, Jack McMaster, Hal Millar, Bob Overbeck, Glen Robinson, Ken Strickfaden, Don Trumbull

Chad Cortvriendt, Chris Del Conte, Jason Dourgarian, S. Scott Farrar, Michael L. Fink, Justin Jones, Devesh Neema, Rik Panero, Sujeet Patil, Michael Pecchia, Brian Peluso, Neil Stenhouse, Chris Bayz, Kevin Braun, Christopher Rogers Costa, Gregory Creaser, Chris Crowell, Sandy DellaMarie, Max Fabian, Chris Flynn, Mark Freund, Jack Gaylord, George Gervan, Richard Gervan, A. Arnold Gillespie, Maureen Healy, Heather Hoyland, Matt Linder, Warren Newcombe, Michael Pecchia, John Pierce, Candelario Rivas, Rasha Shalaby, Jack Smith, Oliver Thornton, Lynn Tigar

Dorothy Andre, George Bruggeman, Betty Danko, Aline Goodwin, Ambrose Schindler

Allen M. Davey, Virgil Apger, John Arnold, Pop Arnold, Chris Bergswich, A.W. Brown, Clarence Sinclair Bull, Eric Carpenter, Bill Chapman, Sam Cohen, Nelson Cordes, Fred Detmers, Raymond Griffith, George Hommel, Henry Imus, Paul Shug Keeler, Val O Malley, W.E. Pohl, Ray Ramsey, Cliff Shirpser

W.L. Gordon

Mrs. Cluett, Agnes Imes, Eugene Joseff, Sam Kress, Rose Meltzer, Vera Mourdant, Sheila O Brien, Marianne Parker, Jack Rohan, John Scura, Gile Steele, Marie Wharton

Natalie Kalmus, Janet Wilson, Margaret Booth, George Cave, Ernest Grooney, Tom Held, Jim Wilkinson

Harold Arlen, George Bassman, Bobby Connolly, Murray Cutter, Ken Darby, E.Y. Harburg, Paul Marquardt, George Stoll, Herbert Stothart, Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Edward Baravalle, David Crocov, Peter P. Decek, Roger Edens, Nat W. Finston, Skitch Henderson, Frederick Herbert, Rudolph G. Kopp, Bud Linn, Harry V. Lojewski, Paul McLarind, M.J. McLaughlin, Lou Raderman, William Saracino, Toscha Seidel, George Stoll, Herbert Stothart, Robert W. Stringer, Robert Tucker, Robert Van Eps, Roger Wagner

David Marks, Wallace Worsley Jr.

Henri Jaffa, Paul Adams, Arthur Appell, Maud Gage Baum, Eddie Becker, Busby Berkeley, Harlan Briggs, Stafford Campbell, William H. Cannon, Betty Danko, Howard Dietz, Roger Edens, Frances Edwards, Jim Fawcett, Arthur Freed, Freddie Gilman, Aline Goodwin, Jane Harrison, Andy Hervey, Jean Kilgore, Bobbie Koshay, Harry Link, Caren Marsh, Dona Massin, Harry Master, Pat Moran, John M. Nickolaus, Carl Nugent, Barron Polan, Freddie Retter, Bill Richards, Si Seadler, Leo Singer, Carl Spitz, Georgia Stark, Howard Strickling, Norman Taurog, Curly Twiford, Jack Weatherwax, Frank Whitbeck

Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

USA

English

G

8.1

399602

92

The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). An adaptation of L. Frank Baum s 1900 children s fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the film was primarily directed by Victor Fleming (who left the production to take over the troubled Gone with the Wind), and stars Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke and Margaret Hamilton. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, but others made uncredited contributions. The music was composed by Harold Arlen and adapted by Herbert Stothart, with the lyrics written by Edgar Yip Harburg.

Characterized by its use of Technicolor, fantasy storytelling, musical score, and memorable characters, The Wizard of Oz was moderately successful upon its original release of August 25, 1939. The film was considered a critical success and was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning in two categories: Best Original Song for Over the Rainbow and Best Original Score by Stothart. While the film was sufficiently popular at the box office, it failed to make a profit for MGM until the 1949 re-release, earning only $3,017,000 on a $2,777,000 budget, not including promotional costs, which made it MGM s most expensive production at that time.

The 1956 television broadcast premiere of the film on the CBS network reintroduced the film to the public; according to the U.S. Library of Congress, it is the most seen film in movie history. In 1989, it was selected by the Library of Congress as one of the first 25 films for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant . It is also one of the few films on UNESCO s Memory of the World Register. It was among the top ten in the 2005 BFI (British Film Institute) list of 50 films to be seen by the age of 14 , and is on the BFI s updated list of 50 films to be seen by the age of 15 released in May 2020.

The Wizard of Oz has become the source of many quotes referenced in contemporary popular culture. The film ranks often on critics lists of greatest films of all time, and is the most commercially successful adaptation of L. Frank Baum s work.

$2,777,000 (estimated)

$5,354,311

$24,668,669

$25,637,669

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