THIRTY-FIVE YEARS LATER: REMEMBERING “THE WIZARD OF OZ” ON ITS 50th ANNIVERSARY IN 1989 by John Fricke I want to begin this month with a quick, genuine apology. When assembling the blog for last August, I planned a “look back,” some 35 years, to the 50th anniversary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s film triumph, THE WIZARD OF OZ. …
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO “THE GREEN BOOK”!
THE OFFICIAL 50th ANNIVERSARY PICTORIAL HISTORY” IS NOW 35 YEARS OLD Part Two By John Fricke Welcome to Part Two of our birthday salute to the best-selling, full-length history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s 1939 production of THE WIZARD OF OZ, first published 35 years ago this past August to commemorate the film’s 50th anniversary in 1989. Its …
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO “THE GREEN BOOK”!
“THE WIZARD OF OZ — THE OFFICIAL 50th ANNIVERSARY PICTORIAL HISTORY” IS NOW 35 😊 Part One – By John Fricke Above: This is the front dust jacket cover of the book that celebrated the golden anniversary of MGM’s THE WIZARD OF OZ just 35 years ago this summer . . . and on into …
“THE LITTLE PEOPLE WHO LIVE[D] IN THIS LAND” – PART 3
By John Fricke FOREWORD In our August 26th entry, posted on the various Chittenango, New York, All Things Oz and OZ-Stravaganza! Facebook pages (as well as its blog site), we celebrated 2023’s Oz festival. The weekend highlight, of course, was the song/dance/autographing/reminiscing participation of ninety-one-year-old Betty Ann Bruno, an original “MunchKid” from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s 1939 feature …
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OZ-STRAVAGANZA! BIGGER & BETTER &
“CLOSER & PRETTIER THAN EVER” —
AND 46 YEARS OLD!
by John Fricke Let the JOY-OZ news be spread: OZ-STRAVAGANZA! is JUST ahead! I know that isn’t at all the way “Yip” Harburg put it in his “Munchkinland” lyric in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s THE WIZARD OF OZ movie. Back then, however, he was “only” proclaiming the passing of the Wicked Witch of the East; WE’RE here today …
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“CLOSER & PRETTIER THAN EVER” —
AND 46 YEARS OLD!”
😊 OZ-STRAVAGANZA! RETURNS LIVE &
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