"The Wizard of Oz" For most people, this is where the love affair with Baum's characters begins. Montgomery as the Tin Woodman was the highlight of the show, but by all standards, the show was a hit. For most audiences, the vaudeville comedy duo of Fred Stone as the Scarecrow and David C. Among the changes: Audiences never saw The Wicked Witch of the West, The Cowardly Lion was reduced to a bit part, and the dog Toto was turned into a cow named Imogene. There were, in fact, over 60 songs in this version of "The Wizard of Oz." Baum also provided the script, which was tinkered with and changed by producers, leaving the musical with only a partial resemblance to the beloved book. Baum himself provided some of the lyrics and Paul Tietjens the music, with additional songs coming from a variety of sources. The operetta "The Wizard of Oz" ran for 293 performances on Broadway, and it played extensively around the country. The first time the characters of Oz took the stage was just two years after the book's initial release. With the 12th anniversary of Wicked's triumphant reign on Broadway just celebrated, it is exciting to look back at the musical versions of Oz that have joyously inhabited Broadway, film and television. There is something about this magical world that inspires a musicality that audiences have embraced again and again. Of these myriad inceptions, many have taken on musical form. Smithsonian Treasures of American History National Museum of American History."The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900) by Lyman Frank Baum is a beloved children's classic that has yielded many interpretations onstage and on screen. 1938 ID Number 1987.0395.01 accession number 1987.0395 catalog number 1987.0395.01 Object Name book, script Physical Description paper (overall material) Measurements overall: 8 1/2 in x 11 in x 1 in 21.59 cm x 27.94 cm x 2.54 cm place made United States: California, Culver City Related Publication Kendrick, Kathleen M. In this famous scene, Dorothy steps out of her farmhouse into Oz and says to her dog Toto, "I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." Location Currently not on view Credit Line Gift of Turner Entertainment Co. On one page of this script, Langley notes the change from black and white to color. From March 1938 to March 1939, more than a dozen people, most uncredited, worked on writing and revising the script. Frank Baum's book The Wizard of Oz to film began with the screenplay. This draft of the script by primary screenwriter Noel Langley is dated between May 4 and 6, 1938, and it contains original corrections and additions in pencil and ink pen. Object Details author Langley, Noel Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation Description Typescript draft for the 1939 motion picture The Wizard of Oz. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art.
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