The Wizard of Oz

Dorothy Gale is swept away from a farm in Kansas to a magical land of Oz in a tornado and embarks on a quest with her new friends to the Wizard who can help her return home in Kansas and help her friends as well. The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American English-language Adventure Family film featuring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke and Murray Wood. The movie is based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Mervyn Leroy. The Wizard of Oz is written by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf, L. Frank Baum, Arthur Freed, Irving Brecher, William H. Cannon, Herbert Fields, Jack Haley, E.y. Harburg, Samuel Hoffenstein, Bert Lahr, John Lee Mahin, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Jack Mintz, Ogden Nash, Robert Pirosh, George Seaton and Sid Silvers and it is directed by King Vidor, Norman Taurog and George Cukor. Loew s acquired the distribution rights for the movie. The Wizard of Oz was released on 15th August 1939 and takes a screen time of 101 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. The Wizard of Oz was made on a budget of $2 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $26 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf. Cinematography was done by Harold Rosson and editing by Blanche Sewell. The music was composed by Academy Award Oscar winner Herbert Stothart along with Harold Arlen. At the 1940 Oscar Awards It won 2 awards including: Best Music, Original Song and Best Music, Original Score.
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