" 'The Wizard of Oz' won itself a bad reputation because it became a musical comedy and a movie," noted Carol Ryrie Brink in the South Dakota Library Bulletin in 1948.

Wicked the musical and The Wizard of Oz are based on the same book. L. Frank Baum, who created the Land of Oz, wrote 14 Oz books. Baum's first novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was released in 1900.

Loosely based on the original 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" written by L. Frank Baum, "Wicked" tells the background story of the witches we meet in Oz during Dorothy's famous visit.

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In the original Wizard of Oz, Oz's full name is Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmanuel Ambroise Diggs.While he ...

'The Wizard of Oz,' released in 1939, is one of the most beloved movies of all time. Revisit it with these behind-the-scenes photos from set, featuring Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton, Billie ...

AI experts predict fan reactions to an AI-transformed version of "The Wizard of Oz" will be mixed. The technology could "breath new life" into the classic film, experts said.

Both have their origins in Gregory Maguire’s 1995 revisionist prequel, which suggested events that might have shaped the characters in L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” ...

" 'The Wizard of Oz' was too popular with children," Brink said in her 1948 article. "Presentable copies could never be kept on the shelves because they were worn out by eager hands." ...

After the successful broadcast of The Wizard of Oz in 1956, the film didn’t air on television again until 1959 when it returned to CBS, but not in November. Between 1959 and 1962, the film was ...

The iconic ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" have hit the auction block nearly 20 years after they were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum.. Online proxy bidding for “The ...

What to remember from ‘Wizard of Oz' before seeing ‘Wicked' What will you see in "Wicked: Part One" that you might remember from the 1939 classic? More than you'd think.