The Wizard of Oz

Dorothy Gale lives with her dog Toto on a Kansas farm belonging to her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. One day, Toto bites neighbor Miss Almira Gulch on the leg, leading her to obtain an order from the sheriff to euthanize him. In spite of Dorothy's pleas and Aunt Em's resistance, Miss Gulch takes Toto away in a basket, but Toto escapes and returns to Dorothy; she decides to run away in order to ensure that Toto won't be euthanized. Not far from the farm, she meets Professor Marvel, a kind fortune teller who uses his crystal ball to make Dorothy believe that Aunt Em may be dying of a broken heart. Horrified, Dorothy rushes home as a storm approaches; a tornado forms, and Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, and the farmhands take shelter in the storm cellar as Dorothy arrives home. Unable to be heard begging for entry, Dorothy seeks shelter in her bedroom. The window is blown in from its frame and hits Dorothy on the head, knocking her unconscious. The house is sent spinning into the air, and she awakens to see various figures fly by, including Miss Gulch on her bicycle, who transforms into a witch on a broomstick.

MPAA Rating:NR
Genre:Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country:United States
Produced By:Mervyn Leroy, Arthur Freed
Directed By:King Vidor, George Cukor, Norman Taurog, Victor Fleming, Mervyn LeRoy
Written By:Ogden Nash, Sid Silvers, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Jack Haley, L. Frank Baum, Irving Brecher, Samuel Hoffenstein, Noel Langley, George Seaton, Robert Pirosh, William H. Cannon, E.Y. Harburg, Bert Lahr, Florence Ryerson, John Lee Mahin, Herbert Fields, Edgar Allan Woolf, Arthur Freed, Jack Mintz
Cast:Lois January, Tommy Cottonaro, Charley Grapewin, Rolfe Sedan, Nita Krebs, Bud Linn, Harry Monty, Ethelreda Leopold, Murray Wood, Jack Paul, Margaret Pellegrini, George Ministeri, Eleanor Keaton, Josefine Balluck, Gracie Doll, Billie Burke, Jimmy The Crow, Daisy Earles, Mitchell Lewis, Frank Morgan, Rae-Nell Laskey, Charles Irwin, Jack Haley, Margaret Hamilton, Shep Houghton, Tyler Brooke, Joseph Herbst, Harry Earles, Tiny Doll, Ray Bolger, Billy Curtis, The King'S Men, 'Little Billy' Rhodes, Buster Brodie, Abe Dinovitch, Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky, George Noisom, Dorothy Barrett, Clara Blandick, Buddy Ebsen, Betty Tanner, Johnny Leal, Charles Becker, Bert Lahr, The Singer Midgets, Priscilla Montgomery, Valerie Lee, Fern Formica, Pat Walshe, Amelia Batchelor, Freda Betsky, Judy Garland, Adriana Caselotti, Ken Darby, Sig Frohlich, Jerry Maren, Lorraine Bridges, Yvonne Moray, August Clarence Swenson, Robert St. Angelo, Franz Balluck, Candy Candido, William H. O'Docharty, Lee Murray, Billy Bletcher, Phil Harron, Sid Dawson, Elaine Merk, Rad Robinson, Pinto Colvig, Harry Wilson, Terry, Parnell St. Aubin, Oliver Smith, Meinhardt Raabe, Jon Dodson
In Theaters:Aug 25, 1939
Runtime:1 hour 42 minutes
Production:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Budget:$2,777,000
Box Office:$24,790,250
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