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The Wizard of Oz is a 1950 half-hour television adaptation with puppets of L. Frank Baum's famous 1900 novel, directed by Burr Tillstrom, best known for creating the TV show Kukla, Fran and Ollie.[1][2]
It was telecast live on May 22, 1950, by NBC.[3] A print of the show is preserved in 16 mm.[3] It is not to be confused with the 1939 full-length classic MGM film starring Judy Garland, which was first telecast by CBS in 1956.
Plot[edit]
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Reception[edit]
Tillstrom's work is said to have "brought to television the captivating charm of the early Walt Disney films".[4] Although the film did not have a great commercial success,[5] it received positive retrospective response.[6]
Legacy[edit]
The puppets were displayed at the DIA in 2020.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ Simpson, Paul (November 7, 2013). A Brief Guide To OZ: 75 Years Going Over The Rainbow. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-1-4721-1036-7.
- ^ The Glory and the Dream. 1974.
- ^ a b "Public Programs - The Wizard of Oz: An American Fairy Tale - Exhibitions". Library of Congress. May 30, 2000. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
- ^ Current Biography Yearbook. H. W. Wilson Company. 1952.
- ^ Bell, John; Arts, Detroit Institute of (2000). Strings, Hands, Shadows: A Modern Puppet History. Detroit Institute of Arts. ISBN 978-0-89558-156-3.
- ^ Current Biography Yearbook. H. W. Wilson Company. 1952.
- ^ Hodges, Michael H. "Kermit the Frog, Howdy Doody to go on display at DIA". The Detroit News. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
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