Library of Congress, it is the most seen film in movie history. The 1956 television broadcast premiere of the film on CBS reintroduced the film to the public. While the film was sufficiently popular at the box office, it failed to make a profit for MGM until its 1949 re-release, earning only $3 million on a $2.7 million budget, which made it MGM's most expensive production at that time. It was a critical success and was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture, winning Best Original Song for " Over the Rainbow" and Best Original Score for Stothart.
The Wizard of Oz is characterized by its use of Technicolor, fantasy storytelling, musical score and memorable characters. The music was composed by Harold Arlen and adapted by Herbert Stothart, with lyrics by Edgar "Yip" Harburg.
Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, while others made uncredited contributions. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the film was primarily directed by Victor Fleming (who left the production to take over the troubled Gone with the Wind), and stars Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, and Margaret Hamilton. “There’s a lot of magic, and the costumes and make-up are amazing,” Ballard says.The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Ballard says the sets will be enhanced by numerous changing projections that bring to life key moments in the story, including the twister, Miss Gulch’s transformation into the Wicked Witch, the flying monkeys and more. The music is directed by longtime Theatre Baton Rouge contributor and Red Magnolia Theatre Company co-founder Beth Bordelon. The show features numerous big dance numbers, all choreographed by Hope Vaughan Carline. “It’s been so much fun training Penny to do a lot of fun tricks.” Brenley Murry as Glinda the Good Witch and Molly Kate Skupian as Dorothy.
“I’m a massive dog person, and so is Caty and everyone in the cast,” Ballard says. And Dorothy’s plucky dog, Toto, is played by real life pooch, Penny, who is also Steward’s pet. Glinda the Good Witch is played by Brenley Murry. Elizabeth Porche plays the Cowardly Lion Adler Rice, the Tinman and Simone Sharp, the Scarecrow. Some have come back to work with us as adults.”ĭorothy is played by Molly Kate Skupien and the Wicked Witch of the West is played by Molly Bush. “It’s wonderful to have seen so many kids go on to do this in college and as a career. “YAP is a training academy for young performers to gain the skills to do this professionally if they so choose,” Ballard says.
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