Wizard of Oz (1925)

Pre-1930s

Wizard of Oz (1925)

The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Based on the 1900 children's novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum,[1] the film stars Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, and Frank Morgan, with Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin, Clara Blandick and the Singer Midgets as the Munchkins.[2] Notable for its use of special effects, Technicolor, fantasy storytelling and unusual characters, it has become, over the years, one of the best known of all films.

The film is mostly in Technicolor, but its opening and closing sequences are in sepia-tinted black-and-white, including all of the film's credits. It was directed primarily by Victor Fleming. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, but there were uncredited contributions by others. The lyrics for the songs were written by E.Y. Harburg, the music by Harold Arlen. Incidental music, based largely on the songs, was by Herbert Stothart, with borrowings from classical composers.

Directed by Victor Fleming
Uncredited:
Norman Taurog
Richard Thorpe
George Cukor
King Vidor
Mervyn LeRoy
Produced by Mervyn LeRoy
Screenplay by Noel Langley
Florence Ryerson
Edgar Allan Woolf
Uncredited:
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Arthur Freed
George Cukor
King Vidor
Richard Thorpe
Jack Mintz
Victor Fleming
John Lee Mahin
Ogden Nash
Irving Brecher
Samuel Hoffenstein
Herbert Fields
Sid Silvers
Jack Haley
Bert Lahr
E.Y. Harburg
William H. Cannon
Based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by
L. Frank Baum
Starring Judy Garland
Frank Morgan
Karl Slover
Ray Bolger
Bert Lahr
Jack Haley
Billie Burke
Margaret Hamilton
Charley Grapewin