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Genre/Form: | Fantasy fiction, American Film adaptations Adaptations Criticism, interpretation, etc History Dust jackets (Binding) Adaptations cinématographiques |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Swartz, Mark Evan. Oz before the rainbow. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000 (OCoLC)646211754 |
Named Person: | L Frank Baum; L Frank Baum; L Frank Baum; L Frank Baum; L Frank Baum; L Frank Baum; L Frank Baum; L Frank Baum; L Frank Baum; L Frank Baum; L Frank Baum |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Mark Evan Swartz |
ISBN: | 0801864771 9780801864773 |
OCLC Number: | 45066029 |
Description: | xii, 291 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
Contents: | Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction : off to see the wizard : L. Frank Baum and the wonderful wizard of Oz (1900) -- Part 1 : Stage musical, 1902-1918 -- Collaboration and conflict : the wizard of Oz takes shape ; What pleases the people : the script for the Chicago opening ; Flare of color : the Chicago premiere and the midwest tour ; Something new under the sun : the New York City engagement ; Wizard deluxe and redux : the cross-country tours and beyond -- Part 2 : Silent films, 1908-1925 -- Novel entertainment : fairylogue and radio-plays (1908) ; One-reel spectacle : the wonderful wizard of Oz (1910) ; Hollywood high jinks : the wizard of Oz (1925), I ; Slapstick scarecrow : the wizard of Oz (1925), II ; Epilogue : the wizard of Oz (1939) : its roots and repercussions. |
Responsibility: | Mark Evan Swartz. |
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Abstract:
The author reminds readers that various stage and screen dramatizations of L. Frank Baum's book preceded and influenced the 1939 film. The illustrated book contains rare photographs, film stills, sketches, theatre programmes and movie advertisements from the different productions.
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