" 'The Wizard of Oz' won itself a bad reputation because it became a musical comedy and a movie," noted Carol Ryrie Brink in the South Dakota Library Bulletin in 1948.

Color films existed long before the idea for the iconic Hollywood adaptation of The Wizard of Oz book was even conceived. Around 190 motion pictures experimented with some sort of color techniques ...

FILE - Sequin-covered ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" appear at the offices of Profiles in History in Calabasas, Calif. on Nov. 9, 2001. Reed Saxon / AP ...

Wicked the musical and The Wizard of Oz are based on the same book. L. Frank Baum, who created the Land of Oz, wrote 14 Oz books. Baum's first novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was released in 1900.

Loosely based on the original 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" written by L. Frank Baum, "Wicked" tells the background story of the witches we meet in Oz during Dorothy's famous visit.

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere will utilize environmental effects and custom scents to make audiences feel as if they are part of the movie and have landed in Kansas and Oz. The sound creative team for The ...

After the successful broadcast of The Wizard of Oz in 1956, the film didn’t air on television again until 1959 when it returned to CBS, but not in November. Between 1959 and 1962, the film was ...

The Sphere in Las Vegas meticulously re-recorded "The Wizard of Oz's" original 1939 score to fit the high-tech venue for its upcoming "Oz" recreation.

All of these Wizard of Oz offshoots are worthwhile, but if you’re looking for something that actually moves the Oz story forward, rather than looking back, the choice is, oddly, perhaps the ...

" 'The Wizard of Oz' was too popular with children," Brink said in her 1948 article. "Presentable copies could never be kept on the shelves because they were worn out by eager hands." ...

Ticket prices for The Wizard of Oz and From the Edge have not yet been revealed, but it’s worth noting that admission to V-U2: An Immersive Concert Film at Sphere Las Vegas starts at around $100.