"A minor book full of fourth-rate imagery," declared director George Cukor, when he was asked to step in and assist the ailing MGM film version of "The Wizard of Oz" in 1939.

For nearly 125 years, the fantasy world of writer L. Frank Baum’s children’s book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), has continued to capture the imagination of Americans, interpreted for the ...

This book was then turned into the landmark 1939 Wizard of Oz movie starring Judy Garland. Fast-forward to 1995 when Gregory ...

In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Baum never specifically names what dog breed Toto is. The author describes him as a little ...

Even after his death, plenty of other books, though not considered canonical, were published in relation to or taking inspiration from the original work, including Gregory Maguire's "Wicked." ...

'The Wizard of Oz,' released in 1939, is one of the most beloved movies of all time. Revisit it with these behind-the-scenes photos from set, featuring Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton, Billie ...

Plus, the Wizard of Oz. What was the seed that started this? I was finishing “Swamplandia” a thousand years ago, when I was a young woman with a poreless face, and I wanted to write my next novel.

That's the mantra of Glinda, "Wicked's" bubbly good witch. And it applies, equally, to the "Oz" stories where she made her first appearance. They've always been popular. With children, parents ...

I was dressed as Dorothy, the young Kansan and main character of “The Wizard of Oz,” the 1939 film starring Judy Garland adapted from L. Frank Baum’s book of the same name.

Finally, in The Wizard of Oz, Boq is Munckinland’s mayor. In Wicked , he has a larger role as Elphaba and Glinda’s friend. Wicked premieres Nov. 22, 2024.

The Wizard of Oz was a pop culture phenomenon practically from the minute the original Frank Baum book arrived in 1900. A musical adaptation hit stages all across America a mere two years later ...

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 ...