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The Wizard Of Oz By F. Frank Baum

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Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 musical fantasy film. It is the most commercially successful adaptation of the 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", written by L. Frank Baum. It was a box office failure when it was first released, making only $3,017,000 on a $2,777,000 budget, a meager profit of $240,000. It wasn 't until it was subsequently released did it make a substantial profit. Although It was nominated for six Academy Awards, this film failed to be victorious. The Wizard of Oz did, however claim first place in the Best Original Song for "Over the Rainbow".

The Wizard of Oz 's theme is about a girl named Dorothy, unappreciative of what she has at home. In spite of the fact that Oz was a magical place with witches good and bad, wizards and talking animals, Dorothy missed her life in Kansas. She was also saddened that she had forsaken her obligation to care for her aunt back home. The film begins with Dorothy in Kansas. During a terrible tornado, she is unwillingly whipped up and dropped into the land of Oz. Her unforgettable words throughout the movie are, "There 's no place like home." The theme throughout the movie is her desire to return to her typical life in Kansas. (1939).

As the tornado winds whirled Dorothy into the land of Oz, she while in her house landed on the Wicked Witch of the East. Even though Dorothy was celebrated for killing the witch by the citizens of Oz, her only desire was to return home.

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