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The directors are Victor Fleming, King Vidor, Mervyn LeRoy, George Cukor, and Norman Taurog and produced by Mervyn LeRoy. The music was composed by Harold Arlen and Herbert Stothart. It is a musical fantasy film that was based off of the children’s book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum (The Wizard of Oz). The film is

The Wizard of Oz was released in 1939. It had five directors the main one being Victor Fleming. The other directors are George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, King Vidor, and Norman Taurog. There are a few different themes: everyone has good and bad in them and friendship. The biggest theme of the film is “There’s no place like home”. Dorothy, the main character, who wants so badly to go someplace new and full of wonder realizes that home is a special place and nothing can replace it. At the end of the movie

Like Nazis during the Holocaust, Roman Emperors in these epic historical films were portrayed as perpetrators towards the Christians or slaves. The Roman Empire in films like: Quo Vadis (Mervyn LeRoy, 1951), Ben-Hur (William Wyler, 1959) and Spartacus (Stanley Kubrick, 1960) address the issues of Christianity, tyranny and oppression. This use of portraying these conflicts on epic historical films was influenced by the Holocaust, being that

The Wizard of Oz, written by L. Frank Baum was published on May 17, 1900, and the original movie was made in 1939 (produced by Mervyn LeRoy). Both the book and movie are similar. The story is about a little girl named Dorothy who is carried away from home by a cyclone. She ends up in the land of the Munchkins where she meets little people and a witch. Once she meets the witch she is told that in order for her to get back home she has to go to the Emerald City to speak to Oz. On her journey to Oz

from the looming tornado. It is through their helplessness that the film’s explicit meaning is revealed: the inadequacy of adults, and the need for children to do their own growing up. The directors; Norman Taurog, King Vidor, Victor Fleming, Mervyn LeRoy, and George Cukor, cleverly conceal the films explicit meaning using classical cinematic invisibility. However, by looking at the films cinematographic

Ethel Merman is a widely known actress who did many wonderful things in her career. Ms. Merman was known for her powerful voice and wide variety of works. Ethel Merman was a mezzo-soprano and never took voice lessons as a child. George Gershwin told her never to take voice lessons. choose to write about Ms. Merman because of her portrayal in the musical Gypsy as Rose. She was born on January 16, 1908 in Astoria, Queens. Ms. Merman was originally born as Ethel Anges Zimmermann. Her father was Edward

INTRODUCTION The Wizard of Oz is a musical fantasy film created in 1939 starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, and Jack Haley. The film has many credited directors including Vector Fleming, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, Norman Taurog, and King Vidor. This film was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was an adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s 1900’s children’s book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The Wizard of Oz is considered one of the greatest American films ever to be produced

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang Response Paper #8 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is a film directed by Mervyn LeRoy, from 1932. The film is about a soldier, James Allen, who returns home from WWI with the aspiration to be an engineer. Unfortunately, his family wanted him to return to his prewar job, working at a factory. James decides to travel around the United States looking for a job and gets mixed up with the wrong person, which lands him on a chain gang. Throughout the film, various

perilous adventure and colorful and interesting personalities. The Wizard of Oz was a 1939 musical/ fantasy/ family/ adventure film based on L. Frank Baum’s book of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The film was directed by Victor Fleming and produced by Mervyn LeRoy. The film’s cinematography was done by Harold Rosson, and the editing was completed by Blanche Sewell. The film starred Judy Garland as Dorothy, Ray Bolger as Hunk/ The Scarecrow, Jack Haley as Hickory/ Tin Man, Bret Lahr as Zeke/ The Cowardly

The Wizard of Oz There’s no place like home, right? Dorothy assured us of that. Home for Dorothy here becomes a bit of a situation for her; it’s the place she wants to get away from, yet the place she wants to get back to once she’s away from it. Dorothy’s home represents peace, comfort, and safety. Where the people you love want you back. The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American, musical fantasy film. Where you have dancing and singing muchkins, a good and a bad witch, a small dog, and a loving family