Adaptations of The Wizard of Oz - Film Adaptations

Film Adaptations

• The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays is a 1908 multimedia presentation made by L. Frank Baum which featured the young silent film actress Romola Remus.
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a fifteen-minute 1910 film, based on the 1902 stage musical, directed by Otis Turner, and may have featured Bebe Daniels as Dorothy.
• His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz is a loose 1914 adaptation by Baum with so many new ideas that it became the basis for The Scarecrow of Oz.
• The Wizard of Oz is a 1921 film project, directed by Ray C. Smallwood, but never completed.
• Wizard of Oz is a 1925 film, directed by Larry Semon in collaboration with Frank Joslyn Baum and well-known mostly because it features a young Oliver Hardy. It has almost nothing to do with the original novel.
• The Land of Oz, a sequel to the Wizard of Oz is a virtually unknown 1932 film featuring the Meglin Kiddies.
• The Wizard of Oz is a 1933 animated short directed by Ted Eshbaugh.
• The Wizard of Oz is the 1939 musical film by MGM, directed by Victor Fleming and starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, and Jack Haley. It is the story's most well-known adaptation (in fact, it's even more famous than the book), and follows the novel in a general way, but makes many changes. It is not an adaptation of the 1902 stage musical, but instead uses new songs written specifically for it.
• Journey Back to Oz is a 1974 animated film, begun in 1963, the official sequel to the 1939 film.
• Fantasia...3 is a 1966 Spanish film directed by Eloy de la Iglesia. One segment is loosely based on The Wizard of Oz.
• The Wonderful Land of Oz is a 1969 low-budget kiddie matinee version of The Marvelous Land of Oz directed by Barry Mahon.
• Ayşecik ve Sihirli Cüceler Rüyalar Ülkesinde is a 1971 Turkish film, directed by Tunç Başaran known to bootleggers as "The Turkish Wizard of Oz".
• Once Upon a Time is a 1976 film in which Maria and Mary-Lou get sucked down a well into Holleland. It is loosely based upon, and also pays homage to, "Wizard of Oz".
• Oz is a 1976 Australian rock musical film, also known as Oz – A Rock 'n' Roll Road Movie or 20th Century Oz.
• The Wiz is a 1978 movie directed by Sidney Lumet. It is supposed to be a modern version of the book using African-American people, starring Diana Ross as Dorothy and Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow, based on the Broadway musical of the same name. It was a commercial failure and has been called the last film of the blaxploitation era and genre.
• Return to Oz is a 1985 film by Walt Disney Pictures, an unofficial sequel to the 1939 film, directed by Walter Murch and starring Fairuza Balk as Dorothy. It takes place six months after the original, where Dorothy escapes from a sinister mental institution and wakes up in Oz only to find that evil forces have taken over. It incorporates many characters and concepts from the literary sequels The Marvelous Land of Oz and Ozma of Oz. It was a critical and commercial failure, but has since earned a cult following.
• The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) Starring Ashanti, Queen Latifah and The Muppets. Miss Piggy played ALL of the witches, Pepe played Toto, Kermit played the Scarecrow, Gonzo played the Tin Man, and Fozzie played the Lion.
• Apocalypse Oz (2006) is a short film crossover between The Wizard of Oz and Apocalypse Now.