Underplayed Gems

The Wizard of Oz (1933)

The Wizard of Oz poster
Directed by
Ted Eshbaugh
Genre
animation, comedy, fantasy
Country
Canada
Runtime
9 min
Rated
NR
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young girl named Dorothy is swept away to the magical land of Oz. She sets off on a journey to meet the wizard who can help her get home.

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What happens

The Wizard of Oz is a 1933 Canadian-American animated short film directed by Ted Eshbaugh. The story is credited to "Col. Frank Baum." Frank Joslyn Baum, a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army and eldest son of writer L. Frank Baum, was involved in the film's production, and may have had an involvement in the film's script, which is loosely inspired by the elder Baum's 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It runs approximately eight and a half minutes and is nearly wordless, working mainly with arrangements of classical music created by Carl W. Stalling. The film is considered to potentially be the first full color animated film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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