The Wizard of Oz (1950)

Directed by

Burr Tillstrom

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a live half-hour puppet show adaptation of the classic children's fantasy story. It tells the tale of a girl who is carried by a tornado to a strange land and travels to find a wizard.

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What happens

The Wizard of Oz is a 1950 half-hour television adaptation with puppets of L. Frank Baum's famous 1900 children's fantasy novel, directed by Burr Tillstrom, best known for creating the TV show Kukla, Fran and Ollie. It was telecast live on May 22, 1950, by NBC. A print of the show is preserved in 16 mm. It is not to be confused with the 1939 full-length classic MGM film starring Judy Garland, which was first telecast by CBS in 1956. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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