The Wizard of Oz

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American film film musical fantasy film

The Wizard of Oz is a landmark 1939 American musical fantasy film renowned for its Technicolor visuals, iconic songs, and enduring status as a classic of Hollywood cinema.

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The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) 29
1939 film The Wizard of Oz 6
The Wizard of Oz franchise 6

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
film ⓘ
musical fantasy film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
awardReceivedFor Over the Rainbow ⓘ
basedOn The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
basedOnAuthor L. Frank Baum ⓘ
character Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
surface form: Dorothy Gale

Glinda the Good Witch ⓘ
The Cowardly Lion ⓘ
The Scarecrow ⓘ
The Tin Man ⓘ
The Wizard of Oz (character) ⓘ
Wicked Witch of the West ⓘ
cinematographyBy Harold Rosson ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director King Vidor ⓘ
Mervyn LeRoy ⓘ
Victor Fleming ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editor Blanche Sewell ⓘ
famousSong Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead ⓘ
Follow the Yellow Brick Road ⓘ
If I Only Had a Brain ⓘ
Over the Rainbow ⓘ
We're Off to See the Wizard ⓘ
genre family film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
hasIconicLine There's no place like home ⓘ
Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore ⓘ
hasIconicProp ruby slippers ⓘ
lyricsBy E. Y. Harburg ⓘ
musicBy Harold Arlen ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
notableFor influence on popular culture ⓘ
status as a classic of Hollywood cinema ⓘ
use of Technicolor ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Arthur Freed ⓘ
Mervyn LeRoy ⓘ
Victor Fleming ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
registrySelectionYear 1989 ⓘ
releaseDate 1939-08-25 ⓘ
runningTime 102 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Edgar Allan Woolf ⓘ
Florence Ryerson ⓘ
Noel Langley ⓘ
selectedFor National Film Registry ⓘ
surface form: United States National Film Registry
setIn Kansas ⓘ
Land of Oz ⓘ
starring Bert Lahr ⓘ
Billie Burke ⓘ
Frank Morgan ⓘ
Jack Haley ⓘ
Judy Garland ⓘ
Margaret Hamilton ⓘ
Ray Bolger ⓘ
yearOfRelease 1939 ⓘ

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Hollywood Golden Age → notableFilm → The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer → notableFilm → The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
Arthur Freed → notableWork → The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
Bert Lahr → notableWork → The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
Billie Burke → notableWork → The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
subject surface form: Dorothy Gale
this entity surface form: The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
Edgar Allan Woolf → notableWork → The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
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Frank Morgan → notableWork → The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
Harold Rosson → notableWork → The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
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Jack Haley → notableWork → The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
Judy Garland → notableWork → The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
Margaret Hamilton → notableWork → The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
Mervyn LeRoy → notableWork → The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
Noel Langley → notableWork → The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
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Victor Fleming → notableWork → The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
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We're Off to See the Wizard → partOf → The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
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Harold Arlen → wroteMusicFor → The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
Noel Langley → wroteScreenplayFor → The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)