Oz Before the Rainbow

Oz Before the Rainbow

L. Frank Baum's the Wonderful Wizard of Oz on Stage and Screen to 1939

by Mark Evan Swartz

288 pages· 2002· ISBN 9780801870927
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Swartz reminds us in that various stage and screen dramatizations of Baum's story preceded and influenced the 1939 film. This richly illustrated book contains many rare photographs, film stills, sketches, theater programs, and movie advertisements from the different productions. Piecing together the Chicago and Broadway stage productions (1902-3) from contemporary reviews, surviving script pages, and published song lyrics, Swartz shows how Baum and his many collaborators worked to transform the book into a popular theatrical attraction -- often requiring significant alterations to the original story.

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