Art/Print/Collectible
Scarecrow Poster From The Fred R. Hamlin Musical "The Wizard Of Oz"
- Item Number
- 1036FA
- Estimated Value
- 350 USD
- Opening Bid
- 117 USD
Item Description
The winner will receive the lithograph print of the Scarecrow Poster From The Fred R. Hamlin Musical of "The Wizard Of Oz"
Poster is 28 1/2 x 43 1/4.
Although the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film is the best-known dramatization of the Wizard of Oz, it was not the first production. In June 1902, an extravagantly mounted stage version opened in Chicago to great critical acclaim. The 1903 New York production became one of the greatest successes in Broadway history at that time and continued as a road-show for another decade.
The first commercial films were four one-reel silent films produced in 1910 by the Selig Polyscope Company and based on the Wizard and some other Oz books. In 1914, Baum founded a Hollywood film company. Its five silent features and a few short subjects based on Baum's stories were not successful, and the studio closed in 1915. In 1925, Chadwick Pictures released a silent version of the Wizard, which took great liberties with the book's plot and was a also a box-office failure.
Next came the 1939 version, a rare instance in which a great book became a great film. Because of its many television showings between 1956 and 1974, it has been seen by more viewers than any other movie. In a recent People Magazine poll, it was chosen as the favorite movie of the twentieth century. Later Oz-related dramatizations include The Wiz(1975 and 1978), the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1987 stage production, an animated Japanese version (1982), Disney's Return to Oz (1985), and David Lynch's Wild at Heart (1990).
Item Special Note
Sold as is. **Image provided by Google Images and description provided by The Library of Congress.
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Donated By:
Erwin, Gail & Scott Flacks
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