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Oz before the rainbow : L. Frank Baum's The wonderful Wizard of Oz on stage and screen to 1939

Swartz shows how the popular 1939 MGM musical production of L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was greatly influenced by earlier stage productions. Going behind the scenes of the various productions, this richly illustrated treatment displays rare photos, film stills, sketches, theater programs, and movie advertisements

Print Book, English, 2000
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2000