YouTube Deep Dive: The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Creating the Land of Oz is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Wizard of Oz, from the dozen of on set injuries to the infamously poor treatment of Judy Garland.

You can watch the full video version (youtu.be/IfWNUW1wTXw) of this episode on YouTube!

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:27 - L. Frank Baum’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz
01:38 - Early Attempts at Adapting
03:13 - Producer Mervyn LeRoy’s Vision
04:30 - Directors Norman Taurog & Richard Thorpe
05:18 - The Many, Many, Many Writers on Oz
08:13 - Casting and Make-up Challenges
09:36 - Judy Garland for Dorothy Gale
10:38 - Garland’s Troublesome Early Years
11:41 - Garland’s Torturous Time on Oz
12:59 - The Lasting Legacy of Judy Garland
14:55 - Myths & Thorpe’s Abandoned Version
16:23 - George Cukor Revamps Oz
17:15 - Director Victor Fleming’s Gauntlet
19:26 - The Wicked Witch’s Woes
21:20 - King Vidor Replaces Victor Fleming
22:35 - Cutting Oz Down
23:37 - The Wizard of Oz Releases in August 1939
24:33 - Oz’s Revival via Television
25:42 - The Wizard of Oz’s Stamp on History

Sources:
American Heritage Center: bit.ly/3VPsAaf
American Weekly: bit.ly/40e0Qi7
Biography: bit.ly/4gRvdQH
Independent: bit.ly/4gwcevu
LA Times: bit.ly/3DBoNXG
Judy Garland: bit.ly/4gTezQI
The Making of the Wizard of Oz: bit.ly/4gAXc7B
The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece: amzn.to/4ftuPXv
The Wizard of Oz : The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History: bit.ly/3VWDV8n

Featured Footage:
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Wicked (2024)
The Wizard of Oz (1925)
The Wizard of Oz (1939) and special features
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)

The Making of 'the Wizard of Oz' (1979)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990)

Music:
Jonathan Larson - 30/90
Diana Ross & Michael Jackson - Ease on Down the Road
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Herbert Stothart, Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg - The Wizard of Oz OST
Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme
Stephen Schwartz - Defying Gravity

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