The film was considered a critical success and was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning in two categories: Best Original Song for " Over the Rainbow" and Best Original Score by Stothart. The musical score and incidental music were composed by Herbert Stothart.Ĭharacterized by its use of Technicolor, fantasy storytelling, musical score, and memorable characters, The Wizard of Oz was moderately successful upon its original release of August 25, 1939. The songs were written by Edgar "Yip" Harburg and composed by Harold Arlen. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, but others made uncredited contributions. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the film was primarily directed by Victor Fleming (who left the production to take over the troubled Gone with the Wind), and stars Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke and Margaret Hamilton. The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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