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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 2014
Page
9
A Mini Page interview with an Oz historian marks the 75th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz, noting its 1939 debut and enduring popularity. The article explains Baum's Oz book lineage, the shift to a dream world in the film, and changes like Dorothy's ruby slippers to suit color cinema.
The Wizard of Oz dazzled audiences in 1939 using early Technicolor. Only nine cameras existed, sets heated by lights, and color transitioned from sepia to vibrant hues when Dorothy opened the door to Oz.
A look at how the 1939 film transformed The Wizard of Oz through new music by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg, Arthur Freed’s ambitions for Over the Rainbow, and innovative effects that used prosthetics, wires, and practical fire for flying monkeys and tornado sequences.
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