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Author Swartz, Mark Evan.

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

Imprint Baltimore, [Md.] : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection  791.436 Sw26o 2000    ---  Lib Use Only
Description xii, 291 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Contents Preface and acknowledgments -- Off to see the wizard : L. Frank Baum and the wonderful wizard of Oz (1900) -- pt. 1. Stage musical, 1902-1918 -- Collaboration and conflict : the wizard of Oz takes shape ; What pleases the people : the script for the Chicago opening ; Flare of color : the Chicago premiere and the midwest tour ; Something new under the sun : the New York City engagement ; Wizard deluxe and redux : the cross-country tours and beyond -- pt. 2. Silent films, 1908-1925 -- Novel entertainment : fairylogue and radio-plays (1908) ; One-reel spectacle : the wonderful wizard of Oz (1910) ; Hollywood high jinks : the wizard of Oz (1925), I ; Slapstick scarecrow : the wizard of Oz (1925), II ; Epilogue : the wizard of Oz (1939) : its roots and repercussions.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-281) and index.
Subject Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919. Wizard of Oz.
Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919 -- Film and video adaptations
Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919 -- Stage history.
Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919 -- Adaptations
Fantasy fiction, American -- Film and video adaptations
Fantasy films -- History and criticism.
Oz (Imaginary place)
ISBN 0801864771

 
    
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