Frank baums magical character conjures a world where diminutive munchkins live and work, wicked witches run riot, and the mighty oz himself rules over an emerald city reached by a yellow brick road. This is the second animated series produced by the studio, and the first by rankinbass to feature traditional animation the series features stories derived from characters created in l. The wicked witch and desmond dragon are in this one. Tales of the wizard of oz episode guide rankin bass prods. Tales of the wizard of oz is a 1961 animated television series produced by crawley films for videocraft. The wizard of oz 1939 plot summary 3 dorothy gale is swept away from a farm in kansas to a magical land of oz in a tornado and embarks on a quest with her new friends to see the wizard who can help her return home to kansas and help her friends as well. She was awakened by a shock, so sudden and severe that if dorothy had not been lying on the soft bed she might have been hurt. Wisecracking mercenary deadpool battles the evil and powerful cable and other bad guys to save a boys life. They were playing outside one day when the wind began to blow. Toto, the tin man, scarecrow and the cowardly lion are all on board for whimsical adventures all the way from the tornadoladen kansas.
Fields, can perform little magic beyond card tricks. The animation studio was going strong with their puppetanimation production the new adventures of pinocchio. We have to keep in mind that even though it has been more than hundred years since this book was published it still carries the name of a modern fairytale. Tales of the wizard of oz the green thumb 1961 youtube. When dorothy is whizzed to oz in a tornado, she lands in a place where nothing is quite as it seems. Each episode is a brief vignette about an adventure that the characters are involved in, often centring. The council with the munchkins of the wonderful wizard of oz by l. Please help support bcdb with a donation or a subscription to the website. Tales of the wizard of oz is a 1961 animated television series produced by crawley films for. May 11, 2019 because nobody else was gonna do it the way i wanted it to be. The studios library consists of acquired intellectual property catalogs and character brands as well as the licensing rights for various thirdparty properties. Oct 08, 2009 the wonderful wizard of oz appeared a little over a century ago, spawning at least 200 sequels some authorized, some not, some with marvelous titles like the haunted hottub of oz. She insists on taking dorothys dog toto off to be euthanized because hes been chasing her cats.
The sky got very dark, thunder rolled, lightning flashed and the wind. Radio tv broadcaster author artist puppeteer comic character actor mimic and pantomimist fred hall was the shows host performer. Dorothy gale is a farm girl whos living a quiet life in kansas with her uncle henry and aunt em, her miserable, but loving, relatives. Tales of the wizard of oz is a 1961 cartoon series, featuring short cartoon skits. Tales of the wizard of oz the school marm 1961 youtube. This 150episode series of shorts chronicles dorothys long stay in the land of oz.
The wizard of oz summary in the abnormally brownish land of kansas, young dorothy gale judy garland runs into problems with local horrible person miss gulch margaret hamilton. Another awesome episode of the eccentric vintage cartoon series. Oz the great and powerful is a 20 film by walt disney pictures, directed by sam raimi and starring james franco and mila kunis. The wizard of oz simple english wikipedia, the free. In the abnormally brownish land of kansas, young dorothy gale judy garland runs into problems with local horrible person miss gulch margaret hamilton. Watch tales of the wizard of oz episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Dreamworks classics formerly classic media is an american entertainment company owned by dreamworks animation. Season 1 of tales of the wizard of oz premiered on january 1, 2006. In addition, the following books use the oz milieu as settings for their tales. Dreamworks classics dreamworks animation wiki fandom. A modern fairy tale with a distinctly american setting, a delightfully levelheaded heroine, and engaging fantasy characters, the story was enormously popular and became a classic of childrens literature.
Tradition has it that he was in his office trying to come up with a name for the magical land he was going to write about. The famous musical tells a story of a young girl dorothy who gets lost in the land of oz and travels long and. Most of the same character designs were reused by rankinbass for the 1964 tv special return to oz tales of the wizard of oz episode guide rankin bass prods 1961. The book and movie are about a little girls adventures in the land called oz. This was also their first celanimated cartoon, done in very stylized limited animation that became synonomous.
The classic tale of dorothy and her friends comes to life again with this animated adaptation of the beloved l. Long ago, there was a little girl named dorothy, who lived with her aunt and uncle. With judy garland, frank morgan, ray bolger, bert lahr. Frank baum in which dorothy must find her way home after a tornado transports her to the magical land of oz. A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee. Hill company in chicago in 1900, and has since been reprinted countless times, sometimes under the name the wizard of oz. It was produced by mgm and released by rko in 1939. As it was, the jar made her catch her breath and wonder what had happened.
The wonderful wizard of oz summary dorothy gale is a farm girl whos living a quiet life in kansas with her uncle henry and aunt em, her miserable, but loving, relatives. Sherlock holmes in the 22nd century 19992001 thunderbirds are go 2015 the powerpuff girls 2016 the animals of farthing wood 19931995 i am weasel 19971999 bill and ben 2001 golan the insatiable 20. The wizard of the emerald city, a 1939 childrens novel by russian writer alexander melentyevich volkov, is a loose translation of the wonderful wizard of oz. Tales of the wizard of oz tv series 1961 the movie database. Tales of the wizard of oz episodes tv series 1961 2006. With carl banas, corinne conley, peggi loder, larry d. Apocalypse oz 2006 is a short film parody of the wizard of oz and apocalypse now. It was founded as classic media in 2000 by eric ellenbogen and john engelman. Because the episodes were so short, they were most often used as filler between other cartoons or as part of a montage of other short cartoons like the new adventures of pinocchio. The series follows three anthropomorphic fire trucks who attend firefighting school. Characters red, crabby, petrol, the chief, stinky bins, snootytootie, spinner, scoop, bubba, milkie, wiser, tug, bulky, zoe, lorrie, newsie. When the bad witch of the west shows up the dialogue between the wicked witch of the west, dorothy, and the good witch glenda establishing who killed the wicked witch sister.
Dandy lion is into gardening in this episode, thanks to his literal green thumb. Since that telecast, it has been shown respectively by cbs, nbc, the wb, and. The film was shown as the last installment of the cbs anthology series ford star jubilee. In the film the wizard of oz the dialogue is being used between dorothy and the good witch glenda, when she tales her she is not a witch but just a girl from kansas.
The tales of the wizard of oz was a series of cartoons produced by rankinbass in 1961. Directed by victor fleming, george cukor, mervyn leroy. The wonderful wizard of oz appeared a little over a century ago, spawning at least 200 sequels some authorized, some not, some with marvelous titles like the haunted hottub of. The wizard of oz, produced by metrogoldwynmayer, was first released in theatres on august 25, 1939, then rereleased nationwide in 1949 and again in 1955.
When a nasty neighbor tries to have her dog put to sleep, dorothy takes her dog, toto, and starts to run away. Socrates strawman does his ususal stupidity around the garden. The movie is based on the childrens book the wonderful wizard of oz by l. The wonderful wizard of oz is a childrens novel written by l. The series features stories derived from characters created in l. In 1987 charles band directed pulsespounders, an anthology film comprised of three 30 minute sequels to the biggest hits of empire pictures. Past productions davenport junior theatre quad cities. A tornado appears and carries her to the magical land of oz. Plot when dawn does not get the part of dorothy in the wizard of oz, she goes on a mission to prove she deserves the role. Dorothy gale is swept away from a farm in kansas to a magical land of oz in a tornado and embarks on a quest with her new friends to see the wizard who can help her return home to kansas and help her friends as well. The wonderful wizard of oz, childrens book written by l.
Frank baum, retold for children growing in their reading confidence and ability, sumptuously illustrated by mauro evangelista. Each 5minute cartoon was written by arthur rankin, jr. Tales of th e wizard of oz is a 1961 animated television series produced by crawley films for videocrafts later known as videocraft and ultimately rankinbass. There are over 40 canonical oz books, including 14 by baum, all of which are considered official sequels or prequels to the wonderful wizard of oz. Tales of the wizard of oz the big cake bake 1961 duration. The wonderful wizard of oz is a beautiful story and the author himself defined it as a modern fairytale. This is the second animated series produced by the studio, and the first by rankinbass to feature traditional animation. Tales of the wizard of oz was the second cartoon series produced at rankinbass productions, famous for their christmas specials such as rudolph the rednosed reindeer.
Rent the wizard of oz 2004 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Tales of the wizard of oz is a 1961 animated television series produced by crawley films for videocraft later known as rankinbass productions. Jan 23, 2004 the tales of the wizard of oz was a series of cartoons produced by rankinbass in 1961. Tales of the wizard of oz is a 1961 animated television series produced by crawley films for videocrafts later known as videocraft and ultimately rankinbass. Most of the same character designs were reused by rankinbass for the 1964 tv special return to oz tales of the wizard of oz episode guide 1961. Tales of the wizard of oz 1961 in the magical land of oz 1983 the wonderful wizard of oz 1986 the wonderful galaxy of oz 1990 the wizard of oz 1990 the oz kids 1996 adventures in the emerald city 1999 marchen awakens romance 2007 lost in oz 2015 dorothy and the wizard of oz 2017. Tales of the wizard of oz was a 1961 animated television series, produced by crawley films for videocrafts. It was first broadcast on television on saturday, november 3, 1956. After the wizard is a 2012 independent film as a modernday semisequel to the story. Tales of the wizard of oz episode guide rankin bass prods, page 4 by big cartoon database is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 4. Firehouse tales is an american animated childrens television series created by sidney j. Jan 29, 2018 the film the wizard of oz, adapted from l.
With socrates the strawman, rusty the tinman and dandy the lion, dorothy and toto travel back to ox for an all new adventure rarely seen on television and on. Framed and on the run, a former fbi agent must save his family from a blazing fire in the worlds tallest building. Artistic renditions of the oz characters created for this series were later featured in the hourlong. Tales of th e wizard of oz was the second cartoon series produced at rankinbass productions, famous for their christmas specials such as rudolph the rednosed reindeer. Radio tv broadcaster author artist puppeteer comic character actor mimic and pantomimist fred. The wizard of oz, produced by mgm, was first released in theatres on august 25, 1939, then rereleased nationwide in 1949 and again in 1955. Wizard of oz, the soundtrack details soundtrackcollector. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. These are very simply the greatest cartoons ever made. I know, its been almost a year since i uploaded any more of these quirky rankinbass wizard of oz cartoons, but ive been able to dig up a few more from my archives. Following the release of the wizard of oz, the former child star judy garland 19221969 went on to a celebrated international career as an actress oscarnominated for 1954s a star is born and 1961 s judgement at nuremberg and singer she became a cornerstone of mgm musicals and a beloved figure on. The wizard of oz msg tour press reel part 1 by wizardofozfan39.