SOURCES OF IMAGES https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)#Differ DIFERENCES FROM THE NOVEL ences_from_the_novel 40 identifiable major differences THE EMERALD CITY inspired by a prominent castle-like exist between the original book and building in the community of Castle Park near Holland, Victor Fleming the MGM movie interpretation Directed by Michigan where Baum lived during the summer. THE BOOK THE FILM The Land of The Land of THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD derived from a road at that time Mervyn LeRoy Produced by Oz and Dorothy's Oz and Dorothy's paved by yellow bricks. These bricks were located in time are all real. time are just an Peekskill, New York where Baum attended the Peekskill Noel Langley Screenplay by Oz is just an elaborate dream Military Academy. Florence Ryerson undiscovered caused from continent that is unconsciousness Some critics have suggested that Baum may have been Edgar Allan Woolf hidden and inspired by Australia, a relatively new country at the time surrounded by a of the book's original publication. Australia is often Based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz harsh desert that colloquially spelled or referred to as "Oz". by L. Frank Baum is much too dangerous to Like Australia, Oz is somewhere to the west successfully Starring Judy Garland of California. Like Australia, Oz is an island continent. cross Frank Morgan Like Australia, Oz has inhabited regions bordering on on Dorothy's first In the movie, a Ray Bolger night in Oz, she celebration is a great desert. One might almost imagine that Baum attends a lavish thrown upon intended Oz to be Australia, or perhaps a magical Bert Lahr banquet at the Dorothy's arrival, Jack Haley local estate of a but with all the land in the center of the great Australian desert. wealthy Munchkin Munchkin citizens Billie Burke man of Munchkinland Margaret Hamilton named Boq who is celebrating the Charley Grapewin death of Clara Blandick the Wicked Witch of the East with his Herbert Stothart closest friends Music by and five fiddlers Harold Arlen the Tin Man, his backstory is (mostly referred never revealed in Cinematography Harold Rosson to as the Tin detail Woodman by Baum) has a Edited by Blanche Sewell rather tragic backstory Production Loews The Good Witch Glinda the Good company of the North Witch of the Glinda The Good North Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Witch of the South, The Release dates August 25, 1939 Queen of the Field of Mice Running time 101 minutes Dorothy's magic ruby charmed Silver slippers United States Shoes Country Other incidents from the book are completely cut from the script English Language Budget $2,777,000[1] .