The Wizard of Oz (1939)
| Release Date | 12 August 1939 |
| Budget | $3,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $15,000,000 |
| Tagline | "The Wizard" Musical Returns By Unprecedented Demand! [UK re-release] |
| Genre | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Culver City, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | DTS, Dolby Digital, Mono, SDDS |
| Color | Black and White, Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Musical Fantasy, Children's Fantasy, Road Movie |
| Niche Genre | Children's/Family |
| Mood | Fantastic Reality, Mood Enhancers |
| Themes | Fantasy Lands, Finding a Way Back Home, Farm Life |
| Tones | Bright, Lavish, Dreamlike, Endearing, Heartwarming, Wistful, Earnest, Sweet |
| Tags | City, Dog, Dream, Family, Fantasy World, Farmgirl, Friendship, Home, Journey, Lion, Orphan, Road, Scarecrows, Slipper, Tornado, Witch, Wizard |
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed primarily by Victor Fleming from a script mostly by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf, with uncredited contributions by others.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Professor Marvel, The Carriage Driver, The Guard Who Cries, The Wizard of Oz, The Gatekeeper
The Singer Midgets
The Munchkins
Dorothy Barrett
Emerald City Manicurist
Amelia Batchelor
Inhabitant of Emerald City
Billy Bletcher
Lollipop Guild , Mayor
Lorraine Bridges
Ozmite, Lullaby League
Buster Brodie
Winged Monkey
Harry Cogg
Winged Monkey
Tommy Cottonaro
Bearded Man
Ken Darby
Munchkinland Mayor
Sid Dawson
Winged Monkey
Abe Dinovitch
Apple Tree, Munchkin
Jon Dodson
Lollipop Guild
Sig Frohlich
Winged Monkey
Phil Harron
Winkie
Charles Irwin
Tin Polisher
The King's Men
Munchkin Voices
Ethelreda Leopold
Emerald City Manicurist
Bud Linn
Lollipop Guild
Dona Massin
Emerald City Manicurist
Lee Murray
Winged Monkey
George Noisom
Winged Monkey
Jack Paul
Winged Monkey
The Rhythmettes
Themselves
Elvida Rizzo
Ozmite
Rad Robinson
Munchkin Coroner
Ambrose Schindler
Winkie
Helen Seamon
Woman with Cat
Rolfe Sedan
Oz Balloon Ascensionist
Oliver Smith
Ozmite
Robert St. Angelo
Winkie
Ralph Sudam
Ozmite
Harry Wilson
Winkie
Director
Richard Thorpe
Writer
Noel Langley
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Florence Ryerson
Edgar Allan Woolf
William H. Cannon
uncredited
Herbert Fields
uncredited
E.Y. Harburg
uncredited
Samuel Hoffenstein
uncredited
Jack Mintz
uncredited
Producer
Cinematographer
Editor
Blanche Sewell
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Casting Director
Leonard Murphy
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Production Designer
Malcolm Brown
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William A. Horning
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Jack Martin Smith
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Art Director
George Gibson
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William A. Horning
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Wade B. Rubottom
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Elmer Sheeley
Set Decorator
Edwin B. Willis
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Costume Designer
Makeup Department
Jack Dawn
creator: character makeups, makeup artist: Frank Morgan
Del Armstrong
assistant makeup artist
Holly Bane
assistant makeup artist
Don L. Cash
assistant makeup artist
Lyle Dawn
makeup artist: Billie Burke
Fred Frederick
wig designer
Cecil Holland
makeup department head
Jack Kevan
assistant makeup artist
Lou LaCava
assistant makeup artist
George Lane
assistant makeup artist
Beth Langston
hair stylist
Emile LaVigne
makeup artist: Jack Haley
Betty Masure
body makeup artist
Norbert Miles
makeup artist: Ray Bolger
Gustaf Norin
prosthetic technician
Josef Norin
prosthetic sculptor
Web Overlander
makeup artist: Judy Garland
Fred B. Phillips
makeup artist
Bob Roberts
wig designer
Robert J. Schiffer
makeup artist
Charles H. Schram
makeup artist: Bert Lahr
Howard Smit
assistant makeup artist
Lee Stanfield
makeup artist: Jack Haley
Edith Wilson
body makeup artist
Jack H. Young
makeup artist: Margaret Hamilton
Production Manager
Ulric Busch
unit production manager
Charles Chic
unit manager
Joe Cook
assistant unit manager
Keith Weeks
unit production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Al Shenberg
assistant director
Art Department
William A. Horning
associate art director
Jack E. Ackerman
props
E. Preston Ames
draftsman
Leo F. Atkinson
painter: clouds
Hugo Ballin
sketch artist
John Bossert
designer: castle
Malcolm Brown
sketch artist
Edward C. Carfagno
draftsman
John Coakley
scenic artist
Conklin
draftsman
Marvin Connell
draftsman
Randall Duell
scenic artist
Harry Edwards
property master
A.D. Flowers
set dresser: trees
Jack Gaylord
propmaker foreman
George Gibson
lead scenic artist
William Gibson
scenic artist
Harvey T. Gillett
draftsman
Henry Greutert
head sculptor
Clem Hall
scenic artist
William Hellen
draftsman
F. Wayne Hill
scenic artist
K. Johnson
draftsman
Ray Perry Sr.
scenic artist
Clark M. Provins
scenic artist
Ted Rich
draftsman
Arthur Grover Rider
scenic artist
Gerald F. Rocket
construction coordinator
Jim Roth
draftsman
Billy H. Scott
assistant property master
Jack Martin Smith
principal sketch artist
Duncan Spencer
scenic artist
J. Russell Spencer
draftsman
Steffgen
draftsman
Charles B. Steiner
assistant property master
Marvin Summerfield
draftsman
John J. Thompson
draftsman
Leonid Vasian
draftsman
Woody Woodward
draftsman
Sound Department
James Burbridge
sound technician
G.A. Burns
production sound mixer
Earl Cates
playback operator
O.O. Ceccarini
sound designer
William Edmondson
boom operator
James F. Gaither Jr.
boom operator
James Graham
sound effects editor
T.B. Hoffman
sound editor
Van Allen James
apprentice sound editor
Lowell Kinsall
sound mixer
Standish J. Lambert
sound re-recording mixer
Frank McKenzie
sound re-recording mixer
Franklin Milton
special sound effects
Ralph A. Pender
dialogue editor
George G. Schneider
sound mixer
Robert Shirley
sound re-recording mixer
Ralph Shugart
sound effects editor
Newell Sparks
sound re-recording mixer
William Steinkamp
supervising re-recording mixer
Michael Steinore
supervising sound editor
P. Richard Stevens
sound recordist
R.L. Stirling
assistant sound editor
Don T. Whitmer
sound mixer
John A. Williams
sound mixer
Special Effects
A. Arnold Gillespie
special effects
Edwin Bloomfield
special effects supervisor
Marcel Delgado
miniatures
Max Fabian
special photographic effects
A.D. Flowers
special effects assistant
Donald Jahraus
miniatures
J. McMillan Johnson
senior special effects technician
Mack Johnson
special effects
Jack McMaster
special effects
Hal Millar
special effects
Bob Overbeck
special effects crew
Glen Robinson
special effects prop shop
Don Trumbull
special effects rigger
Visual Effects
Rik Panero
technical support
Chris Bayz
digital paint artist
Kevin Braun
digital compositor
Christopher Rogers Costa
digital paint artist
Gregory Creaser
camera operator: digital restoration
Chris Crowell
digital compositor
Sandy DellaMarie
digital production coordinator
Max Fabian
director of photography: visual effects unit
Chris Flynn
digital compositor
Mark Freund
visual effects supervisor
Jack Gaylord
assistant visual effects supervisor
George Gervan
digital paint artist
Richard Gervan
digital paint artist
A. Arnold Gillespie
visual effects supervisor
Maureen Healy
digital paint artist
Heather Hoyland
digital paint artist
Matt Linder
lead digital compositor
Warren Newcombe
director of matte painting staff
Candelario Rivas
matte painter: castle
Rasha Shalaby
digital paint artist
Jack Smith
camera operator: visual effects unit
Lynn Tigar
digital paint artist: restoration
Stunts
George Bruggeman
stunts
Aline Goodwin
stunt double: Margaret Hamilton, broom-riding stunt
Camera and Electrical Department
Allen M. Davey
associate photographer
Virgil Apger
still photographer
Pop Arnold
key grip
Chris Bergswich
assistant electrician
A.W. Brown
chief unit electrician
Eric Carpenter
still photographer: Kodachrome stills
Bill Chapman
still photographer
Sam Cohen
camera operator
Nelson Cordes
camera technician: Technicolor
Fred Detmers
camera technician: Technicolor
George Hommel
still photographer
Henry Imus
camera technician: Technicolor
Paul 'Shug' Keeler
electrician
W.E. Pohl
assistant camera
Ray Ramsey
camera operator
Cliff Shirpser
assistant camera: Technicolor
Casting Department
W.L. Gordon
casting assistant
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mrs. Cluett
costumer
Agnes Imes
costumer
Sam Kress
wardrobe supervisor
Rose Meltzer
costumer
Vera Mourdant
costumer
Sheila O'Brien
dresser: women
Marianne Parker
seamstress
Jack Rohan
dresser: men
John Scura
costumer
Marie Wharton
costumer
Editorial Department
Margaret Booth
supervising editor
George Cave
color timer
Ernest Grooney
assistant editor
Tom Held
second assistant editor
Music Department
Bobby Connolly
staging of musical numbers
Murray Cutter
orchestrator
Ken Darby
vocal arranger
Paul Marquardt
orchestrator
Leo Arnaud
orchestrator: Munchkinland musical sequence
Edward Baravalle
assistant scoring mixer
George Bassman
composer: additional music, orchestrator
Peter P. Decek
music recording engineer
Roger Edens
music arranger: vocals
Nat W. Finston
music supervisor
Bud Linn
singing voice: Lollipop Guild
M.J. McLaughlin
music mixer
William Saracino
music editor
Herbert Stahlberg
assistant music mixer
George Stoll
composer: additional music
Robert W. Stringer
composer: additional music
Roger Wagner
assistant chorus director
Other Crew
Henri Jaffa
associate technicolor color director
Natalie Kalmus
technicolor color director
Paul Adams
stand-in: Mr. Morgan
Arthur Appell
assistant: Mr. Connolly
Maud Gage Baum
technical advisor
Eddie Becker
rehearsal accompanist
Harlan Briggs
double: Uncle Henry
Stafford Campbell
stand-in: Scarecrow
William H. Cannon
assistant: Mr. LeRoy
Betty Danko
stand-in: Wicked Witch
Howard Dietz
publicity chief
Roger Edens
rehearsal piano
Frances Edwards
caterer
Jim Fawcett
stand-in: Mr. Lahr
Freddie Gilman
animal trainer: horse
Aline Goodwin
stand-in: Ms. Hamilton
Jane Harrison
secretary: Mr. Fleming
Andy Hervey
publicity chief
Bobbie Koshay
stand-in: Ms. Garland
Harry Link
agent: Leo Feist Music Publishing
David Marks
assistant script supervisor
Caren Marsh
stand-in: Judy Garland
Dona Massin
assistant: Mr. Connolly
Harry Master
stand-in: Tin Woodman
Pat Moran
stand-in: Mr. Lahr
John M. Nickolaus
laboratory supervisor
Barron Polan
assistant: Mr. LeRoy
Freddie Retter
stand-in: Mr. Walshe
Bill Richards
animal wrangler: birds
Si Seadler
publicity chief
Leo Singer
coordinator: Munchkins
Carl Spitz
dog owner and trainer: Terry
Georgia Stark
rehearsal assistant
Curly Twiford
animal trainer: birds
Jack Weatherwax
trainer: Terry
Frank Whitbeck
publicity chief
Wallace Worsley Jr.
script clerk
Production Company
MGM-International Dist.
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Loew's
Distributor
MGM-International Dist.
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CBS Television
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
MGMCBS Home Video
MGM/UA Home Entertainment
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Warner Bros. Pictures
Action Gitanes
Criterion Collection, The
Warner Home Video
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British Film Institute (BFI)
Chapel Distribution
Varus Video
Warner Home Vídeo
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Miscellaneous
Brittingham Commissary
catering
Max Factor
makeup and hairstyling
Samuel Goldwyn Studios
sound re-recording
Turner Entertainment
package design
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