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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.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

xii, 291 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

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)
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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-281) and index.

Contents:

Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction : off to see the wizard : L. Frank Baum and the wonderful wizard of Oz (1900) -- Part 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 -- Part 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.

ISBN:

9780801864773
0801864771

LCCN:

00008262

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

BGPE251 -- Perry Public Library (Perry)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)