Behind the Scenes
Director
Victor FlemingOne Name, Many DirectorsLike the screenwriters, the director situation also got a bit out of hand. Officially, the name on the title is Victor Fleming, a veteran in the Hollywood game...
Screenwriter
Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf; L. Frank Baum (novel)Too Many Cooks Couldn't Spoil This SoupBrace yourself: as befits a production as troubled as this one, the screenwriting cred...
Production Studio
MGMMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer, or MGM, isn't much to look at these days, mainly relegated to a sexy library of old movies and the rare sighting in an actual theater. (You may have noticed its famous roari...
Production Design
Shot on Soundstages on 35 mm Technicolor FilmDirectors very rarely shot on location in the 1930s. It cost a lot of money to fly anywhere back then, and besides it's wasn't like they could actually...
Music (Score)
Harold Arlen and E.Y. HarburgThree guys brought us the wonderful score to the wonderful Wizard. Well, technically, it was one guy, composer Herbert Stothart, but he took his cues from Harold Arlen...
Fandoms
On some level, everyone who ever saw this movie is a fan, which lets us cast a pretty wide net. There are fans and then there are fans however… and you know when you spot a 400-lb. man wearing a...