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Bestselling author Elizabeth Letts’ historical fiction “Finding Dorothy” is packed with the movie/book’s true secrets. We talk with her about the “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”‘s endearing author L. Frank Baum and his influential wife Maud – who was raised by a suffragette. Plus, we discuss Judy Garland and the MGM set where the ...
Synopsis. Dorothy Gale ( Judy Garland) is an orphaned teenage farm-girl who lives with her Auntie Emily Gale ( Clara Blandick) and Uncle Henry Gale ( Charley Grapewin) on a Kansas farm in the early 1900s. She daydreams about going "over the rainbow" after Miss Gulch ( Margaret Hamilton ), an aggressive neighbour, hits Dorothy's dog Toto ( Terry ...
Upon first sight, Baum declared, “Consider yourself loved, Miss Gage.”. Frank proposed a few months later, and despite her mother’s objections, Maud accepted. Maud was to be Baum’s ...
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Dorothy is a young girl from Kansas and the novel’s protagonist. She lives with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, who are surprised that Dorothy can live so cheerfully on the gray Kansas prairies. When a cyclone carries her (and her dog Toto) to the strange Land of Oz, Dorothy immediately resolves to find a way back home.
Feb 14, 2023 · Dorothy. Dorothy is the protagonist of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; throughout the novel, she defeats evil and perseveres against continual obstacles in her effort to return home. After her home in ...
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.An adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the film was primarily directed by Victor Fleming (who left the production to take over the troubled Gone with the Wind), and stars Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, and ...
Jul 10, 2021 · You probably all have seen the movie “The Wizard of Oz” many times. “Finding Dorothy” by Elizabeth Letts is a wonderful story about the production of the movie “The Wonderful Wizard of ...
