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    In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the author L. Frank Baum uses colors to represent emotions and characteristics of the characters and settings in the story. Baum’s use of colors not only brought the characters to life, but also allowed the reader to understand their points of view and motivation in every scenario. Even children at young ages can comprehend the deep meaning of colors. Infants learn basic color interpretation such as red objects represent anger while white characters symbolize good.

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    The 1939 MGM production of The Wizard of Oz, mainly directed by Victor Fleming, is a horrendous motion picture based on the best seller, classic novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. But what makes MGM 's production sheer filth and putrefaction? The Wizard of Oz is a horrible movie because of innumerable audio problems, terrible continuity editing skills, and copious cockamamie mistakes. Primarily, The Wizard of Oz focuses on Dorothy (Judy Garland)

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    V. Wizards Case Study

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    V. Wizards Case Study Economics Overview The Verizon Center, formerly know as the MCI Center, is a 220,000 square foot arena that can hold around 20,000 built in 1997 (Casey, 64). This new construction brought new life to downtown D.C. In response, the Wizards “saw a 100 percent increase in their advertising returns when they built a new stadium” (Mayer, 199). The Verizon Center is also home to the Washington Capitals, a professional hockey franchise. The stadium became a “a key element in the revitalization

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    The Wizard of Oz Film

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    The Wizard of Oz film came out in 1939, 39 years after the novel it was based off of, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The children’s novel was written by L. Frank Baum and became such a great success, he wrote thirteen more Oz books. It also sparked a Broadway musical. The movie is seen as a timeless classic. It had a duration of fourteen different writers and five different directors.The Wizard of Oz is a musical fantasy film about a girl named Dorothy who lives in dull, colorless Kansas. She lives

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    also very important. “There is no great symbolic meaning to the color scheme of Oz… but it is not arbitrary either. The change from one region to another follows the principles of color theory. Each of the three major countries visited in the Wizard of Oz has a primary color, one of the three from which all others derive. Dorothy and her companions do not journey directly from one primary color to another. Instead their path passes through a secondary one. To get to the West, they must go

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    One of the Great Classics of the last 100 years has been The Wizard of Oz. Nearly everyone has seen it and if they haven’t seen it, they’ve heard about it. The Wizard of Oz has been considered a vividly imaginative work of fantasy in both its book and movie form. When the movie came out in 1939 America had its eye turned to the rest of the world as World War 2 unfolded yet it still captured the attention of many with its use of the new technology Technicolor and its fantastic story. At the time no

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    One of the most famous, classic movies of all time is the Wizard of Oz. Being a PG movie, it is great for all ages. The story of The Wizard of Oz was written by Frank Baum and published on May 17, 1900, during the second industrial revolution. It was released as a movie on August 12, 1939, featuring Judy Garland, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Ray Bolger, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton and Frank Morgan. It is in fact a musical, and Judy Garland, with her amazing voice, sings all throughout the movie

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    The Wizard of Oz Film and Book Background The Wizard of Oz is a book by L. Frank Baum written in 1900 and adapted into a musical fantasy in 1939. It starred a young Judy Garland, and was notable because of its use of special effects, color, unusual characters, and a fantasy storyline made into a major motion picture. It has become almost iconoclastic in film history, shown regularly on network television and becoming a part of American cultural history. The song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," won

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    Published in 1900 by Lyman Frank Baum, the Wizard of Oz is one of the most widely known and influential pieces of literature from the 20th century. Intended as a fairytale for young children, it recounts the fictitious adventures of a young, orphaned Kansas girl named Dorothy in the spectacular Land of Oz. In spite of its wide renown as a children’s story, many scholars have theorized that it is actually an ardent parable supporting the early 20th century movement of Populism. During the peak

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    Wizard Of Oz Analysis

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    "Wizard of Oz" was directed by Victor Flemming, George Cukor, King Vidor and come from the novel that written by L. Frank Baum (story), Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf (screenplay). The film was produced by Mervyn LeRoy, Arthur Freed (MGM). After 75 years, it's hard to say that the film is just a film. It has been transformed from mild box office showing to must-see annual TV event to timeless pop culture legend. This film was first brought it into our households on November

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