Few motion pictures in the history of the industry have required such effort or entailed so many technical problems as "The Wizard of Oz," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's musical spectacle now nearing completion after nearly a year of constant preparation and production.
Following, with little change, the story of L. Frank Baum, the picture is directed by Victor Fleming and produced by Mervyn LeRoy with a cast including Judy Garland as Dorothy, Frank Morgan as the Wizard, Jack Haley the Tin Woodman, Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, Billie Burke as Glinda, the good witch, and
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