Title:
Oz before the rainbow : L. Frank Baum's The wonderful Wizard of Oz on stage and screen to 1939
JLCTITLE245:
Mark Evan Swartz.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
Physical Description:
xii, 291 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
ISBN:
9780801864773
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.