#L.Frank Baum

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For I consider brains far superior to money in every way. You may have noticed that if one has money without brains, he cannot use it to his advantage; but if one has brains without money, they will enable him to live comfortably to the end of his days.

(L.Frank Baum)

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

PRETTY NEAT WIZARD OF OZ BACK STORY:

During the filming of the beloved classic "Wizard of Oz" in late 1938, the MGM production staff was looking for a coat for actor Frank Morgan to wear in his role as charlatan Professor Marvel. Mr. Morgan also played the Wizard and various small roles in the film. The film's publicist explained the kind of coat they were looking for: "They wanted grandeur gone to seed. A nice-looking coat but very tattered."

According to the publicist: ". . . the wardrobe department went down to an old second-hand store on Main Street and bought a whole rack of coats. And Frank Morgan and the wardrobe man and Victor Fleming [the director] got together and chose one. It was kind of a Prince Albert coat. It was black broadcloth and it had a velvet collar, but the nap was all worn off the velvet."

The coat fit Morgan perfectly. It had exactly the right look of shabby gentility, so they used it in the film.

One hot afternoon during filming, Frank Morgan happened to turn out the pocket. Inside was a name that caused Morgan to do a double take -- the name was "L. Frank Baum." Mr. Baum, of course, was the creator of "The Wizard of Oz." Back in 1900, he wrote the book that the film was based on, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."

The folks at MGM knew this was an astounding find. They figured out the identity of the tailor in Chicago and sent him pictures of the coat. The tailor sent back a notarized letter saying that the coat had been made for Mr. Baum. And then Mr. Baum's widow identified the coat, too.

MGM was convinced, but others thought the story was a publicity stunt. It sounds almost too good to be true--but what a great story.

[Susan A. Romano]

[crimzonstudioz]

This juicy lore is what makes me love Oz so much

Bonus points for Dorozma

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Illustration’s by William Wallace Denslow(1856-1915) for his book Denslow’s Mother Goose.He’s probably best known as the illustrator for L.Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” .Denslow is such a fascinating artist to me for his time his drawings look pretty modern the limited colors,minimalist backgrounds, bold choices like just having a shape as a background,and his cartoonish thick outlined designs are pretty graphically ahead in kids book illustration for the early 1900s shame he didn’t illustrate the other Oz books don’t get me wrong I love John R Neil but Denslows art just has a odd charm to it I want to see in the other Oz books.

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Man, John and Ariana trying so hard to make the Wicked movie the next Barbie. The whole cast have become walking advertisments for a movie that is no where near release and has more dislikes than likes on the trailer.

Do you think Ariana even read the L.Frank Baum books? She keeps posting pictures of herself posing with them.

"more dislikes than likes on the trailer" 😂 Everyone is trying (too) hard to hype up this film adaptation. And no, I highly doubt she read all of the books. Those photos are clearly staged.

[thewapolls]

a nice short list for this one...

NIGHT-GAUNT as I think I've mentioned before is an H.P. Lovecraft monster from the unfinished, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath. It's weird to me that the WA1 boss model is pretty clearly the basis of the later GOLDRAKE boss, and yet Alter Code F didn't use the new GOLDRAKE model, and instead features a totally new NIGHT-GAUNT that isn't used in any other games, and doesn't even have any recolors.

GOLDRAKE I actually don't know wtf is up with this name... I know that "Goldrake" was the Italian localized name for the anime UFO Robo Grendizer, but I don't know why the Japanese would have referenced that specifically. And the design doesn't appear to have anything to do with the Grendizer design anyway, so it may just be a weird coincidence. (I guess technically it could be meant to be GHOULDRAKE in the same way some people say the pokemon Golbat is Ghoul+Bat? But I don't know that I buy that as it seems like a bad guess by non Japanese speakers; the phonetics on "ghoul" are way off...)

VERMITHRAX is the name of the dragon from the 1980s fantasy film, Dragon Slayer. ("Vermithrax Pejorative," specifically, which is so goofy sounding in full) At the time the special effects of the film, specifically concerning the dragon were elaborate and cutting edge for the time, accounting for a much as a full 25% of the film's overall budget alone.

QUOX, I assume here, is a reference to the holy dragon from the classic JRPG series, Tower of Druaga. But that dragon is itself a reference to a dragon named Quox in the L.Frank Baum Wizard of OZ novels, specifically featured in the book Tik-Tok of Oz.

[betterthanapokeintheeye]

30 gifts for the 30 days of November!

Day 2

Here is the second of thirty Better Than a Poke in the Eye recommended gifts for the book lover in your life even if that book lover is YOU!

Day Two : it’s MinaLima’s interactive edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L.Frank Baum

Spoil yourself or a loved one with a deluxe gift edition of L. Frank Baum’s cherished children’s classic, vividly reimagined with beautiful four-colour artwork and nine interactive features created by MinaLima, the award-winning design studio.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Interactive reimagines the novel’s iconic imagery and highlights phrases from the original book in a unique and delightful style that will enchant readers of all ages.

This deluxe illustrated edition contains specially commissioned artwork and nine exclusive interactive features, including:

A cyclone map that opens up to reveal the Land of Oz

A pop-up Yellow Brick Road

Oz glasses that provide a different look at the world

Fighting trees with branches that move

Dorothy’s silver shoes that can be clicked together

We have several different editions of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz on our shelves and this beautiful edition is one we would love to own ourselves.

If you haven’t read this story or even seen the film, you should get a copy and give it some of your time.

R.R.P. is £25

You can purchase it through our online bookshop or through any of our affiliate links. 

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Vinegar Wonderful Wizard of Oz-L.Frank Baum Houghton Mifflin Reading Hardcover.

[yorkcalling]

The Wizard of Oz Announced for Joseph Rowntree Theatre

York Musical Theatre Company present the musical stage version of L.Frank Baum`s 1900 classic tale The Wizard of Oz at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York from the 22nd – 25th May 2024.  The book was most famously brought to life by MGM in their 1939 double Oscar winning film, and who can forget the outstanding performance of Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale from Kansas who gets swept up in a Tornado…

[plantboileo]

"My body shone so brightly in the sun that I felt very proud of it and it did not matter now if my axe slipped, for it could not cut me. There was only one danger--that my joints would rust; but I kept an oil-can in my cottage and took care to oil myself whenever I needed it. However, there came a day when I forgot to do this, and, being caught in a rainstorm, before I thought of the danger my joints had rusted, and I was left to stand in the woods until you came to help me. It was a terrible thing to undergo, but during the year I stood there I had time to think that the greatest loss I had known was the loss of my heart. While I was in love I was the happiest man on earth; but no one can love who has not a heart, and so I am resolved to ask Oz to give me one. If he does, I will go back to the Munchkin maiden and marry her."

The Tin Man, in L.Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

[astinggracieosborne]

Literary works of the 19th Century

Below is a list of books that were published in the 19th Century and their authors:

1813 - Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice

1818 - Mary Shelley - Frankenstein

1819 - John Keats - Six of his best known odes

1837 - Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist

1847 - Bronte sisters - Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights

1863- Jules Verne - His collection of stories and novels

1865 - Lewis Carroll - Alice in Wonderland

1883 - Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island

1886 - Robert Lois Stevenson - Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1887 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes ( A Study in Scarlet)

1894 - Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book

1897 - Bram Stoker - Dracula

1900 - L.Frank Baum - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.

(L.Frank Baum)

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Fujita Goro (Japanese, b. 1982). "Marshland Crows" / Jan. 2014. Digital media.   :: [Best Science Fiction Books]

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While Japanese born, the artist grew up as an immigrant in Hamburg, Germany, as his father played for the Hamburg Symphonic Orchestra. While Fujita also learned and played the piano and the trumpet, his affinity for illustration eventually led him to study animation in Berlin. He has achieved success as a visual development and motion graphics artist/designer for several films for DreamWorks Animation Studio in California. As of 2015, he works freelance.

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“Everything in life is unusual until you get accustomed to it.”

― L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz

[crimzonstudioz]

I just finished all 14 main OZ books and sky island and sea fairies and I wander if there's any other L.Frank Baum books I need to read the tie into the Oz continuity or just shares similar characters 🤔

I also wander if there's any none L.Frank Baum Oz books that's worth reading.

My worst fears about other Oz books is that they may ruin what I like about OZ accidently

[agatha-m]

top 7 de libros favoritos?

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 1- The wonderful wizard of Oz - L.Frank Baum

2-Valley of the dolls - Jacqueline Susan

3-If cats disappeared from the world - Genki Kawamura

4-Alone with you in the ether - Olivie Blake

5-A woman of no importance - Oscar Wilde

6-Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

7- Emma - Jane Austen

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Horse Racing!