The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The year of 1939 was a great year for classical movie lovers. With Gone with the Wind, Mr. Smith goes to Washington, Wuthering Heights, and The Wizard of Oz. This year during the Great Depression gave us more classics than most years combined. The Great Depression was one of the main reasons behind the making of all of these movies; the dark and bleak times needed a getaway, a place to escape to where ones troubles don’t matter, the movies were that getaway. On average sixty-one percent of America went to the movies at least once a week, and it is not very hard to believe, looking at the movies from that time. People were enthralled by the new color movies, the first being Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, by Walt Disney which was made two years earlier. It had been a major hit, and MGM wanted to get into the Lime-light given off by Disney’s great success. That is one of the reasons behind his making of The Wizard of Oz. The Wizard of Oz Is a timeless classic based off of the popular 1900 children’s book written by L. Frank Baum. The book’s actual title is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It came from a widely popular children’s book series based on the fantastical Land of Oz. Some say this story is a parody on the movement started by William Jennings Bryant. He believed in the value of silver, and the importance of the factory workers, and farmers of the industrial revolution. This translated into Baum’s books, bringing the name Oz to this land, the abbreviation for ounces, Oz. The witch of the east represents the bankers of the east, ruining lives, and the west was the west coast elite. The good Fairy Glenda of the north, represents the north and the south, The industrial workers of the north, and the farmers of the south. The yellow brick road originates from the gold standard. Dorothy’s Silver, turned ruby in the film, slippers represent the opportunity, and prosperity and hope behind silver, how if
The year of 1939 was a great year for classical movie lovers. With Gone with the Wind, Mr. Smith goes to Washington, Wuthering Heights, and The Wizard of Oz. This year during the Great Depression gave us more classics than most years combined. The Great Depression was one of the main reasons behind the making of all of these movies; the dark and bleak times needed a getaway, a place to escape to where ones troubles don’t matter, the movies were that getaway. On average sixty-one percent of America went to the movies at least once a week, and it is not very hard to believe, looking at the movies from that time. People were enthralled by the new color movies, the first being Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, by Walt Disney which was made two years earlier. It had been a major hit, and MGM wanted to get into the Lime-light given off by Disney’s great success. That is one of the reasons behind his making of The Wizard of Oz. The Wizard of Oz Is a timeless classic based off of the popular 1900 children’s book written by L. Frank Baum. The book’s actual title is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It came from a widely popular children’s book series based on the fantastical Land of Oz. Some say this story is a parody on the movement started by William Jennings Bryant. He believed in the value of silver, and the importance of the factory workers, and farmers of the industrial revolution. This translated into Baum’s books, bringing the name Oz to this land, the abbreviation for ounces, Oz. The witch of the east represents the bankers of the east, ruining lives, and the west was the west coast elite. The good Fairy Glenda of the north, represents the north and the south, The industrial workers of the north, and the farmers of the south. The yellow brick road originates from the gold standard. Dorothy’s Silver, turned ruby in the film, slippers represent the opportunity, and prosperity and hope behind silver, how if