Principal cast
Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr and Frank Morgan
Film 6 of 498 on the Screen Path
The Wizard of Oz
We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz!
About the film
The Wizard of Oz at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1939 film at stop 6 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.
Key craft credits
Harold Rosson (director of photography), Blanche Sewell (editor), Harold Arlen (original music composer), Edgar Allan Woolf (screenplay) and Florence Ryerson (screenplay)
- Director
- Victor Fleming
- Release
- 1939-08-21
- Runtime
- 102 minutes
- Genres
- Adventure, Fantasy and Family
- Country
- United States
- Quiz
- 50 questions
The Screen Path journey
Before. After. Remember.
The featured film is watched outside Screen Path. The app provides the learning experience around it: a guide, an analysis, and a quiz with explanations.
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Before you watch
Start with a spoiler-free video guide to the context and filmmaking choices worth noticing.
Spoiler-free02
After the film
Return after watching for a deeper video analysis of craft, meaning, and legacy.
Contains spoilers03
Quiz yourself
Answer 50 questions with clear rationales designed to make the ideas stick.
50 questions in this journeyCitizen Kane is the complete public example: both learning videos and a five-question sample quiz are available below.
Start the example →Full cast
Full cast
- Judy GarlandCharacter: Dorothy
- Ray BolgerCharacter: Scarecrow / Hunk
- Jack HaleyCharacter: Tin Man / Hickory
- Bert LahrCharacter: Cowardly Lion / Zeke
- Frank MorganCharacter: Oz / Professor Marvel
- Margaret HamiltonCharacter: The Wicked Witch of the West / Miss Gulch
- Billie BurkeCharacter: Glinda
- Clara BlandickCharacter: Auntie Em
- Charley GrapewinCharacter: Uncle Henry
- Pat WalsheCharacter: Nikko
- TerryCharacter: Toto
- Adriana CaselottiCharacter: Juliet (voice) (uncredited)
Full crew
Full crew
- Victor FlemingCredits: Director, Producer
- Mervyn LeRoyCredits: Producer
- Florence RyersonCredits: Screenplay
- Harold RossonCredits: Director of Photography
- Blanche SewellCredits: Editor
- AdrianCredits: Costume Design
- Noel LangleyCredits: Screenplay, Adaptation
- Edgar Allan WoolfCredits: Screenplay
- Cedric GibbonsCredits: Art Direction
- Edwin B. WillisCredits: Set Decoration
- A. Arnold GillespieCredits: Special Effects
- E.Y. HarburgCredits: Lyricist
- L. Frank BaumCredits: Novel
- George BassmanCredits: Music Arranger
- Murray CutterCredits: Music Arranger
- Paul MarquardtCredits: Music Arranger
- Ken DarbyCredits: Music Arranger
- Bobby ConnollyCredits: Choreographer
- Allen M. DaveyCredits: Assistant Director of Photography
- Douglas ShearerCredits: Sound Director
- William A. HorningCredits: Assistant Art Director
- Jack DawnCredits: Makeup Designer
- Harold ArlenCredits: Original Music Composer
- Caren MarshCredits: Stand In
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