The Wizard of Oz, produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and originally released to theaters on August 25, 1939, is an adaptation of the 1900 L. Frank Baum children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The film was primarily directed by Victor Fleming (1889-1949), who left the project to take over the production of the troubled Gone With The Wind starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh.
While the film was sufficiently popular at the box office, it failed to make a profit for MGM until the 1949 re-release, earning only $3,017,000 on a $2,777,000 budget, not including promotional costs, which made it MGM's most expensive production at that time.
The 1956 television broadcast premiere of the film on the CBS network reintroduced the film to the public; according to the United States Library of Congress, it is the most seen film in movie history!
I can't remember the first time I watched The Wizard of Oz, but I do know that I was just a baby.
Because my grandmother had taken photos of me that day, I can confirm that it was on Halloween of 2004, when I wasn't even a year old.
The first time I actually remember watching the movie, I believe I was around four or five. There used to be a video store just down the street from where we lived at the time, and my grandmother took me down there and we rented it for the week. I absolutely loved it, and I can still remember Judy Garland's portrayal of Dorothy being the first girl I ever thought was beautiful.
The 75th Anniversary Edition of The Wizard of Oz came out the year I turned ten, and I ended up getting it on DVD. It featured several special features, which I can't remember exactly what they were now, but it offered an even deeper insight into just how this film was made so many decades ago.
As I got older and more into filmmaking, it fascinated me how the movie could go from a sepia tone to three-strip Technicolor so quickly back then. I imagine The Wizard of Oz is among the first motion pictures to feature such a thing!
For the next several years, and to this very day, The Wizard of Oz remains at the top of every list for me in terms of one of the best motion pictures in history.
Now, at 18 years old and a young man who writes fanfiction as a hobby, it struck me as unusual that there were no male OC inserts, or even OC inserts in general, of this movie. Therefore, I decided to take it upon myself to bring to you all the first male OC insert of the legendary classic, The Wizard of Oz!
Dayton
October 26, 2022
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The Wizard of Oz - Male OC Insert
FanfictionWhen a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy Gale, her best friend Elliott McDonald, and her dog Toto are whisked away in their house to the magical land of Oz. They follow the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to meet the Wizard, and en rout...
