Victor Fleming directed The Wizard of Oz in 1939, based on the novel by L. Frank Baum. Judy Garland was the star of the film playing Dorothy, and her helpers were played by Frank Morgan (Prof. Marvel/Wizard of Oz), Ray Bolger (Hunk/the Scarecrow), Bert Lahr (Zeke/The Cowardly Lion), Jack Haley (Hickory/The Tin Man), and Billie Burke (Glinda, Good Witch of the North). The evil genius was Miss Gulch in the normal world and the Wicked Witch of the West in the adventure world, played by Margaret Hamilton. This film won three academy awards in 1939- Best Song: Over the Rainbow, Best Original Score: Herbert Stothart, and Special Award- Screen Juvenile: Judy Garland.
The Wizard of Oz begins with a young girl (Judy Garland) and her dog Toto running to a farmhouse. Dorothy is distraught over what a woman, Miss Gulch, had done to her dog, which was bothering the woman's cat, but no one seems to pay much attention to her, they are too occupied with their business. "Find yourself a place where......

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