Otis Ferguson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with The Wizard of Oz (1939 film). (Discuss)

Otis Ferguson was a film critic for the magazine The New Republic. While he published many highly regarded film reviews, he remains most famous (and perhaps notorious) for his panning of the film classic The Wizard of Oz, upon its original 1939 release. He wrote: "It has dwarfs, music, Technicolor, freak characters, and Judy Garland. It can't be expected to have a sense of humor as well."

[edit] Bibliography

• The Film Criticism of Otis Ferguson, edited by Robert Wilson, with a foreword by Andrew Sarris