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Upon Baum's death, Oz publisher Reilly & Lee commissioned a 19-installment continuation of the series from Ruth Plumly Thompson; long-time Oz illustrator John R. Neill added three more books to the series. Four other books by other authors were added over the years. These books make up the "Famous Forty," often referred to as the "canonical" works of the Oz canon—though many other "Ozian" works have been written, some as pastiches or parodies, some intended as sincere "imitations" in the best sense of the word.
The most treasured depiction of Oz in the twentieth century was the 1939 Technicolor musical adaptation from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, The Wizard of Oz. The film was used as a star vehicle for budding starlet Judy Garland, but despite a massive publicity campaign, the movie was only moderately successful in its initial theatrical run. It achieved its iconic status after decades of airings over network television, beginning on November 3, 1956. The viewing audience for the TV premiere, broadcast in full color in the earliest years of that broadcast technology, was estimated at 45 million people. Thus began a tradition. For decades to follow, the movie was aired in the United States on or near Easter. Currently the Turner cable networks hold the television rights, and the film is generally shown during the summer and Christmas seasons. Presently the rights to its public distribution are held by Turner Entertainment (via Warner Bros.). As the present century opens, the film has become generally available, digitally restored for private viewing on DVD.
- ...that in The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway, and Hilary Duff were all choices for Dorothy Gale, but the part was given to Ashanti?
- ...that the character of "Dorothy Gale" was first portrayed on film by Romola Remus in the 1908 film The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays?
- ...that The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays featured the earliest known original film score?
- ...that while most of the heroes in L. Frank Baum's Oz books were girls, most of those in Ruth Plumly Thompson's were boys?
- ...that there were two sequels made to the 1939 musical The Wizard of Oz: Journey Back to Oz and Return to Oz?
- ...that until his death John R. Neill illustrated all of the Oz books except The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?
- ...that in the books, Glinda is the Good Witch of the South, not The Good Witch of the North, a separate character?
- ...that L. Frank Baum had a granddaughter named "Ozma"?
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- Flesh out book articles.
- Early cinematic versions of the Wizard of Oz.
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The following is a list of "canonical" (official) Oz books:
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
- The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904)
- Ozma of Oz (1907)
- Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908)
- The Road to Oz (1909)
- The Emerald City of Oz (1910)
- The Patchwork Girl of Oz. (1913)
- Tik-Tok of Oz (1914)
- The Scarecrow of Oz (1915)
- Rinkitink in Oz (1916)
- The Lost Princess of Oz (1917)
- The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918)
- The Magic of Oz (1919)
- Glinda of Oz (1920)
- The Royal Book of Oz (1921)
- Kabumpo in Oz (1922)
- The Cowardly Lion of Oz (1923)
- Grampa in Oz (1924)
- The Lost King of Oz (1925)
- The Hungry Tiger of Oz (1926)
- The Gnome King of Oz (1927)
- The Giant Horse of Oz (1928)
- Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (1929)
- The Yellow Knight of Oz (1930)
- Pirates in Oz (1931)
- The Purple Prince of Oz (1932)
- Ojo in Oz (1933)
- Speedy in Oz (1934)
- The Wishing Horse of Oz (1935)
- Captain Salt in Oz (1936)
- Handy Mandy in Oz (1937)
- The Silver Princess in Oz (1938)
- Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (1939)
- The Wonder City of Oz (1940)
- The Scalawagons of Oz (1941)
- Lucky Bucky in Oz (1942)
- The Magical Mimics in Oz (1946)
- The Shaggy Man of Oz (1949)
- The Hidden Valley of Oz (1951)
- Merry Go Round in Oz (1963)
- Yankee in Oz (1972)
- The Enchanted Island of Oz (1976)
- The Forbidden Fountain of Oz (1980)
- The Ozmapolitan of Oz (1986)
- The Wicked Witch of Oz (1993)
- A Runaway in Oz (1995)
- The Rundelstone of Oz (2001)
- The Emerald Wand of Oz (2005)
- Trouble Under Oz (2006)
- Sky Pyrates Over Oz (forthcoming)
The following is a partial [1] list of Non-canonical Oz works :
- The Magical Monarch of Mo (1900)
- Queen Zixi of Ix (1905)
- Sir Harold and the Gnome King (1990)
- How the Wizard Came to Oz (1991)
- The Nome King's Shadow in Oz (1992)
- The Giant Garden of Oz (1993)
- The Magic Chest of Oz (1993)
- The Patchwork Bride of Oz (1993)
- Queen Ann in Oz (1993)
- Father Goose in Oz (1994)
- The Magic Dishpan of Oz (1994)
- Masquerade in Oz (1994)
- Christmas in Oz (1995)
- The Glass Cat of Oz (1995)
- The Runaway in Oz (1995)
- The Speckled Rose of Oz (1995)
- Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (1995)
- The Amber Flute of Oz (1998)
- The Lavender Bear of Oz (1998)
- Paradox in Oz (2000)
- The Hidden Prince of Oz (2000)
- The Living House of Oz (2005)
- Son of a Witch (2005)
- Toto of Oz (2007)
