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Minor Interest
The Celluloid Closet

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Bert Lahr.
CGiii365 | Gay interest

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Wizard of Oz (The)

Country: USA, Language: English, 101 mins

The Celluloid Closet | Out at the Movies: A History of Gay Cinema | Minor Interest | Oscar Winner | Musical | 1939
  • Director: Victor Fleming; Mervyn LeRoy
  • Writer: Noel Langley; Florence Ryerson
  • Producer: Mervyn LeRoy; Arthur Freed

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What more can be said about this masterpiece - it truly is.

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The(ir) Blurb...

In this charming film based on the popular L. Frank Baum stories, Dorothy and her dog Toto are caught in a tornado's path and somehow end up in the land of Oz. Here she meets some memorable friends and foes in her journey to meet the Wizard of Oz who everyone says can help her return home and possibly grant her new friends their goals of a brain, heart and courage.

Cast & Characters

Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale;
Frank Morgan as Professor Marvel / The Gatekeeper / The Carriage Driver / The Doorman / The Wizard of Oz;
Ray Bolger as Hunk / The Scarecrow;
Bert Lahr as Zeke / The Cowardly Lion;
Jack Haley as Hickory / The Tin Man;
Billie Burke as Glinda;
Margaret Hamilton as Elmira Gulch / The Wicked Witch of the West / The Wicked Witch of the East;
Charley Grapewin as Uncle Henry;
Pat Walshe as Nikko;
Clara Blandick as Auntie Em;
Terry as Toto;
The Singer Midgets as The Munchkins;
Dorothy Barrett as Emerald City Manicurist;
Amelia Batchelor as Inhabitant of Emerald City;
Charles Becker as Munchkin Mayor

IMDb

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138