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The Wizard of Oz, which Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer premiered in 1939, went on to become a classic fantasy film that continues to enchant new audiences more than 60 years later. Directing credit went to Victor Fleming, although other directors participated at various stages. The screenplay credits were shared by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf, although other writers also participated. Credit for the film's original music went to Harold Arlen, and lyrics to E. Y. Harburg. The inspiration for it all lay with L. Frank Baum's children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900.

Judy Garland starred as Dorothy Gale, a Kansas farmgirl who, along with her pet dog Toto, is swept away by a tornado to the magical land of Oz…