How popular was 'The Wizard of Oz'?

Answer 1

L. Frank Baum wanted to write an American fairy tale that kids could relate to that wasn't just a thinly veiled moral.

Answer 2

The making of a profit and the receiving of three Oscarsindicate the popularity of the movie "The Wizard of Oz."

Specifically, the beloved 1939 film version of "The Wizard of Oz" made a profit of just under $200,000 despite reluctant spending habits by consumers sobered by the Great Depression of the early 1930s. The film also received two of six Academy Award nominations along with a special Oscar in recognition of the acting, dancing and singing skills of child actress Judy Garland (June 10, 1922 - June 22, 1969). This recognition was just an immediate, short term indicator of the film's enduring popularity and increasing success with time.

Answer 3

to the wizard of oz,the aothor and oz series originator Lyman Frank Baum [may 15,1856-may 5,1919]describes his story as a fairy tale.He also describes his purpose in writing is to update the fairy tale.For previously,Fairy Tales included morals.But the moral lessons often became clear at the cost of great suffering, by way to the fear factor,and through "BloodCurdling"Horrors.

Answer 4

The Wizard of Oz is a native of Nebraska, where he had a career as a ventriloquist and then as a hot air balloonist. He always aspired to magic, but was a humbug. He excuses his misrepresentations, and his imaginative solutions, by describing himself as honest. For he says that he can't help the way he is since people persist in asking him to do things that simply aren't doable. One day, in his youth, his balloon strays off course and lands in Oz. There, he becomes the Supreme Ruler over the Green Country of Oz. He's the resident builder of the Emerald Palace and of its location, the Emerald City. He becomes the problem-solver for his people, and for visitors. But his methods are questionable. For example, he supposedly gives the Tin Woodman a heart, the Scarecrow a brain, and the Cowardly Lion courage. Each one already has what they ask for. But the Wizard gives out a "bran-new" brain of bran, needles, and pins; a silk heart stuffed with sawdust; and the contents of a square green bottle. The only petitioner whose request is granted in a practical way, without recourse to the imagination, is Dorothy. For her, the Wizard comes up with the solution of a hot air balloon ride out of Oz, and back home. Unfortunately, Dorothy's pet dog Toto jumps out of the balloon basket, Dorothy follows, and the balloon takes off with just one of the three intended passengers.

Answer 5

In his introductory page to The Wizard of Oz, author and Oz series originator Lyman Frank Baum [May 15, 1856-May 5, 1919] describes his story as a fairy tale. He also describes his purpose in writing is to update the fairy tale. For previously, fairy tales included morals. But the moral lessons often became clear at the cost of great suffering, by way of the fear factor, and through "bloodcurdling" horrors. Baum felt that if morals needed to be taught, they could just as easily do so in a way that cherished the "wonderment and joy" of childhood. So his expressed purpose was the entertainment of children.

Answer 6

Juvenile fantasy- very similar in more than one way to Alice in Wonderland, though set in part in the US ( Kansas farm house)

Answer 7

L. Frank Baum wanted to write an American fairy tale that kids could relate to that wasn't just a thinly veiled moral.

Answer 8

The young in heart

Answer 9

To entertain the reader