The Wizard of Oz is a 1950 half-hour television adaptation with puppets of L. Frank Baum's famous 1900 novel, directed by Burr Tillstrom, best known for creating the TV show Kukla, Fran and Ollie. [1] [2]
It was telecast live on May 22, 1950, by NBC. [3] A print of the show is preserved in 16 mm. [3] It is not to be confused with the 1939 full-length classic MGM film starring Judy Garland, which was first telecast by CBS in 1956.
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Tillstrom's work is said to have "brought to television the captivating charm of the early Walt Disney films". [4] Although the film did not have a great commercial success, [5] it received positive retrospective response. [6]
The puppets were displayed at the DIA in 2020. [7]
The Wizard of Oz is a 1950 half-hour television adaptation with puppets of L. Frank Baum's famous 1900 novel, directed by Burr Tillstrom, best known for creating the TV show Kukla, Fran and Ollie. [1] [2]
It was telecast live on May 22, 1950, by NBC. [3] A print of the show is preserved in 16 mm. [3] It is not to be confused with the 1939 full-length classic MGM film starring Judy Garland, which was first telecast by CBS in 1956.
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Tillstrom's work is said to have "brought to television the captivating charm of the early Walt Disney films". [4] Although the film did not have a great commercial success, [5] it received positive retrospective response. [6]
The puppets were displayed at the DIA in 2020. [7]