Description
When it premiered in 1939, the American musical fantasy ‘The Wizard of Oz’ was declared a must-see film for young and old.\\u0026nbsp;\\u003cbr\\u003e\\u003cbr\\u003eThe plot follows Dorothy Gale (played by Judy Garland) and her dog Toto as they are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz and have to find their way home.\\u0026nbsp;\\u003cbr\\u003e\\u003cbr\\u003eAn adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s fantasy novel of the same name, the film was directed by Victor Fleming. Produced by American media company MGM, it made clever use of innovative technicolour filming processes, and was celebrated for its musical score which included the now-famous songs ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ and ‘Follow the Yellow Brick Road’.\\u0026nbsp;\\u003cbr\\u003e\\u003cbr\\u003eIn this colourful advertisement poster, Garland is depicted alongside her co-stars: Professor Marvel (Frank Morgan), the Scarecrow (Frank Moore), the Lion (Bert Lahr) and the Tin Man (Jack Haley).
