Oz characters

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bert Lahr's Cowardly Lion costume from the classic film "The Wizard of Oz" is up for sale. The costume will be auctioned with other Hollywood items Monday in New York by Bonhams, according to a spokesman for costume owner James Comisar. Bert Lahr's Cowardly Lion costume from the Wizard of Oz Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939. Designed by Adrian and constructed of lion skin and fur, featuring a hidden zipper front and an attached tail verso, now displayed on a custom figure…

In honor of the film’s 80th anniversary, a look back at a few anecdotes that have not aged as well as the 1939 classic.

Princess Mombi is the secondary antagonist of the 1985 Disney dark fantasy film Return to Oz, which serves as an unnofficial sequel to the iconic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. She is the head-switching and beautiful yet tyrannical sorceress from the Wonderful Land of Oz who commands the maniacal Wheelers at the ruins of Emerald City. When Dorothy Gale returns to the Land of Oz, Mombi assists the Nome King in his plot to get rid of Dorothy and her friends to ensure Oz gets…

Both Oz the Great and Powerful and the Wizard of Oz have their take on what Glinda looks like. Which Glinda costume would you choose?

Advanced Graphics Tin Man, Cowardly Lion and Scarecrow - "Wizard of Oz" 75 Year Anniversary Cardboard Stand-Up | Wayfair

Set of 4 character marker drawings. Wizard of Oz

Edison has liked to watch The Wizard of Oz since he was a baby and even now at nearly four enjoys sitting on my lap and joining me in a viewing. In fact, we've watched it twice in the last month alone. He loves the munchkins and all the kooky things in the busier scenes, like those that take place in Munchkinland and those within The Emerald City. He likes to watch Toto, any birds that appear in the film (he loves all birds anytime, anywhere), and he really enjoys the Wicked Witch. Her…

I was privately commissioned to create a painted poster for the 75th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz.The project began with me selecting key iconic moments from the movie and experimented with ways to combine them into one cohesive image. I sketched and…

Ray Bolger in The Wizard of Oz (1939)