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R0 America - Alpha
The Wizard of Oz Collection

The Films (247:33)
* "The Patchwork Girl of Oz" (1914)
* "His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz" (1914)
* "The Magic Cloak of Oz" (1914)
* "The Wizard of Oz" (1925)
"Alpha Video Catalog" interactive stills gallery (336 images)

English Intertitles

1.33:1

Non-Anamorphic

NTSC

Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (synthesizer score by Paul David Bergel)

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The score (which includes 2 songs that repeat one after the other) doesn't match any of the action or scenes.

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R0 America - Brentwood
The World of Oz

DISC ONE SIDE A
* >"The Wizard of Oz" (1925) silent film (95:19)
"Came the Brawn" short (10:41)
"DVD Dictionary" notes
Trivia

DISC ONE SIDE B
* "His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz" (1914) silent film (58:52)
"Came the Brawn" short (10:41)
"DVD Dictionary" notes
Trivia

DISC TWO SIDE A
* "The Patchwork Girl of Oz" (1914) silent film (66:24)

DISC TWO SIDE B
* "The Magic Cloak of Oz" (1914) silent film (38:12)

English Intertitles

1.33:1

Non-Anamorphic

NTSC

Music Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo (MIDI synthesizer and digital piano score by Steffen Presley)

Keep Case

The music score track contains FORCED intertitle narration by Jacqueline Lovell with reverb effects.

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R1 America - Warner Home Video
3 Disc Collector's Edition

DISC ONE
* "The Wizard of Oz" (1939)
Audio commentary with film historian John Fricke (introduced by Sydney Pollack), with archival interview segments from Barbara Freed-Saltzman, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Margaret Hamilton, John Lahr, Jane Lahr, Hamilton Meserve, Dona Massin, William Tuttle, Buddy Ebsen, Mervyn LeRoy and Jerry Maren
"The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz Storybook" featurette (read by Angela Lansbury (10:27)
"Prettier Than Ever: The Restoration of Oz" featurette (11:27)
"We Haven’t Really Met Properly…" featurette (21:19)
Isolated Music And Effects Track in Dolby Digital 1.0

DISC TWO
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic" documentary (50:52)
"Memories of Oz" featurette (27:36)
"The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz" featurette (29:44)
"Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz" featurette (25:04)
"Harold Arlen’s Home Movies" clips (4:39)
Outtakes and Deleted Scenes (with Play All) (14:19)
- "If I Only Had a Brain" - 'Scarecrow' Dance (4:37)
- "If I Only Had a Heart" - Buddy Ebsen Audio Track (1:36)
- "Triumphal Return to Emerald City" (1:54)
- "Over the Rainbow" (2:07)
- "The Jitterbug" (4:05)
"It’s a Twister, It’s a Twister: The Tornado Tests" special effects sequences (8:16)
"Off to See The Wizard": 8 cartoon segments (by Chuck Jones) (3:56)
- "The Cowardly Lion Needs a Light"
- "The Tin Man Creaks"
- "The Scarecrow Sneezes"
- "Toto Gets a Bone"
- "Wizard Gets a Sign"
- "Wizard Gets a Crystal Ball"
- "Gypsy Shows Wizard Cards - It's All in the Cards"
- "Wizard Walks Through Door"
"From the Vault" vintage shorts (with Play All) (14:09)
- "Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power" (10:29)
- Excerpt From 1939 "Cavalcade of Academy Awards" (2:14)
- Texas Contest Winners (1:25)
Audio Vault
- The Jukebox (with Play All) (286:34)
-- 1) "Over The Rainbow" - Various Takes (8:00)
-- 2) "Munchkinland Medley" - Rehearsal Recordings (with Harold Arlen & E. Y. Harburg and Piano Temp Track) (11:58)
-- 3) "Munchkinland Medley" - Sequence Recordings (29:00)
-- 4) "Munchkinland Medley" - Voice Tests and Rehearsal Tracks (22:41)
-- 5) "If I Only Had a Brain" - Various Takes (17:33)
-- 6) "We're Off to See the Wizard" - Various Takes (7:24)
-- 7) "If I Only Had a Heart" - Buddy Ebsen & Jack Haley Versions (13:58)
-- 8) "If I Only Had the Nerve/ We're Off to See the Wizard" - Various Takes (15:26)
-- 9) "Emerald City/ The Merry Old Land of Oz" (6:43)
-- 10) "If I Were King of the Forest" - Various Takes (14:17)
-- 11) "The Jitterbug" - Various Takes & Rehearsal Recording (16:17)
-- 12) "Over the Rainbow/Triumphal Return to Emerald City" (5:31)
-- 13) "Kansas Underscoring" - Kansas Sequences (18:39)
-- 14) "Munchkinland Underscoring" - Munchkinland Sequence (18:01)
-- 15) "The Road to Oz Underscoring" - Dorothy Meets The Scarecrow, Tin Man & The Cowardly Lion (23:29)
-- 16) "Emerald City Underscoring" - Emerald City Sequence (15:06)
-- 17) "The Witch's Castle Underscoring" - The Witch's Castle (22:49)
-- 18) "Finale Underscoring" - Finale (19:32)
- MGM Promotional Radio Trailer: "Leo Is On the Air!" (12:13)
- MGM Radio Show: "Good News of 1939" (60:53)
- Lux Radio Theater Radio Broadcast (features Judy Garland, from 12/25/1950) (60:46)
Stills Galleries
- Oz on Broadway (2:16)
- Pre-MGM (2:16)
- Sketches and Storyboards (2:40)
- Costume and Makeup Tests (10:00)
- Richard Thorpe's Oz (4:16)
- Buddy Ebsen (1:04)
- Oz Comes to Life (12:08)
- Behind the Scenes (0:56)
- Portraits (10:08)
- Special Effects (4:32)
- Post Production (2:16)
- Deleted Scenes (2:24)
- Original Publicity (5:12)
- 8/15/1939 Hollywood Premiere (2:32)
- 8/17/1939 New York Premiere (3:04)
- 2/29/1940 Academy Awards Ceremony (1:36)
- Oz Abroad (1:52)
- Oz Revivals (0:56)
6 Theatrical Trailers (with Play All) (11:20)
- "What Is Oz?" Teaser [1939] (0:32)
- B&W Loews Cairo Trailer [1940] (feat. alternate take of "Over the Rainbow") (1:58)
- Re-Issue Trailer [1949] (2:50)
- "Grown Up" Re-Issue Trailer [1949] (2:21)
- Children's Matinee Re-Issue Trailer [1970] (1:34)
- Warner Bros. Theatrical Re-Issue Trailer [1998] (2:03)

DISC THREE
"L. Frank Baum: the Man Behind the Curtain" featurette (27:43)
"The Wizard of Oz" (1910) silent film (13:17)
"The Magic Cloak of Oz" (1914) silent film (38:26)
"His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz" (1914) silent film (59:04)
"The Wizard of Oz" (1925) silent film (71:48)
"The Wizard of Oz" (1933) Technicolor animated short (8:12)

English Intertitles

1.33:1

Non-Anamorphic

NTSC

Music Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo

Special Case

3-disc digipack in a cardboard slipcover case.
Discs 1 & 2 are coded R1/R2/R3/R4; disc 3 is coded R1.
Memorabilia and Collectibles included:
- "The Wizard of Oz Comes to Life" (8-page Grauman's Chinese Theater Souvenir Premiere Program from August 15, 1939)
- "Studio's Invitation to The Grauman's Premiere"
- "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio News" (12-page "house organ" issue)
- "Photoplay Studies" (16-page study guide to the film)
- "Deluxe Collectors' Portfolio" (reproductions of original 1939 Kodachrome publicity stills - 9 portraits and photographs)

R1 America - Warner Home Video
70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition

DISC ONE
* "The Wizard of Oz" (1939)
Audio commentary by film historian John Fricke, film director Sydney Pollack and actors Barbara Freed-Saltzman, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Margaret Hamilton, John Lahr, Jane Lahr, Hamilton Meserve, Dona Massin, William Tuttle, Buddy Ebsen and Jerry Maren and producer Mervyn LeRoy
"The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz Storybook" featurette (10:27)
"Prettier Than Ever: The Restoration Of Oz" featurette (11:27)
"We Haven’t Really Met Properly…" biographies (21:19)
Isolated music score and effects track
Sing-along

DISC TWO
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic" documentary (50:52)
"Memories of Oz" featurette (27:36)
"The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz" featurette (29:44)
"Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz" featurette (25:04)
"Harold Arlen’s Home Movies" clips (4:39)
Outtakes and Deleted Scenes (with Play All) (14:19)
- "If I Only Had a Brain" - 'Scarecrow' Dance (4:37)
- "If I Only Had a Heart" - Buddy Ebsen Audio Track (1:36)
- "Triumphal Return to Emerald City" (1:54)
- "Over the Rainbow" (2:07)
- "The Jitterbug" (4:05)
"It’s a Twister, It’s a Twister: The Tornado Tests" special effects sequences (8:16)
"Off to See The Wizard": 8 cartoon segments (by Chuck Jones) (3:56)
- "The Cowardly Lion Needs a Light"
- "The Tin Man Creaks"
- "The Scarecrow Sneezes"
- "Toto Gets a Bone"
- "Wizard Gets a Sign"
- "Wizard Gets a Crystal Ball"
- "Gypsy Shows Wizard Cards - It's All in the Cards"
- "Wizard Walks Through Door"
"From the Vault" vintage shorts (with Play All) (14:09)
- "Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power" (10:29)
- Excerpt From 1939 "Cavalcade of Academy Awards" (2:14)
- Texas Contest Winners (1:25)
Audio Vault
- The Jukebox (with Play All) (286:34)
-- 1) "Over The Rainbow" - Various Takes (8:00)
-- 2) "Munchkinland Medley" - Rehearsal Recordings (with Harold Arlen & E. Y. Harburg and Piano Temp Track) (11:58)
-- 3) "Munchkinland Medley" - Sequence Recordings (29:00)
-- 4) "Munchkinland Medley" - Voice Tests and Rehearsal Tracks (22:41)
-- 5) "If I Only Had a Brain" - Various Takes (17:33)
-- 6) "We're Off to See the Wizard" - Various Takes (7:24)
-- 7) "If I Only Had a Heart" - Buddy Ebsen & Jack Haley Versions (13:58)
-- 8) "If I Only Had the Nerve/ We're Off to See the Wizard" - Various Takes (15:26)
-- 9) "Emerald City/ The Merry Old Land of Oz" (6:43)
-- 10) "If I Were King of the Forest" - Various Takes (14:17)
-- 11) "The Jitterbug" - Various Takes & Rehearsal Recording (16:17)
-- 12) "Over the Rainbow/Triumphal Return to Emerald City" (5:31)
-- 13) "Kansas Underscoring" - Kansas Sequences (18:39)
-- 14) "Munchkinland Underscoring" - Munchkinland Sequence (18:01)
-- 15) "The Road to Oz Underscoring" - Dorothy Meets The Scarecrow, Tin Man & The Cowardly Lion (23:29)
-- 16) "Emerald City Underscoring" - Emerald City Sequence (15:06)
-- 17) "The Witch's Castle Underscoring" - The Witch's Castle (22:49)
-- 18) "Finale Underscoring" - Finale (19:32)
- MGM Promotional Radio Trailer: "Leo Is On the Air!" (12:13)
- MGM Radio Show: "Good News of 1939" (60:53)
- Lux Radio Theater Radio Broadcast (features Judy Garland, from 12/25/1950) (60:46)
Stills Galleries
- Oz on Broadway (2:16)
- Pre-MGM (2:16)
- Sketches and Storyboards (2:40)
- Costume and Makeup Tests (10:00)
- Richard Thorpe's Oz (4:16)
- Buddy Ebsen (1:04)
- Oz Comes to Life (12:08)
- Behind the Scenes (0:56)
- Portraits (10:08)
- Special Effects (4:32)
- Post Production (2:16)
- Deleted Scenes (2:24)
- Original Publicity (5:12)
- 8/15/1939 Hollywood Premiere (2:32)
- 8/17/1939 New York Premiere (3:04)
- 2/29/1940 Academy Awards Ceremony (1:36)
- Oz Abroad (1:52)
- Oz Revivals (0:56)
6 Theatrical Trailers (with Play All) (11:20)
- "What Is Oz?" Teaser [1939] (0:32)
- B&W Loews Cairo Trailer [1940] (feat. alternate take of "Over the Rainbow") (1:58)
- Re-Issue Trailer [1949] (2:50)
- "Grown Up" Re-Issue Trailer [1949] (2:21)
- Children's Matinee Re-Issue Trailer [1970] (1:34)
- Warner Bros. Theatrical Re-Issue Trailer [1998] (2:03)

DISC THREE
"Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman" documentary (34:05)
"L. Frank Baum: The Man Behind The Curtain" featurette (27:43)
"Hollywood Celebrates its Biggest Little Stars!" featurette (10:22)
"The Dreamer of Oz (1990)" TV movie (92:45)
"Baum Adaptations":
- "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)" short (13:17)
- "The Wizard of Oz (1933)" animated short (8:12)

DISC FOUR
"His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz" (1914) silent film (59:04)
"The Magic Cloak of Oz" (1914) silent film (43:11)
"The Patchwork Girl of Oz" (1914) silent film (50:39)
"The Wizard of Oz" (1925) silent film (71:48)

DISC FIVE (Digital Copy Disc)

English Intertitles

1.33:1

Non-Anamorphic

NTSC

Music Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo

Special Case

Comes in a large box with a limited edition 70th anniversary watch with genuine crystals, a reproduction of the original 1939 campaign book, a 52-page commemorative book and a replica of the original movie budget.

R1 Canada - Warner Home Video
3 Disc Collector's Edition

DISC ONE
* "The Wizard of Oz" (1939)
Audio commentary with film historian John Fricke (introduced by Sydney Pollack), with archival interview segments from Barbara Freed-Saltzman, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Margaret Hamilton, John Lahr, Jane Lahr, Hamilton Meserve, Dona Massin, William Tuttle, Buddy Ebsen, Mervyn LeRoy and Jerry Maren
"The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz Storybook" featurette (read by Angela Lansbury (10:27)
"Prettier Than Ever: The Restoration of Oz" featurette (11:27)
"We Haven’t Really Met Properly…" featurette (21:19)
Isolated Music And Effects Track in Dolby Digital 1.0

DISC TWO
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic" documentary (50:52)
"Memories of Oz" featurette (27:36)
"The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz" featurette (29:44)
"Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz" featurette (25:04)
"Harold Arlen’s Home Movies" clips (4:39)
Outtakes and Deleted Scenes (with Play All) (14:19)
- "If I Only Had a Brain" - 'Scarecrow' Dance (4:37)
- "If I Only Had a Heart" - Buddy Ebsen Audio Track (1:36)
- "Triumphal Return to Emerald City" (1:54)
- "Over the Rainbow" (2:07)
- "The Jitterbug" (4:05)
"It’s a Twister, It’s a Twister: The Tornado Tests" special effects sequences (8:16)
"Off to See The Wizard": 8 cartoon segments (by Chuck Jones) (3:56)
- "The Cowardly Lion Needs a Light"
- "The Tin Man Creaks"
- "The Scarecrow Sneezes"
- "Toto Gets a Bone"
- "Wizard Gets a Sign"
- "Wizard Gets a Crystal Ball"
- "Gypsy Shows Wizard Cards - It's All in the Cards"
- "Wizard Walks Through Door"
"From the Vault" vintage shorts (with Play All) (14:09)
- "Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power" (10:29)
- Excerpt From 1939 "Cavalcade of Academy Awards" (2:14)
- Texas Contest Winners (1:25)
Audio Vault
- The Jukebox (with Play All) (286:34)
-- 1) "Over The Rainbow" - Various Takes (8:00)
-- 2) "Munchkinland Medley" - Rehearsal Recordings (with Harold Arlen & E. Y. Harburg and Piano Temp Track) (11:58)
-- 3) "Munchkinland Medley" - Sequence Recordings (29:00)
-- 4) "Munchkinland Medley" - Voice Tests and Rehearsal Tracks (22:41)
-- 5) "If I Only Had a Brain" - Various Takes (17:33)
-- 6) "We're Off to See the Wizard" - Various Takes (7:24)
-- 7) "If I Only Had a Heart" - Buddy Ebsen & Jack Haley Versions (13:58)
-- 8) "If I Only Had the Nerve/ We're Off to See the Wizard" - Various Takes (15:26)
-- 9) "Emerald City/ The Merry Old Land of Oz" (6:43)
-- 10) "If I Were King of the Forest" - Various Takes (14:17)
-- 11) "The Jitterbug" - Various Takes & Rehearsal Recording (16:17)
-- 12) "Over the Rainbow/Triumphal Return to Emerald City" (5:31)
-- 13) "Kansas Underscoring" - Kansas Sequences (18:39)
-- 14) "Munchkinland Underscoring" - Munchkinland Sequence (18:01)
-- 15) "The Road to Oz Underscoring" - Dorothy Meets The Scarecrow, Tin Man & The Cowardly Lion (23:29)
-- 16) "Emerald City Underscoring" - Emerald City Sequence (15:06)
-- 17) "The Witch's Castle Underscoring" - The Witch's Castle (22:49)
-- 18) "Finale Underscoring" - Finale (19:32)
- MGM Promotional Radio Trailer: "Leo Is On the Air!" (12:13)
- MGM Radio Show: "Good News of 1939" (60:53)
- Lux Radio Theater Radio Broadcast (features Judy Garland, from 12/25/1950) (60:46)
Stills Galleries
- Oz on Broadway (2:16)
- Pre-MGM (2:16)
- Sketches and Storyboards (2:40)
- Costume and Makeup Tests (10:00)
- Richard Thorpe's Oz (4:16)
- Buddy Ebsen (1:04)
- Oz Comes to Life (12:08)
- Behind the Scenes (0:56)
- Portraits (10:08)
- Special Effects (4:32)
- Post Production (2:16)
- Deleted Scenes (2:24)
- Original Publicity (5:12)
- 8/15/1939 Hollywood Premiere (2:32)
- 8/17/1939 New York Premiere (3:04)
- 2/29/1940 Academy Awards Ceremony (1:36)
- Oz Abroad (1:52)
- Oz Revivals (0:56)
6 Theatrical Trailers (with Play All) (11:20)
- "What Is Oz?" Teaser [1939] (0:32)
- B&W Loews Cairo Trailer [1940] (feat. alternate take of "Over the Rainbow") (1:58)
- Re-Issue Trailer [1949] (2:50)
- "Grown Up" Re-Issue Trailer [1949] (2:21)
- Children's Matinee Re-Issue Trailer [1970] (1:34)
- Warner Bros. Theatrical Re-Issue Trailer [1998] (2:03)

DISC THREE
"L. Frank Baum: the Man Behind the Curtain" featurette (27:43)
"The Wizard of Oz" (1910) silent film (13:17)
"The Magic Cloak of Oz" (1914) silent film (38:26)
"His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz" (1914) silent film (59:04)
"The Wizard of Oz" (1925) silent film (71:48)

English Intertitles

1.33:1

Non-Anamorphic

NTSC

Music Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo

Special Case

3-disc digipack in a cardboard slipcover case.
Discs 1 & 2 are coded R1/R2/R3/R4; disc 3 is coded R1.
Memorabilia and Collectibles included:
- "The Wizard of Oz Comes to Life" (8-page Grauman's Chinese Theater Souvenir Premiere Program from August 15, 1939)
- "Studio's Invitation to The Grauman's Premiere"
- "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio News" (12-page "house organ" issue)
- "Photoplay Studies" (16-page study guide to the film)
- "Deluxe Collectors' Portfolio" (reproductions of original 1939 Kodachrome publicity stills - 9 portraits and photographs)
Note: The Canadian version omits the 1933 "Wizard of Oz" cartoon found on the US release due to copyright issues.