The play was first written (by Baum himself, but modified heavily by
producerss) in 1902, and toured until about 1907. The first film (now
disintegrated), _The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays_ was released September
24, 1908. It was followed by others in 1910, 1914 (so drastically
altered by Baum himself that it was the basis of _The Scarecrow of Oz_),
and 1925 (which MGM borrowed heavily from).
Scott
On Thu, 24 Dec 1998, Horak, Chris wrote:
> WIZARD OF OZ was a successful play in 1907, before the first film version
> was made in ca, 1909.
>
>
> Chris Horak
>
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> > Reply To: Film and TV Studies Discussion List
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 1998 5:25 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: films into plays
> >
> > _The Wizard of Oz_ was adapted from the film to a play by John Kane.
> > There are other examples of this, but as in this one, all those that I
> > know of were based on books first (though, at least in this case, the play
> > had the book as a tertiary source), with the exception of _Eating Raoul:
> > The Musical_ by Paul Bartel.
> >
> > On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, gloria monti wrote:
> >
> > > Here's a query from one of my students? Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Gloria Monti
> > >
> > >
> > > > books have been adapted
> > > > for the stage, for the screen,
> > > > plays themselves have been
> > > > made into films - it seems
> > > > like this is mostly a
> > > > one way street, in the
> > > > direction of films.
> > > > i was wondering
> > > > if a film was ever
> > > > adapted into a play
> > > >
> > > > last night i was watching fassbinder's
> > > > the bitter tears of petra von kant,
> > > > and it struck me that it could
> > > > easily be a piece of theater,
> > > > where expressive lighting shifts
> > > > could replace the shifts in the
> > > > plane of focus.
> > > >
> > > > i dont know if adapting a film
> > > > into a play could accomplish
> > > > something beyond being a novelty.
> > > >
> > > > id be interested in hearing about
> > > > similar attempts if anyone knows
> > > > of any.
> > > >
> > > >regards
> > > > hrishikesh
> > > >
> > >
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