The Wizard of Oz was once a cartoon!

[trevthetoonfan]

I just found on The Internet Movie Database a listing for a cartoon version of The Wizard of Oz produced in Canada in 1933. The short condensed the story into a 9 minute cartoon. It's on the 3 disc special edition DVD of The Wizard of Oz according to IMDB. It was produced by Carl Stalling. Yup, THAT Carl Stalling of Looney Tunes fame. It'd be cool if anyone has the Oz set to post that cartoon on You Tube. It sounds like a real rarity.

[Studio Toledo]

I just found on The Internet Movie Database a listing for a cartoon version of The Wizard of Oz produced in Canada in 1933. The short condensed the story into a 9 minute cartoon. It's on the 3 disc special edition DVD of The Wizard of Oz according to IMDB. It was produced by Carl Stalling. Yup, THAT Carl Stalling of Looney Tunes fame. It'd be cool if anyone has the Oz set to post that cartoon on You Tube. It sounds like a real rarity.
This is not new here, we've heard of it before.

[trevthetoonfan]

Oh, sorry. I thought I stumbled onto something. Since it's been out on DVD I guess it's not new.

[Sogturtle]

Oh, sorry. I thought I stumbled onto something. Since it's been out on DVD I guess it's not new.

Trev~

There's NOTHING wrong with you posting about it!! Until a few years ago really very few people had ever seen it, or if they had then it was in black and white. After years and years of misinformation it was cleared up (I won't tell you by who:p) that it was actually directed and animated in Los Angeles by Ted Eshbaugh with his crew including future Schlesinger animators (like Cal Dalton). And Stalling doing the musical score while moonlighting from Iwerks!

What also has come out was that this was meant to be a whole SERIES of Oz cartoons in glorious Technicolor and sound!!!

[Studio Toledo]

Trev~

There's NOTHING wrong with you posting about it!! Until a few years ago really very few people had ever seen it, or if they had then it was in black and white. After years and years of misinformation it was cleared up (I won't tell you by who:p) that it was actually directed and animated in Los Angeles by Ted Eshbaugh with his crew including future Schlesinger animators (like Cal Dalton). And Stalling doing the musical score while moonlighting from Iwerks!

What also has come out was that this was meant to be a whole SERIES of Oz cartoons in glorious Technicolor and sound!!!
All this while Disney still had exclusive use of the 3-strip process during that time as I think the Canadian backing of the cartoon was the reason for why Eshbaugh was able to use it.

[JDWeil]

The 1933 cartoon of The Wizard Of Oz was produced by Ted Esbaugh but never released in the U.S. because of a legal dispute between the Baum family and the book's publishers. That would explain the Canadian release. Yes, it was shot in 2 strip Technicolor with opening scenes in B&W, a kind of pre-echo of the 1939 feature.