continental drift. noun. geology. the theory that the earth's continents move gradually over the surface of the planet on a substratum of magma. The present-day configuration of the continents is thought to be the result of the fragmentation of a single landmass, Pangaea, that existed 200 million years ago.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow, originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900.
It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1939. Ironically, Rainbow, by all accounts one of the best songs ever written was never a #1 song and attained its highest chart position in 2005. The Wizard of Oz had its world premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood on August 15, 1939.