The Wonderful Land of Oz The Wonderful Land of Oz The Wonderful Land of Oz is a 1969 film by Barry Mahon. It is a low budget but faithful adaptation of the novel "The Marvelous Land of Oz" by L. Frank Baum. Mahon told "The New York Times" that he was planning to get Judy Garland to narrate the film, but the film has almost no narration. Popular rumor is that Jinjur's Army of Revolt is composed of actors who had previously appeared in Mahon's nudie films. This is, however, not the case. The nudie films were made in New York City, while the children's
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz total of 10,000 copies, which quickly sold out. "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" sold three million copies by the time it entered the public domain in 1956. The book was published by George M. Hill Company. Its first edition had a printing of 10,000 copies and was sold in advance of the publication date of September 1, 1900. On May 17, 1900, the first copy of the book came off the press; Baum assembled it by hand and presented it to his sister Mary Louise Baum Brewster. The public saw the book for the first time at a book fair