The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) the BFI list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14. "The Wizard of Oz" is the source of many quotes referenced in contemporary popular culture. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, but uncredited contributions were made by others. The songs were written by Edgar "Yip" Harburg (lyrics) and Harold Arlen (music). The musical score and the incidental music were composed by Stothart. Dorothy Gale lives with her Cairn Terrier dog Toto on the Kansas farm of her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. Toto bites witchy neighbor Miss Almira
The Wizard of Oz (1925 film) a villain who betrays Dorothy, Scarecrow, and the Lion. Some elements of the narrative have their roots in earlier adaptations of "The Wizard of Oz". For example, Prime Minister Kruel has a predecessor in King Krewl, the antagonist in the 1914 film "His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz". The note explaining Princess Dorothea's true heritage is signed "Pastoria", a name used for the exiled King of Oz in the 1902 stage version of "The Wizard of Oz" and for the father of Princess Ozma in Baum's 1904 book "The Marvelous Land of Oz", as well as in his later works