Children's Literary Salons: Children's Literary Salon: Michael Patrick Hearn Presents "75 Years on the Yellow Brick Road: Things You Likely Never Knew About The Wizard Of Oz"

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December 20, 2014
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You might be aware that the film classic The Wizard of Oz is 75 years old this August. But do you know why Dorothy wears the iconic Ruby Slippers instead of the silver pair L. Frank Baum gave her in the book? Or that F. Scott Fitzgerald wanted to write the screenplay as a vehicle for the Marx Brothers?

Michael Patrick Hearn, the leading authority on The Wizard of Oz, explores these and other little-known facts about the creation of the most beloved Hollywood movie ever made.