The Wizard of Oz (1933)

[MDthornton83]

Really awesome cartoon. Especially for early 1930s.

[Cobac]

@astud218 this isn't an ANIMATION ? what is it then ? anime kinda means animation it's an abreviation :D , he did not specify japanese anime

[poopybooyah]

looks like the early televised version of wizard of oz in 1933 before the live action movie in 1939

[Kashiroymaru]

man this brings me back. I watched this, I remember seeing this around the sme time I used to watch Felix the cat.

[Gatchan2]

Hahahaha! Imaginez la séance de brainstorming avant de lancer la création:

"-Huhu, trop bien l'idée de l'oeuf géant à la fin et du robot qui le casse!! Bing, badaboum! Après on dirait qu'il y avait un petit poussin dedans! Et tout à la fin, on fait quoi?

-Et si tout le monde chantait une berceuse pour le petit poussin?

-Huhu, trop bien!

-Huhu!

-Huhu!"

XD

[nycruise]

What a pointless version of the story. I always wondered what Disney might have done with this as a "Silly Symphony." I also wondered about its (lost) potential with Max Fleischer, with Betty Boop as "Dorothy," Bimbo as "Toto," and Koko the Clown as "The Scarecrow."

[FairMissFaye]

Thank you for uploading this! First saw it on one of those low-quality (but wonderful) budget VHS collections you used to see in bargain bins! Thanks for sharing this with the world!

[1luiszepol]

ha ha h genetic experiments

[plainanddryjokes]

I watched this all the time as a kid. It was the headline on a VHS tape. Classic. Thanks for sharing!

[MooTelevision]

No lion and no witch. Lame

[syimato]

@astud218 wow nice introduction, so rude. keep it up

[crabula]

An excellent old classic!

BTW: Why do so many of these commenters get upset when an Oz production doesn't follow the exact story they're used to, or doesn't follow the original story from the book? A creative person did their own interpretation of a classic story.....God forbid!

[jaredofmo]

@crabula No idea. Before the MGM movie, the most popular version was a stage musical that only VERY loosely followed the book. The 1910, 1925, and 1933 versions of "Wizard" are also loose, and show some basis from that musical. I'm cool with doing a bit of a twist, unless it's unrecognizable (like the 1925 one). Today, I have higher standards for Oz adaptations because film is now a fully realized art.

[gregorkrause]

Carl stalling sure does a great job in this movie with his music, and what pieces are played here some are familiar?

[Mesterius1]

Possibly the most pointless cartoon I've ever seen. Fun at times, but it certainly doesn't live up to neither the original novel nor the 1939 musical film. And the story is so amateurishly told... it doesn't even give the (generic) main characters any motivation for going to the Wizard of Oz. Nor is it explained why they decide to become traveling companions; they're just suddenly walking along together, smiling blandly. And the ending... well, I won't give it away, but it sure is senseless...

[sabs82174]

I don't like this version cause the Lion isn't in it and neither is the witch lol...

[Stephen10528]

@sabs82174 I'm with you!

[74realgone]

My blu-ray pressing of this has an audible "clonk" at about 1:34. I figured it was present on the film itself, but your upload doesn't have it. I'm assuming going by your upload date this came from the deluxe DVD, as opposed to Blu-Ray.

I hope my disc isn't faulty... I assume the "clonk" is present on all UK pressings of the Blu-Ray...? Can anyone confirm this?

[john7713593]

This is a very rear version of Oz.

[EmmyZombie]

Love the music at 2:37!!!!!! What a good piece.

[ziggycat999]

Interesting....but not as good as other versions. My favorite is the 1922 silent verion.

[KAZZTHECAT]

i remember this...the song of oz playes in my mind even when i hav watched this 15 years ago..or soo...

[MarvelousLandOfOz]

wow! I never knew there was a 1933 verison!

[WSenator1]

I noticed the names Carl Stalling and Cal Dalton in the opening credits. These gentleman had much to do with the greatness of the Warner Brothers cartoons beginning later in the 1930s.

[jgbennie]

@WSenator1 Bill Mason had a stint at Warners and both he and Frank Tipper ended up at Lantz. Vet Anderson later worked for Disney.

[LitterboxDiorama]

The Dorothy character, particularly at the begining, looked alot like Red in Hoodwinked

[diddymuck]

good cartoon but not at all oz-ish. more resembles the Fleischer Betty Boop shorts with a bit of Van Werner's Tom and Jerry tossed in.

[42whatelse]

It pre-dates the MGM movie, but notice that Kansas is in black and white, while Oz is in color. Without the lion of Oz, it was odd!

[xdashlydia]

Carl Stalling went on to do the music for the original Bugs Bunny cartoons, didn't he? This sounds like his style, classical music quotes and all...

[WSenator1]

@xdashlydia - Yes, as well as the rest of the classic Warner Brothers cartoons of the 30s, 40s and 50s.

[Snegenad1]

Lol the entire point of the movies/books is Dorothy getting home! And she doesnt! XD

[LitemyDay]

@Snegenad1 At least a little chicken was born! :)

[jaredofmo]

I think he means the person with the hat in the window at 4:25

[Treyskywalker77]

I Love the Movie! Dorothy looks like Betty Boop and toto looks like Pete from Mickey Mouse

[robertwmartens]

5:12 DID YOU SEE WHAT I SAW?????

[Treyskywalker77]

No I didn't

[4wonderland]

i have an old cassete with this on it and it looks crystal clear

[chastityelizabeth]

Cute !!!

[martianmister]

4:23 I found wicked witch!

[jaredofmo]

She doesn't look too wicked to me.

[martianmister]

And Wizard doesn't look too fraud?

[sebasfloyd1]

excelent

a master piece

[JigsawX37]

Cool.

[synysterjazmyngates]

this shit scares me!

[lovenick95]

i dont like it

[Scar2401]

this always confused me as i had already see the MGM version and there was no wicked of the east or west, no silver shoes or flying monkies wolves or anything.

[Treyskywalker77]

Talk to martianmister and jaredofmo and

click on 4:25 There is a wicked witch

[Scar2401]

@Treyskywalker77 are you nuts? that is just an innocent ozian celebrating

[Treyskywalker77]

Like I said talk to martianmister and jaredofmo and see what they have to say

[syimato]

i remmbered watchg this anime while i was young. but there is another version which i couldnt find. her hair is more to black in colour. i still have the image in my mind. and there are also elephants rampaging in the cities, the witch turn into a rose and died bcuz she was being stomped by the elephants... ok cut the crap, but i couldnt find it!

[RoyalKidofOz]

This could hardly be considered an anime... But you're thinking of "Journey Back to Oz."

[syimato]

YES! it is! tq so much! XD

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oh my but i couldnt find any videos of the story.. sobsob only the song-video...

but anyway it does helps me =)

[duchessdragon]

Ohhh...that was...special.

[3investigators]

Truly, trippily bizarre! Always wanted to see this.

[HolyMotherofGrid]

I didn't know they had LSD in 1933..... that's just about the only explanation for this REALLLLLY strange trip through the L:ooking Glass of Dorothy's nightmare!!

[bigdaddy019A]

This is sooo coool

[xNikkaX3]

Where is lion?

[alienshinobi84]

At 2:36 you can see the part of the filmstrip on which the sound for the cartoon was placed.

[pianoportrait]

I remeber this one

[babe88608]

finally an annotation that actually has useful info

[RoyalKidofOz]

Why, thank you. I put it in to answer a question people who are familiar with Bert Lahr's character in the 1939 movie had. (Look through the comments. We had one person who claimed that the Lion wasn't even in the book.)

[Stephen10528]

@RoyalKidofOz Yes, he was in in the book!

[CollegeJoe]

OMG, i remember seeing this when I was lil and i was born in 1985! I used to watch morning cartoons and we get these types of animation which is my favorite kind actually...

[fatfoxclown]

good to see the oldies are getting preserved

[J0NNASE]

OMG! at 3.43 i swear he looks just like one of the toys in Donald Ducks christmas episode in Sweden!(Its an episode that is one of the most watchd here in Sweden, evry year it is the same ep and it has been shown 4 a really long time, now it is a christmas tradition.)

So scary!

[raindropstew]

Wow that was crazy! haha

[datalal624]

Wow, this is a KWAAAZY cartoon!

But given that it was made in 1933, and was only meant to be a short film to entertain kids before the 'real' show, this is fairly well done, even if it made hardly any attempt to be accurate to the original story.

[AngelAteem]

That is possibly the oddest version of the story I've ever seen.

[Stephen10528]

@AngelAteem Same here!

[wildganger]

The Wizard of Oz came out in 1939, not 1933. King Kong came out in 1933. I just

don't know why you added this to YouTube, RoyalKidofOz.

[RoyalKidofOz]

Uh... The MGM musical movie "The Wizard of Oz" came out in 1939. This is an earlier, animated version.

[frank197594]

No, the first Wizard of Oz actually came out in 1910 as a silent movie.

[WSenator1]

@frank197594 - And there was another silent film after that, with Oliver Hardy (later of Laurel and Hardy fame) as the Tin Man.

[Luckynumber78]

You're an idiot, sir or madame.

Please retire your venom to the land of the idiots, of which I'm sure you are king.

[whiteboy080992]

@wildganger this version came out in 1933 the classic came out in 1939 get your facts and the old king kong is an idiot like you :(

[helenajesstarzak]

This cartoon is nothing without the Lion and the good wicked with og the north, Glinda!

But it was still kind of cute at first. BUt I hate the part with the wizard and the big egg, that was just lame!

[Stephen10528]

@helenajesstarzak Good wicked?!

[RuddyWasHere]

I'm just glad they made the movie...because that was nothing other than rrrreeeeallll bad.

[smyce]

this story was fucking terrible.

[bobbybobbinson]

Holy crap!! I used to have this on videotape when I was really young. I totally forgot about it but once I heard the opening music I remembered it. Thanks for putting it up.

[UglySean]

This is as goofy as the first time I saw it.

Indeed this print is clearer than the one I had. I gave it away eons ago. It was included in a bargain basement release video tape showcasing 50 assorted cartoons. When I saw them all a few times I gave it away to a few kids I knew.

[KyleKatarn789]

where the heck is the lion?

[bucketfullofsugar]

true dat

[VideyoJunkei]

2:35...thats what a soundtrack looks like, folks!!!

[TriggerHappyGirl013]

I know tht this was the standard animation style for when this little clip came out and all, but it scares the hell out of me :(! Thanks for posting this though ^_^. I would have liked to see the Lion in this clip though because he's my favorite besides Dorothy.

[FlamingoKicker]

I thought the Wizard was just a phoney snakeoil salesman from Kansas? This guy looks like he would give the Witch a run for her money.

[WSenator1]

@FlamingoKicker - Telling you: I don't know who'd I be more scared of: The Wicked Witch of the West, or the Wizard!

[LadyDeirdre]

@FlamingoKicker In the book, he's a very skilled stage magician and trickster. He can't work "true" magic, but can give the impression of it.

[animagusurreal]

Thanks for putting this up, very interesting.

I can just see the story meeting -

"Forget the Wicked Witch of the West! Our main antagonist should be an egg that won't stop growing!" :)

[WhatsAYak]

Seems like virtually all pre-1939 dramatic treatments of Oz either scaled down or completely eliminated the Cowardly Lion's role, to say nothing of how little this cartoon had to do w/the original story.

[nobodysperfect06]

ughh, where is the lion?

[musicaltheatergeek79]

WTF are you talking about? Yes, he is. I've read THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ plenty of times. He's there. Get your facts straight!

[bucketfullofsugar]

who's there?

[musicaltheatergeek79]

I was referring to the Cowardly Lion. Elphiex03 stated he was not in the original Baum book. I merely corrected him.

[Arthurpenhalfan566]

lier yes he was too

i have one of the first versions

OH what now!?

[Sate12]

yes he was in the original book. He was in a lot of the old film versions too, (1910 and 1925)

[MarvelousLandOfOz]

@Elphiex03 seriously?! :'O

[Idinamenzelluvu]

@MarvelousLandOfOz yea :/ I was looking ti up all day long...but im not sure why my comment was posted as spam....

[MarvelousLandOfOz]

@Idinamenzelluvu wow, I still can't believe it. Did L. Frank Baum add the cowardly lion in the book after the mgm movie? don't worry about the spam, it happens to me all the time. I bet somebody accidentally pressed "Mark as Spam", I do that a lot. :S

[WhatsAYak]

@MarvelousLandOfOz - No, the Lion was always in the book, but his role was reduced considerably for most of the pre-1939 stage/film adaptations.

[jamierourketen]

why don't they talk?

[LandSurveyor1]

What's with the fertility theme?

[WSenator1]

@LandSurveyor1 - I don't know, but they sure knew how to get off!

[bigg3469]

to be the EARLIEST version of The Wizard Of Oz that was ever animated. Love the Oz Marching Band scene.

[JRSL1988]

CLASSIC!

[donramirito]

Where is the fuckin lion????

[lust2008]

I remember this cartoon. I watched it when I was about 3-5 years old.

[Glyvxx]

They have youtube in the convalascent home? I am sorry your no good baby boomer kids put you in one.

[tikiloowho]

Wheres the lion the witch, galinda, the munchkins ect... <=( i missed thenm in an old cartoon

[heyheykiddos]

i had this on video when i was little, i dunno what happined to it though

[notthemayor]

I'm not at all familiar withTed Eshbaugh. The only animator I recognize is Cal Dalton. I notice the music is by the great Warner Brothers musical director Carl Stalling.

It is an interesting curio, particular in light of the Baum family involvement.

[Tomx569]

damn that was bizzare...

[bucketfullofsugar]

cool

[fromthesidelines]

Ted Eshbaugh was an independent New York animator who could never generate a regular theatrical cartoon series of his own; this was supposed to be the first of a series {which is why Dorothy doesn't come home at the end}, but, as mentioned, legal difficulties prevented Eshbaugh from producing a follow-up. Because Walt Disney had exclusive rights to produce "three-strip" Technicolor cartoons at the time, Ted had to use the "two-color" process...

[bernardstiegler]

oh wow. i wonder if there are any more parts of the series hidden away somewhere. because all the books are great!

[neddx]

That was amazing! I liked it better than the movie! The movie had good special effects but I just didn't like it.

[drsprudel]

what the fuck was that?

thats shite compared to the movie

[crossieblue]

Cant help but agree with you !!!

[RoyalKidofOz]

I kind of wondered the same thing myself, but this was based mainly on the original play, which also eliminated the Wicked Witch and played the Lion to a mere minimum.

[lollmao5]

wheres the lion and the witch the munchkins and the songs? :(

[binkle1]

It's in color throughtout; it just LOOKS B&W because it's so faded.

[SxyChicDisney]

i have this!

[cojoiscrazy]

pause at 1:28! LOL!

[darkspy73]

dude, your a perv

[mgndvd]

hiiiiiilarious!!!

[cojoiscrazy]

wizard of oz is so dark

[cookidoh093]

this is koool

[oibobbo]

you can see where they got the inspiration for the costumes in the film!

althought the tin man wears no spats in the film...

[diddymuck]

don't make a lick of sense.

[b3njee]

Toto is so cute!!

[luudnoma]

call my attention, the cartoon begins black /white and it turns to color exactly as the Victor Flemming Movie.

[ilnaras]

"Toto, don't drink that; it's anti-freeze!"

Heh, and here to think there's people who don't think sex goes on in Oz. You wouldn't know it by what happens starting at 3:03.

They definitely took liberties, but it's still cute. Poor Dottie never got home!

[Sottor]

lol if u think there's no sex in Oz just read teh ''Wicked. Life's and time of a wicked witch'' or something like that. There's a full chapter with sex!

[katfairy1969]

Or don't. It's based on the movie, not the books. Possibly one of the most over-rated books I've ever read.

[Sate12]

Wicked?

Its based a bit off the books and a little off the movie but not based off either one enough to be acurate. for instance

The wicked Witch is older than the wizard and younger than the winged monkeys

Also it dosnt feel like Oz