L Frank Baum and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

John Ritter as Baum presents the Wizard of Oz to illustrator W.W. Denslow, who in turn present it to the publisher who rejects the manuscript. 1990 film will supposedly be part of the new Wizard of Oz DVD set coming out this fall.

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[tWiLiGhTfan2470]

uhmm.... does anybody know the name of the girl who plays dorothy?????

[friendsfamilyaccount]

I can't remember her name, but she was in the Blue Lagoon sequel --

[friendsfamilyaccount]

And it's an amazing tribute to the talent and versatility of John Ritter as an actor. His face is just so wide open with expression in this film that you can always tell what he's thinking. I'm thrilled this will be out on the new DVD, simply because a new audience will discover it. :)

[friendsfamilyaccount]

This is such a beautiful movie that it can be forgiven that it's not exactly the truth. :) (Dorothy was actually a niece who died in infancy....)

[cluvsonj]

@friendsfamilyaccount Several have stated it is Courtney Barilla but I did want to clarify for others who may read these posts that Courtney was the young child version of Lilli in REturn to the Blue Lagoon while the adult Lilli is played by Milla Jovovich

[loathing14]

L. Frank Baum

El-pha-ba

Elphaba = The Wicked Witch of the West

WWOTW = The green woman who some grew to love and others grew to fear.

[MELISSA84008]

'Vigilant Citizen' has some great articles about hidden meanings/messages in movies and music videos...here's the link to his 'Wizard of Oz' article: vigilantcitizen(dot)com/movies­andtv/the-occult-roots-of-the-­wizard-of-oz/

[hotdave86000]

THE LATE GR8T JOHN RITTER ... GOOD COMEDIAN .

[DreamsofCentaurs]

+sigh+ Narnia and the land of Oz, will always be considered my childhood home.

[baghyra88]

@friendsfamilyaccount Courtney Barilla

[wickedwitchwest12323]

anyone notice the most popular books in history have been rejected a few times before being published?

[dramaqueendes]

@tWiLiGhTfan2470 Courtney Barilla



[darthvaderyoda]

Its interesting how, alot of times, things that end up being socially amazing and great are originally rejected and the creator has to fight to get there word across.