Return to Oz

Return to Oz (1964)

Rather than adapt a later or create a new Oz story, this production has Dorothy still in posession of the shoes, and she clings to an apple tree during a tornado which takes her back to Oz. The Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion (using the names created for the nearly-abstract television series, Tales of the Wizard of Oz, from which this was derived) have had their MGM gifts destroyed by the restored Wicked Witch, and the four proceed to the Wizard for help, who is ineffectual as usual.

Date of release
1964-02-09
TMDB
2.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
51m
Genres
Animation, TV Movie, Family, Fantasy
Director
F.R. Crawley, Thomas Glynn, Larry Roemer

Casting

Interesting facts

Return to Oz is a 1964 animated television special produced by Crawley Films for Videocraft International. Aired February 9, 1964 in the United States as the first of three The General Electric Fantasy Hour specials for NBC, it was rebroadcast on February 21, 1965. The special was directed by F. R. Crawley, Thomas Glynn, and Larry Roemer from a teleplay by Romeo Muller, who later wrote Dorothy in the Land of Oz. It was the first television special produced by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass through Videocraft International, later known as Rankin/Bass Productions.

Production

The special was produced by Crawley Films for Videocraft International, later known as Rankin/Bass Productions. It was the first television special produced by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass. Directed by F. R. Crawley, Thomas Glynn, and Larry Roemer from a teleplay by Romeo Muller, it premiered on NBC on February 9, 1964, as the first of three General Electric Fantasy Hour specials.

Return to Oz was produced as a 90-minute successor to the Tales of the Wizard of Oz series, although edited to fit an hour-long time slot for NBC's broadcast. The screenplay originated from New York while the voice track was recorded in Toronto at RCA Victor studios. The animation consisted of 140,000 images drawn by 40 staff members at the Crawley studios in Canada.

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