The Wizard of Oz at 80: fascinating facts about the 'cursed' film classic

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 children's novel written by author L Frank Baum and illustrated by W W Denslow It is the first novel in the Oz

Starring RuPaul's Drag Race UK winner and Dancing On Ice star The Vivienne as The Wicked Witch Of The West and London Palladium legend Gary Wilmot as The Wizard

the 100 In order to create the fake snow in the film's poppy field scene, the crew mixed foam with a type of asbestos called chrysotile, and then sprayed it all over

the lorax Because the film was among the earliest to be shot in Technicolor, it required large sets with cameras hidden in different corners and elaborate