Just watched The Wizard of Oz (1939) on Blu Ray. Stunning! Then watched some of the extras, culminating in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910), which, for a 13 minute silent film featured some excellent special effects, great costumes, was pretty faithful to Baum's story and held my attention throughout (unlike the silent Shakespeare plays from a decade earlier which, quite frankly, are very hard to digest, even at 2-5 minutes in length).
Great entertainment!
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