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FANTASY FILM PREMIERED ON THIS DAY

File:WIZARD OF OZ ORIGINAL POSTER 1939.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

On August 10, 1939, The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland
and featuring words and music by E.Y. “Yip” Harburg and
Harold Arlen, received its
world premiere in Green Bay,
Wisconsin. It would open widely in U.S. theaters some two
weeks later.

The Wizard of Oz was a critical success and was nominated
for five
Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning
Best Original Song for "Over the Rainbow" and Best Original
Score
.

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Judy Garland How Old When She Did Wizard Of Oz

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Judy Garland (Frances Ethel Gumm)
(June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969)


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RADIO SERIES BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1943

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Land of the Lost
was a radio fantasy adventure, written and narrated by Isabel
Manning Hewson. It was broadcast Saturday mornings at 11:30 am on the ABC
Blue network until September 22, 1945. In 1944, it also was on ABC Tuesdays
at 7:00pm from July 4 until October 3. On October 14, 1945, the series moved
to Mutual, where it was heard until July 6, 1946 (Sundays at 3:30 until mid-
January and then Saturdays at 11:30am). Sponsored by Bosco, Land of the
Lost
aired on ABC from October 11, 1947 until the end of the run on July 3,
1948.

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Isabel Manning Hewson was a native of
Baltimore. MD.

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SERIES LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY IN 1943

 


Land of the Lost
was a radio fantasy adventure, written and narrated by
Isabel Manning Hewson, about the adventures of two children who traveled
underwater with the fatherly fish Red Lantern. The series aired from 1943
to 1948 on the Mutual Broadcasting System and ABC.

Betty Jane Tyler was the voice of the young Isabel, and Ray Ives was the
voice of Billy. Several actors voiced Red Lantern, including Art Carney.The
announcer was Michael Fitzmaurice
, and Cyril Armbrister directed. Organist
Bob Hamilton provided background music.


Isabel Manning Hewson


              

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FILM’S US RELEASE ON THIS DAY IN 1951

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The British-American animated fantasy film Alice in Wonderland was
produced by Walt Disney Productions and is the 13th film in the Walt
Disney Animated Classics series. It was first released in London on
July 26 for its world premier. The comedy-adventure film features the
voices of Kathryn Beaumont as Alice, and Ed Wynn as the Mad Hatter.

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English writer Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name,
Lewis Carroll

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THE VOICE OF PINOCCHIO IS 87 TODAY

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Dickie Jones

As a child and young adult, Jones achieved success especially in
B-Westerns and television. He was an accomplished horseman
from infancy, billed at the age of four as the World’s Youngest
Trick Rider and Trick Roper. At the age of six, he was hired to
perform riding and lariat tricks in the rodeo owned by western
film star Hoot Gibson. Dickie Jones is best remembered as the
voice of the lead character in the 1940 Walt Disney animated
film ”Pinocchio”.

Jones starred as Dick West, sidekick to the Western hero known as 
The Range Rider (1951), in a TV series that ran for 76 episodes
(and for decades in syndication). He was given his own series in
1955, Buffalo Bill, Jr. which ran for 40 episodes. Jones continued
working in films throughout the 1950s, then retired and entered the
business world.

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