How THE WIZARD OF OZ Made Hollywood Magic As much as the world changed in those first forty years of the 20th century, it has changed exponentially more by the year 2019. And yet, that capital-t Time is still powerless to put THE WIZARD OF OZ out of fashion. As an entry in “Hollywood’s Greatest Year,” THE WIZARD OF OZ is certainly the most recognizable and universal, but how well does it hold up 80 years later? How did the most influential movie in history come to be?
As much as the world changed in those first forty years of the 20th century, it has changed exponentially more by the year 2019. And yet, that capital-t Time is still powerless to put THE WIZARD OF OZ out of fashion. As an entry in “Hollywood’s Greatest Year,” THE WIZARD OF OZ is certainly the most recognizable and universal, but how well does it hold up 80 years later? How did the most influential movie in history come to be?
