The Wizard of Oz (Adventure/Musical) (1939) © 1999 by Raymond Weschler "Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore…" Major Characters Dorothy Gale...................................Judy Garland A sweet and very innocent girl who lives on a farm in Kansas with her Aunt, Uncle and dog. After being hit on the head during a tornado, Dorothy falls into a long and deep dream in which she visits the magical "Land of Oz." Auntie Em.......................................Clara Blandick Dorothy’s Aunt Emily, who has to take care of her niece as well as manage the family farm. Uncle Henry.....................................Charley Grapewin Auntie Em’s husband, and a loving uncle to Dorothy. Hunk/The Scarecrow..............................Ray Bolger Hunk is one of the workers on Auntie Em’s farm, but in the land of Oz, he’s a gentle scarecrow who is very sad because he doesn’t have a brain (A scarecrow is an object that is made of straw and shaped like a man, that is placed on farmland to scare birds away from the crops). Hickory/The Tinman..............................Jack Haley Hickory is another farm worker, but in the land of Oz, he’s a gentle man made out of tin metal, who is sad because he doesn’t have a heart. Zeke/The Lion....................................Bert Lahr Zeke is also a worker on Auntie Em’s farm, but in the land of Oz, he is a lion who is very sad because he does not have any courage. Miss Gulch/The Wicked Witch of the West..........Margaret Hamilton Miss Gulch is an old, rich and very mean woman who is determined to have Dorothy’s dog killed because he had chased her cat around her garden. In the land of Oz, she is the Wicked Witch of the West, who threatens to kill Dorothy and her dog (A person who is "wicked" is very evil and bad, and a "witch" is usually an old, ugly woman who has magical powers). Glinda, the Good Witch of the North..............Billie Burke A "witch" who is not ugly and evil, but in fact very kind and beautiful! She helps Dorothy get to the city of Oz while protecting her from the Wicked Witch of the West. Professor Marvel/The Wizard of Oz................Frank Morgan Professor Marvel is a kind of travelling peddler or salesman, with a strong interest in magic. In the Land of Oz, he is the Wizard of Oz himself (A "wizard" is a man who also has great and magical powers). Toto..............................................Toto Dorothy’s much loved pet, and perhaps the most famous dog in the history of the movies. Plot Summary This film is the amazing story of Dorothy Gale, a very sweet and innocent girl who lives with her aunt and uncle on a poor farm in the state of Kansas (It’s not clear when it was supposedto take place, since the book The Wizard of Oz was written in 1902, but the movie was no责任编辑:yechenglu
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