Just Follow The Yellow Brick Road

Rating: 8/10 (13 July 2013)

The Wizard Of Oz (TWOO) is probably one of the most famous Hollywood films of the late-1930s and, maybe, even the early-1940s.
As I understand it, when TWOO was first released back in 1939 it really wasn't a colossal hit. It wasn't until the coming of TV when it was first aired in the 1950s that it attracted a humongous fan-base and from there it became one of the most popular films of all-time.
Filmed at MGM Studios, TWOO was made at a time when MGM was, without question, the wealthiest, most impressive, and most successful Hollywood studio in the USA.
Back in 1939 TWOO was made simply as a showpiece. This was MGM showing the world just how much power they wielded, that they could make an expensive film like this one and not care, one bit, whether it earned them a profit, or not.
Little did the MGM big-wigs realize at the time that TWOO would go on to become one of the most beloved Fantasy/Adventure films of all time.
So - "Tap your heels together 3 times and repeat after me - There's no place like home. There's no place like home."