Rare original script from The Wizard of Oz. ...

Description

Rare original script from The Wizard of Oz. (MGM, 1939) This 113-page original script from The Wizard of Oz is studio-bound and bradded, dated October 10, 1938, including revisions, and marked "Complete" on the tattered cover. This version includes important revisions by writer Edgar Allan Woolf, the visionary who changed the famous slippers from silver to ruby, inserted the dream sequence, and is responsible for the fantasy aspects of the film - all elements not in the L. Frank Baum novel. The script exhibits heavy use and chipped pages, with separated cover. Original Wizard of Oz scripts are very rare, and this "Complete" version is even more desirable. Cover is in poor condition. While the first two pages of the script are chipped, the rest of the content remains in good condition.

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