Oz stuff: Magical Mimics of Oz and the 1910 movie
The next Oz post is up, and yay, we're back to good books again with The Magical Mimics of Oz.
On a related note, a few alert readers have reminded me that this the 100th anniversary of the first ever film of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, aka, Oz Goes Ballet!
I can't decide what I adore most about this: the cyclone, the way you can see the wires holding up all of the "flying" people, the, um, camels, a giant Eureka the Kitten, or the inexplicable decision by everyone to avoid an oncoming tornado by...climbing on a haystack. (I checked, and apparently, that's supposed to be Hank the Mule (yes, stolen from other Oz stories) and Imogene the Cow (cow!). It's absolutely dreadful and incoherent and well, yes, I kinda adore it in that dreadful adoration way.
And as long as I'm on an Oz kick here, I may as well add that Hungry Tiger Press has started a new blog, which so far has already contained marvelous little Ozzy and historical tidbits.
On a related note, a few alert readers have reminded me that this the 100th anniversary of the first ever film of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, aka, Oz Goes Ballet!
Click to viewI can't decide what I adore most about this: the cyclone, the way you can see the wires holding up all of the "flying" people, the, um, camels, a giant Eureka the Kitten, or the inexplicable decision by everyone to avoid an oncoming tornado by...climbing on a haystack. (I checked, and apparently, that's supposed to be Hank the Mule (yes, stolen from other Oz stories) and Imogene the Cow (cow!). It's absolutely dreadful and incoherent and well, yes, I kinda adore it in that dreadful adoration way.
And as long as I'm on an Oz kick here, I may as well add that Hungry Tiger Press has started a new blog, which so far has already contained marvelous little Ozzy and historical tidbits.