Wizard of Oz

Billie Burke as Glinda in The Wizard of Oz (1939)

In honor of the film’s 80th anniversary, a look back at a few anecdotes that have not aged as well as the 1939 classic.

The Emerald City fromThe Wizard of Oz Original Print by iowajewel

I was privately commissioned to create a painted poster for the 75th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz.The project began with me selecting key iconic moments from the movie and experimented with ways to combine them into one cohesive image. I sketched and…

The character of Glinda, in “The Wizard of Oz,” is the good witch played by Billie Burke in the classic motion picture. Glinda wears a sparkling, high, star-crested gold crown, as well as a floor-length dusty pink ball gown.

There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. But just, for a moment, come with us to the Merry Old Land of Oz and step into the Ruby Slippers of your favorite Wizard of Oz character. We’ll ask you twelve questions about your life in Oz, and then our MagiQuiz Wizard (who has much more integrity than Oz, the Great and Powerful, we promise), will determine your fate. Whether you’re just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to send her back to…

Emerald City