donutage (Bill Cole)Happy birthdays to L. Frank Baum (b. 5/15/1856), Katherine Ann Porter (b. 1890), & Brian Eno (b. 1948)!
I wonder what would happen if the three of them walked into a bar.
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WaltBorn this day: 05/15/1856 (d. 05/06/1919)
L. Frank Baum was the author of 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz', which won a 2001 Retro-Hugo Award for Best Novel. The 1939 film 'The Wizard of Oz', won a 2015 Retro-Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Frank_Baum
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"It is a callous age; we have seen so many marvels that we are ashamed to marvel more; the seven wonders of the world have become seven thousand wonders."
~ L. Frank Baum, born today, 1856.
Marcus ReynoldsProfessor Marvel: And remember, my sentimental friend, that a heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others.
at about 1h32m of 1h41m "The Wizard of Oz" (1939)
Marcus ReynoldsProfessor Marvel: And remember, my sentimental friend, that a heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others.
at about 1h32m of 1h41m "The Wizard of Oz" (1939)
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JdeBPIncidentally, when it comes to which actor played the part(s): in the plays, there are all sorts of wild things.
When #AlanAyckbourn directed one of the plays in 1968, Nigel Forde played both the Guardian of the Gate and Uncle Henry. The Wizard was a different actor.
http://careers.alanayckbourn.net/page4/page88/
In the NPR+L.A. Children's Museum centennial audio dramatization, John Goodman played (only) the Guardian of the Gates. Harry Anderson was the Wizard. (And #MichelleTrachtenberg was Dorothy.)
It is difficult to include John Goodman and Munchkin-sized in the same sentence without some form of negative. (-:
https://newwwoz.blogspot.com/2012/03/wonderful-wizard-of-oz-centennial.html
One could perform Elizabeth Fuller Chapman's 1928 play with the Guardian of the Gates and the Wizard as the same person, although there is one point in act 3 where it is implied that they are on stage together.
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102943486
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Mostly, no. In some adaptations, such as The Wiz, and in some of the novels, it's either multiple guardians of the gate or identifiably another named character (e.g. Faramant).
In the first Baum book, the Guardian of the Gates has xyr own living quarters away from the wizard's palace, which they have to go back to in order to set off to the Wicked Witch of the West, and doesn't have the appearance of the wizard, being described as Munchkin-sized.
https://oz.fandom.com/wiki/Guardian_of_the_Gates
https://newwwoz.blogspot.com/2015/02/volkov-thon-wizard-of-emerald-city.html
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Guardian of the Gates
The Guardian of the Gates is a very jolly and friendly little man who guards the emerald studded gates of the Land of Oz's imperial capital known as the Emerald City. In Baum's original book he is described as rather short, being the same height as a Munchkin, even though it does not clarify if he is of Munchkin blood or a native Munchkin who came from the eastern quadrant known as the Munchkin Country. In appearance he is said to be a older man but very jolly and round, with a chubby fat...
50+ Music#OnThisDay in 2024, "Wicked" (Part 1), a film musical, opens starring #ArianaGrande, #CynthiaErivo, and Jonathan Bailey, based on the stage musical and #LFrankBaum's novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".
