MGM sends the picture back to theaters in 1949 and does not put the witch on the poster
MGM sends the picture back to theaters in 1949 and does not put the witch on the poster
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| Created / published | 1949 |
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| Notes | MGM sends the picture back to theaters in 1949 and does not put the witch on the poster. It does not need to. A signpost from the film does the work — HAUNTED FOREST, WITCHES CASTLE 1 MILE, I’D TURN BACK IF I WERE YOU — with Dorothy, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion reading it. Ten years after the film, the furniture alone was enough. Source: The Wizard of Oz. Insert poster for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer reissue, 1949. Color lithograph, 89 x 34 cm. PIC. — 1949.W89, no. 1. Reproduced under fair use for scholarly commentary on the film discussed in this chapter. |
| Subjects | Figure 11.4 in Hollywood Halloween Horrors |
| Source | Library of Congress |
| Reference | Fig 11.4 F1104a Wizard_of_Oz_MGM_1949_insert |
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