Random fact: The Wizard of Oz was shown for the very first time ever in my hometown, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. 1939. The thinking was that if small town folks liked it, they could release it in bigger markets. If it was a total bust, no one would be the wiser.
The slight coloration is a marvelous, subtle touch that adds greatly to the cartoon. Sepia: 1. a reddish-brown color associated particularly with monochrome photographs of the 19th and early 20th centuries. I really love this comic!
Several years ago the Washington Post had a readers contest to pick new mottoes for the states. One of the entries was “Kansas. The black and white part of the movie.”
I’ve never seen Oz in a theater. When I was a kid all we had were B & W televisions. I bet I was at least 10 or 11 before I finally saw the color switch during the movie. Couldn’t believe what I had been missing.
Speaking of color, that reminds me about one of the Calvin & Hobbes strips where Calvin asked his dad why certain photos were in black & white and his dad’s smart-assed explanation.
My 88-year-old mother-in-law described the magic of seeing it for the first time. The new technology of color had been heard of but she had never experienced it before.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 6 years ago
In the original showing of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” 1939, the sequences at the beginning and end were sepia toned, not B/W.
Kaputnik almost 6 years ago
I kind of assumed that they had the words for all the colors, but just saw them as highly specific shades of gray.
And Z51 is right. The pillow is sort of pinkish, and there are a few patches of subdued color on the quilt as well.
Bilan almost 6 years ago
Yellow: The same shade as the corn.
Green: The shade the Kansas grass gets one month a year.
Blue: The feeling you get the other 11 months.
Brass Orchid Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Follow the very light grey road!
iggyman almost 6 years ago
Actually the B/W scenes were in “Tepia” I believe it was called. Like a brownish tint.
crookedwolf Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Dorothy looks like Data in drag..!
uniquename almost 6 years ago
You can have any color you want, as long as it’s grey.
This is just cruel.
jlsnell327 almost 6 years ago
Random fact: The Wizard of Oz was shown for the very first time ever in my hometown, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. 1939. The thinking was that if small town folks liked it, they could release it in bigger markets. If it was a total bust, no one would be the wiser.
TossedSaladCartoon almost 6 years ago
Shouldn’t be black and white. It was sepia.
pony21 Premium Member almost 6 years ago
“Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield, Blue was just the Kansas summer sky.” – “Matthew,” lyrics and music by John Denver.
WCraft Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Clever.
banjinshiju almost 6 years ago
It must be rough to dream in color while living in a black and white world.
AlanDF almost 6 years ago
The slight coloration is a marvelous, subtle touch that adds greatly to the cartoon. Sepia: 1. a reddish-brown color associated particularly with monochrome photographs of the 19th and early 20th centuries. I really love this comic!
Lablubber almost 6 years ago
Several years ago the Washington Post had a readers contest to pick new mottoes for the states. One of the entries was “Kansas. The black and white part of the movie.”
MissScarlet Premium Member almost 6 years ago
I’ve never seen Oz in a theater. When I was a kid all we had were B & W televisions. I bet I was at least 10 or 11 before I finally saw the color switch during the movie. Couldn’t believe what I had been missing.
Angry Indeed Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Speaking of color, that reminds me about one of the Calvin & Hobbes strips where Calvin asked his dad why certain photos were in black & white and his dad’s smart-assed explanation.
Herb Thiel Premium Member almost 6 years ago
My 88-year-old mother-in-law described the magic of seeing it for the first time. The new technology of color had been heard of but she had never experienced it before.
Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Also reminds me of the very last Far Side cartoon. [here insert nostalgic sigh]
Charlie Tuba almost 6 years ago
Toto (thinking): “I don’t remember any of those colors.”
Charlie Tuba almost 6 years ago
The grass is always greener over the rainbow.