Wizard of Oz mss., 1938-1939

Title: Wizard of Oz mss.
Collection No.: LMC 2090
Dates: 1938-1939
Quantity:

Quantity: 3 Boxes

Quantity: 3 standard

Abstract: Wizard of Oz mss., 1938-1939, is composed principally of drafts and revisions of the screenplay for the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie starring Judy Garland.
Location: Lilly - Stacks
Language: Materials are in English .
Repository: Lilly Library
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500
Business Number: 812-855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu
URL: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library

Biographical Note

The Wizard of Oz was a 1939 MGM musical starring Judy Garland.

Scope and Content Note

In addition, there are outlines, a temporary set list, notes and suggestions, a temporary schedule, dialogue continuity, a list of effects needed, memos concerning sound synchronization, a list of people requiring costumes, tests, a mimeo of the prompt book for the play version, a list of completed loops, and a list of some of the actors and their means of transportation.

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Indexed Terms

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item], Wizard of Oz mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Acquisition Information

Acquired: 1974

Processing Information

Processed by Staff.

Completed in 2013

Collection Inventory

Box 1
Folder 1
Box 1
Screenplay, draft, pp. 14-20, scenes 11-24, by Herman J. Mankiewicz , Mar. 9, 1938
Box 1
Screenplay, draft, pp. 19-20, scene 24, by Herman J. Mankiewicz , Mar. 11, 1938
Box 1
Folder 2
Box 1
Screenplay, draft, pp. 19-41, scenes 24-38, by Mankiewicz , Mar. 12, 1938
Box 1
Screenplay, draft, pp. 35-68, scenes 39-54, by Mankiewicz , Mar. 19, 1938
Box 1
Folder 3-4
Box 1
Outline, mimeo, from Noel Langley , Mar. 22, 1938
Box 1
Folder 5
Box 1
Temporary Set List, draft with revisions, by Mervyn LeRoy , May 6, 1938
Box 1
Folder 6
Box 1
Inter-office memo, LeRoy to Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf , Jun. 4, 1938
Box 1
A few notes on the "Oz" sequences, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jun. 6, 1938
Box 1
Outline of Kansas sequence, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jun. 7, 1938
Box 1
Screenplay, draft, scenes 1-4, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jun. 8, 1938
Box 1
Folder 7
Box 1
Temporary Schedule, screenplay draft with revisions , Jun. 8, 1938
Box 1
Folder 8
Box 1
Screenplay, draft, pp. 1-44, scenes 1-93, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jun. 9-18, 1938
Box 1
Folder 9
Box 1
Dialogue Continuity from Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf , Jun. 10, 1938
Box 1
Folder 10
Box 1
Screenplay, draft, pp. A-1-88, scenes 1-187, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jun. 13, 1938
Box 1
Folder 11
Box 1
Suggested changes for p. 6, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jun. 13, 1938
Box 1
Folder 12
Box 1
Screenplay, draft, pp. 102-106, scenes 399-405, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jun. 15, 1938
Box 1
Folder 13
Box 1
Screenplay, draft, pp. 101-105, scenes 395-405, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jun. 15, 1938
Box 1
Folder 14
Box 1
Notes for changes on First Part, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jun. 15, 1938
Box 2
Folder 1
Box 2
Miscellaneous "old" pages of scripts, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jun. 16, 1938
Box 2
Folder 2
Box 2
Action Outline of "Oz" sequences, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jun. 17, 1938
Box 2
Folder 3
Box 2
Wizard of Oz Effects, by Mervyn LeRoy
Box 2
Folder 4
Box 2
Tin Man Scene, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jun. 22, 1938
Box 2
Folder 5
Box 2
Tin Man Scene, plus drafts of additional scenes, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jun. 23, 1938
Box 2
Folder 6
Box 2
Screenplay, draft, p. 7, scene 7, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jun. 24, 1938
Box 2
Draft of scene of Lion deciding to go to Oz, by Edgar Y. Harburg
Box 2
Folder 7
Box 2
Notes, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jun. 27, 1938
Box 2
Drafts of pp. 68-A-74, 72-73, 77, by Ryerson and Woolf
Box 2
Folder 8
Box 2
Screenplay, draft, pp. 67-70, scenes 131-136, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jun. 28, 1938
Box 2
Folder 9
Box 2
Drafts of pp. 71-75, 81-84, scenes 139-150, 181-189, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jun. 29, 1938
Box 2
Folder 10
Box 2
Outline of Sequence in Witch's Castle, pp. 90-92, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jun. 30, 1938
Box 2
Folder 11
Box 2
Draft of pp. 88-113, scenes 185-277, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jul. 5, 1938
Box 2
Folder 12
Box 2
Notes from Arthur Freed on Wizard of Oz by Ryerson and Woolf , Jul. 6, 1938
Box 2
Folder 13
Box 2
Brief Outline of End, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jul. 8, 1938
Box 2
Suggestions for Cuts, by Ryerson and Woolf
Box 2
On: Mr. Gaver'[?] Notes, from Cedric Gibbons concerning special effects
Box 2
Folder 14
Box 2
Draft of 88-100, scenes, 185-240, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jul. 8, 1938
Box 2
Folder 15
Box 2
Draft of pp. 99-103, scenes 224-241, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jul. 11, 1938
Box 2
Draft of sequences of rescue of Dorothy and death of the Witch, by Ryerson and Woolf
Box 2
Draft of pp. 95-110, scenes, 207-269, by Ryerson and Woolf
Box 2
Folder 16
Box 2
Draft of pp. 115-119, scenes 281-287, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jul. 12, 1938
Box 2
Miscellaneous Pages, pp. 95A, 96A, 101, 104, 105, 109, 110, by Ryerson and Woolf
Box 2
Folder 17
Box 2
Temporary List of People Requiring Costumes , Jul. 12, 1938
Box 2
Folder 18
Box 2
Draft of pp. 111-118A, scenes 271-297, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jul. 13, 1938
Box 2
Folder 19
Box 2
Notes on the Sequence on the Return to the Wizard, from Arthur Freed , Jul. 13, 1938
Box 2
Folder 20
Box 2
Draft of pp. 110-112, scenes 268-276, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jul. 14, 1938
Box 2
Folder 21
Box 2
Suggestion for Revising of Material and Elimination of Oz Sequence at the End , Jul. 14, 1938
Box 2
Folder 22
Box 2
Draft of pp. 112-116, scenes 276-297, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jul. 15, 1938
Box 2
Folder 23
Box 2
Draft of 110-126, scenes 268-323, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jul. 16, 1938
Box 2
Folder 24
Box 2
Draft of 110-122, scenes 268-319, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jul. 18, 1938
Box 3
Folder 1
Box 3
Draft of pp. B1-8, scenes 1-7, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jul. 21, 1938
Box 3
Folder 2
Box 3
Draft of pp. 2-6&7, scenes 3-8, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jul. 22, 1938
Box 3
Folder 3
Box 3
Suggested New Set-Up for Opening, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jul. 22, 1938
Box 3
Folder 4
Box 3
Draft of pp. 85-87, 90-96, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jul. 23, 1938
Box 3
Folder 5
Box 3
Draft of pp. 85-96A, 110-122, scenes 180-215, 268-322, by Ryerson and Woolf , Jul. 25, 1938
Box 3
Folder 6
Box 3
Rough Outline of Action Pages, 29-47 , Jul. 27[?], 1938
Box 3
Draft of pp. 35-37, scenes 67-73 , Jul. 27, 1938
Box 3
Draft of pp. 14-16A, scene 17
Box 3
Folder 7
Box 3
Additions and Changes as per script of May 14, 1938, by Harburg. Covers pp. 93-97, scenes 370-372 , Jul. 30, 1938
Box 3
Folder 8
Box 3
Additions and Changes as per script of May 4, 1938, by Harburg , Aug. 1, 1938
Box 3
Folder 9
Box 3
Draft of sequence ending in killing of the Witch, by Langley , Aug. 10, 1938
Box 3
Folder 10
Box 3
Wizard of Oz Suggestions, by Jack Mintz. Concerns scene 175. , Aug. 25, 1938
Box 3
Folder 11
Box 3
Wizard of Oz Suggestions, by Jack Mintz. Concerns scenes 1, 25, 36, 129, 150, 213, 237 , Aug. 26, 1938
Box 3
Folder 12
Box 3
Test Part of Wizard, pp. 98-105, scenes 237-246, from LeRoy , Aug. 27, 1938
Box 3
Folder 13
Box 3
Tests for Wizard of Oz, each from Cannons , Sept. 15, 1938
Box 3
Folder 14
Box 3
Play and Prompt Book (both copied). Includes Property Plot and Cast of Characters , Sept. 16, 1938
Box 3
Folder 15
Box 3
Test - Wizard of Oz Miss Gulch, from LeRoy , Oct. 6, 1938
Box 3
Test- Wizard of Oz Wicket Witch, from LeRoy
Box 3
Folder 16
Box 3
Notes on Wizard of Oz from Sid Silvers. Covers pp. 52, 53, 65, 67, 71, 76, 77, 78, 97A , Oct. 17, 1938
Box 3
Folder 17
Box 3
Notes on Wizard of Oz from Silvers. Covers pp. 7, 14, 18, 47, 52-54, 60-61, 65, 67, 71-72, 75, 77-78, 90, 92, 97A, 102, 105, 109 , Oct. 19, 1938
Box 3
Folder 18
Box 3
Notes on Wizard of Oz from Silvers. Covers pp. 2, 3, 5, 22 , Oct. 20, 1938
Box 3
Folder 19
Box 3
Notes on Wizard of Oz from Silvers. Covers pp. 22, 72, 99 , Oct. 21, 1938
Box 3
Folder 20
Box 3
For Wizard of Oz list of names and transportation arrangements , Nov. 22, 1938
Box 3
Folder 21
Box 3
from G[avin] A. Burns to Wesley C. Miller about sound synchronization; appended is memo from Burns to Miller, Mar. 9, 1939 on same subject , Mar. 4, 1939
Box 3
Folder 22
Box 3
Completed Loops for Production No. 1060 , Apr. 10, 1939