“Wizard of Oz”
A piece of steel rail, a police siren and a steam boiler become parts of a symphony orchestra, when George Stoll, the musical director, added them to his musical group in order to obtain uncanny effects for a scene in the amazing technicolour .film, “The Wizard of Oz,” which is to be released in New Zealand at Christmas time. The rail clanked unmusically to accompany the antics of Jack Haley in his dance as the tin woodman. Other strange effects were provided by the bass player singing into the mouthpiece of his tuba, the violinists humming as they played and the trumpet players performing on their instruments with the mouthpieces reversed. Among the 9200 featured players in “The Wizard of Oz” are Judy Garland, as Dorothy, the little farm girl who has such fantastic adventures in the land of Oz; Frank Morgan, as the Wizard himself; Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion; Billie Burke, as the Good Witch, and Ray Bolger, as the Scarecrow.
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Northern Advocate, 16 December 1939, Page 14
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167“Wizard of Oz” Northern Advocate, 16 December 1939, Page 14
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