"Ford Star Jubilee" The Wizard of Oz (1956)

Director:

Victor Fleming

Writers:

Noel Langley (screenplay) (archive footage)
Florence Ryerson (screenplay) (archive footage)

TV Series:

"Ford Star Jubilee" (1955)

Original Air Date:

3 November 1956 (Season 2, Episode 2)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Music

Plot:

The first ever telecast of the classic 1939 film. The only time that the film was telecast as part of an anthology series. |

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title | Variety | Company Sponsor Name In Title

Cast

Judy Garland	...	Dorothy (archive footage)
Frank Morgan	...	Professor Marvel / The Gatekeeper / The Carriage Driver / The Guard / The Wizard of Oz (archive footage)
Ray Bolger	...	Hunk / The Scarecrow (archive footage)
Bert Lahr	...	Zeke / The Cowardly Lion / Host (also archive footage)
Jack Haley	...	Hickory / The Tin Man (archive footage)
Billie Burke	...	Glinda (archive footage)
Margaret Hamilton	...	Miss Gulch / The Wicked Witch of the West (archive footage)
Charley Grapewin	...	Uncle Henry (archive footage)
Clara Blandick	...	Auntie Em (archive footage)
Liza Minnelli	...	Herself - Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Justin G. Schiller	...	Himself (host)
The Singer Midgets	...	The Munchkins (archive footage) (as The Munchkins, and as The Singer Midgets)

Runtime:

USA:120 min (including commercials and host sequences)

Color:

Black and White (Kansas sequences) | Color

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

The Kansas sequences were shown in black-and-white on this telecast of The Wizard of Oz (1939). They would not be restored to their original sepia tone until the 1989 50th anniversary videocassette release of the film, and they would not be seen on television in sepia until the 1990 telecast of the film.