You've got a point, DBC...allow me to clarify.

Silent movies don't count, and adaptations BASED on Broadway Productions BASED upon the original story don't count either.

I meant The Wizard of Oz, MGM production starting Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley and Frank Morgan, directed by Victor Flemming and produced by Mervyn LeRoy in 1939, the CLASSIC and one & only memorable version, to which all others are compared.

Incedentally, since you brought it up...'The Wiz' is concrete proof that some classics should not be remade.
I saw the play and it was very good. I saw the movie and it was not very good.

Thanks for the opportunity, DeathByClotheshanger.

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