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John Fricke
OZ Historian
John Fricke is a notable OZ historian and author of Judy: A Legendary Film Career; The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History; Judy Garland: World’s Greatest Entertainer; Judy Garland: A Portrait in Art & Anecdote; 100 Years of Oz; and (with Jonathan Shirshekan) The Wizard of Oz: An Illustrated Companion to the Timeless Movie Classic. An Emmy Award-winning producer and Grammy Award nominee, he makes his home in New York City.
- Biography courtesy of The Wonderful World of OZ.
OZ NEWS
The Wonderful World of OZ
Apr 29, 2019
Introducing Behind the Scenes with John Fricke!
It was five years ago that The OZ Museum enlisted award-winning author/historian/producer John Fricke to inaugurate his blog, THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF OZ. Now, after MORE than one hundred written...
Mar 25, 2019
April Events for all Oz Fans!
Music Both the Cincinnati Pops (April 5-7) and the Pittsburgh Symphony (April 26-28) present The Wonderful Music of Oz, a production that features show tunes from The Wizard of...
Mar 15, 2019
THE DREAM FACTORY – ALL IN A DAY’S WORK! – Part One
[Above: That’s portraiture! Morr Kusnet sketched these wonderful likenesses of the four principal cast members of MGM’s THE WIZARD OF OZ for publicity purposes in 1939. The Brooklyn-born freelance artist...
Mar 13, 2019
"Wizard of Oz" Performance comes to the OZ Museum!
The OZ Museum invites everyone to join us Saturday, March 16 at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. for an interactive performance of the "Wizard of Oz"! Brett Crandall, a New York-based actor,...
Feb 26, 2019
March Finds Oz at Home and Abroad for Fans of all Ages!
Expect film screenings of the MGM classic all year as we honor the musical’s 80th anniversary. Here’s one in Wichita, Kansas, March 14. Just across the Kansas border, Kansas City,...
Feb 18, 2019
80 YEARS AGO: MAKING MAGIC . . . 80 YEARS LATER: STILL BREAKING RECORDS!
[Above: Despite the comparatively small amount of surviving MGM Studios paperwork, it seems likely that this photograph was taken exactly eighty years ago this coming week. It marked the...
Jan 23, 2019
The Oz calendar for February offers an amazing variety of events!
All month long the Joliet (Illinois) Public Library's Great Read celebrates The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with events, classes, and exhibits ending with a gala. Details on their website. Feb 1-10 in...
Jan 18, 2019
2019: THAT WONDERFUL, OZZY YEAR!
[Above: Among other joyous proceedings, 2019 marks yet another milestone for what was recently declared – out of 47,000 titles -- “the most influential film ever made.”] Are you...
Dec 21, 2018
SANTA COMES TO OZ!
[Why is Santa Claus encased in a giant bubble – as the Wizard of Oz himself doffs his hat in acknowledgment? Read all about it below, in this month’s holiday...
Nov 30, 2018
Oz Magic for the Holidays
Did you know Santa Claus has Oz connections? Oz author L. Frank Baum wrote about him in The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902), and included Santa among the guests...
Music Both the Cincinnati Pops (April 5-7) and the Pittsburgh Symphony (April 26-28) present The Wonderful Music of Oz, a production that features show tunes from The Wizard of...
Mar 15, 2019
THE DREAM FACTORY – ALL IN A DAY’S WORK! – Part One
[Above: That’s portraiture! Morr Kusnet sketched these wonderful likenesses of the four principal cast members of MGM’s THE WIZARD OF OZ for publicity purposes in 1939. The Brooklyn-born freelance artist...
Mar 13, 2019
"Wizard of Oz" Performance comes to the OZ Museum!
The OZ Museum invites everyone to join us Saturday, March 16 at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. for an interactive performance of the "Wizard of Oz"! Brett Crandall, a New York-based actor,...
Feb 26, 2019
March Finds Oz at Home and Abroad for Fans of all Ages!
Expect film screenings of the MGM classic all year as we honor the musical’s 80th anniversary. Here’s one in Wichita, Kansas, March 14. Just across the Kansas border, Kansas City,...
Feb 18, 2019
80 YEARS AGO: MAKING MAGIC . . . 80 YEARS LATER: STILL BREAKING RECORDS!
[Above: Despite the comparatively small amount of surviving MGM Studios paperwork, it seems likely that this photograph was taken exactly eighty years ago this coming week. It marked the...
Jan 23, 2019
The Oz calendar for February offers an amazing variety of events!
All month long the Joliet (Illinois) Public Library's Great Read celebrates The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with events, classes, and exhibits ending with a gala. Details on their website. Feb 1-10 in...
Jan 18, 2019
2019: THAT WONDERFUL, OZZY YEAR!
[Above: Among other joyous proceedings, 2019 marks yet another milestone for what was recently declared – out of 47,000 titles -- “the most influential film ever made.”] Are you...
Dec 21, 2018
SANTA COMES TO OZ!
[Why is Santa Claus encased in a giant bubble – as the Wizard of Oz himself doffs his hat in acknowledgment? Read all about it below, in this month’s holiday...
Nov 30, 2018
Oz Magic for the Holidays
Did you know Santa Claus has Oz connections? Oz author L. Frank Baum wrote about him in The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902), and included Santa among the guests...
About the Author
John Fricke
OZ Historian
John Fricke is a notable OZ historian and author of Judy: A Legendary Film Career; The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History; Judy Garland: World’s Greatest Entertainer; Judy Garland: A Portrait in Art & Anecdote; 100 Years of Oz; and (with Jonathan Shirshekan) The Wizard of Oz: An Illustrated Companion to the Timeless Movie Classic. An Emmy Award-winning producer and Grammy Award nominee, he makes his home in New York City.
- Biography courtesy of The Wonderful World of OZ.