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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.
OZ NEWS
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Feb 01, 2021
Treasures from the OZ Museum - Flying Monkey Vlog
Fly! Fly! Fly! In January's Treasures from OZ Museum by John Fricke, we explore the rare flying monkey's used on the set of "The Wizard of Oz" in 1939. Beware,...
Feb 01, 2021
“BRING ME THAT GIRL AND HER DOG! . . . NOW, FLY! FLY!”
[Above: One of Buddy Gillespie’s countless moments of triumph is caught in this rare Technicolor test frame. It’s a glimpse of special effects footage that shows three sizes of rubber...
Dec 31, 2020
120 Years of OZ: Decade by Decade (2010-2020)
E12: The 4k DVD restoration, the 15th Anniversary of Wicked on Broadway, OZ the Great & Powerful, new Oz books and more - all in the latest chapter of The...
Dec 21, 2020
DREAMING OF AN OZ CHRISTMAS . . .
It’s that once-a-year time -- if on a whole new level, thanks to 2020! But wheresoever you’re dispersed, and howsoever you celebrate the December holidays this year, may the warmth...
Nov 25, 2020
Christmas In OZ
“Nutcrackers, ornaments and books, oh my!” may not have a familiar ring, but that’s what you’ll find now in the Oz Club’s case at the OZ Museum. “I’ve filled one...
Nov 20, 2020
“WE MUST BE UP INSIDE THE CYCLONE!”
[Above: Here’s a toast, once again and always, to the creative genius of A. Arnold “Buddy” Gillespie. With his special effects team at MGM in 1938-39, he created a most...
Nov 13, 2020
120 Years of OZ: Decade by Decade (2000-2010)
E11: From the Broadway musical Wicked by Stephen Schwartz & Winnie Holzman, the Muppets rendition of The Wizard of OZ, the birth of the OZ Museum and more - John...
Oct 23, 2020
120 Years of Oz: Decade by Decade (1990-2000)
E10: The Wizard of Oz had become an integral part of American popular culture by the 1990's. From The Wizard of Oz on Ice, Gregory Maguire's novel, Wicked, and traveling...
Oct 16, 2020
“JNO.” -- IMPERIAL ILLUSTRATOR & ROYAL PAINTER OF OZ!
[Above: It looks like a happy, generic “capture” of a raft of Oz celebrities! In reality, however, this John R. Neill art from GLINDA OF OZ (1920) depicts the great...
Oct 02, 2020
120 Years of OZ: Decade by Decade (1980-1990)
E9: From its 50th Anniversary, Walt Disney's Return to Oz, Del Rey paperbacks reprinting 15 of Ruth Plumbly Thompson's books, a growing International Wizard of Oz club & more, The Wizard...
[Above: One of Buddy Gillespie’s countless moments of triumph is caught in this rare Technicolor test frame. It’s a glimpse of special effects footage that shows three sizes of rubber...
Dec 31, 2020
120 Years of OZ: Decade by Decade (2010-2020)
E12: The 4k DVD restoration, the 15th Anniversary of Wicked on Broadway, OZ the Great & Powerful, new Oz books and more - all in the latest chapter of The...
Dec 21, 2020
DREAMING OF AN OZ CHRISTMAS . . .
It’s that once-a-year time -- if on a whole new level, thanks to 2020! But wheresoever you’re dispersed, and howsoever you celebrate the December holidays this year, may the warmth...
Nov 25, 2020
Christmas In OZ
“Nutcrackers, ornaments and books, oh my!” may not have a familiar ring, but that’s what you’ll find now in the Oz Club’s case at the OZ Museum. “I’ve filled one...
Nov 20, 2020
“WE MUST BE UP INSIDE THE CYCLONE!”
[Above: Here’s a toast, once again and always, to the creative genius of A. Arnold “Buddy” Gillespie. With his special effects team at MGM in 1938-39, he created a most...
Nov 13, 2020
120 Years of OZ: Decade by Decade (2000-2010)
E11: From the Broadway musical Wicked by Stephen Schwartz & Winnie Holzman, the Muppets rendition of The Wizard of OZ, the birth of the OZ Museum and more - John...
Oct 23, 2020
120 Years of Oz: Decade by Decade (1990-2000)
E10: The Wizard of Oz had become an integral part of American popular culture by the 1990's. From The Wizard of Oz on Ice, Gregory Maguire's novel, Wicked, and traveling...
Oct 16, 2020
“JNO.” -- IMPERIAL ILLUSTRATOR & ROYAL PAINTER OF OZ!
[Above: It looks like a happy, generic “capture” of a raft of Oz celebrities! In reality, however, this John R. Neill art from GLINDA OF OZ (1920) depicts the great...
Oct 02, 2020
120 Years of OZ: Decade by Decade (1980-1990)
E9: From its 50th Anniversary, Walt Disney's Return to Oz, Del Rey paperbacks reprinting 15 of Ruth Plumbly Thompson's books, a growing International Wizard of Oz club & more, The Wizard...
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.