The Wizard of Oz (1939)

In Victor Fleming's immortal classic (adapted from L. Frank Baum's novel):

• the quintessential scene of lonely Kansas teenager Dorothy Gale's (Judy Garland) singing of the melancholy "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (the Best Original Song Oscar winner)
• the first appearance of Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch (Margaret Hamilton) on a bicycle riding down a rural farm road in Kansas
• the thrilling twister-tornado scene and Dorothy's hallucinations swirling and floating by in front of her
• the astonishing, cleverly-shot transition (in one single take without any special effects) from sepia-tone to full color as Dorothy entered the fanciful, Technicolored Land of Oz through the door of her downed house
• Dorothy's exclamatory statement to her dog Toto: "I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"
• the lively Munchkin sequences
• the green-faced Witch's appearance in a red puff of smoke
• the Witch's attempt to seize the ruby slippers from Dorothy's feet
• Dorothy's first steps on the Yellow Brick Road after receiving guidance from the Good Witch Glinda (Billie Burke)
• her first encounter with each of her companions - the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), the Tin Man (Jack Haley) and the Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr)
• their journey with linked arms as they skipped: "We're off to see the Wizard" down the Yellow Brick Road

"We're Off to See the Wizard"

The Emerald City in the Distance

The Intimidating Wizard

• their songs: "If I Only Had a Brain" and "If I Were King of the Forest"
• the amazing, scary sequences of Dorothy and her friend's first encounter with the Wizard (Frank Morgan) - a disembodied head engulfed in flames
• the Wicked Witch's taunting of the Scarecrow with fire: ("How about a little fire, Scarecrow?")
• her cackling threat: "I'll get you, my pretty - and your little dog, too!"
• and her subsequent "I'm melting" death scene that destroyed her "beautiful wickedness"
• the scene of the pulling-aside of the curtain and the revelation of the Wizard
• the presentation of awards scene
• Dorothy's farewell scene in the land of Oz (and particularly her tearful goodbyes to her friends, especially to the Scarecrow)
• the closing scene when Dorothy awakened from her fantastic dream in her own bedroom (where she was surrounded by family and friends) - she denied that she was only dreaming her adventures in the Land of Oz, and repeatedly exclaimed: "There's no place like home"

Dorothy's Return to Kansas
Clicking Her Slippers Three Times	"There's no place like home"