Tales of the Wizard of Oz
| Tales of the Wizard of Oz | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animation |
| Based on |
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum |
| Directed by | Harry Kerwin |
| Voices of | Peggi Loder Larry D. Mann Susan Morse Alfie Scopp |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 110 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Arthur Rankin, Jr. Jules Bass |
| Production company(s) |
Crawley Films Videocraft Rankin/Bass Productions |
| Distributor |
DreamWorks Classics NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original release | 1 September – 1 December 1961 |
Tales of the Wizard of Oz is a 1961 animated television series produced by Crawley Films for Videocrafts (later known as Videocraft and ultimately Rankin/Bass Productions). This is the second animated series produced by the studio, and the first by Rankin/Bass to feature traditional animation.
The series features stories derived from characters created in L. Frank Baum's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Several characters are given additional names, including Dandy Lion, Rusty Tin Man, and Socrates the Scarecrow.
Artistic renditions of the Oz characters created for this series were later featured in the hour-long television special Return to Oz. The series was also adapted to a comic book for a one-shot in Dell's Four Color #1308 [March–May 1962].
As of 2015[update], this series has yet to be released on DVD. Coincidentally, both this series and Filmation's own animated project, Journey Back to Oz (which began production one year later and ultimately finished in 1971), are now owned by the same company, Universal Studios.
In October 2010, the series went into rotation on the Retro Television Network.
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