"Lions, and tigers, and bears! Oh, my!” It’s The Wizard of Oz’s 81st Anniversary!

MGM Studios’ technicolor triump took theatergoers over the rainbow and into a land of wicked witches, ruby slippers & singing munchkins, when it opened nationwide, #OTD, August 25, 1939. 🌈🌪👠🏠 #WizardOfOz #JudyGarland #MargaretHamilton #RayBolger #JackHaley #BertLahr #BillieBurke #FrankMorgan #JerryMaren #PatWalshe #Toto #RubySlippers