Happy centennial to The Royal Book of Oz, published 100 years ago, OTD, May 24, 1921 by Reilly & Lee! Although L. Frank Baum was credited as the author, it was written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It is the first of 19 Oz titles that she wrote during her time as the second Royal Historian of Oz. #TheRoyalBookOfOz #RuthPlumlyThompson
“They’re back!” #TodayInMovieHistory May 23, 1986: #PoltergeistII: The Other Side, starring JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke, Oliver Robins, Zelda Rubinstein, Will Sampson, Julian Beck and Geraldine Fitzgerald, is released in theaters. Happy 35th Anniversary! #HorrorMovies
#TodayInMusicHistory May 21, 1971 - Marvin Gaye's eleventh studio album, "Whats Going On", captured the ears, hearts and minds of a nation. 50 years later the album’s title track and its powerful message still resonate with the world. #MarvinGaye #WhatsGoingOn #WhatsGoingOn50
#TodayInMovieHistory May 18, 2001: Shrek, based on William Steig‘s 1990 fairy tale picture book, directed by Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson and starring Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, Conrad Vernon, Cody Cameron, Vincent Cassel, Chris Miller, Jim Cummings & Kathleen Freeman, is released in theaters. It won the 1st ever Oscar for Best Animated Feature. The film's success helped establish DreamWorks Animation as a prime competitor to Pixar in feature film computer animation, and three sequels were released—Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third (2007), and Shrek Forever After (2010)—along with two holiday specials, a spin-off film, and a stage musical that kickstarted the Shrek franchise. In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", making it the first DreamWorks Animation film and the first animated feature not produced or distributed by Disney to earn that honor. 🧅 #Shrek20thAnniversary
121 years ago, on this day in Oz history, May 17, 1900 - L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with more than 100 colored illustrations & 24 color plates by W.W. Denslow, is published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago, Illinois. Selling for $1.50, it becomes the best-selling children's book of 1900. In January 1901, George M. Hill completed printing the first edition, a total of 10,000 copies. It sold three million copies by the time it entered the public domain in 1956. It has since seen several reprints, most often under the title The Wizard of Oz, which is the title of the popular 1902 Broadway musical adaptation as well as the iconic 1939 MGM musical. The Library of Congress has declared it "America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale”. #LFrankBaum #WWDenslow #TheWonderfulWizardOfOz
#TodayInMovieHistory, May 16, 1986: #TopGun, DIR by Tony Scott and starring @TomCruise, @ValKilmer, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards & @TRSkerritt, is released in theaters. It won the Oscar for Best Original Song & PCA for Favorite Motion Picture. Happy 35th Anniversary! #TopGun35
Happy 165th Birthday to the real Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919)! 🎂 Born and raised in upstate New York (Chittenango), the author, theater producer & playwright was best known for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen; the 1939 M-G-M adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema. His works also anticipated such later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of clothes advertising (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work).
Happy Birthday to film director, film producer, screenwriter and innovator in visual effects, the legendary Robert Zemeckis! 🎂❤️
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Happy 165th birthday to artist, children’s book illustrator, editorial cartoonist and Roycroft artisan, William Wallace Denslow, Jr (May 5, 1856 – March 29, 1915)! He was best known for his beloved illustrations for author L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, By the Candelabra's Glare, Father Goose: His Book, and Dot and Tot of Merryland. 🎂❤️
"We are the weirdos, mister." The Craft, directed by Andrew Fleming and starring Fairuza Balk, Robin Tunney, Rachel True, Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, Breckin Meyer, Christine Taylor, Assumpta Serna, Helen Shaver, Cliff DeYoung, Nathaniel Marston, William Newman & Brenda Strong was released 25 years ago, on this day, May 3, 1996. #TheCraft25
Cheers to 15 wonderful years! Today, Robert and I celebrate our crystal anniversary. It was love at first sight back in 2006 and I wouldn't trade what we have for the world. Here's to the next 15! 👨❤️💋👨 #CrystalAnniversary #15YearsTogether
