As stunning as The Wizard of Oz was, making it was a disaster for MGM. The technology just wasn't there. Actors were hurt and someone even stepped on Toto.

In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Baum never specifically names what dog breed Toto is. The author describes him as a little black dog with small, twinkling eyes. The original illustrator of the book ...

Cassie Meck grew up on a farm with a loving, hardworking family and a faithful dog. She even dodged a tornado.

I was a “Wizard of Oz” devotee as a child. Like the color purple and chicken noodle soup, it was one of my uncontested favorites as a child. But not for any of the reasons you’d think.

When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy Gale and her dog, Toto, are whisked away from their house to the magical Land of Oz. They follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City to meet the ...

The impact of the ‘Wizard of Oz’s’ tornado scene Gillespie would work as the head of special effects for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1936 to 1962. He would go on to be nominated for 12 Oscars ...

2. The Witches of Oz. How it happened in the book: Baum's book describes four witches of Oz, two good and two bad. Dorothy's house is carried by a tornado to the land of Oz and lands on the Wicked ...