Fantasy Films. Fantasy. Films: Unlike science.
Dorothy Gale is swept away from a farm in Kansas to a magical land of Oz in a tornado and embarks on a quest with her new friends to see the Wizard who can help her. STRIPED AND YELLOW TOMATOES. In 1519 Cortez saw tomatoes for the first time in Mexico. He sent sample seeds of the "tomatl" back to Spain where it spread to Morocco. Baum's Glinda. Glinda is portrayed by Baum to be a complete mastermind. In the Oz books she.
In mythological or legendary times, they transcend. Fantasy. films are often in the context of the imagination, dreams. Fantasy films often have an element of magic. They may appeal. to both children and adults, depending upon the particular. See AFI's. 1. 0 Top 1. The Top 1. 0 Fantasy Films.
See also separate article on Super- Heroes. Film In fantasy films, the hero often undergoes some kind of mystical. Ancient Greek mythological figures or Arabian Nights- type narratives are typical. Flying carpets, magic swords and spells, dragons, and ancient. Bizarre and imaginary, invented. Shangri- La or Brigadoon). The earliest sci- fi writers.
H. G. Wells and Jules Verne) created fantastic worlds and/or journeys - the. Typically, the predominant characters in fantasies are princes.
Some fantasy- type films might also include quasi- religious. Or they. include the gnomes, dwarves and elves of legend. Odd phenomena, physical aberrations, and incredible characters. They are often inspired or taken, however remotely, from myth or legend.
They fill us with a marvelous sense of awe and touch off deep primal emotions. Fantasy films are most likely to overlap with the film genres. When the narrative of a fantasy film tends to emphasize advanced technology. Or when the supernatural, fantasy forces are specifically intended to. Early Fantasy Films: Over.
The earliest. fantasy films combined science fiction with visions of the future. Some of. the earliest were Georges Melies' fantasy silent film about a trip to the. Moon, Voyage Dans La Lune (1. Fritz Lang's. expressionistic Metropolis (1. German)with a nightmarish view of.
Alexander Korda's Things to Come (1. Director Merian C.
Cooper's great prehistoric fantasy film King Kong (1. Skull Island. with a fearsome hairy Beast created by Willis H. O'Brien's marvelous stop- motion.
Frank Capra's wonderful philosophical romantic fantasy Lost. Horizon (1. 93. 7) brought a group of plane crash survivors to the fabled.
Shangri- La hidden within a snowy Tibetan mountain pass. Comic. strip hero Flash Gordon (Buster Crabbe), with his love interest Dale Arden. Jean Rogers), was the subject of many serialized.
Flash Gordon: Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1. Of. course, the greatest children's fantasy/musical of all time was The Wizard. Oz (1. 93. 9), a journey down the yellow- brick road to the colorful. Land of Oz. Producer Alexander Korda's dazzling Technicolor, costume fantasy. Oscar winning The Thief of Bagdad (1. UK) - . masterfully retold the Arabian Nights tale (of the land of magic carpets).
The frightening story of a man. The Picture. of Dorian Gray (1. Dr. Jekyll. and Mr. Hyde tale. British. Michael Powell's and writer/producer Emeric Pressburger's romantic. Stairway to Heaven (1. A Matter of Life and Death).
David Niven as a aviation casualty in debate with Heavenly and Earthly. Jean Cocteau's lyrical and romantic French film La Belle et la. Bete (1. 94. 6) (aka Beauty and the Beast), adapted from an 1. Beast and a beautiful woman.
In Frank Capra's It's. Wonderful Life (1. James Stewart is aided.
Clarence (Henry Travers). The whimsical, comical. Harvey (1. 95. 0) also starred James Stewart as an inebriated man.
And Vincente. Minnelli's lyrical musical fantasy Brigadoon (1. Scottish village of the same name where the inhabitants. George Pal - Special Effects Wizard: Both. George Pal and Ray Harryhausen created and designed some of the best stop- motion. Producer George Pal won his first Special Effects Academy. Award for his work on the sci- fi fantasy/adventure film Destination Moon. He also won Best Visual (Special) Effects Oscars for the exciting.
When Worlds Collide (1. The War of the Worlds (1. Finally, Pal succeeded. MGM's musical fantasy of the Grimm's fairy tale Tom Thumb (1. Oscar. Pal's. next directorial effort was for an adaptation of H. G. Wells' book, the visual.
Oscar- winning fantasy adventure The Time Machine (1. Rod Taylor as the curious time traveler to the year 8. Elois and hideous Morlocks. In his later career, Pal was also involved. Cinerama" feature fairy tale The Wonderful. World of the Brothers Grimm (1. Faces of Dr. Lao (1.
Tony Randall) who changes. Medusa, Merlin the Magician, the Abominable. Snowman, and a Talking Serpent. Ray Harryhausen - Special Effects Wizard: Mainstream. Ray Harryhausen. (a protege of early stop- motion animator Willis O'Brien - the creator of King. Kong), featured grotesque giant monsters, fabulous Greek mythological. Arabian figures. One of Ray Harryhausen's earliest films included.
O'Brien to animate Mighty Joe Young (1. He also contributed. Warner Bros.' prehistoric fantasy The Beast from 2. Fathoms (1. 95. 3).
Godzilla monster story with a rhedosaurus threatening New York City. He also contributed to a string of 5. It Came From Beneath the Sea (1. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1. US capital in the spectacular finale, 2. Million. Miles to Earth (1. Italy, and the great fantasy adventure of all time - The 7th Voyage of.
Sinbad (1. 95. 8), featuring the rescue of a miniature princess (Kathryn Grant). Kerwin Mathews) on his seventh voyage, a young genie. Cyclops, a dragon, a snake- woman. Harryhausen. proceeded with a fantasy adaptation of Jonathan Swift's The 3 Worlds of. Gulliver (1. 95. 9) about Lemuel Gulliver (Kerwin Mathews) - a globe- traveling. Lilliput and the giant world. Brobdignag, an adaptation of Jules Verne's oft- filmed Mysterious Island.
Captain Nemo of the Nautilus. Jason and the Argonauts (1.
Golden Fleece while confronting clashing. Hydra, a walking Talos statue, and an army of sword- wielding. More. Harryhausen films in the mid- 6.
H. G. Wells adaptation The. First Men in the Moon (1. The Valley of Gwangi.
Sinbad series with more fantastic creatures: The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1. Sinbad and the Eye of the. Tiger (1. 97. 9), and the more recent mythological fantasy Clash of the. Titans (1. 98. 1) - with a memorable snake- haired Gorgon- Medusa, a Cyclops. Pegasus. Frank Oz and Jim Henson - Muppets Puppets: With Jim Henson, Frank Oz directed The Dark Crystal (1.
Muppets. Henson also directed the. George Lucas- produced Labyrinth (1. Jennifer Connelly in an enchanted land inhabited by Henson's Muppets (as monsters). Goblin King (David Bowie). The last film produced by. Jim Henson was British director Nicolas Roeg's adventure- fantasy The Witches. Roald Dahl's novel of the same name, with trademark.
Anjelica Huston as a frightening. Grand High Witch that threatens to turn two young boys into mice at a seaside.
Glinda | Oz Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia"In her Palace Chamber, Glinda the Good Witch sat upon her throne of rubies. She was both very beautiful and young to their eyes; her long hair was a rich red in color and fell in flowing ringlets over her shoulders. Her gown was of pure white silk, but her frank, smiling eyes were deep blue, like sparkling sapphires, and they looked kindly upon the little girl. What can I do for you, my dear child?" she sincerely asked."―The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1.
My one and only wish is to return home to Kansas!" said Dorothy. For Aunt Em will surely think something dreadful has happened to me and Toto, and that will make her grieve and put on mourning; and unless the crops are better this year than they were last, I am sure Uncle Henry cannot afford it.
Can you help me, will you help me?" Dorothy pleaded. Glinda leaned forward and kissed the sweet, upturned face of the little girl. Bless your dear heart," she said, "I am sure I can tell you of a way to get back to Kansas. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1. Glinda. Profile. Title. Lady Glinda, the Good Witch of the South, the sorceress of the south. Species. White Witch.
Immortal witch. White whitch of the water elements. Sorceress enchantress. Residence. Land of Oz/Quadling Country. Occupation. Ruler of the Quadling Country, Immortal and inhuman witch, Protector of Ozma, Princess of Oz(in oz the great and powerful ruler of the South of Oz.
Affiliation. L. Frank Baum, Lurline, Land of Oz, Pastoria. . Wizard, Mombi, Tip, Princess Ozma, China Girl, Finley, Oscar Diggs, Dorothy Gale, Toto, Uncle Henry, Aunt Em, Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, Cowardly Lion, Good Witch of the North, Wicked Witch of the East, Munchkins, Gayelette, Cuttenclips, Hungry Tiger, Wogglebug, Polychrome, Billina, Tik- Tok, Sawhorse, Wicked Witch of the West, Wicked Witch of the South, Jinjur, Nome King, Poppies, Yellow Brick Road, Winged Monkeys, Fighting Trees, China Country, Hammer- Heads, Silver Shoes, Ruby Slippers, Golden Cap, Deadly Desert, Book of Records, Magic Belt.First Appearance.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1. Those Silver Shoes you wear are charmed." Said Glinda the Good. They have many magical powers held within them. And one of the most astonishing things about them is that they can carry you to any place in the world in three solid steps, and each step will be made in the wink of an eye.
All you have to do is to knock the heels together three times and command the shoes to carry you wherever you wish to go.."―The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1. Glinda blows farewell kisses to Dorothy and Toto. By Oz illustrator W. W. Denslow circa 1. Now close yor eyes, and tap your heels together three times, and think to yourself; there's no place like home ."―Glinda (1. Glinda is a fictional character invented by L. Frank Baum, author and creator of the Oz legacy.
She is the beautiful and independent Good Witch of the South who is introduced in Baum's first Oz book titled The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1. She appears at the very end of Baum's story in the twenty third chapter of the novel titled Glinda the Good Grants Dorothy's Wish. Glinda lives in the magical Land of Oz. She is the official ruler of Oz's southern quadrant called Quadling Country. Glinda is the most educated and respected sorceress in all of Oz- -she is forever immortal and rumored to be many hundreds, (possibly even thousands) of years old despite her lively personality and youthful appearance.
Glinda is also commonly known as "Glinda the Good" or simply "Lady Glinda" for short. Glinda of The South" Glinda, the Good Witch of the South.
Oh, she's a real star! But you can hardly catch her in."―The Wiz (1. The true Glinda was not of the North as it was made out to be in the classic MGM film of 1. In Baum's Oz books, Glinda earned respect and praise after vanquishing the Wicked Witch of the South and freeing the native people called Quadlings from slavery. The original Good Witch of the North, who rules over the Gillikin Country in Oz is actually a little old and short woman by the name of Locasta Tattypoo.
Despite this fact, she has been glanced over due to the popularity and fame the movie has achieved as she was replaced with the character of Glinda and completely left out in the film version. It was she who was first called upon by the Munchkins to welcome Dorothy Gale and Toto to Oz in Munchkin Country. Glinda however, did not make an appearance until the very end of the tale. She did not come to a distressed Dorothy to save the day, in fact, Dorothy had to travel very far to find her as she was the girl's last resort of finding a way home after the Wizard failed her. Baum's Glinda..*Glinda the Good Witch of the South* by Artist Charles Santore. Glinda is portrayed by Baum to be a complete mastermind. In the Oz books she operates like a pure genius.
She is highly intelligent and dedicated to Oz more so than any of the men also of high authority. She encourages female empowerment and independence, which was uncommon for the era in which the story was first told. Unlike most versions, in the book Glinda is not portrayed as a superficial giggling feather- brain, but a role model for girls to aspire to be like and is a force to be reckoned with. Baum never said that Glinda travels via magic floating bubble like the 1.
The Wizard of Oz portrayed her to do. But the magic floating bubble for Glinda's way of transportation has been an extremely popular element that many versions and takes on Oz enjoy using for the theme of her overall look and character; such as in Gregory Maguire's best selling mature Oz novel tilted Wicked, and the successful Broadway musical of the same name. Or also like in Walt Disney's 2.
Oz the Great and Powerful. In the books the magic bubble is never mentioned. Instead Glinda is said to travel throughout Oz riding a fancy chariot. Glinda the Good from the Oz books and 1. Glinda also fits the definition and profile of an "Amazon Goddess", who rarely ever needs any help when it comes to defending herself in battles against villains or Oz's enemies. In the books Glinda is much more assertive, hands- on and dominant compared to her movie counterpart. If anything, Glinda is always the one who is rescuing everyone in Oz from the hands of evil; for even the men such as the Wizard himself, needs Glinda's assistance at times.
But Glinda only interferes when absolutely necessary. Physical Appearance & Style.
Glinda the Good with Princess Ozma and Princess Dorothy. . Jhon R. Neill. Baum describes the character of Glinda in appearance as being an unbelievably beautiful young woman, yet is hundreds- -possibly thousands of years old in age.
Glinda is always dressed up formally, even on regular occasions. She wears breathtakingly beautiful ball gowns that gracefully trail behind her in a train as she walks and are so authentic and sophisticated they could be worn by the wealthiest Queen.
Her attire and elegant wardrobe consist of the finest fabrics such as silk, satin or velvet with richly embroidered hems. Her dresses are usually the color of all pure white, as white is the traditional color for "good witches" in Oz. But Glinda is also sometimes illustrated in the Oz books as wearing light pink or sometimes dark red, as red is the favorite color of the southern Qaudlings.
Appearances are very important to Glinda yet despite her vanity she is not shallow, she simply has the natural mannerisms of one who represents high authority and dresses in a way that compliments her respected position. She is said to be very tall, statuesque with delicate skin the color of white cream and as soft as the petal of a flower. Her hair is rich and full and is of a reddish- copper which shines like silken strands of spun gold in the sunlight and flow over her shoulders and fall down her back in bouncy ringlets.
Her eyes are the color of a deep blue, like sapphires, which are always frank and smiling. Her cheekbones are the envy of peach- blows and her lips are full and enticing as a rosebud. Despite her high title and reputation, Glinda is said to never wear any accessories such as fine jewelry or diamond rings. This is because her natural beauty alone would deeply shame even the most rarest and precious gems and stones in all the world. Glinda only wears a tall golden crown upon her head that is encrusted with dozens of dangling red rubies that sparkle like embers of blood and thorny stars.