The Wizard of Oz is an adaptation.
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , and the best-known and most commercially successful adaptation based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum . Wizard of Oz (character) . The character was further popularized by a stage play and several movies , most famously the classic 1939 movie , as well as the 2013 prequel adaption .