2017-05-15

To be Frank.

On this day in 1856, Frank L. Baum (oops: L. Frank Baum) was born and I've been buying up various Ozu books for the last 15 years or so. Last year, I showcased a gross of Ozu book covers and at the very end of that post is a little theatre programme of an independent musical version of  オズの魔法使い (Wizard of Oz, duh). I cannot easily discern what the date of the production is nor who any of the stars are. But what the heck, the pictures are colourful and a nice bit of Ozzie paraphernalia.












The Little Bug-Eyed Monster logo must be the Theatre troupe logo.


Happy Birthday, Mr. Baum! I wonder what I'll dig up for next year?

2 comments:

Eric said...

As always, another great tribute to the man—but you got his name wrong. It's L. Frank Baum, not Frank L. (For those wondering, the L stood for Lyman. No wonder he chose to go by his middle name!)

Michael Jones said...

Dang, I actually knew that but it slipped my mind. I suppose, my post title wouldn't have the same ring if I'd used, "To be L."

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