Sometime after the release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney wanted to make an adaptation of Frank L. Baum's 1900 children's book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Plot[]
The plot was currently unknown at the time.
Why It Was Cancelled[]
- Disney's film rights were lost.
- Samuel Goldwyn ended up selling the rights to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Result[]
- The Disney version of the film was permanently cancelled.
- In 1939, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released their own version of The Wizard of Oz which received critical praise & was a box office hit.T