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Ooo, Fritzi like! Fritzi WANT! Animated GIF

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I like to post a GIF to thank the participants whenever I host a blogathon. Since the theme is Accidentally Hilarious, I decided to use one from a movie that tries hard to be funny– and fails spectacularly! This is from the infamous 1925 version of The Wizard of Oz, which is also sitting on the top (bottom?) of my list of lowest-ranked silent films as I type.

However, Dorothy Dwan perfectly embodies my excitement at seeing everyone’s wonderful posts. This is also how I react when Richard Arlen appears on the movie screen but that, my lambs, is another story.

(You can read my review of The Wizard of Oz here but I do not recommend it. Some poor souls read my review and then actually went out and saw the movie. I can’t have that on my conscience.)

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12 Replies to “Ooo, Fritzi like! Fritzi WANT! Animated GIF”

  2. Fritzi, that nutzoid silent version of THE WIZARD OF OZ was worth a look, but once was enough! Walter Murch’s version wasn’t my favorite, but it was certainly better than the silent one. Worth a look to prove it exists, at the very least! 🙂

  3. I know I shouldn’t, but I’m intrigued by the silent Wizard of Oz. I can’t say I haven’t been warned. What’s been seen cannot be unseen, right?

    Thanks again for hosting this blogathon. Bravo!

    1. It was a pleasure having you!

      As for the silent Wizard of Oz, three words: Projectile vomiting duck. You have been warned. 😉

  4. “Some poor souls read my review and then actually went out and saw the movie. I can’t have that on my conscience.”

    That would be me! 😉 And I curse you with many sleepless nights as a result! 😛

    1. Ha! As an experienced viewer of the silents, you knew what you were in for. On your head let it be! 😉

      1. Disney’s Inspector Gadget is quite painful too. I’d say that it’s even worse than what’s been done with The Transformers.

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