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> [So vast is the shadow cast by the MGM production of 'The Wizard of Oz,' so indelible are its characterizations, so perfect its music, and so assured is its cinematic immortality, that most people think of it as 'The Original.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/so-vast-is-the-shadow-cast-by-the-mgm-production-of-the-wizard-of-oz/)

[Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/929/kage-baker-15258_assured_so-vast-is-the-shadow-cast-by-the-mgm-pr_570909.jpg)

> [Written and directed by French showman Georges Melies, 'Le Voyage' features one of the most indelible images in cinema history: the wounded Man in the Moon bleeding like a particularly runny Brie, grimacing in pain with a space capsule protruding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/written-and-directed-by-french-showman-georges-melies-le-voyage/)

[Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/)

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## More by Kage Baker

> [For all its flaws, 'The Hands of Orlac' really is a seminal film, and if you're partial to that particular B-movie subgenre of Demon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/for-all-its-flaws-the-hands-of-orlac-really-is-a-seminal-film-and-if/)

[Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/)

> [“The leaf that spreads in the sunlight is the only holiness there is. I haven’t found holiness in the faiths of mortals, nor in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/the-leaf-that-spreads-in-the-sunlight-is-the-only-holiness-there-is-i/)

[Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/)

> [“A lengthy and painful discussion followed. It lasted through tea and dinner. It was revealed to Lady Beatrice that, though she had been sincerely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/a-lengthy-and-painful-discussion-followed-it-lasted-through-tea-and/)

[Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/)

> [“Don't imagine she trembles over the dissecting table either, Smith. She has nerves of ice. Real Good can be as ruthless as Evil when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/don-t-imagine-she-trembles-over-the-dissecting-table-either-smith-she/)

[Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/)

> [A generation before, it had been sagebrush and coyotes; a generation later, it was a burgeoning movie town. But for that brief idyllic time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/a-generation-before-it-had-been-sagebrush-and-coyotes-a-generation/)

[Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/)

> [Funny thing about those Middle Ages, said Joseph. "They just keep coming back. Mortals keep thinking they're in Modern Times, you know, they get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/funny-thing-about-those-middle-ages-said-joseph-they-just-keep-coming/)

[Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/)

> [In 1916, Universal Studios released the first filmed adaptation of Jules Verne's novel '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.' Georges Melies made a film by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/in-1916-universal-studios-released-the-first-filmed-adaptation-of/)

[Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/)

> [Despite what you hear about the publishing industry being a fixed game that you can only get in if you know somebody, I'm here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/despite-what-you-hear-about-the-publishing-industry-being-a-fixed/)

[Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/)

> [So vast is the shadow cast by the MGM production of 'The Wizard of Oz,' so indelible are its characterizations, so perfect its music,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/so-vast-is-the-shadow-cast-by-the-mgm-production-of-the-wizard-of-oz/)

[Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/)

> [“Boy, you're good at figuring things out. Isn't he? Except that if anybody's the devil in this room it's \_you\_, buster." An extraordinary bitterness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/boy-you-re-good-at-figuring-things-out-isn-t-he-except-that-if/)

[Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/)

> [If you want to see what stage comedians did to get laffs a century ago, watch the 1910 'Wizard of Oz.' I hope you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/if-you-want-to-see-what-stage-comedians-did-to-get-laffs-a-century/)

[Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/)

> [I may cut my coat to follow fashion, sir, but not my conscience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/i-may-cut-my-coat-to-follow-fashion-sir-but-not-my-conscience/)

[Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/)

> [Besides, we weren't made to battle villains, because there weren't any. No nation, creed, or race was any better or worse than another; all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/besides-we-weren-t-made-to-battle-villains-because-there-weren-t-any/)

[Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/)

> [The leaf that spreads in the light is the only holiness there is. I haven't found holiness in the faiths of mortals, or in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/the-leaf-that-spreads-in-the-light-is-the-only-holiness-there-is-i/)

[Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/)

> [“People like these have done more to relieve human misery than any prophet with a manifesto ever will. They number in the millions, these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kage-baker/people-like-these-have-done-more-to-relieve-human-misery-than-any/)

[Kage Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kage-baker/)

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