<Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> Leo the Lion is privileged to herald this one with his deepest roar--the one that comes from way down--for seldom if indeed ever has the screen been so successful in its approach to fantasy and extravaganza through flesh - and - blood...handsomely mounted fairy story in Technicolor, with its wealth of humor and homespun philosophy, its stimulus to the imagination, its procession of unforgettable settings, its studding of merry tunes should click solidly at the box - office . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> Leo the Lion is privileged to herald this one with his deepest roar--the one that comes from way down--for seldom if indeed ever has the screen been so successful in its approach to fantasy and extravaganza through flesh - and - blood...handsomely mounted fairy story in Technicolor, with its wealth of humor and homespun philosophy, its stimulus to the imagination, its procession of unforgettable settings, its studding of merry tunes should click solidly at the box - office . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> <P> Not all reviews were positive . Some moviegoers felt that the 16 - year - old Garland was slightly too old to play the little girl who Baum originally intended his Dorothy to be . Russell Maloney of The New Yorker wrote that the film displayed "no trace of imagination, good taste, or ingenuity" and declared it "a stinkeroo," while Otis Ferguson of The New Republic wrote, "It has dwarfs, music, Technicolor, freak characters, and Judy Garland . It can't be expected to have a sense of humor, as well - and as for the light touch of fantasy, it weighs like a pound of fruitcake soaking wet ." Still, the film placed seventh on Film Daily's year - end nationwide poll of 542 critics naming the best films of 1939 . </P> <P> Roger Ebert chose it as one of his Great Films, writing that "The Wizard of Oz has a wonderful surface of comedy and music, special effects and excitement, but we still watch it six decades later because its underlying story penetrates straight to the deepest insecurities of childhood, stirs them and then reassures them ." </P>

Wizard of oz was in black and white