After Toto bites Dorothy's neighbor Miss Alma Gulch on the leg, she obtained a Sheriff's order to have Toto destroyed, and Dorothy decided to run away with Toto to save her dog.

The Wizard of Oz was nominated for six Academy Awards but lost to Gone with the Wind.

Toto is the name of Dorothy's dog. In the iconic film The Wizard of Oz (1939), Toto was played by a female (not a male) brindle Cairn Terrier whose real name was Terry.

The Wizard of Oz was originally a carnival showman in Kansas before his hot air balloon escaped and brought him to Emerald City. There he feigned being a wizard.

As a cyclone approached, Dorothy rushed home and took shelter in her bedroom, where the window was blown in and hit her on the head, knocking her unconscious

The Wizard of Oz lived in Emerald City, in the land of Oz, where Dorothy found him on the instructions of Glinda, the Good Witch of the North.

On her journey to meet the Wizard of Oz in Emerald City, Dorothy meets the Tin Woodman who sought a heart.

The movie the Wizard of Oz was directed first by Victor Fleming, but he left the production to take over Gone with the Wind.

A day after Fleming left to take over the direction of Gone with the Wind, Fleming's friend, King Vidor, was assigned to finish directing the Wizard of Oz.

After Glinda revealed to Dorothy that she could return home using the ruby slippers, she asked her to tap her heels together three times.