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The Guardian of the Gates of the Emerald City
Oz character

Illustration by W.W. Denslow
First appearance The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
Last appearance arguable
Created by L. Frank Baum
Information
Species human
Gender male
Age unknown
Date of birth unknown
Date of death probably immortal
Specialty guard
Occupation guard
Title The Guardian of the Gates of the Emerald City
Family unknown
Spouse(s) unknown
Children unknown
Relatives Oompa (cousin)
Address a room in the wall of the Emerald City
Religion unknown
Nationality Oz

The Guardian of the Gates is an important character in the Oz books of L. Frank Baum. William Wallace Denslow ( May 5, 1856 &ndash March 29, 1915) &ndash usually credited as W Lyman Frank Baum ( May 15 1856 &ndash May 5 1919) was an American Author, Actor, and Independent filmmaker The Emerald City is the fictional capital city of the Land of Oz in L Oz is a fairy Wikipedia_talkFeatured_lists#Proposed_change_to_all_featured_lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->The Oz books form a Lyman Frank Baum ( May 15 1856 &ndash May 5 1919) was an American Author, Actor, and Independent filmmaker He is never known by any other name, but he is depicted as a singular character who lives in a small room, based on its description significantly larger than a standard guardhouse, in the wall of the Emerald City. A guardhouse (also known as a watch house, guard building, guard booth, guard shack, security booth, security building, The Emerald City is the fictional capital city of the Land of Oz in L In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Marvelous Land of Oz, his function is to tie green spectacles around the heads of all visitors to the Emerald City, on the grounds that the glittering rays of the City would cause blindness. The Marvelous Land of Oz, commonly shortened to The Land of Oz, published on July 5 1904, is the second of L Blindness is the condition of lacking Visual perception due to Physiological or Neurological factors These are locked onto all citizens' and visitors' heads, and the Guardian has the only key.

After The Marvelous Land of Oz, he abandoned the practice, for General Jinjur's Army of Revolt and Tippetarius had all entered the city without damage to their eyes. The Marvelous Land of Oz, commonly shortened to The Land of Oz, published on July 5 1904, is the second of L Jinjur is a character in the Oz books by L Frank Baum. She first appears in The Marvelous Land of Oz as a self-appointed general leading Princess Ozma (b August 21, year unknown is a Fictional character in the Land of Oz universe created by L The spectacles were the idea of the Wizard of Oz to make the city appear greener than it actually is. The Wizard of Oz (or simply The Wizard) is a Fictional character in the Land of Oz created by American author L The Guardian of the Gates appears only occasionally after this book, and his duty becomes significantly lighter. He is never shown removing the citizens' spectacles, but after this book, there is no indication that anyone continues to use them with the ruse over with.

In The Patchwork Girl of Oz, when Ojo reaches the city, he and his companions are taken into the Guardian's room, where the Soldier with the Green Whiskers tells the Guardian of the Gates that he has a note from Ozma that Ojo is to be taken prisoner. The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L Frank Baum, is a children's novel the seventh set in the Land of Oz. Ojo is a character from the fictional Oz book series by L Frank Baum. The Soldier with the Green Whiskers is a major character in the Oz books of L Princess Ozma (b August 21, year unknown is a Fictional character in the Land of Oz universe created by L So the Guardian of the Gates removes the traditional prison garb, a white robe that completely covers the prisoner, from a closet and places it on Ojo and leaves the Soldier with the Green Whiskers in charge of him.

In John R. Neill's Oz books, the Guardian of the Gates and the Soldier with the Green Whiskers are frequently shown as friends, but the subsequent books of Jack Snow give the duty to Omby Amby (the Soldier's name), and there is no entry for the Guardian of the Gates in Snow's Who's Who in Oz. John Rea Neill ( November 12, 1877 - September 13, 1943) was a Magazine and Children's book Illustrator primarily John Frederick "Jack" Snow ( August 15, 1907 &ndash July 13, 1956) was an American Radio Writer and In Neill's The Scalawagons of Oz, the Guardian mentions a desire to visit his cousin, Oompa, which may explain, in-universe, why Omby Amby is fulfilling that function. The Scalawagons of Oz ( 1941) is the thirty-fifth of the Oz books created by L Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. Further confusion is created in the MGM movie, in which both roles are played by Frank Morgan, and publicity referred to the Guardian's equivalent as "the Doorman" and the Soldier's equivalent as "the Guard". The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical - Fantasy film mainly directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 children’s Frank Morgan ( June 1, 1890 – September 18, 1949) was an American Character actor best known for his portrayal of the title No other Guardian of the Gates is described in any of Baum's books, aside from a stout woman who takes over the function during Jinjur's rule. In The Marvelous Land of Oz musical, in which the role was originated by Steve Huke, the Guardian is conflated with the man interviewed doing housework, and he also claims to have a wife and ten children, a claim not made by anyone in the book. The Marvelous Land of Oz is a Musical play by Thomas W Olson (book Gary Briggle (lyrics and Richard Dworsky (music based

The Guardian of the Gates had his own eponymous song, written in bass clef, in The Wizard of Oz musical extravaganza, by Baum and composer Nathaniel D. A clef (from the French for "key" is a musical symbol used to indicate the pitch of written notes. The Wizard of Oz was a 1902 Musical play extravaganza based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Mann, but it was cut after only two performances and never made it to Broadway, although the sheet music was published for consumer use. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located


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