| I wanted to set up a page so that viewers
of this site can appreciate the work that Bill Brooks has done in order
for us to have all these absolutely wonderful graphics from our favorite
movie, "The Wizard of Oz." He sent an e-mail and explained exactly what
it was he had to do to create these images.
In that note, he said: "It's just like
the movie restoration process, but one picture at a time. I color correct
them and then I retouch any of the scratches and dust in the picture, for
the black and white ones I also convert them to a sepia tone since the
version I have of the film is where the beginning is just black and white,
not sepia.)"
Bill, the work you've done, well, it's beyond
my vocabulary to express how thankful I am that you're sharing these images
with the world. I will tell you this - I know why you selected the name
Tinman, you've already been to see the Wizard and found that you already
had one of the biggest hearts ever seen in one man. Your generosity is
something that I'll always treasure!
Isn't the Internet a wonderful thing? It
takes people that are hundreds and sometimes thousands of miles apart -
and gives us the chance to 'meet' through a common interest who would have
in all probability never have known the other person existed otherwise.
Bill, it is my pleasure and honor to be able to call you 'friend' and now
a most gracious host! We might disagree on certain things, Oz, but
we'll always have The Kraft Music Hall!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
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