Dorothy (Judy Garland), the Tin Woodman (Jack Haley), the Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr) and the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger) with the Wizard (Frank Morgan) in "The Wizard of Oz," distributed by Warner Bros., all rights reserved. The film was finished in March 1939 and released in August of the same year. It was based on a book by L. Frank Baum published in 1900. March 24th 2006