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Please view the new, updated edition of I, Toto, published to celebrate the 75th Anniversary Edition of The Wizard of Oz: ISBN 978-1-4197-0983-8. During the expansion of the Ventura Freeway in Los Angeles, Willard Carroll unearthed a leather-bound scrapbook from a site that was once a pet cemetery. To his delight and amazement, its yellowing pages contained the rags-to- riches story of Terry, the cairn terrier who played Toto in the enduring film The Wizard of Oz. Reprinted here in its entirety, I, Toto traces the canine star's tragic beginnings (she was abandoned because of housetraining failures until trainer Carl Spitz took her in), her exhilarating film career (she made almost a dozen movies with stars such as Shirley Temple, Spencer Tracy, and, of course, Judy Garland), her days as the top-billed star with the Hollywood Motion Picture Dog Review, and her happy retirement in Southern California. Best of all, it offers the inside scoop on Toto's signature role, her co-stars, and the making of The Wizard of Oz. Toto's lovingly illustrated scrapbook features 100 photographs and reproductions collected over a dog's life, including film stills, press clippings, lobby cards, movie posters, and movie memorabilia, plus personal snapshots from Toto's life at home. This unique autobiography is must-have for every fan of the classic movie and its equally classic canine star.
Synopsis
During the expansion of the Ventura Freeway in Los Angeles, Willard Carroll unearthed a leatherbound scrapbook from a site that was once a pet cemetery. To his amazement, its yellowing pages contained the rags-to-riches story of Terry, the cairn terrier who played Toto in the enduring film
The Wizard of Oz. Reprinted here in its entirety,
I, Toto traces the canine stars tragic beginnings, her exhilarating film career, and her happy retirement in Southern California. Best of all, it offers the inside scoop on Totos signature role, her costars, and the making of
The Wizard of Oz. Totos lovingly illustrated scrapbook features 150 photographs collected over the dogs life. This unique autobiography, reissued just in time for the films 75th anniversary, is a must-have for every fan of the classic movie and its equally classic canine star.
About the Author
Willard Carroll is an Emmy Awardwinning producer, writer, and director. He has written and directed the feature films The Runestone, Toms Midnight Garden, Playing by Heart, and Marigold. He has amassed the worlds largest collection of Wizard of Oz memorabilia, documented in 100 Years of Oz: A Century of Classic Images from The Wizard of Oz Collection of Willard Carroll. Together with Tom Wilhite, he founded the National Oz Museum.