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I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!

Written for the screen by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson & Edgar Allan Woolf
Attribution status: Verified Reuse status: In copyright

The Wizard of Oz (1939), the Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton). The threat is genuine film dialogue addressed to Dorothy. It is not a personal quotation by Hamilton.

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“I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!” — Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson & Edgar Allan Woolf

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Evoking the world of Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson & Edgar Allan Woolf — Screenwriting credit. Theme: "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!". Atmospheric and restrained, cinematic directional light, a muted period-appropriate palette, fine grain and texture. Compose with generous empty space for the quote and a small credit line. No lettering in the image itself.

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The Wizard of Oz
Date
1939

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Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson & Edgar Allan Woolf

Screenwriting credit

Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf share screenplay credit for this film. The character’s speech is fictional dialogue, not a personal statement by the performer.

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The Wizard of Oz. 1939. Evidence and bibliographical details reproduced in the linked source; no independent access to an original edition is claimed unless stated.

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