Is The Wizard of Oz Screen Aspect Full Screen?

[nycomet]

The annoying black bars on the SIDES of the movie on these older titles should have that AWESOME feature we saw on Pinocchio: static artwork on the sides. It is SO EASY for the movie company's to include it as an optional feature.

In the case of Wizard of Oz, I would have liked to see various side panel artwork to match scenes in the film: clouds, poppies, the yellow brick road, the forest, the cornfield... anything but that plain black on the sides.

For the Star Trek Original Series, the enhanced special effects should have shifted to a full presentation, then jump back to the normal view during the non-effects scenes. The shifting aspect ratio was stellar and highly effective in The Dark Knight.

Ironically, it is only the black bars on the sides of the movie that irk me. I have no problem at all with the black bars on the top and bottom on wide screen presentations. I guess I am a freak.