I believe that it was a foreshadowing metaphor for what Alice will experience later in her life. There are similaritites between Dorothy and Alice being that they both travel on a long and lonesome road with someone they love that eventually will lead them back to a place where they once were happy.
shareI'm watching this movie for the very first time on the TCM Channel right now . I really liked the beginning of this movie and was thinking the same thing about it being like a theme from " The Wizard of OZ " . The only song missing from this movie IMPO was - " Goodbye Yellow Brick Road " by Elton John . That would have been just right like his other song " Daniel " that was played in this movie . Thanks le-fantome for your subject post .
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