This page provides a description of the principal Oz productions for cinema and television. Each film is listed in chronological order, from 1908 through 1938. To navigate this page by the relationship between the books and films, use the Movie Index.
FAIRYLOGUE AND RADIO PLAYS
Release date: 1908, Sept 24
Description: An amalgam of excerpts from "The Wonderful
Wizard of Oz", "The Marvelous Land of Oz",
"John Dough and the Cherub", and "Ozma of Oz".
Production Company: The Radio Play Company of America
Producer: L. Frank Baum
Director: Francis Boggs and Otis Turner
Screenwriter: L. Frank Baum and Otis Turner
Music: Nathaniel D. Mann
Sets: E. Pollack
Cast: Romola Remus (Dorothy), Frank Burns (Scarecrow and Para Bruin,
the Rubber Bear), Joseph Schrode (Cowardly Lion and John Dough),
Will Morrison (Tip), Maud Harrington (Ozma), Grace Elder
(Chick the Cherub)
THE WIZARD OF OZ
Release date: 1910, March 26
Description: A short based on "The Wizard of Oz".
Production Company: Selig Polyscope Company
Producer: William Nicholas Selig
Director: Otis Turner
Screenwriter: L. Frank Baum and Otis Turner
Length: 1,000 feet of film (one reel)
Cast: Bebe Daniels (Dorothy), Hobart Bosworth, Eugenie Besserer,
Robert Leonard, Winnifred Greenwood, Lillian Leighton, Olive Cox
DOROTHY AND THE SCARECROW IN OZ
Release date: 1910, April 19
Description: Based on excerpts from "The Wonderful Wizard
of Oz" and "The Marvelous Land of Oz".
Production Company: Selig Polyscope Company
Producer: William Nicholas Selig
Screenwriter: L. Frank Baum
Length: 1,000 feet (one reel)
THE LAND OF OZ Release date: 1910, May 19 Description: Based on excerpts from "The Marvelous Land of Oz". Producer: William Nicholas Selig Screenwriter: L. Frank Baum Production Company: Selig Polyscope Company Length: 1,000 feet (one reel)
JOHN DOUGH AND THE CHERUB Release date: 1910, Dec 19 Description: Based on excerpts from "John Dough and the Cherub". Production Company: Selig Polyscope Company Producer: William Nicholas Selig Screenwriter: L. Frank Baum Length: 1,000 feet (one reel)
THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ
Release date: 1914, August 6
Description: A fantasy/comedy based on "The Patchwork Girl
of Oz".
Production Company: The Oz Film Manufacturing Company
Executive Producer: Clarence Rundel and H.M. Walderman
Producer: L. Frank Baum
Director: J. Farrell MacDonald
Screenwriter: L. Frank Baum
Cinematographer: James A. Crosby
Music: Louis F. Gottschalk (for live accompaniment)
Distributor: Paramount
Length: 5 reels
Cast: Violet MacMillan (Ojo), Frank Moore (Unc Nunkie),
Raymond Russell (Dr. Pipt), Leontine Dranet (Margolotte),
The Marvelous Couderc [Pierre Couderc] (Patchwork Girl),
Bobbie Gould (Jesseva), Marie Wayne (Jinjur), Dick Rosson (Danx),
Frank Bristol (Soldier with the Green Whiskers),
Ben Deeley (Rozyn), Fred Woodward (Woozy/Zoop/Mule),
Todd Wright (Wizard of Oz), Herbert Glennon (Scarecrow),
Al Roach (Cowardly Lion), Andy Anderson (Hungry Tiger),
Jessie May Walsh (Ozma), William Cook (Royal Chamberlain),
Lon Musgrave (Tin Woodman)
[Note: was also copyrighted in 1919 by Michael J. Lyons under the
title, "The Ragged Girl of Oz"]
Available on VHS video
HIS MAJESTY, THE SCARECROW OF OZ
Release date: 1914
Description: The plot for this movie served as the basis for
the subsequent book, "The Scarecrow of Oz".
Production Company: The Oz Film Manufacturing Company
Executive Producer: Clarence Rundel and H.M. Walderman
Producer: L. Frank Baum
Director: J. Farrell McDonald
Screenwriter: L. Frank Baum
Music: Louis F. Gottschalk (for live accompaniment)
Distributor: Alliance
Length: 5 reels
Cast: Violet MacMillan (Dorothy), Todd Wright (Pon),
Vivian Reed (Gloria), Mai Wells (Mombi),
Raymond Russell (King Krewl), Arthur Smollet (Googly-Goo),
Mildred Harris (Button-Bright), Fred Woodward
(Mule/Kangaroo/Cowardly Lion/Crow), Frank Moore (Scarecrow),
Pierre Couderc (Tin Woodman), C. Charles Haydon (Wizard)
Available on VHS video
THE MAGIC CLOAK OF OZ
Release date: 1914
Description: Based on Baum's novel, "Queen Zixi of Ix".
Production Company: The Oz Film Manufacturing Company
Executive producer: Clarence Rundel and H.M. Walderman
Producer: L. Frank Baum
Director: J. Farrell McDonald
Screenwriter: L. Frank Baum
Music: Louis F. Gottschalk (for live accompaniment)
Distributor: Alliance
Length: 5 reels
Cast: Violet MacMillan (King Bud), Mildred Harris (Princess
Fluff), Vivian Reed (Quavo), Fred Woodward (Nicodemus)
Available on VHS video
THE LAST EGYPTIAN
Release date: 1914, December 7
Description: This is film is based on Baum's book of the
same title, published anonymously in 1908.
Production Company: The Oz Film Manufacturing Company
Executive producer: Clarence Rundel and H.M. Walderman
Producer: L. Frank Baum
Director: J. Farrell McDonald
Screenwriter: L. Frank Baum
Distributor: Alliance
Length: 5 reels
Cast: J. Farrell MacDonald (Kara, the Last Egyptian), Howard
Davies (Winston Bey), Jefferson Osbone (Viscount Consinor),
Frank Moore (Lord Roane), J. Charles Hayden (Tadros, the
Dragoman), Fred Woodward (Sebbet, the Embalmer), Pierre
Couderc (Sheik Antur), Vivian Reed (Aneth Consinor),
Jan Urban (Nepthys), Mai Wells (Princess Hatatcha), Ora
Buckley (Mrs. Everingham), Mrs. Emmons (Tilga, Keeper
of the Harem)
THE WITCH QUEEN
Release date: 1915
Description: This is a British release of part of
The Magic Cloak of Oz (two reels).
THE MAGIC CLOAK
Release date: 1915
Description: This is a British release of part
of The Magic Cloak of Oz (two reels).
THE NEW WIZARD OF OZ
Release date: 1915
Description: This is a re-release of the 1914 film,
His Majesty the Scarecrow of Oz, by
Alliance Film Corporation.
THE WIZARD OF OZ
Release date: 1925, June 27
Description: A slapstick comedy that is loosely based
on the original story.
Production company: Chadwick Pictures
Director: Larry Semon
Asst. Director: William King
Screenwriters: Larry Semon, L. Frank Baum Jr. (Frank Joslyn Baum),
and Leon Lee
Cinematographers: Hans F. Koenenkamp, Frank B.) Good, Leonard Smith
Art Director: Robert Stevens
Editor: Sam Zimbalist
Distributor: Chadwick Pictures
Length: 7 reels, 6300 feet
Cast: Larry Semon (Scarecrow/Farmhand/Toymaker), Bryant Washburn
(Prince Kynd), Dorothy Dwan (Dorothy), Virginia Pearson
(Countess Vishuss), Charles Murray (Wizard), Oliver N. Hardy
(Tin Woodman/Farmhand/Knight of the Garter), G. Howe Black
(Cowardly Lion/Rastus (Snowball)), Josef Swickard (Prime
Minister Kruel), Mary Carr (Aunt Em), G. Howe Black (Rastus),
Frank Alexander (Uncle Henry/Prince of Whales), Otto Lederer
(Ambassador Wikked), Frederick Ko Vert (Phantom of Basket)
Available on VHS video
THE SCARECROW OF OZ
Release date: 1931, 25 Feb
Description: A fantasy short based on the Scarecrow from
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". Also known
as "The Land of Oz".
Production company: United Productions
Producer: Ethel Meglin Kiddies
Cast: Zoe Boyer, Maryeuth Boone (Dorothy)
THE WIZARD OF OZ
Release date: 1933
Description: Technicolor animated cartoon based on "The
Wonderful Wizard of Oz".
Production company: Film Laboratories of Canada
Executive Producer: Ted Eshbaugh, J.R. Booth and Carl W. Stalling
Producer: J. R. Booth
Director: Ted Eshbaugh
Screenwriter: Frank Joslyn Baum
Music: Carl Stalling
Illustrators: Frank Tipper, Bill Mason, Carl Dalton,
Vet Anderson, and "Hutch"
Length: 8.5 minutes
Available on VHS video
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