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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)

NOT_RATED 13 min  -  Adventure | Fantasy | Short  -   24 March 1910 (USA)
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An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel.

Director:

Otis Turner

Writers:

L. Frank Baum (novel), Otis Turner (scenario)
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz -- An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel.
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Cast

Cast overview:
Bebe Daniels ...
Hobart Bosworth Hobart Bosworth ...
Eugenie Besserer Eugenie Besserer ...
Robert Z. Leonard Robert Z. Leonard ...
Winifred Greenwood Winifred Greenwood ...
Lillian Leighton Lillian Leighton ...
Olive Cox Olive Cox ...
Alvin Wyckoff Alvin Wyckoff
Marcia Moore Marcia Moore
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Storyline

Chased off by the antics of Hank the Mule, Dorothy ends up in her cornfield, where she realizes her family's Scarecrow is alive. She helps him down and he takes a tumble on the turnstyle. A cyclone soon arrives and leaves Dorothy, Scarecrow, Toto and Hank spinning around on a haystack, with Imogene the Cow flying soon after. Soon after their arrival, the Wizard of Oz issues a public decree that he is a humbug, to make sure no one ever finds out. Glinda pops up out of the background and transforms Toto into a man in a bulldog suit to serve as a better protector for Dorothy. Then they encounter the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and Eureka. Nevertheless, she is captured by Momba, the Wicked Witch of the West (suggesting Baum thought the other witches were Mombe, Mombo, and Mombu, in keeping with the council in _Queen Zixi of Ix_) and her flying lizards and soldiers. Dorothy defeats Momba, and they arrive at the Emerald City just in time for the Wizard's going away party. Written by Scott Andrew Hutchins <scottandrewh@home.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Wizard | Scarecrow | Lion | Haystack | Cow  | See more »

Genres:

Adventure | Fantasy | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English (intertitles)

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

The Wizard of Oz See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Selig Polyscope Company See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

(20 fps)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Trivia

One of the films in the 3-disk boxed DVD set called "More Treasures from American Film Archives (2004)", compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film archives. This film is preserved by George Eastman House, has a running time of 13 minutes and an added piano score. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: When Glinda appears, you can clearly see the actress jerking into position when the harness has stopped pulling her up. See more »

Connections

Followed by The Land of Oz (1910) See more »