MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Down 3,441 this week

The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914)

5.8
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 5.8/10 from 192 users  
Reviews: 14 user | 2 critic

Ojo and Unc Nunkie are out of food, so they decide to journey to the Emerald City where they will never starve. Along the way, they meet Mewel, a waif and stray (mule) who leads them to Dr.... See full summary »

Writers:

(novel), (screenplay)
0Check in
0Share...

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 18 titles created 15 Apr 2012
 
a list of 832 titles created 24 Oct 2011
 
a list of 40 titles created 2 months ago
 
a list of 13 titles created 1 month ago
 
a list of 1875 titles created 20 Sep 2011
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914)

The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) on IMDb 5.8/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of The Patchwork Girl of Oz.

Videos

Photos

Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Violet MacMillan ...
Frank Moore ...
Raymond Russell ...
Leontine Dranet ...
Bobbie Gould ...
Marie Wayne ...
Richard Rosson ...
Danx, a Noble Munchkin (as Dick Rosson)
Frank Bristol ...
Fred Woodward ...
Todd Wright ...
...
The Scarecrow (as Herbert Glennon)
...
The Cowardly Lion / Tottenhot (as Al Roach)
Dave Anderson ...
The Hungry Tiger (as Andy Anderson)
Jessie May Walsh ...
William Cook ...
The Royal Chamberlain
Edit

Storyline

Ojo and Unc Nunkie are out of food, so they decide to journey to the Emerald City where they will never starve. Along the way, they meet Mewel, a waif and stray (mule) who leads them to Dr. Pipt, who has been stirring the powder of life for nine years. Ojo adds plenty of brains to Margolotte's Patchwork servant before she is brought to life with the powder. When Scraps does come to life, she accidentally knocks the liquid of petrifaction upon Unc Nunkie, Margolotte, and Danx (daughter Jesseva's boyfriend). So all go on separate journeys to find the ingredients to the antidote. (Of course Jesseva has Danx shrunken to take with her, which causes trouble with Jinjur.) Of course, no one ever told Ojo that some of the ingredients were illegal to obtain... Written by Scott Hutchins <scottandrewh@home.com>

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Taglines:

5,000 FEET OF JOYOUS FILM! See more »


Edit

Details

Country:

Language:

Release Date:

28 September 1914 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Ragged Girl of Oz  »

Filming Locations:

 »

Company Credits

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

Film debut of Charles Ruggles, who had previously appeared on stage in the related play The Tik-Tok Man of Oz. See more »

Goofs

The character of Ojo is stated several times to be a boy, but is referred to as a girl in one of the dialogue caption cards. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Return to Oz (1985) See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews

 
early Oz film has the look down, though it drags a bit late
2 May 2007 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

I watched this on a VHS from the American Movie Entertainment box set (1996) of four early Oz films. The print was OK, fairly sharp and without too many pops or scratches -- but with at least one significant scene missing (where Scraps accidentally turns three of the other characters into statues) and some lengthy portions where the right side of the screen is burnt/melted. The music was weird; it vacillated between fairly appropriate ragtime-esquire piano and an electronic score more appropriate to a Tarkovsky film! Those caveats aside, I really liked the first half of the film a lot, as Ojo and Unc Nunkie set out for the Emerald City but end up delayed and sidetracked after encountering magician Dr. Pipt, his wife and his magical creation Scraps, the Patchwork Girl. The adventures up through that point, and the finding of the Woozy, and the sequence around the Dark Well are all inventive and fast-moving, but the film gets a bit bogged down and repetitive once the action shifts to the Emerald City. I did like that the characters for the most part looked like they came straight out of the original illustrations -- Scraps and Mr Pipt in particular looked and acted just right; also some of the sets, like Dr. Pipt's house, are quite excellent, busy and full of clutter, which seems appropriate. The special effects are pretty well done and there are a surprising number of them; especially nice is the way in which Scraps is put together. I think this one is more for true fans of the books than general silent film buffs, and I suspect that will be true of the other films.


0 of 1 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
Refrenced in 'Last Temptation' anirak_anna
Narration neonboy619
Discuss The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?