The Dreamer of Oz (TV 1990)The film is the biography of Frank Baum, the children's book author and creator of the fantasy world Oz. Director:Jack Bender |
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| John Ritter | ... | ||
| Annette O'Toole | ... | ||
| Rue McClanahan | ... |
Matilda Electa Joslyn Gage
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| Charles Haid | ... |
Al Badham /
Cowardly Lion
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| David Schramm | ... |
W.W. Denslow
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| Nancy Lenehan | ... |
Harriet Alvena Baum Neal
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Courtney Barilla | ... |
Dorothy Leslie Gage /
Dorothy Gale
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| Nancy Morgan | ... |
Helen Leslie Gage Gage
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| Pat Skipper | ... |
Charlie H. Gage
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| Ed Gale | ... |
Ned Brown /
Farmer
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| Trevor Eyster | ... |
Frank Joslyn Baum (5-9 years)
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Joshua Boyd | ... |
Frank Joslyn Baum (3 years)
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Roger Steffens | ... |
Salesman
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Albert the Reporter
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Frank Hamilton | ... |
Sullivan
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The film is the biography of Frank Baum, the children's book author and creator of the fantasy world Oz.
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10 December 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story See more »Company Credits
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From the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz
Music by Harold Arlen and Herbert Stothart
Arranged by Herbert Stothart
Orchestrated by Murray Cutter
Played offscreen in final scene by the M-G-M Studio Orchestra
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This prior unavailable 1990 TV film appears for the first time on disc 2 on the two - disc The Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary DVD set. See more »Goofs
L. Frank Baum's niece Dorothy Gage who was the inspiration for the Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz died at 5 months of age. See more »Soundtracks
"Main Title"From the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz
Music by Harold Arlen and Herbert Stothart
Arranged by Herbert Stothart
Orchestrated by Murray Cutter
Played offscreen in final scene by the M-G-M Studio Orchestra
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I remember this movie every time The Wizard of OZ is mentioned and was surprised to discover I was only six years old the one and only time I saw it. It is very clear in my mind still which is clearly a comment on the quality of the film. All of the performances were wonderful but I have one negative comment to make. I recently researched Dorothy Gage and discovered she died at only 5 months old, and although her name is the basis of Dorothy Gale's, the story was always meant to feature a girl not a little boy as the movie depicted.
The movie had the viewer believe that Baum had a strong attachment to a child when really Dorothy was an infant who his wife adored.
Even though the film is inaccurate the story is wonderful on it's own and I would recommend it to anyone as a partly non-fiction, partly fiction film.