The film is the biography of Frank Baum, the children's book author and creator of the fantasy world Oz.
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Title: The Dreamer of Oz (TV Movie 1990)
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| John Ritter | ... | L. Frank Baum | |
| Annette O'Toole | ... | Maud Gage Baum | |
| Rue McClanahan | ... | Matilda Electa Joslyn Gage | |
| Charles Haid | ... | Al Badham / Cowardly Lion | |
| David Schramm | ... | W.W. Denslow | |
| Nancy Lenehan | ... | Harriet Alvena Baum Neal | |
| Courtney Barilla | ... | Dorothy Leslie Gage / Dorothy Gale | |
| Nancy Morgan | ... | Helen Leslie Gage Gage | |
| Pat Skipper | ... | Charlie H. Gage | |
| Ed Gale | ... | Ned Brown / Farmer | |
| Trevor Eyster | ... | Frank Joslyn Baum (5-9 years) (as Tim Eyster) | |
| Joshua Boyd | ... | Frank Joslyn Baum (3 years) | |
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Roger Steffens | ... | Salesman (as Roger Steffans) |
| John Cameron Mitchell | ... | Albert the Reporter | |
| 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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reference to lyman frank baum | children's author | children's book | imagination | another world |Certificate:
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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 (1939)
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
Kenneth Gage Baum, the Baum's fourth son, was omitted from the film, although he was present for much of the time period that the film shows. See more »Soundtracks
Main TitleFrom the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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 know I enjoyed it too. I was watching the Wizard of OZ on TV and then I remember watching the made for TV movie on the life of L.Frank Baum on TV with the late John Ritter as Baum. I enjoyed it because it told of the real Dorthy, his neice I believe, he wrote it about and for, since Baum himself did not have any daughters. I think it was on ABC when it was originally broadcast so they might be the best bet if you want a video copy of it.