Video: The Patchwork Girl of Oz

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Long before the more famous Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland, L. Frank Baum himself made a series of Oz films with his company, The Oz Film Manufacturing Company. The blow film was released in 1914, and was directed by J. Farrell MacDonald. It was the first film made by his esteemed company, and after its failure, Baum found it increasingly more difficult to find distribution, and eventually his production company went under, but we can still enjoy this amusing fantastical romp with its rectangular cardboard cat, Woozy, and its Lonesome Zoop, seductive statuette, and the loopy Patchwork Girl herself. Enjoy!

L Frank Baum's film of his fairy tale "The Patchwork Girl of Oz"Violet MacMillan...Ojo, a Munchkin BoyFrank Moore...Unc Nunkie, Ojo's GuardianRaymond Russell...Dr. Pipt, the Crooked MagicianLeontine Dranet...Margolotte, his wife, who makes the Patchwork GirlBobbie Gould...Jesseva, his daughter, betrothed to DanxMarie Wayne...Jinjur, a Maid in the Emerald CityRichard Rosson...Danx, a Noble

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