The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

5.31925· 81 min· USA
ComedyFamilyFantasy

A Toymaker tells a bizarre story about how the Land of Oz was ruled by Prince Kynd, but he was overthrown by Prime Minister Kruel. Dorothy learns from Aunt Em that fat, cruel Uncle Henry is not her uncle, and gives her a note due on her eighteenth birthday, which reveals she is actually Princess Dorothea of Oz, and is supposed to marry Prince Kynd. She, Uncle Henry , and two farmhands are swept to Oz by a tornado. Snowball, a black farmhand soon joins them after a lightning bolt chases him into the sky. They land in Oz, where the farmhands try to avoid capture. Semon becomes a scarecrow, Hardy briefly disguises himself as a Tin Woodman, and Snowball is given a Lion suit by the Wizard, which he uses to scare the Pumperdink guards.

Director
Larry Semon
Writer
L. Frank Baum (adapted from his story), Frank Joslyn Baum (adapted by), Leon Lee (adapted by)
Released
13 Apr 1925
Country
USA

Cast

DD

Dorothy Dwan

MC

Mary Carr

Virginia Pearson

Virginia Pearson

BW

Bryant Washburn

CM

Charles Murray

OL

Otto Lederer

LS

Larry Semon

FA

Frank Alexander

FK

Frederick Kovert

JS

Josef Swickard

SB

Spencer Bell

WH

William Hauber

OH

Oliver Hardy