THE WIZARD OF OZ

(The Wizard of Oz)
A film directed by Larry Semon
1925 - 81 minutes - Black & White - Silent - 1.33 : 1
USA

SYNOPSIS

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.

MAIN CAST

Dorothy Dwan
Mary Carr
Virginia Pearson
Bryant Washburn
Josef Swickard
Charles Murray
Oliver N. Hardy
William Hauber
William Dinus
Frank Alexander
Otto Lederer
Frederic Ko Vent
Larry Semon
G. Howe Black
Dorothy / Princess Dorothea
Aunt Em
Lady Vishuss
Prince Kynd
Prime Minister Kruel
Wizard of Oz
Woodsman / Knight of the Gart...
Undetermined Role
Undetermined Role
Uncle Henry / Prince of Whales
Ambassador Wikked
Phantom of the Basket
Scarecrow / Toymaker / Farmh...
Cowardly Lion / Rastus / Snow...

PRODUCTION COMPANIES

Chadwick Pictures Corporation

DISTRIBUTORS

Chadwick Pictures Corporation (USA)
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