The Wizard of Oz Before 1939

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ALL IMAGES USED ARE PUBLIC DOMAIN. SEE IMAGE ON VIEO FOR INFORMATION.  CLIPS USED ARE FROM:   The Magic Cloak Of Oz. 1914  CC0 1.0 UNIVERSAL PUBLIC DOMAIN.  The Wizard Of Oz 1925. CC0 1.0 UNIVERSAL PUBLIC DOMAIN

The Old Oz Films Are Available In Various Forms On Youtube. They Are Also Available Here:

The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz 1910    NC ND 3.0 Available from Internet Archive:

https://archive.org/details/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz

The Patchwork Girl Of Oz Film  1914   NC ND 3.0 Available from Internet Archive:   https://archive.org/details/PatchworkOZ

His Majesty The Scarecrow Of Oz. 1914   NC ND 3.0 Available from Internet Archive:  

https://archive.org/details/His_Maj_Scarecrow_OZ

The Magic Cloak Of Oz. 1914  CC0 1.0 UNIVERSAL PUBLIC DOMAIN. Available from Internet Archive:

https://archive.org/details/Magic_Cloak_of_Oz_1914

The Wizard Of Oz 1925. CC0 1.0 UNIVERSAL PUBLIC DOMAIN. Available from Internet Archive:

https://archive.org/details/TheWizardOfOz1925

Please Note: Historic Films are a product of their time, not ours. The Comedy and Morals of the time are usually much different than ours. We have every right to find them uncomfortable – or even repugnant. But we have no right to ‘cancel’ them. History is important.  “People lose a lot of time in hating others, and there’s no fun in that at all.” L Frank Baum, The Sea Fairies, 1911

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FURTHER READING SUGGESTIONS 

We worked a long time on this video and all resources consulted would be too long to list here. So, for a great basic overview or place to start, try these:

Wonderful Wizard Of Oz Website.©1996-2023 Eric P. Gjovaag.  https://thewizardofoz.info/wiki/Main_Page

Oz Wiki.  Fandom.com. https://oz.fandom.com/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_Wiki

The Wizard of Oz  Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)

The Wizard of Oz, American Film Institute Catalogue Of Feature Films https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/7892

“The Making of the Wizard of Oz – Movie Magic and Studio Power in the Prime of MGM – and the Miracle of Production” #1060, 10th Edition, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc./Random House, 1989.

Fairylogue and Radio-Plays  Oz Wiki. https://oz.fandom.com/wiki/Fairylogue_and_Radio-Plays

The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays. TCM.com. https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/550187/the-fairylogue-and-radio-plays#overview

Reside, Douglas 15 Dec 2011 with Guest David Maxine  “Musical of the Month: A Production History of the 1903 Oz”  https://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/12/15/musical-month-production-history-1903-oz

Westover, Jonas  “1 “Starring Montgomery and Stone!”: The Wizard Of Oz Musical Extravaganza(1902) and the Birth of a Brand”. Oxford Academic Press. Dec 2018. https://academic.oup.com/book/11658/chapter-abstract/160584074?redirectedFrom=fulltext

“The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz (1910) A Silent Film Review”. Movies Silently 14 Feb 2016. https://moviessilently.com/2016/02/14/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz-1910-a-silent-film-review/

“The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” 1910. Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz

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