I was going to say it was odd Frank Baum wrote the screenplay, but I guess he wrote a bunch of them back in the teens. The Magic Cloak of Oz is a silly little film–I’m assuming the target audience was children–and a lot of fun. Baum has a good time with the title cards […]
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The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914, J. Farrell MacDonald)
February 20th, 2008 No Comments
Recommend on MahaloWizard of Oz (1925, Larry Semon)
May 10th, 2006 No Comments
Imagine–if you can–The Wizard of Oz reconfigured as a slapstick comedy with some elements of political intrigue. According to IMDb, director and actor Larry Semon’s career took a serious hit from Wizard of Oz, since he just didn’t get the material. Near as I can tell, however, all the vitriol against the movie is based […]
