The Wizard of Oz

"The happiest film ever made!"

Jan 27 1925 TV-G 1h 21m
Adventure, Comedy, Family

A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.

Plot

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.

Written by

L. Frank Baum, Frank Joslyn Baum, Leon Lee

Directed by

Larry Semon

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Chadwick Pictures Corporation

Languages

No Language

Awards

1 win

Scores
# of Votes
1,842
Average Rating
4.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA