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    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    Movie

    1910     Fantasy adventure    
    10 minutes
    CountryUSA

    In a whimsical land, Dorothy, chased by the mischievous Hank the Mule, stumbles into her cornfield and discovers her family's Scarecrow is alive. After freeing him, a cyclone whisks Dorothy, Scarecrow, Toto, Hank, and Imogene the Cow into a dizzying journey. Landing in Oz, they learn the Wizard has declared himself a fraud to protect his secret. Glinda emerges, transforming Toto into a man in a bulldog suit to guard Dorothy. Joined by the Tin Woodman, Cowardly Lion, and Eureka, their adventure darkens when Momba, the Wicked Witch of the West (suggesting Baum's naming of witches as Mombe, Mombo, and Mombu), captures Dorothy with her flying lizards and soldiers. Triumphing over Momba, they reach the Emerald City for the Wizard's farewell celebration.

    The earliest surviving film adaption of L. Frank Baum's novel.

    Directed byOtis Turner
    Written byL. Frank Baum, Otis Turner

    Starring

    Bebe Daniels
    Hobart Bosworth
    Robert Z. Leonard
    Eugenie Besserer
    Winifred Greenwood
    Lillian Leighton
    Olive Cox
    Alvin Wyckoff
    Marcia Moore

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