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The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) is a silent film made by L. Frank Baum's The Oz Film Manufacturing Company. It was based on the book The Patchwork Girl of Oz.
The film was written and produced by L. Frank Baum and directed by J. Farrell MacDonald. It makes almost no use of the dialog from the book in the intertitles. While there are a number of modest special effects, the movie relies largely on dancing (or rather cavorting), slapstick, and costuming. The Patchwork Girl uses acrobatics regularly with good effect. Dr. Pipt's daughter is added for love interest, as well as an additional plot thread: her boyfriend is turned into a small statue which women find irresistible. The plot omits the Glass Cat, the Shaggy Man, the Yoop, and the phonograph, but also adds Mewel, a donkey, and "The Lonesome Zoop", both slapstick animals.
Original Release
09/28/1914
US Release
09/28/1914
Cast
Name | Character |
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Violet MacMillan | Ojo, a Munchkin Boy / Ojo |
Frank Moore | Unc Nunkie, Ojo's Guardian / Uncle Nunkie |
Raymond Russell | Dr. Pipt, the Crooked Magician / Dr. Pipt |
Leontine Dranet | Margolotte, his wife, who makes the Patchwork Girl / Margolotte |
Marie Wayne | Jinjur, a Maid in the Emerald City / Jinjur |
Richard Rosson | Danx, a Noble Munchkin / Danx |
Frank Bristol | The Soldier with the Green Whiskers (Omby Amby) / Soldier with Green Whiskers |
Fred Woodward | Mewel, who is Everybody's Friend / The Woozy, a Quaintness / The Zoop, A Mystery / Woozy / Zoop / Mule |
Todd Wright | The Wizard of Oz |
Bert Glennon | The Scarecrow / Scarecrow |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Violet MacMillan | Ojo, a Munchkin Boy / Ojo |
Frank Moore | Unc Nunkie, Ojo's Guardian / Uncle Nunkie |
Raymond Russell | Dr. Pipt, the Crooked Magician / Dr. Pipt |
Leontine Dranet | Margolotte, his wife, who makes the Patchwork Girl / Margolotte |
Marie Wayne | Jinjur, a Maid in the Emerald City / Jinjur |
Richard Rosson | Danx, a Noble Munchkin / Danx |
Frank Bristol | The Soldier with the Green Whiskers (Omby Amby) / Soldier with Green Whiskers |
Fred Woodward | Mewel, who is Everybody's Friend / The Woozy, a Quaintness / The Zoop, A Mystery / Woozy / Zoop / Mule |
Todd Wright | The Wizard of Oz |
Bert Glennon | The Scarecrow / Scarecrow |
Hal Roach | The Cowardly Lion / Tottenhot / Cowardly Lion |
Dave Anderson | The Hungry Tiger / Hungry Tiger |
Jessie May Walsh | Ozma of Oz, the Ruler of the Emerald City / Ozma of Oz |
William Cook | The Royal Chamberlain / Royal Chamberlain |
Ben Deeley | Rozyn, the Village Fiddler / Rozyn |
Lon Musgrave | The Tin Woodman |
Pierre Couderc | Scraps, the Patchwork Girl / Scraps |
Mildred Harris | Dorothy |
Jacqueline Lovell | Narrator of 1996 Version |
Charles Ruggles | Undetermined Role |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Harry Marston Haldeman | Executive Producer |
Clarence R. Rundel | Executive Producer |
L. Frank Baum | Producer |
Thomas A. Edison | Producer |
Louis F. Gottschalk | Producer |