Oz Filmography 1920-1939

Compiled by Scott Hutchins

1925

Wizard of Oz aka Le Sorcier d'Oz [Comedy/Fantasy]

BW, 6300 ft. (7 reels), silent, Academy Ratio.

Chadwick Pictures, released June 27.

D: Larry Semon; W: L. Frank Baum, Jr. [Frank Joslyn Baum], Leon Lee, Lary Semon, adapted from [loosely based on] the book by L. Frank Baum; C: H. [Hans] F. Koenenkamp [Koenekamp], Frank [B.] Good, Leonard Smith; AD: Robert Stevens; Titles: Leon Lee; Assistant Director: William King; E: Sam [S.] Zimbalist.

S: Dorothy Dwan (Dorothy/Princess Dorothea), Mary Carr (Aunt Em), Virginia Pearson (Lady Vishuss), Bryant Washburn (Prince Kynd), Josef Swickard (Prime Minister Kruel), Charles Murray (The Wizard of Oz), Oliver N. Hardy (Farmhand/Tin Woodsman/Knight of the Garter), William Hauber, William Dinus, Frank Alexander (Uncle Henry/Prince of Whales), Otto Lederer (Ambassador Wikked), Frederick Ko Vert (Phantom of the Basket), Larry Semon (Toymaker/Farmhand/Scarecrow), G. Howe Black (Snowball [called Rastus in promotional materials]/Cowardly Lion).

S (additonal, according to Walt Lee): Wanda Hawley, Chester Conklin.

Note: In French prints, Larry Semon is billed as "Zigoto."

V: A-1 Video (70 min., Music by ); Video Yesteryear (18 fps, 93 min., music by Rosa Rio); Timeless Video/Hollywood Select Video (24 fps, 84 min, silent); American Home Entertainment (on L. Frank Baum's Silent Film Collection: Oz; music by Mark Glassman and Steffan Presley, narrated by Jacqueline Lovell).

1931

The Land of Oz aka The Scarecrow of Oz (1933) [Fantasy Short]

BW, Released February 25, 1933.

The Meglin Kiddies/United Productions

P: Ethel Meglin, based on characters created by L. Frank Baum.

S: Maryeruth Boone (Dorothy), Zoë Boyer.

1933

The Wizard of Oz [Cartoon Fantasy]

Technicolor and BW, 8.5 min, Academy Ratio.

Film Labaratories of Canada

D: Ted Eshbaugh; W: [Lt.] Col. Frank [Joslyn] Baum, [loosely based on the book by L. Frank Baum;] P: J.R. Booth; EP: Ted Eshbaugh, J.R. Booth, Carl W. Stalling; M: Carl Stalling; Drawn by Frank Tipper, Bill Mason, Carl Dalton, Vet Anderson, "Hutch".

Non-dialogue.

V: Burbank Video (LP mode; on The Wizard of Oz and More, opening seconds deleted, with Dave Fleischer's All's Fair at the Fair, U.B. Ikerks's Simple Simon, and Mr. Piper and the Story of Hansel and Gretel and on 25 Cartoon Classics, Vol. 1, with Porky's Railroad, Japoteurs, Boy Meets Dog, Wolf! Wolf!, Fright to the Finish, Case of the Missing Hare, A Bout with Trout..., Musical Mountaineers, To Duck or Not to Duck, Izzy Sparbor's The Friendly Ghost, Flat Heads, To Spring, Yankee Doodle Daffy, Jungle Drums, Hector's Hectic Life, Scrappily Married, Gopher Spinach, U.B. Iwerks's Simple Simon, More Pep, Impatient Patient, Get that Snack Shack Off the Track, and Sinbad the Sailor; Amvest Video Kid Pics (EP Mode; on Previews from The Wizard of Oz, with a late-1960s or 1970s reissue trailer for the MGM film, Burt Gillett and Tom Palmer's Molly Moo-Cow and Rip Van Winkle (1935), and Dave Fleischer's Poor Cinderella (1934)); Snappy Video (on Cultoons, Volume I, with Mendelssohn's Spring Song (c. 1932), The Museum (1933), The Snowman (1933), Little Black Sambo (1935), Goofy Goat Antics (1931)..., Cap'n Cub (1943), and Sing Along with Popeye (1933)); Goodtimes Home Video #2553.

1936

Oz University aka The University of Michigan League presents Oz University Written and produced by The Freshmen Women June 2, 1936 [Fantasy/Record of Freshman Pageant]

Two-Strip Technicolor, 9.5 min., silent, Released June 2.

The University of Michigan League

W, P: The Freshman Women, [based on characters created by L. Frank Baum].

Produced for the 1936 Freshman Pageant.

S: (The Wizard of Oz), (Dorothy), (Toto), (Ojo), (Professor Wogglebug), (Photographer), (Varsity Sweatshirt), (Girl in Boots), (Flutterbudget), (Girl with Red Box), (Girl in White Jacket), (Girl in Navy Dress), (Scarecrow), (Sophisticated Gent), (Sophisticated Lady), (Intellectual), (Soldier), (Soldier's Girl), (Nick Chopper), (Tippetarius), (Tik-Tok), (Jinjur), (Betsy Bobbin), (Cowardly Lion), (Jack Pumpkinhead), (Old Mombi), (Scraps), (The Shaggy Man), (Omby Amby), (Girl Guards).

V: BMC University of Michigan Video/Multimedia.

1939

The Wizard of Oz aka El Mago de Oz (1945) [Musical Fantasy]

Technicolor and BW (or sepia), 103 min., Western Electric Sound System, Academy Ratio. Uncut Premiere (112 min.): June 6; Released August 15.

Loew's Inc./Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

D: Victor Fleming, [King Vidor (Kansas scene), George Cukor (test scenes) Richard Thorpe (discarded scenes)]; W: Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf, [E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Arthur Freed, John Lee Mahin; Additional Screenplay Contributors: William Cannon, Irving Brecher, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Ogden Nash, Herbert Fields, Samuel Hoffenstein, Jack Mintz, Sid Silvers; Additional Dialogue: Jack Haley, Bert Lahr,] Adaptation by Noel Langley from the book by L. Frank Baum; P: Mervyn LeRoy; [Executive In Charge of Production: Louis B. Mayer] Musical Adaptation: Herbert Stothart, [Additonal Music: George E. Stoll, George Bassman, Bob Stringer; Felix Mendolssohn-Bartholdy (from "Scherzo in C Minor"), Modest Moussorgsky (from "A Night on Bald Mountain" (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov adaptation))] Lyrics: E.Y. Harburg; M: Harold Arlen; Associate Conductor: George [E.] Stoll; Orchestral and Vocal Arrangements: George Bassman, Murray Cutter, Paul Marquardt, Ken Darby, [Bob Stringer]; [Munchkinland Musical Sequence Orchestration: Léo Arnaud; Jitterbug Orchestration: Conrad Salinger; Rehearsal Assistant: Georgia Stark; Rehearsal Piano: Roger Edens;] Musical Numbers Staged by Bobby Connolly; [Assistants to Mr. Connolly: Arthur Apell, Donna Massin; Scarecrow's Dance Choreographer: Busby Berkeley;] C: Harold Rosson, Associate Director of Photography: Allen M. Davey; Technicolor Color Director: Natalie Kalmus, Associate Technicolor Color Director: Henri Jaffa; Recording Director: Douglas Shearer; AD: Cedric Gibbons, Associate Art Director: William A. Horning; Set Decorations: Edwin B. Willis; Costumes: [Gilbert] Adrian; SFX: [A.] Arnold ["Buddy"] Gillespie, [Director of Matte Painting Staff: Warren Newcombe;] Character Make-Ups Created by Jack Dawn; [Dorothy's Braids Designed by Sydney Guilaroff;] E: Blanche Sewell; [Production Manager: Keith Weeks; Production Assistant: Arthur Freed; Assistant Director: Al Shenberg; Chief Unit Electrician: A.W. Brown; Assistant to Mr. LeRoy: Willam Cannon; Terry owned and trained by Carl Spitz; Toto's Trainer: Jack Weatherwax; "Optimistic Voices" performed by The Debutantes and The Rhythmettes; Additional Crew: Pop Arnold, John Arnold, Chris Bergswich, Margaret Booth, Malcolm Brown, Gavin Burns, Ulrich Busch, George Cave, Charles Chic, Sammy Cohen, Joe Cook, Frances Edwards, Harry Edwards, Nat Finston, Chips Gaither, Ernie Grooney, Tom Held, Jane Harrison, Sam Kress, Beth Langston, Beth Masure, Norbert Miles, Ray O'Brien, Sheila O'Brien, Webb Overlander, W.E. Pohl, Barron Polan, Roy Raymsey, Gerald F. Rocket, Jack Rohan, Charles Schram, Lee Stanfield, Script Clerk: Wallace Worsley; Publicity: Howard Strickling, Howard Dietz, Frank Whitbeck, Si Seadler, Andy Hervey.]

S: Judy Garland [Frances Gumm] (Dorothy), Frank Morgan (Professor Marvel/Guardian of the Gates/Cabbie/Soldier [Omby Amby]/Wizard), Ray Bolger (Hunk Andrews/Scarecrow), Bert Lahr [Irving Lahrheim] (Zeke/Cowardly Lion), Jack Haley (Hickory Twicker/Tin Woodman), Billie Burke (Glinda), Margaret Hamilton (Miss Almira Gulch/Wicked Witch of the West), Charley Grapewin (Uncle Henry), Pat Walshe (Nikko), Clara Blandick (Aunt Em), Toto [Terry] (Toto).

S (uncredited): Charley [Karl] Becker (Mayor), Matthew Raia, Billy Curtis (City Fathers), "Little Billy" Rhodes (Barrister), Karl "Karchy" Kosiczky, Carl M. "Kayo" Erickson, Clarence C. "Major Mite" Howerton (Heralds), Victor Wetter (Army Captain), Johnny Winters (Commander Navy), Prince Denis (Sergeant-at-Arms), "Idaho Lewis" Croft, Willi Koestner, Nicholas "Nicky" Page, Garland "Earl" Slatten, Parnell Elmer St. Aubin, August Clarence Swenson, Gus Wayne, Murray Wood (Soldiers), Meinhardt Raabe (Coroner), George Ministeri (Coach Driver), William H. O'Docharty (Back Seat Driver), Friedrich "Freddy" Ritter (Musician Fiddler), Mickey Carroll [Michael Finocchiaro] (Second Fiddler), Tommy Cottonaro (Bearded Man), Fern Formica (Munchkin Maid), Joseph J. Koziel (Townsman #1), Frank Cucksey (Townsman #2), Lajos "Leo" Matina (Townsman), Jerry Maren [Gerard Marenghi] (Guild Leader), Harry Doll [Kurt Schneider], Jakob "Jackie" Gerlich (Guild Singers), "Little Olga" C. Nardone (League Leader), Nita Krebs, Yvonne Moray (League Dancers), Walter Miller (Bespectacled Munchkin), Hazel I. Derthick [Resmondo] (Intense Waver), Margaret Williams [Pellegrini] (Sleepyhead/Young Woman in Blue Flower Pot Hat), Matthew "Mike" Matina, Bela "Ike" Matina (Drunks), Charles E. Kelley (Violent Munchkin), Jessie E. Kelley [Becker] (Violent Munchkin's Wife), Dolly [Henny] Kramer, Tiny Doll [Elly A. Schneider], Daisy Doll [Hilda E. Schneider], Gracie Doll [Frieda Scheneider], Alta M. Stevens, Emil Kranzler, "Little Jeane" LaBarbera, Betty Tanner [Toczylowski], Joseph Herbst, Ruth E. Smith, James R. Hulse, Ethel W. Denis, Marie Denis Maroldo [Winters] (Munchkin Villagers), John Ballas, Franz "Mike" Balluck, John T. Bambury, Henry Boers, Theodore Boers, Eddie Buresh, Colonel Casper, Eugene S. David, Jr; Eulie H. David, Major Doyle, William A. Giblin, Jack Glicken, Jakob Hofbauer, Robert Kanter, Frank Kikel, Bernhard "Harry" Klima, Adam Edwin (Eddie Adams) Kozicki, Johnny Leal, Charley Ludwig, Dominick Magro, Carlos Manzo, Howard Marco, Nels P. Nelson, Franklin H. O'Baugh, Frank Packard, Johnny Pizo, "Prince Leon" Polinsky, Sandor Roka, Jimmie Rosen, Charles (Charley) F. Royale (Wojnarski), Albert Ruddinger, Charles Silvern, Elmer Spangler, Carl Stephan, George Suchsie, Arnold Vierling, Harvey B. Williams (Additional Munchkin Men), Gladys W. Allison, Freda Besky, Josefine Balluck, Christie Buresh, Lida Buresh, Nona Cooper, Elizabeth Coulter, Addie E. Frank, Thaisa L. Gardner, Carolyn E. Granger, Helen M. Hoy, Marguerite A. Hoy, Emma Koestner, Mitzi Koestner, Hilda Lange, Ann Rice Leslie, Margaret C.H. Nickloy, Hildred C. Olson, Leona M. Parks, Lillian Porter, Margie Raia, Gertrude H. Rice, Hazel Rice, Helen J. Royale (Wojnarski), Stella A. Royale (Wojnarski), Elsie R. Shultz, Ruth E. Smith, Charlotte V. Sullivan, Grace G. Williams, Gladys V. Wolff (Additional Munchkin Women), Betty Ann Cain, Joan Kenmore, Shirley Ann Kennedy, Pricilla Montgomery, Valerie Shepard, Viola White (Munchkin Children), Lois January (Cat Owner), Lorraine Bridges, Tyler Brook, Ralph Sudam, Bobby Watson, Oliver Smith, Charles Irwin, Elvida Rizzo (Ozmites), Donna Massin (3rd Lion Groomer), Harry Monty, Sid Dawson, George Noisom, Buster Brody, Lee Murray (Winged Monkeys), Mitchell Lewis (Captain of the Winkie Guard), Lorraine Bridges (Glinda's singing voice/Lullaby League voice) Abe Dinovich ([voice] Apple Tree/Munchkins), Adriana Caselotti ([voice] Juliet), Billy Bletcher ([voice] Mayor/Lollypop Guild), Harry Stanton ([voice] Coroner), Pinto Colvig, J.D. Jewkes, Betty Rome, Carol Tevis, Lois Clements, Zari Elmassian, Nick Angelo, Robert Bradford, Virgil Johansen, The Debutantes, The King's Men Octet ([voices] Munchkins), Bobbie Koshay (Dorothy's Double), Stafford Campbell (Scarecrow's Double), Harry Master (Tin Woodman's Double), Harlan Briggs (Uncle Henry's Double), Betty Danko (Wicked Witch's Double), Buddy Ebsen ([voice and from behind] Tin Woodman; some scenes), Sylvester (Sylvester), Sawhorse (Sawhorse).

V: Maljack Productions; Music for Little People, Inc.; Library Video Co.; MGM/United Artists Home Video. (also on The Wizard of Oz: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition and The Ultimate Oz.

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