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The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays
(1908) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Francis Boggs and Otis Turner
Cast: Romola Remus [Dorothy], Frank Burns [the scarecrow; and Para Bruin, the rubber bear], Joseph Schrode [the Cowardly Lion; and John Dough, the gingerbread man], George E. Wilson [Nick Chopper; the tin woodsman; and the white rabbit], Sam ‘Smiling’ Jones [the Wizard of Oz], [?] Maud Harrington and/or Delilah Leitzell? [Ozma], Evelyn Judson [Glinda, the good witch], Josephine Brewster [Mombi, the witch], Annabel Jephson [the island princess], Tom Persons [Hopkins of the Village Fireworks Committee], George Weatherbee [Monsieur Grogande, the baker], Mrs. Bostwick [Madame Grogand, the baker’s wife], Tommy Dean [Obo, a mifket who likes gingerbread], Lillian Swartz [Hogo, a mifket who likes gingerbread], Minnie Brown [Joko, a mifket who likes gingerbread], Daniel Heath [the buccaneer, a visitor to Emerald City; and Tertius, an islander], D.W. Clapperton [Sir Rooster, a visitor to Emerald City], Charles W. Smith [the hottentot, a visitor to Emerald City], Joe Finley [Hans Hoch, a visitor to Emerald City], Dudley Burton [a courtier, a visitor to Emerald City], Samuel Woods [Madame Toussaud, a visitor to Emerald City], Wallace Illington [Tik-Tok, the machine man], Bronson Ward Jr. [Jack Pumpkinhead], Clarence Nearing [Prince Evring of Ev], Burns Wantling [the hungry tiger], Grace Elder [Chick the cherub], Paul de Dupont [the Nome king, master of enchantments], Maude Harrington [Ozma], [?] William Gillespie and/or Will Morrison? [Tip], [?] Gladys Walton?, Toto, The Yellow Hen, L. Frank Baum [himself]
Radio Play Company of America and The Selig Polyscope Company coproduction; distributed by [?] The Selig Polyscope Company? / Produced by L. Frank Baum. Scenario by Otis Turner and L. Frank Baum, from the novels The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum, John Dough and the Cherub by L. Frank Baum and Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Set design by E. Pollack. Music score by Nathaniel D. Mann. / Premiered 24 September 1908 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Fantasy.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 15 December 2024.
References: Website-IMDb; Website-Wikipedia.
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