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The Patchwork Girl of Oz
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Directed by	J. Farrell MacDonald
Written by	L. Frank Baum
Based on	The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Produced by	L. Frank Baum; Louis F. Gottschalk; Thomas Edison
Starring	Violet MacMillan; Frank Moore; Pierre Couderc; Fred Woodward; Raymond Russell; Dick Rosson
Cinematography	James A. Crosby
Music by	Louis F. Gottschalk
Production; company	The Oz Film Manufacturing Company
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	September 28, 1914;
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles

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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 1913 book The Patchwork Girl of Oz.^[1]

The film was written and produced by L. Frank Baum and directed by J. Farrell MacDonald. It makes almost no use of the dialogue 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. 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, Dorothy, Mr. Yoop, The Lazy Quadling, and the phonograph, but also adds Mewel, a donkey, and "The Lonesome Zoop", both slapstick animals, as well as Jinjur, Jesseva and Danx, and Jesseva's friends.

The film was followed by The Magic Cloak of Oz and His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz.^[2]

Plot

Cast

Credited cast

Violet MacMillan - Ojo, a Munchkin Boy
Frank Moore - Unc Nunkie, Ojo's Guardian
Raymond Russell - Dr. Pipt, the Crooked Magician
Leontine Dranet - Margolotte, his wife, who makes the Patchwork Girl
Bobbie Gould - Jesseva, his daughter, betrothed to Danx
Marie Wayne - Jinjur, a Maid in the Emerald City
Dick Rosson - Danx, a Noble Munchkin
Frank Bristol - The Soldier with the Green Whiskers (Omby Amby)
Fred Woodward - The Woozy, a Quaintness / The Zoop, A Mystery / Mewel, who is Everybody's Friend
Todd Wright - The Wizard of Oz
Bert Glennon - The Scarecrow (as Herbert Glennon)
Hal Roach - The Cowardly Lion / Tottenhot
Andy Anderson - The Hungry Tiger
Jessie May Walsh - Ozma of Oz, the Ruler of the Emerald City
William Cook - The Royal Chamberlain
Ben Deeley - Rozyn, the Village Fiddler
Lon Musgrave - The Tin Woodman
Pierre Couderc - Scraps, the Patchwork Girl (as The Marvelous Couderc)

Additional cast

Vivian Reed - Ozma head logo (uncredited)
Juanita Hansen - Bell Ringer (uncredited)
Harold Lloyd - Tottenhot on the Jury (uncredited)
Jacqueline Lovell - Narrator (1996 version) (voice)

Production

Much of the film was shot on the grounds of the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego. Other scenes were presumably filmed at The Oz Film Manufacturing Company's studio facilities in Los Angeles, located on Santa Monica Boulevard.

Notable cast members, one uncredited, were future producer/director Hal Roach and comedian Harold Lloyd. The two of them, after meeting on this film, worked together for several years.

Baum cast acrobat Pierre Couderc in the title role because he was unable to find a woman with the level of acrobatic training to do the role.

Distribution and preservation

The film was a commercial failure, a fact which caused distribution problems for the other Oz Film titles that followed it. This contributed to the failing of The Oz Film Manufacturing Company.^[2]

The film is one of three made by the Oz Film company that have not been lost. Some versions contain uncredited narration by Jacqueline Lovell. The International Wizard of Oz Club has extensive information on the production, for example in The Baum Bugle, Christmas 1972. The original film was screened at the 2013 Winkie Convention of the International Wizard of Oz Club with the original Gottschalk score played live by Joe Cascone on piano from Gottschalk's original manuscripts.

References

^ Swartz, Mark Evan (2000). Oz Before the Rainbow: L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz on Stage and Screen to 1939. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 23. ISBN 0-8018-6477-1. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Simpson, Paul (2013). A Brief Guide to Oz. Constable & Robinson Ltd. pp. 71–74. ISBN 978-1-47210-988-0. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

External links

The Patchwork Girl of Oz at IMDb
The Patchwork Girl of Oz is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
The Patchwork Girl of Oz on YouTube

[1] Swartz, Mark Evan (2000). Oz Before the Rainbow: L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz on Stage and Screen to 1939. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 23. ISBN 0-8018-6477-1. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

[Guide-2] Simpson, Paul (2013). A Brief Guide to Oz. Constable & Robinson Ltd. pp. 71–74. ISBN 978-1-47210-988-0. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

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+The film was written and produced by L. Frank Baum and directed by [[J. Farrell MacDonald]]. It makes almost no use of the dialogue from the book in the [[intertitle]]s. 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. 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, Dorothy, Mr. Yoop, The Lazy Quadling, and the phonograph, but also adds Mewel, a donkey, and "The Lonesome Zoop", both slapstick animals, as well as Jinjur, Jesseva and Danx, and Jesseva's friends.
+The film was followed by ''[[The Magic Cloak of Oz]]'' and ''[[His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz]]''.<ref name="Guide">{{cite book |last1=Simpson |first1=Paul |title=A Brief Guide to Oz |date=2013 |publisher=Constable & Robinson Ltd |isbn=978-1-47210-988-0 |pages=71-74 |url=https://archive.org/details/briefguidetooz0000simp/page/70/mode/2up |access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref>
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-Much of the film was shot on the grounds of the [[Panama-California Exposition (1915)|Panama-California Exposition]] in San Diego. Other scenes were presumably filmed at [[The Oz Film Manufacturing Company]]'s studio facilities in Los Angeles, located on Santa Monica Boulevard.
-Notable cast members, one uncredited, were future producer/director [[Hal Roach]] and comedian [[Harold Lloyd]]. The two of them, after meeting on this film, worked together for several years.
+==Plot==
-Baum cast acrobat [[Pierre Couderc]] in the title role because he was unable to find a woman with the level of acrobatic training to do the role, due to social restrictions.
+{{no plot|date=December 2023}}
-==Distribution and preservation==
-The movie was a commercial failure, a fact which caused distribution problems for the other Oz Film titles that followed it. This contributed to the failing of [[The Oz Film Manufacturing Company]].
-The movie is one of three made by the Oz Film company that have not been lost. Some versions contain uncredited narration by [[Jacqueline Lovell]]. The [http://www.ozclub.org/default.asp International Wizard of Oz Club] has extensive information on the production, for example in ''The Baum Bugle'', Christmas 1972.  The original film was screened at the 2013 Winkie Convention of the International Wizard of Oz Club with the original Gottschalk score played live by Joe Cascone on piano from Gottschalk's original manuscripts.
 ==Cast==
 ===Credited cast===
 * [[Violet MacMillan]] - [[Ojo the Lucky|Ojo]], a Munchkin Boy
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 * [[Harold Lloyd]] - Tottenhot on the Jury (uncredited)
 * [[Jacqueline Lovell]] - Narrator (1996 version) (voice)
+==Production==
+Much of the film was shot on the grounds of the [[Panama-California Exposition (1915)|Panama-California Exposition]] in San Diego. Other scenes were presumably filmed at [[The Oz Film Manufacturing Company]]'s studio facilities in Los Angeles, located on Santa Monica Boulevard.
+Notable cast members, one uncredited, were future producer/director [[Hal Roach]] and comedian [[Harold Lloyd]]. The two of them, after meeting on this film, worked together for several years.
+Baum cast acrobat [[Pierre Couderc]] in the title role because he was unable to find a woman with the level of acrobatic training to do the role.
+==Distribution and preservation==
+The film was a commercial failure, a fact which caused distribution problems for the other Oz Film titles that followed it. This contributed to the failing of [[The Oz Film Manufacturing Company]].<ref name=Guide/>
+The film is one of three made by the Oz Film company that have not been lost. Some versions contain uncredited narration by [[Jacqueline Lovell]]. The [http://www.ozclub.org/default.asp International Wizard of Oz Club] has extensive information on the production, for example in ''The Baum Bugle'', Christmas 1972.  The original film was screened at the 2013 Winkie Convention of the International Wizard of Oz Club with the original Gottschalk score played live by Joe Cascone on piano from Gottschalk's original manuscripts.
+==References==
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Bibliography
Novels	The Magical Monarch of Mo The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Dot and Tot of Merryland The Master Key The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus The Enchanted Island of Yew The Marvelous Land of Oz Queen Zixi of Ix The Fate of a Crown The Woggle-Bug Book Annabel Aunt Jane's Nieces Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad Daughters of Destiny Sam Steele's Adventures on Land and Sea The Twinkle Tales John Dough and the Cherub Ozma of Oz Policeman Bluejay The Last Egyptian Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work The Road to Oz Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society The Emerald City of Oz Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John The Daring Twins The Flying Girl The Sea Fairies Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation Phoebe Daring Sky Island Aunt Jane's Nieces on the Ranch The Patchwork Girl of Oz Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West Tik-Tok of Oz Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross The Scarecrow of Oz Mary Louise Rinkitink in Oz The Lost Princess of Oz The Tin Woodman of Oz The Magic of Oz Glinda of Oz
Short story collections	Mother Goose in Prose American Fairy Tales Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz Animal Fairy Tales L. Frank Baum's Juvenile Speaker Little Wizard Stories of Oz The Runaway Shadows
Poetry collections	By the Candelabra's Glare Father Goose: His Book
Plays	The Maid of Arran The Wizard of Oz (1902) Prince Silverwings The Woggle-Bug The Tik-Tok Man of Oz
Films	The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) The Magic Cloak of Oz His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz Violet's Dreams The Gray Nun of Belgium
Related people and collaborators	Maud Gage Baum (wife) Matilda Joslyn Gage (mother-in-law) Frank Joslyn Baum (son) Harry Neal Baum (son) Roger S. Baum (great-grandson) Jocelyn Burdick (niece) Paul Tietjens Edith Ogden Harrison Isidore Witmark Louis F. Gottschalk Nathaniel D. Mann Frederic Chapin Manuel Klein Arthur Pryor Byron Gay Emerson Hough William Wallace Denslow John R. Neill
Related	The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story (1990 film)