The Wizard of Oz

(1925)

93 minutes

Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Silent

Directed by Larry Semon

Cast:

Dorothy Dwan as Dorothy aka Princess Dorothea 
Mary Carr as Aunt Em 
Virginia Pearson as Lady Vishuss 
Bryant Washburn as Prince Kynd 
Josef Swickard as Prime Minister Kruel 
Charles Murray as The Wizard of Oz 
Oliver Hardy as Woodsman, Knight of the Garter and Farmhand 
William Hauber as an extra
William Dinusas an extra
Frank Alexander as Uncle Henry, The Prince of Whales 
Otto Lederer as Ambassador Wikked 
Frederick Ko Vert as Phantom of the Basket 
Larry Semon as Scarecrow, Toymaker and Farmhand 
Spencer Bell as Cowardly Lion, Rastus and Snowball  

This version of The Wizard of the Oz has a toymaker telling the strange story of how the Land of Oz was ruled by Prince Kynd, but Prime Minister Kruel took over. Aunt Em informs Dorothy that her fat and devious Uncle Henry is not her uncle and on her eighteenth birthday is given a note that discloses she is Princess Dorothea of Oz and is supposed to marry Prince Kynd. Dorothy, Uncle Henry, and two farmhands are swept to Oz by a tornado.