A Conversation for 'The Wizard of Oz' - the Silent Film
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Started conversation Mar 19, 2002
According to IMDB, this is the *second* "Wizard of Oz" silent movie, the first being released four years earlier in 1921. Sadly, there are few details of the earlier version.
1921: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0012858
1925: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0016544
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Stephen P. Posted Mar 19, 2002
I have never heard of this film, and neither have any of the sources I have available. I wonder if this is not a reissue of The New Wizard of Oz, made by Baum's company, which is not based on the Wizard, but became the foundation for Baum's 1915 book, The Scarecrow of Oz. Without other information, it's hard to come to any conclusions. 
Stephen
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