May 11, 2016 the patchwork girl of oz 1914 is a silent film made by l. Frank baum book of the same name the story begins with a young boy named ojo and unc nunkie. The patchwork girl of oz featuring violet macmillan and frank moore is streaming on epix, and available for purchase on prime video. The miniseries is to be produced by syfy, the same network behind tin man, which was also a reimagining of baums original novel. Its an entertaining thought but as it is, the patchwork girl of oz and its ofmc successors will probably remain in the annals of a used video stores budget bin, only occasional dusted off to be enjoyed by a curious. With violet macmillan, frank moore, raymond russell, leontine dranet. The patchwork girl of oz by lyman frank baum free ebook.
Frank baum added to the plots of the patchwork girl of oz and queen zixi of ix when they were being remade into films the latter being renamed the magic cloak of oz. Frank baums book of the previous year, the patchwork girl of oz. Jesseva, his daughter, betrothed to danxmarie wayne. The project gutenberg ebook of the patchwork girl of oz, by l. The patchwork girl of oz 1914 ojo and unc nunkie are out of food, so they decide to journey to the emerald city where they will never starve. Predating the 1939 judy garland classic we all know and love by twentyfive years, this trio of productions was an effort. Fantasy adventure when a magician uses a powder to bring a patchwork girl to life, his new creation ends up using a petrification powder on several people.
The film was released again early in 1915, under the title the new wizard of oz, and it did a little better. It was also the companys first release, and as such was. Along the way, they meet mewel, a waif and stray mule who leads them to dr. Wikipedia says he was a french acrobat, actor, screenwriter and producer and that he also appeared in his majesty the scarecrow of oz. Frank baum is a childrens novel, the 7th set in the land of oz. The patchwork girl of oz 1914 the 1st oz feature film l. Watch the full length movie of the patchwork girl of oz online or on the fios mobile app. Frank baums patchwork girl of oz character information full name scraps the. Familiar oz characters and delightful new creatures join in whimsical adventures. Frank baums shortlived oz film manufacturing company. Almost exclusively shot with a single stationary camera and simple though wellmade special effects, such as double exposure or stopmotion. Frank baum is a childrens novel, the seventh set in the land of oz. Farrell macdonald featuring violet macmillan, frank moore, raymond russell country. In 1914, baum adapted the book to film through his oz film manufacturing company.
Unfortunately, neither movie was a success and subsequent films failed to translate baums success with the books. In the previous oz book, the emerald city of oz, magic was used to isolate oz from all contact with the outside world. Jul 25, 2017 the patchwork girl of oz, unlike its selig polyscope predecessors, was a featurelength production running over eighty minutesat least at the time of its first release. The patchwork girl of oz es una pelicula dirigida por j. Frank baums the oz film manufacturing company and based upon his book, the patchwork girl of oz. The patchwork girl aka scraps is a fictional character created by l. Oz certainly has become a merrier, happier land since the patchwork girl came to life, and this is the book that tells how scraps came to be made, how she was brought to life, and all about her early. The patchwork girl of oz 1914 apocalypse later film. Frank baums patchwork girl of oz to create a new work inspired by and in reference to shelley and baums works.
Billina endures several scares with the kansas farm girl before they defeat the nome king as only a hen can since eggs are poisonous to nomes. Just log on to your verizon account and watch the latest shows online. While there are a number of modest special effects, the movie relies largely on dancing or rather cavorting, slapstick, and costuming. The seventh in the oz books series, this novel was adapted into a 1914 silent film of the same name produced by l. Farrell macdonald, with frank moore, pierre couderc, raymond russell. Feb 15, 2017 please subscribe my channel the patchwork girl of oz, 1914, is a silent film made by l. The patchwork girl of oz 1914 features the familiar baum characters, including dorothy, the scarecrow, the tin woodsman and the cowardly lion, and also other characters that are familiar to oz book fans, including scraps, the patchwork girl. Watch the patchwork girl of oz online verizon fios tv. The patchwork girl of oz is the first of a trilogy of silent films produced by the oz film manufacturing company, a shortlived movie studio created by l. L frank baums film of his fairy tale the patchwork girl of ozviolet macmillan. Ojo adds plenty of brains to margolottes patchwork servant before she is brought to life with the powder. His majesty, the scarecrow of oz departs so radically from the wizard of oz that baum used it as the starting point for his 1915 novel the scarecrow of oz. Margolotte had first made the girls form from the patchwork quilt and then she. Frank baum, author of the bestselling fantasy novels set in the land of oz, released the first film adaptations of his books the patchwork girl of oz and the magic cloak of oz.
Up until 1910 the one reeler ruled the movie world as 15 minutes or less. The patchwork girl of oz also known as the ragged girl of oz in the usa. The patchwork girl of oz the magic cloak of oz notes. Ojo and unc nunkie are out of food, so they decide to.
Farrell macdonald con violet macmillan, frank moore, raymond russell, leontine dranet, ano. In the road to oz 1909, billina accompanies tiktok into welcoming dorothy, shaggy man, buttonbright, and. Aug 17, 2017 his majesty, the scarecrow of oz received a cinema release in october of 1914. Baums attempt to end the oz series with the emerald city of oz, lasted for only two years. Frank baum, is a childrens novel, the seventh set in the land of oz. Delightful story of a patchwork doll, who, after being brought to life by a magician, must find a way to break a spell that has turned two victims to marble. Frank baums oz novels, featuring the tottenhots stereotyped africans and also an ambulatory victrola phonograph that sings ragtime songs in an offensive darky dialect. Baum was a feminist before his time, and the patchwork girl of oz has a strong girlpower theme, blending familiar oz characters with delightful new creatures in this enchanting and whimsical adventure full of high spirits, physical comedy, adventure and good fun. The patchwork girl, a free spirit if ever there was one, is brought to life in this story and then sets out into the wonderful world of oz to help her friend ojo find the ingredients for a magic potion to save his uncle.
The actor playing the patchwork girl is pierre couderc or the marvelous couderc. The book was first published on july 1, 19, with illustrations by john r. The patchwork girl of oz 1914 cast and crew moviefone. Frank baums creative genius and his power to delight audiences young and old. S aware individuals deserving survival is a short musical play created by the aids educational theatre now healthworks theatre in chicago in 1987. The magic cloak of oz opens with a sequence heavily influenced by georges melies, with the fairies, present only in superimposition, dancing in the moonlight, and an animated man in the moon smiling down at them benignly. The patchwork girl of oz 1914 classic horror film board. Countless letters and suggestions on how to contact oz forced him to write the patchwork girl of oz in 19. It was rereleased in later years as the ragged girl of oz. Warriors of oz is a supposed upcoming miniseries that would be a reimagining of the wonderful wizard of oz. The patchwork girl was taller than he, when she stood upright, and her body was plump and rounded because it had been so neatly stuffed with cotton.
It was sunday, under the sign of virgo see birth chart on september 6, 1914. The film was released again early in 1915, under the title the new wizard of oz, and it did a little. The patchwork girl of oz is the seventh book set in the land of oz. The patchwork girl of oz oz series book 7 kindle edition by baum, l. The trial of the prisoners is about to be called before ozma, the ruler of emerald city, when the scarecrow of oz, one of the jurymen who is too goodnatured to decide what punishment shall be meted out to the offenders, escapes.
Patchwork girl of oz is one of a handful of extant productions from author l. Aug 11, 2014 the patchwork girl of oz is in many ways typical of films from the period before the birth of a nation 1915. Characters include the woozy, ojo the unlucky, unc nunkie, dr. Pipt and the patchwork girl and falls in love with the latter. It was adapted into film in 1914 through baums oz film manufacturing company. The patchwork girl of oz was baums first return trip to oz after this decision, and in it he created one of his most memorable characters. A twentieth century editionof l frank baums the patchwork girl of oz. The play, which parodies the 1939 film the wizard of oz, is an aids education piece that follows dorothy gale and her friends from the land of aids as they battle the wicked witch of unsafe sex and learn how to prevent. In addition to the patchwork girl, ojo and unk nunkie, this book introduces those famous oz creatures, the woozy, and bungle the glass cat.
The patchwork girl of oz the patchwork girl of oz dir. The patchwork girl of oz wasnt the first adaptation of his work, that honour going to 1908s the fairylogue and radioplays, an expensive cross between performance and film that must have been something like richard attenborough interacting with himself within jurassic park. The children who had learned to look for the books about oz and who loved the. The project gutenberg etext of the patchwork girl of oz, by. His majesty, the scarecrow of oz 1914 and you call. Their bread tree isnt producing food, so ojo insists they venture to the emerald city in search of food. Famous people born on this day include augusto tamayo vargas. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. It was based on the 19 book the patchwork girl of oz the film was written and produced by l. The patchwork girl of oz 1914 watch on epix or streaming. Scraps comes from ozs eastern quadrant known as the munchkin country in the magical land of oz and eventually becomes the love interest of the scarecrow. The patchwork girl of oz 1914 silver in a haystack. The patchwork girl of oz is a 1914 film loosely based off of the l. The patchwork girl of oz 1914 a munchkin boy violet macmillan, a patchwork girl and others search for an antidote for their petrified friends.
The patchwork girl of oz is a silent movie produced in 1914 by the oz film manufacturing company. Please subscribe my channel the patchwork girl of oz, 1914, is a silent film made by l. The oz books form a book series that begins with the wonderful wizard of oz 1900 and relate the fictional history of the land of oz. Frank baum the creator and author of the original fourteen oz books. The fairies weave the magic cloak on their loom, but are then at a loss to know quite what to do with it. The patchwork girl of oz 1914 is a silent film made by l. Frank baum, who went on to write fourteen fulllength oz books.
Tottenhots and the captive yoop, and brought an end to the war between the. Sep 15, 2012 the film was written and produced by l. It was rereleased with the 70th anniversary collection for the wizard of oz 1939 along with three other silent films. Sadly, this film is one of the many casualties of the silent era, existing today only in a truncated version of around an hour long, these cut prints being found in britain. Frank baums whimsical fairy tale the patchwork girl of oz. Unc looked out of the window and stroked his long beard. It is the first featurelength film taking place in the land. The patchwork girl of oz 1914 exit through the candy. May 30, 2000 the patchwork girl of oz is a reasonably faithful adaptation of the original story, while the magic cloak of oz is essentially the film version of baums 1905 book queen zixi of ix. While baum created some great male characters throughout his literary career, he loved to write strong female characters as role models for young girls.
September 06, 1914, sunday, what happened on 961914. The patchwork girl of oz audiobook listen instantly. It was based on the 19 book the patchwork girl of oz. Aftermath, directed by elliot lester, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1914 but much more happened that day. Farrell macdonald, starring violet macmillan, frank moore, raymond russell.
The patchwork girl of oz oz series book 7 kindle edition. A munchkin boy violet macmillan, a patchwork girl and others search for an antidote for their petrified friends. The patchwork girl of oz chapter one ojo and unc nunkie wheres the butter, unc nunkie. The oz film manufacturing company would have continued and the series would have gone in a completely different direction. Presented in hypertext format, patchwork girl uses intertextual allusions borrowed from canonical texts such as mary shelleys frankenstein and l. The patchwork girl of oz1914 violet macmillanone of the. Influence other oz writers have also taken advantage of the patchwork girls possibilities.
Yes, this is another wonderful oz book with all the old familiar characters and some new delightful ones. The two groups are on the verge of war due to a misunderstanding, but scraps reconciles them. Watch the patchwork girl of oz at here or at youtube here. It makes almost no use of the dialog from the book in the intertitles. His majesty, the scarecrow of oz received a cinema release in october of 1914. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the patchwork girl of oz oz series book 7. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Frank baum and produced by his shortlived oz film manufacturing company, follows ojo violet macmillan and uncle nunkie frank moore on an. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. The patchwork girl of oz, unlike its selig polyscope predecessors, was a featurelength production running over eighty minutes at least at the time of its first release. Join dorothy, the tin woodsman, and a host of new characters as they embark on a series of enchanting adventures in the magical land of oz.
Frank baums patchwork girl of oz to create a new work inspired by and in reference to shelley and baums works, reinterpreting their ideas and making them modern. Click the button below to add the the patchwork girl of oz 1914 dvd to your wish. The patchwork girl of oz 1914 and you call yourself a. Famous people born on this day include luis mariano and hendrik jan bakker. At the end of the novel, billina settles in the emerald city in the magical land of oz. Zoop public domain super heroes fandom powered by wikia. Ojo and unc nunkie are out of food, so they decide to journey to the emerald city where they will never. However, one of those motley followers is the patchwork girl and she absolutely steals the show. It was wednesday, under the sign of leo see birth chart on august 12, 1914. Then he turned to the munchkin boy and shook his head. August 12, 1914, wednesday, what happened on 8121914. When scraps does come to life, she accidentally knocks the liquid of petrifaction upon unc nunkie, margolotte, and danx daughter jessevas boyfriend.
She appears in baums seventh oz book titled the patchwork girl of oz, published in 19. The magic cloak of oz 1914, the patchwork girl of oz 1914, and the wizard of oz 1925 see more. The plot has been revealed to be around a warrior transported into a postapocalyptic, futuristic oz, where. Read info about the screenplay for the patchwork girl of oz, 1914, directed by j. The patchwork girl of oz was one of the four baum works turned into movies by the oz film manufacturing company in 1914 and 1915. Because the horns of our enemies are sharp, and in battle they will try to. Baum dedicated the book to sumner hamilton britton, the young son of his publisher sumner charles britton the full text of the patchwork girl of oz can be. This awardwinning play is based on the seventh book of l. The patchwork girl of oz 1914 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Frank baum is a childrens novel, the seventh in the oz series. The patchwork girl of oz is not about the patchwork girl of oz, but rather is the story of a little munchkin boy and his motley assortment of followers journeying across the land of oz in search of items that will create a magic capable of saving the boys beloved uncle. The patchwork girl of oz, based on a book by author l. Scraps the patchwork girl background information feature films return to oz cameo television programs rainbow road to oz portrayed by doreen tracey inspiration patchwork girl from l. Margolotte, his wife, who makes the patchwork girlbobbie gould.
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