The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914 film)
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The Patchwork Girl of Oz was a 1914 film made by L. Frank Baum's Oz Film Company. It was based on the latest book in the series.
This silent film was produced by L. Frank Baum. It makes almost no use of the dialog 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 with good effect. 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, the Yoop, and the phonograph, but also adds Mewel, a donkey, and "The Lonesome Zoop", both slapstick animals. The movie is available inexpensively on DVD. The International Wizard of Oz Club [1] has extensive information on the production, for example in The Baum Bugle, Christmas 1972.
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