The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
J. Farrell Macdonald
Frank Moore
Pierre Couderc
Raymond Russell
Fred Woodward
Violet Macmillan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Ojo and Uncle Nunkie journey to Oz, stopping en route at the home of Dr. Pipt, a magician, and Dame Margolotte, his wife. While they are there, Dr. Pipt animates a rag doll, The Patchwork Girl, but during the transformation, the Liquid of Petrification is spilled and Nunkie, Margolotte, and Dr. Pipt's daughter's fiancé Danx are turned to stone. The antidote requires a six-leafed clover, three hairs from a Woozy's tail and gill water from the Dark Well. The Patchwork Girl, Jesseva, the Munchkins and Ojo search for the needed ingredients and encounter many adventures. In the end, Nunkie, Margolotte, and Danx are restored to life and reunited with their loved ones.
Director
J. Farrell Macdonald
Cast
Frank Moore
Pierre Couderc
Raymond Russell
Fred Woodward
Violet Macmillan
Leontine Dranet
Bobby Gould
Dick Rosson
Jessie May Walsh
Frank Bristol
Marie Wayne
Vivian Reed
Mildred Harris
Juanita Hansen
Ben Deeley
Todd Wright
Herbert Glennon
Al Roach
William Cook
Lon Musgrove
Crew
Film Details
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Quotes
Trivia
This was the first ever appearance, in any film, of Harold Lloyd and Hal Roach.
Notes
Some sources list L. Frank Baum as director. Because ads, reviews and news items give conflicting information on the director it is unclear what role Baum had in the actual direction of the film. Modern sources are also divided in crediting direction. The film was also known as The Ragged Girl of Oz, and it was re-issued under that title in 1919 with some alteration of the characters' names. Mildred Harris, having recently married comedian Charles Chaplin, was billed as "Mrs. Charles Chaplin" at that time.
Modern sources give additional cast credit to Blanch Long and Queenie Rossom. The Baum books have been made into several films, the most famous of which was the 1939 Victor Fleming production for M-G-M, The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1931-40). Baum himself made a film in the teens called His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz. Walt Disney studios made a version of the story in 1985 called Return to Oz.
