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The Wizard of Oz

192593 minUnited States
ComedyAdventureFantasy
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YouTube
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
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83:05
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Synopsis

A toy-maker's story opens onto an Oz ruled by scheming officials while its people await a missing princess. Political intrigue and slapstick reshape the journey from an ordinary world into fantasy. The familiar destination hosts a markedly unfamiliar adventure.

Cast

DirectorsLarry Semon

Inspirations

Larry Semon's film departs substantially from L. Frank Baum's novel, adding characters and replacing much of the plot. It is best approached as a separate comic interpretation, not an earlier version of the later MGM musical.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

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