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The Magic Cloak of Oz
Also known as The Magic Cloak in the United Kingdom : [The Witch Queen]
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by [?] J. Farrell McDonald and/or L. Frank Baum?
Cast: Mildred Harris [Fluff, later Princess Margaret of Noland], Violet McMillan (Violet Macmillan) [Bud, later King Timothy of Noland], Fred Woodward [Nickodemus, the donkey], Vivian Reed [Quavo, the minstrel], [?] ? [Aunt Rivette, the village laundress], [?] ? [Zixi of the royal court], [?] ? [Queen Zixi of Ix], [?] ? [Mary, the little girl], [?] ? [Dame Dingle], [?] Juanita Hansen?, [?] Raymond Russell?, [?] Dick Rosson?, [?] Leontine Dranet?, [?] Jessie May Walsh?, [?] May Wells?, [?] Hal Roach?, [?] Andy Anderson?, [?] L. Frank Baum?
The Oz Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Produced by L. Frank Baum and Louis F. Gottschalk. Scenario by L. Frank Baum, from the novel Queen Zixi of Ix; or, The Story of the Magic Cloak by L. Frank Baum. Assistant technical manager, Will H. White. Assistant director, Harold Ostrom. Cinematography by James A. Crosby. Music score by Louis F. Gottschalk. / Released 28 September 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was rereleased in the USA (edited to three reels) by [?] The National Film Corporation of America, Incorporated? in 1917.
Drama: Fantasy.
Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum (EmGee Film Library collection) [16mm reduction positive (incomplete)]; and in private film collections [incomplete 16mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Authors: L. Frank Baum
Listing updated: 3 December 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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