His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914)
A wicked king has taken over the Emerald City, and wants his daughter, Princess Gloria to marry the horrid courtier Googly-Goo, though she loves Pon, the Gardener's Boy. The camera follows two farmers placing a Scarecrow upon a pole in a cornfield. Pon rescues a Kansas girl named Dorothy from the evil witch Mombi, whom Princess Gloria has been taken to by King Krewl to freeze her heart so she will no longer love Pon. An Indian princess has a ceremony to bring the Scarecrow to life. Pon rescues the cold-hearted princess and they flee for help, discovering the Scarecrow, who promptly falls in love with the princess, and Button-Bright, a lost boy from America. They come to the castle of the Tin Emperor, Nick Chopper, and after oiling him, he falls in love with Gloria. After a bit of a chase aided by the Sawhorse and the Wizard, Mombi turns Pon into a Kangaroo, and a slough of Fred Woodward's animals battle it out.
Directors: L. Frank Baum, J. Farrell MacDonald.
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Violet MacMillan as Dorothy, a Kansas girl |
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Frank Moore as The Scarecrow |
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Pierre Couderc as The Tin Woodman |
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Raymond Russell as King Krewl |
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Todd Wright as Pon, a gardener's boy |
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Mildred Harris as Button Bright |
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Vivian Reed as Princess Gloria |
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Mai Wells as Old Mombi |
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Fred Woodward as Animals [Lion / "Sawhorse" / Mule / Kangaroo / Crow / Cow] |
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Arthur Smollet as Googly-Goo |
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J. Charles Haydon as The Wizard of Oz |
| Directing | L. Frank Baum | Director |
| Writing | L. Frank Baum | Writer |
| Production | Louis F. Gottschalk | Producer |
| Sound | Louis F. Gottschalk | Music |
| Crew | James A. Crosby | Cinematography |
| Directing | J. Farrell MacDonald | Director |
| Writing | L. Frank Baum | Novel |
