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The Wizard of Oz (1925)

Name: The Wizard of Oz
Genre: Family
Released: 1925
Duration: 1 h 24 min
Cast: Oliver Hardy, Larry Semon, Mary Carr, Bryant Washburn, Charles Murray

192585 minFamily✓ Verified rightsSilent · CC0 piano score★ Prime-time headliner

The Wizard of Oz (1925) is an 85-minute family film that airs free on Starlite TV's Silent Pictures (CH 12) channel. It is a silent film, presented with a public-domain (CC0) piano score. It is in the U.S. public domain. Directed by Larry Semon.

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About The Wizard of Oz (1925)

The Wizard of Oz is a 1925 American silent fantasy-adventure comedy film directed by Larry Semon, who has the lead role of a Kansas farmhand, later disguised as the Scarecrow.

Late at night, an elderly toy-maker reads a book to his granddaughter. In the story the Land of Oz is ruled by Prime Minister Kruel, aided by Ambassador Wikked, Lady Vishuss, and the Wizard who is a "medicine-show hokum hustler". When the discontented citiens of Oz, led by Prince Kynd, demand the return of the princess, who disappeared as a baby many years before, so she can be crowned their rightful ruler, Kruel has the Wizard distract them with a parlor trick and sends Wikked on a mission. Meanwhile, in Kansas, Dorothy lives on a farm with her relatives.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article The Wizard of Oz (1925 film) (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Credits

Directed by: Larry Semon
Cast includes: Oliver Hardy, Larry Semon, Mary Carr, Bryant Washburn, Charles Murray, Dorothy Dwan, Frank Alexander, Frederick Kovert
Country: United States
Based on: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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Airs on

Silent Pictures - CH 12, Silent Film TV

Rights & source

Basis: Published before 1931 - U.S. copyright term expired
Evidence: First published 1925 (before 1931): US copyright term has expired.
Music: Silent film: this copy has an added soundtrack of unknown origin, so original audio is MUTED and a CC0 (Musopen) piano bed is played instead.
Underlying rights: Silent; Baum book PD.
Source: Internet Archive

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