The Wizard of Oz | movie | 1925 | Official Featurette - video Dailymotion

A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz. | dG1fSXNnLWZ2NUlZYlE

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00:30Hi there, thanks for joining us for this week's edition of Silent Sunday Night.

00:35I'm Ben Mankiewicz.

00:37Tonight from 1925, we'll be bringing you writer and director Larry Seaman's epic production of The Wizard of Oz.

00:43Yes, that Wizard of Oz, the one with Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the Lion, and of course the Wizard.

00:49This silent version came a full 14 years before the far better known 1939 musical adaptation of L. Frank Baum's classic book published in 1900.

00:58And just a word of warning, this production bears very little resemblance to that now familiar musical,

01:05which has often been called the most watched and most well-known movie in the world.

01:10Obviously, as this is a silent film, there are no songs here, like Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

01:14But beyond that, director and producer Larry Seaman took significant liberties with Baum's original story and reworked the plot appreciably.

01:23Seaman was a well-known movie comedian at the time, thanks to his starring roles in dozens of comic shorts,

01:28and some people will tell you that during the 1920s, Larry Seaman was almost as well-known and nearly as well-paid as Charlie Chaplin.

01:37You may recognize Seaman's face, and he plays multiple roles in this production, including a farmhand and the Scarecrow.

01:43And Seaman's wife at the time, Dorothy Dwan, plays Dorothy.

01:46One other notable cast member, another of the farmhands, and also the Tin Woodsman, is played by a young Oliver Hardy,

01:53two years before he officially teamed up with Stan Laurel to form one of the greatest comedy teams of all time.

01:59From 1925, here is tonight's Sunday silent classic, The Wizard of Oz.

02:04We have a great day.

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