L. Frank Baum Filmography

Born:
May 15, 1856 in Chittenango, NY
Occupation:
Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Book Author
Biography:
L. Frank Baum is one of the most fondly remembered of all children's book authors, for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the entire Land of Oz as depicted in a dozen subsequent books. He was also one of the most successful authors of children's books of his era, and among the very first in America to...Read More

  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    Crew: Book Author

    Synopsis: John Boorman adapts L. Frank Baum's classic Wizard of Oz novel with this computer animated picture, the first for the veteran director. The $25-million production will focus more on the book and less on being a straight-up remake of the beloved 1939 musical. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Read More

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  • Oz

    Crew: Book Author

    Synopsis: Comic-book heavyweight/entrepreneur Todd McFarlane has teamed up with Warner Bros. and screenwriter Josh Olson (A History of Violence) to bring L. Frank Baum's beloved Land of Oz into darker territory with this revisionist version of the classic tale. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Read More

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  • Tin Man

    Crew: Book Author

    Actors: Zooey Deschanel, Neal McDonough, Alan Cumming, Raoul Trujillo, Kathleen Robertson, Richard Dreyfuss, Anna Galvin

    Synopsis: Produced for the Sci-Fi Channel, this twisted variation on L. Frank Baum's classic tale follows a young girl named D.G. and her newfound friends as they embark on a wondrous adventure through the Outer Zone (O.Z.) on a mission to locate a powerful wizard known as the Mystic Man, and break the Read More

    2007

  • The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

    Crew: Book Author

    Actors: Ashanti, Queen Latifah

    Synopsis: L. Frank Baum's enduring fantasy story gets a new and very funny spin in this made-for-TV comedy. Dorothy (Ashanti) is a young woman who works in a diner in Kansas owned by her Aunt Em (Queen Latifah) and dreams of one day making it big as a singer. When a tornado makes its way through the trailer Read More

    2005

  • The Wizard of Oz

    Crew: Book Author

    Synopsis: This 26-minute animated adaptation of L. Frank Baum's popular fairy tale The Wizard of Oz features Dorothy attempting to negotiate her way through the strange land of Oz with the help of the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. She is thwarted in her attempts to return home by the Wicked Read More

    2004

  • The Wizard of Oz

    Crew: Book Author

    Synopsis: Not to be confused with the 1939 cinematic classic The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland, this 1991 adaptation of L. Frank Baum's beloved story is an animated short directed by Jim Simon, one of the people behind the Care Bears and Smurfs animated series. The film follows the adventures of Read More

    1991

  • The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

    Crew: Book Author

    Synopsis: A puppet-animation feature, noted for artistic values and story line, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus is based on a children's story by L. Frank Baum. In the Pagan tale, Santa grows old and nearer to his death, and the story of his life is relayed to immortals who must decide whether or not Read More

    1985

  • Return to Oz

    Crew: Book Author

    Actors: Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Fairuza Balk, Piper Laurie, Matt Clark

    Synopsis: This '80s follow-up to The Wizard of Oz is based upon two of L. Frank Baum's later Oz books. In Return to Oz (a version that may be a bit too scary for young children), Auntie Em sends Dorothy to a sanitarium where hopefully she will clear her head from all of the "Oz nonsense." This Read More

    1985

  • Dorothy in the Land of Oz

    Crew: Book Author

    Synopsis: The first four entries in L. Frank Baum's Oz series have in recent years fallen into public domain, which explains the plethora of animated "Wizard of Oz" productions on TV and on videocassette. Miller-Rosen Productions was the guiding force behind 1981's Dorothy in the Land of Oz. Most of the Read More

    1981

  • The Wiz

    Crew: Book Author

    Actors: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Lena Horne, Richard Pryor

    Synopsis: Sidney Lumet's The Wiz is the film version of the popular Broadway musical that retells the events of L. Frank Baum's classic novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz through the eyes of a young African-American kindergarten teacher who's "never been below 125th Street." Leaving a large family dinner to Read More

    1978

  • 20th Century Oz

    Crew: Book Author

    Actors: Bruce Spence, Gary Waddell

    Synopsis: In this 1976 Australian retelling of The Wizard of Oz, two teens are dancing at a rural gathering when the girl Dorothy (Joy Dunstan) is knocked unconscious. In her delirium, she imagines she is hitchhiking to attend the final concert of a rock star known as "The Wizard" (Graham Matters). All the Read More

    1976

  • The Wonderful Land of Oz

    Crew: Book Author

    Synopsis: This musical fantasy, based on a Frank Baum novel, includes songs "Did You Come to See the Wizard?" "How Do I Brew This Stew?" "I Lost My Heart," "Open Your Eyes," "The Wonderful Land of Oz" (Loonis McGlohon, Alec Wilder), "I Would Like to Have a Brain," "I'm a Scaredy Cat," "Wail of the Witch" Read More

    1969

  • The Shirley Temple Show: The Land of Oz

    Crew: Book Author

    1960

  • The Wizard of Oz

    Crew: Book Author

    Actors: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley

    Synopsis: The third and definitive film adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy, this musical adventure is a genuine family classic that made Judy Garland a star for her heartfelt performance as Dorothy Gale, an orphaned young girl unhappy with her drab black-and-white existence on her aunt Read More

    1939

  • The Wizard of Oz

    Crew: Book Author

    Synopsis: Not to be confused with the cinematic classic starring Judy Garland that would follow six years later, this animated short film is one of countless other celluloid adaptations of L. Frank Baum's best-loved story, The Wizard of Oz. Directed by Ted Eshbaugh, the Canadian film features no dialogue Read More

    1933

  • The Wizard of Oz

    Crew: Book Author

    Actors: Larry Semon, Bryant Washburn, Dorothy Dwan, Virginia Pearson, Charlie Murray

    Synopsis: Popular silent film comedian Larry Semon literally sold the ranch to secure film rights to L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz -- then proceeded to chuck most of the Baum story in favor of his usual broad slapstick antics. In Semon's version, Dorothy (played by Dorothy Dwan, aka Mrs. Larry Semon) is Read More

    1925

  • The Country Circus

    Crew: Screenwriter

    1915

  • His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz

    Crew: Director, Producer

    Synopsis: The fifth silent film based on the fantastical Oz books by author Frank L. Baum, His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz is the only one directed and produced by Baum himself. Small town Kansas girl Dorothy (Violet MacMillan) gets stuck in the Land of Oz and teams up with Princess Gloria (Vivian Reed) Read More

    1914

  • The Patchwork Girl of Oz

    Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

    Actors: Pierre Couderc, Violet MacMillan, Frank Moore

    Synopsis: Patchwork Girl of Oz is one of a handful of extant productions from author L. Frank Baum's short-lived Oz Film Manufacturing Company. It was also the company's first release, and as such was carefully designed to entreat audiences into demanding additional "Oz" pictures. Patrick Couderc, who Read More

    1914

  • The Last Egyptian

    Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Disappointed with the meager box-office returns from such earlier films as Patchwork Girl of Oz and His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz, the financial backers of L. Frank Baum's Oz Film Company demanded that Baum temporarily abandon the family trade and concentrate on an "adult" story. The Read More

    1914

  • The Magic Cloak of Oz

    Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

    1914

  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    Crew: Book Author

    Actors: Bebe Daniels

    1910

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