Country: United States
Language: English
Director: J. Farrell MacDonald
Writers: L. Frank Baum (novel),
L. Frank Baum (screenplay)
Stars: Mildred Harris, Violet
MacMillan and Fred Woodward
Release Date: 28 September 1914
(USA)
Also Known As: The Magic Cloak of
Oz (USA - alternative title), The Witch Queen (UK - cut version)
Filming Locations: Oz Film
Manufacturing Company Studios - Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles,
California, USA
Production Co: Oz Film
Manufacturing Company, The
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Plot Keywords: Cloak | Queen |
Wish | King | Tiger | Lion | Magic |
Robbers | Fairy | Mule | Princess | Monkey | Invader | Donkey | Animal Costume
| Fighting | Fantasy Land | Maid | Happy Ending | Sequel | Double Exposure Effects
| Fairy Tale | Kingdom | Crow | Based On Novel
Genres: Short | Adventure |
Family | Fantasy
The fairies of Oz gather in the
forest of Burzee one evening and weave a magic cloak that gives the wearer one
wish, so long as it has not been stolen. The man in the moon tells them that
their messenger should give it to the first miserable person she sees. Two
children, Fluff and her younger brother "Bud" (a child's attempt at
"brother," which stuck), have just lost their father and are taken by
Aunt Rivette to live in Nole, the capital city of Noland, where the king has
just died without heir. The messenger gives Fluff the cloak, who wishes to be
happy again, while a legal loophole places Bud on the throne, and they empty
the treasury to buy toys. Their pet mule Nickodemus is captured by robbers and
puts together a small animal army (including the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry
Tiger, the Lonesome Zoop, the Woozy, and others) to battle the Rolly Rogues
that have invaded the city...
Connections
Featured in Like Babes in the Woods; The Hollywood Road
to Oz; Oz: The American Fairyland
Followed by The New Wizard of Oz
Follows The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Referenced in The Church
References A Trip to the
Moon
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