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=== Background === | === Background === | ||
Founded in 1914, | Founded in 1914, '''Oz Film Company''', also known as '''The Oz Film Manufacturing Company''', produced silent films based off L. Frank Baum's books, most notably the ''Oz'' series. Every single one of them bombed commercially. The movies they made had various colors and custom themes playing over it, like silent films traditionally do. | ||
In 1915, | In 1915, the company would be absorbed into Metro Pictures (now [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]). Only four of their films are known to survive: ''The Patchwork Girl of Oz''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_o3T6seq7A</ref>, ''His Majesty the Scarecrow of Oz''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bbtwVfp794</ref>'', The Magic Cloak of Oz''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4ilXUDgneU</ref> and ''The Last Egyptian'', the last of which is only partially found. | ||
=== (September 28, 1914-1915) === | === (September 28, 1914-1915) === | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] | [[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] | ||