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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) Facts
| Director(s) | Otis Turner |
| Producer(s) | No producer listed for this movie |
| Featured Cast | Bebe Daniels, Hobart Bosworth, Eugenie Besserer, Robert Z. Leonard |
| Total Facts | 3 |
Many of the costumes and much of the make-up in this film resemble those used in the 1902 Broadway musical "The Wizard of Oz". None of the songs in this show, however, were used in The Wizard of Oz.
One of the films in the 3-disk boxed DVD set called "More Treasures from American Film Archives (2004)", compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film archives. This film is preserved by George Eastman House, has a running time of 13 minutes and an added piano score.
The character of Imogene the cow is borrowed directly from the 1902 stage musical based on the book. She does not appear in the original book. In the stage version, she was used as a replacement for Toto the dog.