Dorothy Gale and farmhands navigate Oz to avoid capture and discover royal engagement.
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In this silent fantasy loosely based on L. Frank Baum's classic tale, Dorothy Gale and three farmhands are swept into the magical land of Oz, where one farmhand disguises himself as a scarecrow, another as a tin woodsman and the third as a cowardly lion in order to avoid capture... and Dorothy discovers she is really Princess Dorothea engaged to Prince Kynd.
"By the 1920s, Baum’s original novel had already seen multiple adaptations for both film and theater. One of the most intriguing is this 1925 silent version of The Wizard of Oz. This self-aware adaptation takes certain liberties with the plot. For example, Dorothy is imagined as a lost princess of Oz, and her adventure companions aren’t literally the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion. It was co-written by L. Frank Baum Jr. and directed by Larry Semon, a notable comedian of the era, ed for his collaborations with the iconic duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (the latter also appears in the film)."