The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914 film)
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) is a silent film made by L. Frank Baum's The Oz Film Manufacturing Company.
It was based on the 1913 book "The Patchwork Girl of Oz".
The film was written and produced by L. Frank Baum and directed by J. Farrell MacDonald.
It makes almost no use of the dialog from the book in the intertitles.
While there are a number of modest special effects, the movie relies largely on dancing (or rather cavorting), slapstick, and costuming.
The Patchwork Girl uses acrobatics regularly with good effect.
Dr. Pipt's daughter is added for love interest, as well as an additional plot thread: her boyfriend is turned into a small statue which women find irresistible.
The plot omits the Glass Cat, the Shaggy Man, and the phonograph, but also adds Mewel, a donkey, and "The Lonesome Zoop", both slapstick animals.
Lion of Oz
Lion of Oz is a 2000 animated film set before the 1900 children's novel" The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".
It tells the story of how the Cowardly Lion, formerly part of the Omaha Circus, came to be in Oz and how he stopped the Wicked Witch of the East from getting the Flower of Oz.
It is based upon the 1995 book" Lion of Oz and the Badge of Courage" by Roger S. Baum( great- grandson of L. Frank Baum, the original author of the Oz books).
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Yellow brick road
The yellow brick road is a fictional element in the 1900 children's novel" The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by American author L. Frank Baum.
The road also appears in the several sequel Oz books such as" The Marvelous Land of Oz"( 1904) and" The Patchwork Girl of Oz"( 1913).
The road's most notable portrayal is in the classic 1939 MGM musical movie" The Wizard of Oz", loosely based on Baum's first Oz book.
In the novel's first edition the road is mostly referred to as the" Road of Yellow Bricks".
In the original story and in later films based on it such as" The Wiz"( 1978), Dorothy Gale must find the road before embarking on her journey, as the tornado did not deposit her farmhouse directly in front of it as in the 1939 film.
Frank Joslyn Baum
Frank Joslyn Baum( December 3, 1883 – December 2, 1958) was an American lawyer, soldier, writer, and film producer, and the first president of The International Wizard of Oz Club.
He is best known as the author of" To Please a Child"( a biography of his father, L. Frank Baum)( 1962) and" The Laughing Dragon of Oz"( 1936).
He was involved in the production of" Wizard of Oz"( 1925), and" The Wizard of Oz"( 1933), for which he also received writing credit, after which he sold" The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" film rights to Samuel Goldwyn.
His attempt to trademark the Oz name distanced him from the rest of his family.
In addition," To Please a Child" has been suspect since before it was published, as most of his family refused to confirm any details about his father's life, leading Baum to fabricate some details.
Patchwork Girl
The Patchwork Girl( a.k.a. Scraps) is a character from the fantasy Oz Book series by L. Frank Baum.
She first appeared in" The Patchwork Girl of Oz".
The Emerald City of Oz
The Emerald City of Oz is the sixth of L. Frank Baum's fourteen Land of Oz books.
It was also adapted into a Canadian animated film in 1987.
Originally published on July 20, 1910, it is the story of Dorothy Gale and her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em coming to live in Oz permanently.
While they are toured through the Quadling Country, the Nome King is assembling allies for an invasion of Oz.
This is the first time in the Oz series that Baum made use of double plots for one of the books.
Baum had intended to cease writing Oz stories with this book, but financial pressures prompted him to write and publish" The Patchwork Girl of Oz", with seven other Oz books to follow.
The book was dedicated to" Her Royal Highness Cynthia II of Syracuse" — actually the daughter( born in the previous year, 1909) of the author's younger brother, Henry Clay" Harry" Baum.
J. Farrell MacDonald
John Farrell MacDonald
(June 6, 1875 – August 2, 1952) was an American character actor and director.
He played supporting roles and occasional leads.
He appeared in over 325 films over a 41-year career from 1911 to 1951, and directed forty-four silent films from 1912 to 1917.
MacDonald was the principal director of L. Frank Baum's Oz Film Manufacturing Company, and he can frequently be seen in the films of Frank Capra, Preston Sturges and, especially, John Ford.

Question: When did the director of film The Patchwork Girl Of Oz (1914 Film) die?
Answer: August 2, 1952