The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908)

The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays was an early attempt to bring L. Frank Baum's Oz books to the motion picture screen. It was a mixture of live actors, hand-tinted magic lantern slides, and film. Baum himself would appear as if he were giving a lecture, while he interacted with the characters (both on stage and on screen). Due to financial problems—the show cost more to make than sold-out houses could bring in—the show folded after two months of performances. It opened in Grand Rapids, Michigan on September 24, 1908. It later moved to New York City, where it reportedly closed December 16, 1908. It was scheduled to run through December 31, and ads for it continued to run in The New York Times until then.

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Cast:

• L. Frank Baum
• Josephine Brewster
• Bronson Ward, Jr.
• Minnie Brown
• Frank Burns
• Frank Burns
• Dudley Burton
• D.W. Clapperton
• Tommy Dean
• Paul de Dupont
• Grace Elder
• Joe Finley
• Geo. Weatherbee
• Maud Harrington
• Daniel Heath
• Daniel Heath
• The Yellow Hen
• Wallace Illington
• Annabel Jephson
• Evelyn Judson
• Will Morrison
• Mrs. Bostwick
• Clarence Nearing
• Tom Persons
• Romola Remus
• Joseph Schrode
• Joseph Schrode
• Charles W. Smith
• Lillian Swartz
• Totò
• Burns Wantling
• George E. Wilson
• George E. Wilson
• Samuel Woods