His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz

His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914) is a comedy, family film directed by L. Frank Baum, J. Farrell MacDonald rated 5.6/10.

A wicked king has taken over the Emerald City, and wants his daughter, Princess Gloria to marry the horrid courtier Googly-Goo, though she loves Pon, the Gardener's Boy. The camera follows two farmers placing a Scarecrow upon a pole in a cornfield. Pon rescues a Kansas girl named Dorothy from the evil witch Mombi, whom Princess Gloria has been taken to by King Krewl to freeze her heart so she will no longer love Pon. An Indian princess has a ceremony to bring the Scarecrow to life. Pon rescues the cold-hearted princess and they flee for help, discovering the Scarecrow, who promptly falls in love with the princess, and Button-Bright, a lost boy from America. They come to the castle of the Tin Emperor, Nick Chopper, and after oiling him, he falls in love with Gloria. After a bit of a chase aided by the Sawhorse and the Wizard, Mombi turns Pon into a Kangaroo, and a slough of Fred Woodward's animals battle it out.

Cast

Violet MacMillan

Dorothy, a Kansas girl

Frank Moore

The Scarecrow

Pierre Couderc

The Tin Woodman

Raymond Russell

King Krewl

Todd Wright

Pon, a gardener's boy

Mildred Harris

Button Bright

Vivian Reed

Princess Gloria

Mai Wells

Old Mombi

Fred Woodward

Animals [Lion / "Sawhorse" / Mule / Kangaroo / Crow / Cow]

Arthur Smollet

Googly-Goo

J. Charles Haydon

The Wizard of Oz