L. Frank Baum
Known for: Writing
Born: May 15, 1856
Died: May 6, 1919
Place of birth: Chittenango, New York, USA
Lyman Frank Baum (/bɔːm/; May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part of a series. In addition to the 14 Oz books, Baum penned 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema. Born and raised in Chittenango, New York, Baum moved west after an unsuccessful stint as a theatre producer and playwright. He and his wife opened a store in South Dakota, and he edited and published a newspaper. They then moved to Chicago, where he worked as a newspaper reporter and published children's literature, debuting the first Oz book in 1900. While continuing his writing, among his final projects, he sought to establish a film studio in Los Angeles, California. His works anticipated such later commonplace things as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work). Description above from the Wikipedia article L. Frank Baum, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
167 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
3.7
Gale: Yellow Brick Road
2026
6.6
Wicked: For Good
2025
7.3
The Wizard of the Emerald City, Part I
2025
NR
Toto's Christmas in Oz
2024
6.9
Wicked
2024
7.5
Gale: Stay Away from Oz
2023
10.0
The Wizard of Oz
2023
NR
Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: Dorothy And The Wizard in Oz Part 1
2023
NR
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
2023
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Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: The Road To Oz Part 3
2023
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Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: The Road To Oz Part 2
2023
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Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: The Road To Oz
2023
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Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: The Road To Oz Part 1
2023
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Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: Ozma of Oz Part 3
2022
NR
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: Ozma of Oz Part 2
2022
NR
The Wizard 20Twenty
2022
NR
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: Ozma of Oz Part 1
2022
NR
Dorothy's New Adventures in Oz
2022
NR
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Marvelous Land of Oz Part 3
2022
5.5
The Wiz
2021
NR
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2021
NR
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Marvelous Land of Oz Part 1
2021NR
The Wizard of OZ
2021
NR
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Part 3
2021
5.0
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Part 2
2021
NR
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Marvelous Land of Oz Part 2
2021
NR
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Part 1
2021
10.0
Oz
2019
5.4
Fantastic Return to Oz
2019
NR
The WonderGrove Wizard of Oz
2019
8.0
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
2019
NR
Dorothy's Christmas in Oz
2018
NR
The Wizard of New Oz
2018
NR
The Little Wizards of Oz
2018
5.3
The Steam Engines of Oz
2018
NR
Off to Oz
2017
6.4
Fantastic Journey to Oz
2017
6.6
Emerald City
2017
NR
Dorothy and The Wizard of Oz: The Wizard, The Witch, and The Crystal Ball
2017
10.0
The Woodsman
2016
NR
The Oz Project
2016
7.4
Straight Outta OZ
2016
6.0
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
2016
NR
The Wizard of U.S.
2016
NR
Return to the Emerald City
2016
7.0
The Wiz Live!
2015
6.2
Lost in Oz
2015
5.7
Wicked Flying Monkeys
2015
NR
The Land of Oz
2015
5.3
OzLand
2015
6.3
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014
9.0
Oz
2014
10.0
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Minnie's The Wizard of Dizz
2013
5.9
Oz the Great and Powerful
20131.0
The Prophet of Oz
2013
NR
Untitled #141 (The Sun is the same…)
2012
NR
The Fresh Beat Band: Wizard of Song
2012
NR
Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Brick Road
2012
5.1
Dorothy and the Witches of Oz
2012
6.3
Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz
2011
4.2
After the Wizard
2011
5.7
The Witches of Oz
2011
NR
The Scarecrow of Oz
2011
NR
Untitled #125 (Hickory)
20116.2
Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man
2010
4.7
YellowBrickRoad
2010
8.0
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz
2009
NR
After the Rainbow
2009
NR
The Tin Woodman of Oz
2009
NR
Once in a Lullaby
2008
NR
The Tin Woodman's Home Movie #2: California Poppy Reserve, Antelope Valley
2008
6.7
Tin Man
2007
5.3
VeggieTales: The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's
20075.4
Death to the Tinman
2007
6.0
The Haunted Journey
2006
6.0
Wizard of Oz 3: Dorothy Goes to Hell
20065.5
Apocalypse Oz
2006
NR
Meet Me in Wichita
2006
5.2
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
2005
NR
No Place (Looking Back + Looking Forward)
2005
NR
The House She Flew In On: The Video
2002
7.1
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
2000
6.3
Adventures in the Emerald City: Princess Ozma
2000
7.0
Adventures in the Emerald City: The Intrigues of Old Mombi
2000
5.8
Lion of Oz
2000
9.0
Click Three Times
2000
5.7
Twister: A Musical Catastrophe
2000
8.2
The Wicked Witch Project
1999
6.0
Adventures in the Emerald City: The Mystery of the Great Wizard
1999
6.4
Adventures in the Emerald City: The Silver Slippers
1999
7.0
Adventures in Oz with Cheryl
1999
8.3
The Oz Witch Project
1999
NR
No Place Like Home #1
1999
NR
No Place Like Home #2
1999
9.0
The Return of Mombi
1996
10.0
Journey Beneath the Sea
1996
8.0
The Monkey Prince
1996
10.0
Who Stole Santa?
1996
6.5
Christmas in Oz
1996
8.0
Virtual Oz
1996
10.0
Underground Adventure
1996
7.0
The Nome Prince and the Magic Belt
1996
7.0
Toto, Lost in New York
1996
NR
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
1996
7.5
The Wizard of Oz on Ice
1996
NR
The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz
1996
7.7
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True
1995
5.5
Great Classics on Video
1995
6.5
The Wizard of the Emerald City
1994
9.0
Yellow Brick Road
1993
8.0
Dorothy & the Wizard in Oz
1993
7.0
Workteams & the Wizard of Oz
1993
8.0
The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz
1992
7.3
OZ
1992
NR
OZ
1992
8.5
The Wizard of Oz
1991
6.1
The Wizard of Oz
1991
8.0
We’re Off to See... The Most Happy Fellows
199010.0
Trouble in Oz
1989
10.0
Toto's Rescue
198910.0
Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz
1987
7.0
The Emerald City of Oz
1987
7.0
Ozma of Oz
1987
5.8
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
1987
8.5
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
1986
5.7
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
1985
6.7
Return to Oz
1985
6.3
Frank Baum's the Wizard of Oz
198510.0
The Whimsical World of Oz
1985
5.9
Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz
1984
9.5
The Wizard of Oz
1983
6.5
The Wizard of Oz
19829.0
The Wizard of Malta
1981
9.0
The Marvelous Land of Oz
1981
5.8
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
1980
NR
It’s a Heart!
1980
6.2
The Wiz
1978
7.5
Wiz on Down the Road
19788.0
The Magnificent Major
1977
5.6
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
1976
5.4
20th Century Oz
1976
5.5
Shirley Temple Story
1976
NR
The Heart That Changed Color
1975
6.0
The Wizard of the Emerald City
1973
10.0
That Girl in Wonderland
1973
5.4
Journey Back to Oz
1972
4.3
Aysecik in the Land of the Magic Dwarfs
1971
2.5
The Wonderful Land of Oz
1969
10.0
The Wizard of the Emerald City
1968
4.0
Dorothy, the Kansas City Pot Head
19686.8
Roman Candles
1967
5.2
No. 16: Oz: The Tin Woodman's Dream
1967
5.0
Fantasía... 3
1966
3.8
The Wizard of Mars
1965
2.0
Return to Oz
19642.7
The Magic of Oz
1963
5.7
No. 13: Oz
1962
6.5
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
NR
The Rainbow Road to Oz
1957
7.6
The Wizard of Oz
1939
7.0
Oz University
1936
5.9
The Wizard of Oz
1933
9.0
The Land of Oz, a Sequel to the 'Wizard of Oz’
1932
5.5
The Wizard of Oz
1925
2.0
The Flash of Fate
1918
5.6
His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz
1914
5.1
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
1914
4.4
The Magic Cloak of Oz
1914
NR
John Dough and the Cherub
1910
NR
The Land of Oz
1910
3.0
Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz
1910
5.4
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
1910
1.2
The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays
1908
NR
The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz
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Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of Wizard of Oz
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NR
Dorothy and Alice
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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
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