His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz

The story

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.

In the same saga

Oz Collection (Oz Film Manufacturing Company)

In release order

The Patchwork Girl of Oz

1914

The Magic Cloak of Oz

1914

This film

His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz

1914

Cast

V Violet MacMillanDorothy, a Kansas girl F Frank MooreThe Scarecrow P Pierre CoudercThe Tin Woodman R Raymond RussellKing Krewl T Todd WrightPon, a gardener's boy M Mildred HarrisButton Bright V Vivian ReedPrincess Gloria M Mai WellsOld Mombi F Fred WoodwardAnimals [Lion / "Sawhorse" / Mule / Kangaroo / Crow / Cow] A Arthur SmolletGoogly-Goo J J. Charles HaydonThe Wizard of Oz