Sunday Morning Matinee- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Sunday May 15th was L. Frank Baum's birthday. He, of course, wrote " The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and all the thirteen sequels that soon followed. In honor of his birthday Sunday Morning Matinee presents the earliest known surviving film version of his first Oz book, " The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", made in 1910 by the Selig Polyscope Company. Below are links to various sites for more on the books and L. Frank Baum's life.







http://www.literarytraveler.com/authors/l_frank_baum.aspx

http://www.literature.org/authors/baum-l-frank/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Frank_Baum