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Founded in 1914, '''Oz Film Company''', also known as '''The Oz Film Manufacturing Company''', produced silent films based on L. Frank Baum's books, most notably the ''Oz'' series. Every single one of them bombed commercially. The movies they made had various colors and custom themes playing over it, like silent films traditionally do.
In 1915, the company would be absorbed into Metro Pictures (now [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]). Only four of their films are known to survive: ''The Patchwork Girl of Oz''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_o3T6seq7A</ref>, ''His Majesty the Scarecrow of Oz''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bbtwVfp794</ref>'', The Magic Cloak of Oz''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4ilXUDgneU</ref> (1917) and ''The Last Egyptian'', the last of which is only partially found.
===Logo (September 28, 1914-1915)===
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The Oz Film Company (1914).jpg|Normal variant
The Oz Film Company (1914) 3.jpg|Variant seen on title cards▼
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The Oz Film Company (1915).jpg|Orange variant
The Oz Film Company (1914) 2.jpg|Green variant
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Oz Film Company (1915) 5.jpg|Another close-up black and white variant
Oz Film Company (1915) 6.png|Variant where Ozma's clothes are shown
▲The Oz Film Company (1914) 3.jpg|Variant seen on title cards
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'''Trivia:'''
*The women in these logos are Vivian Reed (1894-1989) in the normal, orange, magenta/purple, red and yellow variants, and Violet Macmillan (1887-1953) in the green variant and all of the close
*The usage of dark clothes on Vivian and Violet to make only their faces visible predates chroma-key technology, which would be created
*This logo is not seen on ''The Magic Cloak of Oz''.
*Several [https://50plusworld.com/oz-film-co-creature-actor-fred-woodward/ print]<ref>https://50plusworld.com/oz-film-co-creature-actor-fred-woodward/</ref> [http://earlysilentfilm.blogspot.com/2013/05/theres-no-place-like-home-part-2-oz.html versions]<ref>http://earlysilentfilm.blogspot.com/2013/05/theres-no-place-like-home-part-2-oz.html</ref> of the logo exist, most frequently appearing on promotional posters for movies from Oz Films; one [http://cablecarguy.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-patchwork-girl-of-oz-2-october-14.html stylised version]<ref>http://cablecarguy.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-patchwork-girl-of-oz-2-october-14.html</ref> was even used in an [http://www.booktryst.com/2011/02/l-frank-baum-tells-how-to-read-wizard.html official letter from L. Frank Baum himself.]<ref>http://www.booktryst.com/2011/02/l-frank-baum-tells-how-to-read-wizard.html</ref>
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'''Audio:''' None for the close-up variant; the regular variant may use a custom opening/closing theme on some films.
'''Availability:''' Only seen on ''The Patchwork Girl of Oz'' and ''His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz'', with the rest
'''Legacy:''' Recent years have this logo seen as one of the scariest, due its dark appearance and Ozma's grin.
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Founded in 1914, Oz Film Company, also known as The Oz Film Manufacturing Company, produced silent films based on L. Frank Baum's books, most notably the Oz series. Every single one of them bombed commercially. The movies they made had various colors and custom themes playing over it, like silent films traditionally do.
In 1915, the company would be absorbed into Metro Pictures (now Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). Only four of their films are known to survive: The Patchwork Girl of Oz[1], His Majesty the Scarecrow of Oz[2], The Magic Cloak of Oz[3] (1917) and The Last Egyptian, the last of which is only partially found.
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Visuals:
Trivia:
Variants:
Technique: Live-action.
Audio: None for the close-up variant; the regular variant may use a custom opening/closing theme on some films.
Availability: Only seen on The Patchwork Girl of Oz and His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz, with the rest either being decomposed or lost (Violet's Dreams, a series of shorts from the company, included).
Legacy: Recent years have this logo seen as one of the scariest, due its dark appearance and Ozma's grin.
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