Writing
L. Frank Baum
1856-05-15 · 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 In addition to the 14 Oz books, Baum penned 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts.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.
Known for
Oz the Great and Powerful
The Wizard of Oz
Wicked
Wicked: For Good
Return to Oz
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
The Wiz
Emerald City
Tin Man
YellowBrickRoad
Fantastic Return to Oz
Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of the Emerald City, Part I
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz
Movie credits · 166
The Patchwork Girl
Gale: Yellow Brick Road
Wicked: For Good
The Wizard of the Emerald City, Part I
Toto's Christmas in Oz
Wicked
The Wizard of Oz
Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: Dorothy And The Wizard in Oz Part 1
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: The Road To Oz Part 3
Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: The Road To Oz Part 2
Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: The Road To Oz
Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: The Road To Oz Part 1
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: Ozma of Oz Part 3
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: Ozma of Oz Part 2
The Wizard 20Twenty
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: Ozma of Oz Part 1
Dorothy's New Adventures in Oz
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Marvelous Land of Oz Part 3
The Wiz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Marvelous Land of Oz Part 1
The Wizard of OZ
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Part 3
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Part 2
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Marvelous Land of Oz Part 2
Dorothy and Toto's Storytime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Part 1
Oz
Fantastic Return to Oz
The WonderGrove Wizard of Oz
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Dorothy's Christmas in Oz
The Wizard of New Oz
The Little Wizards of Oz
The Steam Engines of Oz
Off to Oz
Fantastic Journey to Oz
Dorothy and The Wizard of Oz: The Wizard, The Witch, and The Crystal Ball
The Woodsman
The Oz Project
TV credits · 10
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