Vol. 6, no. 2 (August 1962)
| Editors | Dick Martin and Fred M. Meyer (uncredited) |
Layout and cover design by Dick Martin
Cover photograph by an uncredited photographer (Fairylogue and Radio-Plays)
August 1962 Selected Contents
This is a guide to the articles and reviews from the issue that will most benefit researchers, scholars, and collectors. The printed issue includes additional content such as news, editorial letters, and other commentary-based departments.
L. Frank Baum and the Radio-Plays
Russell P. MacFall describes the creation and presentation of Baum’s famous touring show, Fairylogue and Radio-Plays. A more detailed description of the show’s content would later be given in the Christmas 1970 issue.
Dramatic Influence on Oz
Fred M. Meyer pens a general overview of the earliest stage and film adaptations of the Oz stories, with special attention given to L. Frank Baum’s three stage musicals.
In the Fairyland of Motion PIctures
A transcribed article from the New York Herald in 1909, in which L. Frank Baum explains the special effects wizardry behind Fairylogue and Radio-Plays.
Ozian Adventures on the Silent Screen
Dick Martin summarizes the four Selig Oz one-reelers, the Oz Film Manufacturing Company’s The Patchwork Girl of Oz and His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz, and Chadwick Pictures’ The Wizard of Oz. Includes a Dick Martin illustration of Oliver Hardy, Dorothy Dwan, and Larry Semon as their Chadwick characters.