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The
World of Oz
(1914-1925)

Contents: His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914), The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914) [abridged 1917 rerelease version], The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) and The Wizard of Oz (1925).

Brentwood Home Video
2005 DVD edition

The World of Oz (1914-1925), black & white and color-toned black & white, 259 minutes total, not rated, including His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated, The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914) [abridged 1917 rerelease version], black & white, 38 minutes, not rated, The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated, and The Wizard of Oz (1925), black & white, 95 minutes, not rated.

Brentwood Home Video, 46303-9, UPC 7-87364-63039-4.
Two double-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $9.98.
Release date: 12 July 2005.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 4 / audio: 5 / additional content: 5 / overall: 5.

This budget DVD edition collects all four films previously released on VHS videotape, and this edition of The Wizard of Oz is identical to Brentwood’s 2001 single-disc edition. The most noticable feature of the print is its dark flatness greytones range, which makes discerning picture details tough going.

The presentation on this disc includes narration of the intertitles by Jacqueline Lovell. Accompanying the film is an adequate music score (with bubbly sound effects) by Steffen Presley, performed on digital piano and synthesizer.

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