Romola Remus Dunlap (April , â€" February , ) was an American actress
who was the first to play Dorothy Gale in film, in the multimedia
stage/film production The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays, an adaptation of
the Oz books. She worked directly with author L. Frank Baum, the
creator of the character.Remus was the daughter of the highly
successful bootlegger George Remus and his first wife Lillian Klauff
Remus. Her father, a pharmacist, later became a successful criminal
defense lawyer in Chicago and a bootlegger in Cincinnati.The
Fairylogue and Radio-Plays was produced by the Selig Polyscope Company
in Chicago, and Remus was paid $. per day for her performance. Remus
was cast in the film by L. Frank Baum himself.After the film was
completed, Remus and other cast members toured with L. Frank Baum.
"Mr. Baum himself took the film on the road and narrated the story
onstage," Remus said. "There was an orchestra and we stood offstage,
singing occasionally. . . . I remember that after the film, I would
come onstage to take a bow and then go to the back of the theater and
sell the Oz books" Remus recalled.
who was the first to play Dorothy Gale in film, in the multimedia
stage/film production The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays, an adaptation of
the Oz books. She worked directly with author L. Frank Baum, the
creator of the character.Remus was the daughter of the highly
successful bootlegger George Remus and his first wife Lillian Klauff
Remus. Her father, a pharmacist, later became a successful criminal
defense lawyer in Chicago and a bootlegger in Cincinnati.The
Fairylogue and Radio-Plays was produced by the Selig Polyscope Company
in Chicago, and Remus was paid $. per day for her performance. Remus
was cast in the film by L. Frank Baum himself.After the film was
completed, Remus and other cast members toured with L. Frank Baum.
"Mr. Baum himself took the film on the road and narrated the story
onstage," Remus said. "There was an orchestra and we stood offstage,
singing occasionally. . . . I remember that after the film, I would
come onstage to take a bow and then go to the back of the theater and
sell the Oz books" Remus recalled.
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