Silent Film Career
The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays was produced by the Selig Polyscope Company in Chicago, and Remus was paid $5.00 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.
Remus also appeared in other early silent films, including Mary: Ten Nights in a Bar Room and The Four-Footed Hero. When Chicago's film studios relocated to Hollywood, her parents decided that she should stay in Chicago.
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