Dramatic Feature Films was an unsuccessfulsilent film venture byFrank Joslyn Baum, son ofL. Frank Baum. The office was at 300 West 42nd Street inNew York City (the building that currently houses the Times SquareMcDonald's in its first floors), while the films were made in theHollywood studios ofThe Oz Film Manufacturing Company, which was the company's former identity. It was absorbed byGoldwyn Pictures in 1916.
Two films are known to have been produced by the company, neither of which survive. These include aslapstick short titledPies and Poetry starringBetty Pierce. Pierce, along withCatherine Countiss andDavid Proctor starred inThe Gray Nun of Belgium. The film was directed byFrancis Powers from a script by Baum (some sources say the elder) and set duringWorld War I. Advertisements in the trade papers gave the film a release date of April 26, 1915; however, it is now believed that the film was never released. Thedistributor,Alliance Film Program, apparently found the film inferior and refused to buy it.
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