L. Frank Baum filed for bankruptcy protection in the Federal District Court in Los Angeles on 3 June 1911. Baum had run up thousands of dollars in debts that he was unable to repay, largely because of the financial debacle of the Fairylogue and Radio-Plays of 1908. In his bankruptcy filing, Baum listed debts of $12,600. The biggest had been contracted in connection with the Fairylogue project; Baum had borrowed thousands of dollars from his friend Harrison Rountree, and owed thousands more to contractors like the Selig Polyscope Company, which had made the films used in the show. There were various other, smaller debts, contracted when the Baum family had been living largely on credit in the years prior to the bankruptcy.