Ray Bolger Movies

This short begins at Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam). The electricity generated here by the Colorado River is sent to Hollywood, where movie studios...

Karanina "Nina" Novak, is befriended by Nifty, the leader of a four-piece orchestra, and in return, secures an engagement for them at the Little...

A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s.

As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll ever hear. The sanitized studio version of her life...

The time was 1938. The place, Hollywood. This is the story of one of the 456 films made that year, how it was made, and why it has endured.

Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the...

The movie The Wizard of Oz (1939) with the soundtrack replaced by Pink Floyd's album The Dark Side of the Moon (1973); several uncanny moments of...

Musical version of the comedy, "Charley's Aunt," by Brandon Thomas. As part of a simple enough ruse, a Cambridge student poses as his aunt but his...

A promotional piece for the Disney film "Return to Oz", that also traces the history of the Oz books and films.

Party, enterianment, and Behind the scenes

The adventures and mishaps of four couples, winners on a TV game show, along with their young chaperone, on a Hawaiian holiday.

A vaudeville entertainer approaches middle age still not having attained success or stardom.

A boy named Peter must save Easter. An evil character named Tin Whiskers takes over the town and re-names everything including the streets to have...

The Wizard of Oz composer Harold Arlen was a life-long camera buff, and this 16mm color footage was taken during portrait sittings for the film, as...

A look into how L. Frank Baum's classic novel was transformed into one of the most beloved films of all time including archival interviews,...

Pink Floyd Meets The Wizard of Oz