Ray Bolger Movies

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

After getting her start in her parents' vaudeville act, Marilyn Miller is taken under the wing of dance sensation Jack Donahue. He senses the girl's...

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

George Burns stars as a former vaudevillian who befriends a young runaway, played by 14-year old Brooke Shields, who is being chased by drug dealers.

Dick Van Dyke stars as a priest accused of murdering a nun. Directed by Stanley Kramer, this 1979 drama also features Kathleen Quinlan, Maureen...

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

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.

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...

Party, enterianment, and Behind the scenes

Sunny is a 1941 film American film directed by Herbert Wilcox. It was adapted by Sig Herzig from the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical play...

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,...

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

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...

Pink Floyd Meets The Wizard of Oz