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7 de may. de 2021 · Tamara Geva and Ray Bolger in “On Your Toes” (1936). The same month On Your Toes opened on Broadway, Bolger was on screen playing himself in The Great Ziegfeld (see film clip above). That double whammy was enough to convince MGM to sign him to a contract, eventually leading to his casting in The Wizard of Oz.Only it was the Tin Man that he was first offered, a head-scratcher considering ...
Ray Bolger (oik. Raymond Wallace Bulcao ; 10. tammikuuta 1904 – 15. tammikuuta 1987 ) oli yhdysvaltalainen näyttelijä , joka esiintyi niin teatterissa kuin elokuvissakin. Hän näytteli Variksenpelättiä vuoden 1939 elokuvassa Ihmemaa Oz .
Ray Bolger: More Than a Scarecrow is the first biography of this classic American entertainer, covering the luminous and forgotten career of the eccentric dancer outside of his burlap mask. The product of a fragmented, working-class Boston Irish family, Bolger learned tap and eccentric dance steps as solace for a difficult life before running away to repertory theater and Vaudeville.
This dance number, starring Ray Bolger, was cut from The Wizard Of Oz prior to release in 1939. Wonderful choreography with interesting special effects for i...
Ray Bolger (January 10, 1904 - January 15, 1987), full name Raymond Wallace Bulcao, was an actor who played the Scarecrow and Hunk the Farmhand in MGM's film The Wizard of Oz (1939). Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Bolger displayed a natural inclination for performing. He began his entertainment career as a vaudeville dancer and honed his skills in various dance forms, including tap dancing ...
1 de mar. de 2019 · His role as the Scarecrow captured the public's imagination some 80 years ago but Bolger was a star in his own right with a career that spanned over fifty years.
Raymond Wallace Bolger was born at 598 Second St., South Boston, Massachusetts, into a Catholic family of Irish descent. He was the son of James Edward Bolger and Anne C. née Wallace. His father, James, was first generation American of Irish descent, who was born in Fall River, Massachusetts. Bolger's mother "Annie," was born into a large ...
