Ray Bolger Movies

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

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.

Documentary about the making of the 1939 MGM classic film The Wizard of Oz. Includes interviews of cast and crew members, their families and fans of...

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

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

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...

Pink Floyd Meets The Wizard of Oz

A kind of filmed vaudeville show, using old material from RKO films and some new.

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...

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.

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

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

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...