Ray Bolger
More than a Scarecrow
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2019
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-063904-4 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-063904-4 (ISBN)
Ray Bolger: More Than a Scarecrow is the first biography of the dancer best known for the 1939 MGM musical The Wizard of Oz. This in-depth look at Bolger's career brings forgotten highlights to life, including his service in the nascent USO and his Tony Award-winning turn in Where's Charley?
Best remembered for his role as the Scarecrow in the 1939 MGM musical The Wizard of Oz, Ray Bolger led a rich and extraordinary career in the decade before and more than four decades after the creation of the film. 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. From there, he would go on to become a Broadway star, a contract player at Hollywood's major studios, one of the first performers to tour the South Pacific for the USO, a Tony Award winner, an early sitcom star, and the opening headliner of the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas.
Using unprecedented access to Bolger's papers and many never-before-published photographs, Ray Bolger: More Than a Scarecrow pieces together the lost story of an itinerant hoofer who survived and thrived during the major media changes of the twentieth century and established himself as a staple of American pop culture.
Best remembered for his role as the Scarecrow in the 1939 MGM musical The Wizard of Oz, Ray Bolger led a rich and extraordinary career in the decade before and more than four decades after the creation of the film. 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. From there, he would go on to become a Broadway star, a contract player at Hollywood's major studios, one of the first performers to tour the South Pacific for the USO, a Tony Award winner, an early sitcom star, and the opening headliner of the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas.
Using unprecedented access to Bolger's papers and many never-before-published photographs, Ray Bolger: More Than a Scarecrow pieces together the lost story of an itinerant hoofer who survived and thrived during the major media changes of the twentieth century and established himself as a staple of American pop culture.
Holly Van Leuven is a writer based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Los Angeles, California. She is the first researcher to access the personal papers of Ray Bolger. She is the inaugural winner of the Biographers International Organization's Hazel Rowley Prize for first-time authors.
Introduction: The Timeless Wanderer
Chapter 1: "What Will You Be? It's Up to You!"
Chapter 2: Entering Show Business
Chapter 3: Steppin' in Society
Chapter 4: Depression Days
Chapter 5: Broadway Goes West
Chapter 6: Jupiter Forbid
Chapter 7: Soldiers in Greasepaint
Chapter 8: Where's Charley?
Chapter 9: The New Triple Threat Man
Chapter 10: All American
Epilogue: No Sad Songs
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 05.03.2019 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 36 photographs |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 236 x 157 mm |
| Gewicht | 499 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-063904-0 / 0190639040 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-063904-4 / 9780190639044 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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