Holly Van Leuven (Digital Marketer, Digital Marketer, Harvard Educa

Ray Bolger

More Than a Scarecrow

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Produktbeschreibung

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?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 510g
• ISBN-13: 9780190639044
• ISBN-10: 0190639040
• Artikelnr.: 55301568

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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