In the trio’s moaning and blubbing as they prepare to sneak into the witch’s castle, you can see a foreshadowing of Westley, Inigo and Fezzik invading Humperdinck’s castle in The Princess Bride. In the clanking of the Tin Man’s rusty limbs, you can hear echoes of Don Quixote’s home-made armour. None of them is what you’d call a handsome prince. Just look at the trio of frightened and feeble misfits that accompanies its heroine along the yellow brick road. Is When Harry met Sally the greatest romcom ever?īut for all of its similarities to the Disney film, MGM’s version was more of an anti-fairy tale than a fairy tale. It went on to be cinema’s biggest hit of 1938, a success that not only encouraged Disney to make other fairy-tale cartoons for decades to come, but also encouraged another studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, to try its own fantasy musical about an orphaned girl and a wicked witch: The Wizard of Oz. Shubert.In December 1937, Walt Disney Productions released its first feature-length cartoon, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Cast: Beatrice Bickel, Laine Blaire, Billie Blake, Marian Boazo, Emil Boreo, Margaret Breen, Ann Burnes, Donald Calthrop, Louise Chowning, Carmen Conley, Grace Connelly, Lucita Corvera, Wilma Crossman, Edith Davis, Betty De Pascue, Bernard Dudley, Mary Dunckley, Irving Edwards, Sudworth Frazier, Selby Galloway, Grace Glover, Alexander Gray, Nicholas Grey, Elna Gudrun, Fred Harper, Morris Harvey, Grace Hayes, Evelyn Herbert, Frank Jarvis, Ann LaVerne, Edwin Lawrence, Morhora Lloyd, Lily Long, Lillian Lorray, Yoland Losee, June Lovewell, Cookie Lunsford, Eva Lynn, Frances Lynn, Helen Madigan, Ada Marcus, Jaquelyn Marshall, Ritta Martin, Maryland Collegians, Marion Mooney, Gale Moore, Jane Moore, Ruth Moore, Maxine Morton, Sylvia Neirick, Dorothy Noble, Starke Patterson, Betty Pecan, Bunnie Pedreau, Lola Raine, Dezso Retter, Annie Rose, Salt and Pepper, Betty Sheldon, Ruth Simmons, Lily Smart, Olga Smirnova, Evan Southwell, Leonie Spiro, Frances Suzanne, Mabelle Swor, Myrtle Thompson, Kao Tortoni, Peaches Tortoni, Rosalie Trego, Nicholas Tripolitoff, Helen Wallace, Thomas Whitely, Dorothy Whitmore, Virginia Whitmore. Imperial Theatre (moved to The Shubert Theatre from -close): - (87 performances). Featuring songs with lyrics by Leo Robin, Donovan Parsons and Herbert Reynolds. Featuring songs by Marc Anthony and Albert von Tilzer. Fred Coots, Herman Hupfeld and Sam Timber. Stage: Appeared (Broadway debut) in "The Merry World" on Broadway. Ray Bolger died of bladder cancer in Los Angeles, California on January 15, 1987, five days after his 83rd birthday. In 1985, he co-hosted the documentary film That's Dancing! (1985) with Liza Minnelli. ![]() After his series ended, Bolger guest starred on many television series such as Battlestar Galactica (1978) and Острів фантазій (1977), and had some small roles in movies. In 1953, he turned to television and received his own sitcom, Where's Raymond? (1953), later changed to "The Ray Bolger Show". After this, Bolger went to Broadway, where he received his greatest satisfaction. ![]() He went to RKO Radio Pictures to make the romantic comedy Four Jacks and a Jill (1942). Surprisingly, even though the film was a success, Bolger's contract with MGM ended. This got him noticed by MGM producers and resulted in his being cast in his most famous role, the Scarecrow in Чарівник країни Оз (1939). His first dancing and singing role was in Sweethearts (1938), where he did the "wooden shoes" number with redheaded soprano/actress Jeanette MacDonald. This was soon followed by a role opposite Eleanor Powell in the romantic comedy Rosalie (1937). ![]() He was signed to a contract with MGM and his first role was as himself in Великий Зіґфільд (1936). Like Gene Kelly, he was a song-and-dance man as well as an actor. He was half of a team called "Sanford and Bolger" and also did numerous Broadway shows on his own. (Wallace) and James Edward Bolger, both Irish-Americans. ![]() Ray Bolger was born Raymond Wallace Bolger on Januin Dorchester, Massachusetts, to Anne C.
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