{"product_id":"ray-bolger-more-than-a-scarecrow","title":"Ray Bolger: More than a Scarecrow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBest remembered for his role as the Scarecrow in the 1939 MGM musical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Wizard of Oz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Ray Bolger led a rich and extraordinary career in the decade before and more than four decades after the creation of the film. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRay Bolger: More Than a Scarecrow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the first biography of this classic American entertainer, covering the luminous and forgotten career of the eccentric dancer outside of his burlap mask.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing unprecedented access to Bolger's papers and many never-before-published photographs, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRay Bolger: More Than a Scarecrow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holly Van Leuven (Author)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49013613265049,"sku":"978-0190639044","price":1499.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/5642\/6905\/files\/74_1_c0b794ba-0f70-4dbe-8699-5e76d6cb355f.webp?v=1789227287","url":"https:\/\/booksworldstore.com\/products\/ray-bolger-more-than-a-scarecrow","provider":"Books World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}