Ray Bolger as Host dancing in a rare duet with Ann Miller to Puttin’ on the Ritz from the March 13th, 1966 Bell Telephone Hour.
Directed by Dave Geisel, written by Lucille Kallen and produced by Heny Jaffe Enterprises Inc., and distributed by NBC.
Preserving and Advancing the Art of Tap Dance.
By Tap Legacy
Ray Bolger as Host dancing in a rare duet with Ann Miller to Puttin’ on the Ritz from the March 13th, 1966 Bell Telephone Hour.
Directed by Dave Geisel, written by Lucille Kallen and produced by Heny Jaffe Enterprises Inc., and distributed by NBC.
By Tap Legacy
Ray Bolger as Chris Maule the rubber legged Blacksmith from the 1946 MGM film The Harvey Girls a Comedy Western Musical.
The film taking its queues from Broadway’s Oklahoma it is headlined by Judy Garland as Susan Bradley, who had just finished her blockbuster musical Meet Me In St. Louis , also starring Angela Lansbury as Em, John Hodiak, Preston Foster among others
Bolger’s number is to the Academy Award winning song of the year 1946 On The Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe
By Tap Legacy
From the 1949 Drama musical romance film Look for the Silver Lining.
The film was directed by David Butler, and staring June Haver Marilyn Miller and Ray Bolger Jack Donohue her mentor.
This musical film chronicles the vaudeville-to-Broadway story of 1920s’ star Marilyn Miller June Haver. From her start on the boards in Finley, Ohio, Marilyn sings and dances her way to Broadway stardom, frequently in company with her mentor, dancer Jack Donahue Ray Bolger.
By Tap Legacy
Sunnie O’Dea, the forgotten female tap dancer was born Martha Bonini, in Pittsburgh PA. In this clip Sunnie is tap dancing (2:45) to Shake It Off With Rhythm sung by Ethel Merman from the 1936 film Strike Me Pink.
Sunnie started dancing at the age of nine, by ten she was touring in Orpheum Vaudeville. At sixteen, Sunnie was in New York doing specialties in musicals, and shortly after dancing with Ray Bolger in Keep off The Grass Sunnie was discovered by Universal Pictures as their star dancer destined to be famous.