There's nothing quite like seeing The Wizard of Oz for the first time ... MGM wanted 10-year-old Shirley Temple instead. Ray Bolger was initially approached to play the Tin Man, but he lobbied ...

The case of the missing Wizard of Oz ruby slippers has ended abruptly ... The role of Scarecrow of course went to vaudeville star Ray Bolger, who was so light on his feet he could believably ...