The New Triple Threat Man

Abstract

Chapter 9 explores the creation of the Warner Brothers film Where’s Charley? based on the Broadway show. Bolger and the cast traveled to the campus of Oxford University; Where’s Charley? was the first movie filmed on the campus. Interior scenes were shot at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, but St. John’s College at Oxford was used for exteriors. Bolger’s first television appearances and his lucrative contract opening the Sahara Resort in Las Vegas are discussed. There is also an extended description of the creation of Bolger’s sitcom, Where’s Raymond? later renamed The Ray Bolger Show, one of the first sitcoms on network television, which was filmed at Desilu Studios.