Act 1: Hooray For Hollywood

Casablanca/Wizard of Oz (Audio Montage)

Rick And Renault

Includes:

Recording: Rick And Renault

Artist: Original Cast

Album: Music From The Original Motion Picture

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Recording: Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Artist: Judy Garland

Album: The Wizard of Oz Original Soundtrack

California Here I Come

Recording: California Here I Come

Artist: Al Jolson

Album: 20th Century Masters

City Of Stars

Recording: City Of Stars

Artist: Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone

Album: La La Land Original Soundtrack

Academy Award Winners for Best Original Song (2017). Wait... Yes!

Mae Jean Goes to Hollywood

Recording: May Jean Goes To Hollywood

Artist: The Byrds

Album: Ballad of Easy Rider

Written by a 21-year-old Jackson Browne. Played by the Clarence White Byrds. What could be better?

Blue Money

Recording: Blue Money

Artist: Van Morrison

Album: His Band & The Street Choir

An Irish sage visits the San Fernando Valley.

Tara's Theme (Act One Recap)

Recording: Tara's Theme

Artist: John Williams & The Boston Pops

Album: A Celebration

Act 2 - An Actors' Life For Me

Look At Me

Recording: Look At Me

Artist: Bobbie Darin

Album: Bless You California



Act Naturally

Recording: Act Naturally

Artist: Dwight Yoakam

Album: 21st Century Hits

Malkovich

Recording: Malkovich

Artist: Dweezil Zappa

Album: Via Zammata

Son of Mr Green Jeans? Son of Frank Zappa meets Malkovich.

The Raven

Recording: The Raven

Artist: Jeff Bridges

Album: Sleeping Tapes

Visit Jeff's Squarespace "Sleeping Tapes" site HERE:

New Kid In Town

Recording: New Kid In Town

Artist: JD Souther

Album: Natural History

The four most dreaded words in Hollywood.

Theme From "A Summer Place"

Recording: Theme From "A Summer Place"

Artist: Percy Faith

Album: Percy Faith Plays Movie Themes

Composer Max Steiner strikes again!



Act 3: The Wayfaring Stranger, The Wizard of Whimsey & Recessional Hollywood Hymns

Big Rock Candy Mountain

Recording: Big Rock Candy Mountain

Artist: Burl Ives

Album: Greatest Hits

Which Side Are You On?

Recording: Which Side Are You On?

Artist: The Almanac Singers

Album: Troubadours: Folk and the Roots of American Music

How a confluence of economical and political conditions made two very different men "fellow travelers..."

They look like friends. Photo © Time/Life

Two disparate show business figures seemed to fall into a concentric orbit during a unique period of Hollywood history.

One, was a man of the dusty road who brought the sensibility of depression era America to the mainstream.

The other, became thought of as one of the country’s homegrown gen...