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Say! How about a Judy Garland thread?

I don't think it's ever been done! Seems more like a Liza crowd!

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by Anonymousreply 104August 1, 2024 9:06 PM

Judy was one of the most talented singers ever. She also had a lot of pain and struggle throughout her life. Despite that, she had a good heart, which is hard to encounter in Hollywood. At a time when gay people were oppressed beyond belief, they identified with her struggles and she theirs.

by Anonymousreply 1June 29, 2024 1:34 PM

Dollface thread. šŸŒˆ šŸ‘ 

by Anonymousreply 2June 29, 2024 1:34 PM

That was a sad interview, OP - and she was dead a year later.

by Anonymousreply 3June 29, 2024 1:35 PM

Happy times.

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by Anonymousreply 4June 29, 2024 1:41 PM

Sweet thing.

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by Anonymousreply 5June 29, 2024 1:44 PM

R3, Judy looked pretty damn good on that Tonight show. On the others she did around that time, most notably the Mike Douglas Show, she looked and acted like a dead woman walking.

by Anonymousreply 6June 29, 2024 1:45 PM

Broadcast a couple weeks after JFK was shot.

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by Anonymousreply 7June 29, 2024 1:46 PM

She deserved that Oscar.

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by Anonymousreply 8June 29, 2024 1:48 PM

Heartbreaker.

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by Anonymousreply 9June 29, 2024 1:51 PM

If you ever wonder why no one can sing Over The Rainbow like her, watch this analysis that shows how i]well she could control her vibrato.

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by Anonymousreply 10June 29, 2024 1:55 PM

With Ella, the ultimate female interpreter of the Great American Songbook.

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by Anonymousreply 11June 29, 2024 1:56 PM

[quote] Say!

Ha ha ha! Iā€™ll say.

by Anonymousreply 12June 29, 2024 1:57 PM

I cry every year.

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by Anonymousreply 13June 29, 2024 2:01 PM

Lots of discussion in regards to her singing and acting but few recognize she was a true fashionista of her time!

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by Anonymousreply 14June 29, 2024 2:01 PM

Say! Letā€™s put on a show!

by Anonymousreply 15June 29, 2024 2:06 PM

With dear Chita.

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by Anonymousreply 16June 29, 2024 2:23 PM

WTF was/is the Garden State Arts Center?

by Anonymousreply 17June 29, 2024 2:29 PM

Ran into her at CVS the other day...

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by Anonymousreply 18June 29, 2024 2:32 PM

She Vee Esh.

by Anonymousreply 19June 29, 2024 2:37 PM

The suit she is wearing is a white version of her Helen Lawson pantsuit from Valley of the Dolls. Gifted the films multi-colored costume by the Fox and worn repeatedly in concerts, she had a version in red and this one in white made for her by TRAVILLA at a cost of $1500 each.

by Anonymousreply 20June 29, 2024 2:59 PM

Pic at R14 gives you an idea of how wasted she was at the end.

by Anonymousreply 21June 29, 2024 3:19 PM

I ran into her at Piggly Wiggly.

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by Anonymousreply 22June 29, 2024 3:40 PM

They're making me sing again. BRING ME MY PILLS!

by Anonymousreply 23June 29, 2024 3:50 PM

I liked when she told the story of dancing down the yellow brick road and being crowded out by the guys. She said Victor Fleming would put up his megaphone and say "you let that little girl in there!"

The way she told it was really fun.

by Anonymousreply 24June 29, 2024 4:25 PM

AUGUST 1968

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by Anonymousreply 25June 29, 2024 6:33 PM

Her dad was rumored to be gay. Guess you couldn't be out in those days or it would mean death.

by Anonymousreply 26June 29, 2024 6:37 PM

Poor lad dealt with it by drinking himself to death.

by Anonymousreply 27June 29, 2024 6:41 PM

I was molested at the Palladium I KNOW YOU HEARD ME SCREAMING MAMA!

by Anonymousreply 28June 29, 2024 11:41 PM

Oh, Momma!

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by Anonymousreply 29June 29, 2024 11:46 PM

I wish Liza would do a 23 and me, Judy and her daughter Liza are so unique

by Anonymousreply 30June 29, 2024 11:52 PM

Momma????

by Anonymousreply 31June 30, 2024 12:05 AM

That's the way Steve Sondheim and Jule Styne titled it, despite the incorrect video title.

by Anonymousreply 32June 30, 2024 12:09 AM

Aw poor Judy. That clip with Johnny Carson, she looked a bit ragged but that classic charm was still there, she was so sweet.

by Anonymousreply 33June 30, 2024 12:24 AM

OP is headless on DL.

by Anonymousreply 34June 30, 2024 12:26 AM

That ultra-emaciated photo of her has always left me thinking: If Judy hadnā€™t ODā€™d and died that June 1969 night, was she already ill and wouldā€™ve died some other way soon after that? Anorexia, cancer, dementia, or maybe her body and heart just simply giving up finally..?

by Anonymousreply 35June 30, 2024 3:16 AM

There really was something endearing about that woman.

by Anonymousreply 36June 30, 2024 3:27 AM

Born in a Trunk

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by Anonymousreply 37July 1, 2024 6:18 AM

This thread deserves love.

by Anonymousreply 38July 15, 2024 11:58 PM

No,weā€™ve never had a Judy Garland thread before.

by Anonymousreply 39July 16, 2024 12:08 AM

R35,

She threw herself at me in so many ways.

Who can blame me?

by Anonymousreply 40July 16, 2024 12:08 AM

She was a talented woman and gave good vibes.

by Anonymousreply 41July 16, 2024 12:09 AM

To me, one of the only saving graces of Judy's sad final years is that by all accounts she actually enjoyed singing for people very much.

Oddly and against all gossip, the only person who effectively and responsibly managed her money was Ethel Gumm.

by Anonymousreply 42July 16, 2024 3:10 AM

James Mason said in his eulogy, ā€œJudyā€™s great gift was that she could wring tears out of the hearts of stone.ā€

by Anonymousreply 43July 16, 2024 3:18 AM

R35 I believe the coronerā€™s report concluded that sheā€™d have been gone within a year anyway. Her body was just worn out.

by Anonymousreply 44July 16, 2024 5:06 AM

Consumed, not worn out. The world consumed her.

by Anonymousreply 45July 16, 2024 9:34 AM

Judy was Love. She gave it out and got it back ten fold. She needed that. She was an ally to gays and black performers. She deserved way better. She found herself in a business without any business acumen, that was her main problem, so she clung on to any man who she thought could manage her. She was a great mother by all accounts and wven Sinatra called her the best performer ever. We have to keep her iconic status alive. I always think it's funny how much I adored her growing up; she was my absolute favourite actress, only to find out it's very often a gay thing...its so weird how we all find her. It's not like we seek out this gay icon after we're told to... we found her on our own. I cant bring myself to watch the movie JUDY, as I cant bear to see those years in living colour. There's something very unique about Judy...and I think we all realise it. RIP Judy x

by Anonymousreply 46July 16, 2024 11:22 AM

Not sure if itā€™s true, but Ginger Rogers was said to have a very faint form of facial hair. When she was hired to replace Judy in The Barkleys of Broadway, Garland sent her a small bouquet of flowers in a shaving mug. If thatā€™s true, itā€™s a pretty clever form of Bitchcraft.

by Anonymousreply 47July 16, 2024 11:43 AM

She really makes Johnny Carson look like a bum. He keeps interrupting her. Her fan boys in the audience made me laugh.

by Anonymousreply 48July 16, 2024 11:59 AM

She clearly made Johnny nervous.

by Anonymousreply 49July 16, 2024 12:06 PM

Is no one going to post Judy's duet with Barbra????

I'd also appreciate seeing her singing and dancing to "Who?" in that composer bio from MGM. I think it was the best production number of her MGM years.

by Anonymousreply 50July 16, 2024 12:08 PM

Unique.

by Anonymousreply 51July 16, 2024 2:09 PM

R50, why donā€™t you post them?

by Anonymousreply 52July 16, 2024 2:09 PM

I think Judy was suffering from colitis as well as the effects of her long addiction to speed and sleeping pills.

She always felt her current husband was her solution, which I hope gave her a little peace. How was she ever going to dig herself out of her debt with the IRS? The options for Judy by 1969 were pretty bleak. Same as today, everyone was shocked, but nobody was surprised. Her large body of work speaks for itself.

by Anonymousreply 53July 16, 2024 2:12 PM

R49, ALL women with half a brain made Carson nervous.

by Anonymousreply 54July 16, 2024 3:09 PM

When Barbra did her guest spot on Judys show, she performed a great version of "Down with Love", a song written by Wizard of Oz tunesmiths Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg .It has an interisting history-originally written in 1937 for Kay Thompson, it was introduced by her replacement Vivian Vance in the Broadway musical Hooray for What!. The original production was staged and directed by Vincente Minelli

HereĀ“s Judys take on it.

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by Anonymousreply 55July 16, 2024 3:48 PM

Here you go, R50.

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by Anonymousreply 56July 16, 2024 8:24 PM

Judy mentions Juanita Quigley to Johnny.

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by Anonymousreply 57July 16, 2024 9:31 PM

Judy's version of Down With Love was showcased in that movie of the same name that was a parody of Doris Day-Rock Hudson films. Starred future Judy impersonator RenƩe Z.

by Anonymousreply 58July 16, 2024 9:32 PM

Thanks R55. Wow Iā€™ve never seen her so present and sober- actually finishing her words. Iā€™m a Garland Sycophant from way back.

by Anonymousreply 59July 17, 2024 10:12 PM

Was just reading Judy met JFK through Pat Kennedy/Peter Lawford when Kennedy was a Jr senator. I always thought it was through Sinatra/Rat Pack which happened later.

by Anonymousreply 60July 17, 2024 10:19 PM

Of course I donā€™t know if thereā€™s a heaven but if there is-Judy is busy singing in concert for all of us angels.

by Anonymousreply 61July 17, 2024 10:23 PM

Carson is hot here.

by Anonymousreply 62July 17, 2024 10:26 PM

Shoome where over the rainbow

by Anonymousreply 63July 17, 2024 10:31 PM

There are some great stills/clips of Judy at the opening of the Democratic National Convention in 1960 with Adlai Stevenson, Eleanor Roosevelt and LBJ. Seems to have the best seat in the house.

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by Anonymousreply 64July 18, 2024 2:25 AM

She was a soaring talent crippled by amphetamine, barbiturate and alcohol addiction. Unlike Whitney, she was also a natural artist and that gift coupled with a voice from heaven (when younger and still physically able) make her a voice and artist and entertainer for the ages. The stories of her battle with addiction and its consequences are harrowing.

by Anonymousreply 65July 18, 2024 2:50 AM

R56, I love that duet, but I love the medley they sing together later in the show even more. Itā€™s called ā€œHooray for Love.ā€ Thereā€™s one moment, after Barbra makes Judy laugh, that Judy responds with all her sound in such a joyous way that itā€™s become something I watch when I need a little boost.

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by Anonymousreply 66July 18, 2024 3:15 AM

Of course I donā€™t know if thereā€™s a heaven but if there is-Judy is busy singing in concert for all of us angels.

I think her idea of heaven is not having to sing for the public ever again.

by Anonymousreply 67July 18, 2024 11:27 AM

did somebody call?šŸ˜…

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by Anonymousreply 68July 18, 2024 11:59 AM

R68 would actually have something interesting to say if Judy actually help some cultural power, instead of just being a symptom of it. But these are the times we live in, where blame the victims of this scorched earth because they look like the oppressors.

by Anonymousreply 69July 18, 2024 12:07 PM

R65, you forgot mental illness. That was the catalyst for all of the addictions.

by Anonymousreply 70July 18, 2024 12:11 PM

whaaaa r68? uok?šŸ˜‚

by Anonymousreply 71July 18, 2024 1:01 PM

While Barbra was still doing Funny Girl on Broadway in 1964, Garland sang one of the best songs of the show at the London Palladium.

"His Is The Only Music That Makes Me Dance"

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by Anonymousreply 72July 18, 2024 6:44 PM

The jack Parr appearances are legendary.

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by Anonymousreply 73July 20, 2024 8:26 AM

HereĀ“s Liza in Central Park singing a Kander and Ebb song to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Stonewall. When she mentions the personal relevance that date holds for her, Judy gets a rousing ovation from the crowd.

Nice.

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by Anonymousreply 74July 22, 2024 3:20 PM

I love Liza for being an ally for so many years, but recall when she really tried to make the song at R74 happen, and it just didn't really seem to catch on as an "anthem."

by Anonymousreply 75July 22, 2024 5:47 PM

Thx R66-Wow have never seen that-sweet!

by Anonymousreply 76July 23, 2024 4:05 AM

If only her mother had died and not her gay father. Poor Frances

by Anonymousreply 77July 23, 2024 4:08 AM

It's strange in the R74 that they should applaud at the fact that Judy died.

by Anonymousreply 78July 23, 2024 4:28 AM

54 minutes of Judy and special guest Liza at the London palladium in 1964.

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by Anonymousreply 79July 26, 2024 8:08 AM

That haircut in R73 does her no favors.

by Anonymousreply 80July 26, 2024 10:50 AM

[quote]That haircut in R73 does her no favors.

Neither does the one at R68.

by Anonymousreply 81July 26, 2024 10:56 AM

She looks like a 2024 non-binary or MTF. Great talent but she is tweaked out of her brains during this interview.

by Anonymousreply 82July 26, 2024 11:26 AM

I take that back. She doesnā€™t really look trans in close up or profile, just the way she walked out.

by Anonymousreply 83July 26, 2024 11:30 AM

[quote]She looks like a 2024 non-binary or MTF.

Well, don't forget that it was Judy's death in June 1969 that caused trans women of color to throw the first bricks at Stonewall.

by Anonymousreply 84July 26, 2024 11:32 AM

She seems stoned as fuck in that clip.

by Anonymousreply 85July 26, 2024 11:33 AM

R85 She is more than just stoned. I donā€™t think itā€™s coke either but some hardcore drug. I think a downer.

by Anonymousreply 86July 26, 2024 11:35 AM

Mama loved her Sheconal!

by Anonymousreply 87July 26, 2024 11:41 AM

She was on uppers. That's what the pills were.

by Anonymousreply 88July 26, 2024 11:44 AM

Judy doing a Harold Arlen classic is always a treat. Lyrics written by Ted Koehler.

"When The Sun Comes Out "

Fun Fact: Arlen and Koehler also wrote "Get Happy"

Judys classic performance of that song in her last MGM musical "Summer Stock", put it at #61 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.

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by Anonymousreply 89July 26, 2024 12:21 PM

Itā€™s a disheashe, Larry. A disheashe!

by Anonymousreply 90July 26, 2024 2:04 PM

[quote]She was on uppers. That's what the pills were.

She was on EVERYTHING. Toward the end, in the daytime hours it was Ritalin and straight vodka out of the bottle.

by Anonymousreply 91July 26, 2024 5:19 PM

This is what started it all.

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by Anonymousreply 92July 31, 2024 8:34 AM

I thought it was rumored that she had hepatitis and likely developing liver failure toward the end.

by Anonymousreply 93July 31, 2024 11:04 AM

Very plausible. I'm shocked she didn't get into smack given how deep her chemical dependence issues were.

by Anonymousreply 94July 31, 2024 1:15 PM

Never heard her do West Side Story. Who knew?

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by Anonymousreply 95July 31, 2024 6:08 PM

R17 big amphitheater in Homdel New Jersey. Currently the PNC Arts Center. It's in my hometown. My HS graduation was there.

by Anonymousreply 96July 31, 2024 6:11 PM

Is that the one where a moth flew into Judys mouth during Over the Rainbow?

by Anonymousreply 97July 31, 2024 6:23 PM

It's not one of the hardcore Judy Garland concert songs, but from 1940-1960 Judy would occasionally bust out "It's a Great Day for the Irish" which is not an easy song to sing! Being of Scots-Irish (and also French) background, Judy seemed to have loved singing it. I think this live performance is really jubilant here in 1960.

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by Anonymousreply 98July 31, 2024 11:56 PM

Irish.

by Anonymousreply 99August 1, 2024 12:00 AM

[quote]It's not one of the hardcore Judy Garland concert songs, but from 1940-1960 Judy would occasionally bust out "It's a Great Day for the Irish" which is not an easy song to sing! Being of Scots-Irish (and also French) background, Judy seemed to have loved singing it.

"It's a Great Day for the Irish" was written for Judy Garland by Roger Edens. She introduced it in her 1940 movie "Little Nelly Kelly," which was based on a play by George M. Cohan.

by Anonymousreply 100August 1, 2024 1:14 AM

How did Judy keep her voice until the very end with all those pills and booze? She was able to keep her voice better than Whitney Houston was.

Judy Garlandā€™s final ā€œOver the Rainbowā€ in concert. On March 25, 1969, Judy performed what would become her final concert in Copenhagen, Denmark. She closed the show with a beautiful, and powerful, rendition of her most beloved song, ā€œOver the Rainbow.ā€ She would pass away just shy of 3 months after this performance, on June 22, 1969. Rest in peace, Judy.

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by Anonymousreply 101August 1, 2024 1:57 AM

[quote]How did Judy keep her voice until the very end with all those pills and booze?

She didn't. The good performances were few and far between in her last years. I can vividly remember adults talking about how bad her voice was in the late 1960s. I was twelve then, I've heard some horrendous singing from her since then.

by Anonymousreply 102August 1, 2024 5:43 PM

She is in AMAZING voice all through her TV show. But after the fall of 1964, it was pretty much gone. It went so fast. Like a switch was turned off.

by Anonymousreply 103August 1, 2024 6:55 PM

Her obituary is in my familyā€™s bible, so someone was MARY wayyy back.

by Anonymousreply 104August 1, 2024 9:06 PM
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