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Judy Garland on Judy Garland

Interviews and Encounters

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"It's going to be one hell of a great—everlastingly great—book with humor, tears, fun, emotion, and love," Judy Garland said of her plans to tell her life story. But she died at the age of forty-seven before seeing it through.

Judy Garland on Judy Garland is the closest we will likely come to experiencing and exploring the legend's abandoned autobiography. Collecting and presenting the most important Garland interviews and encounters that took place between 1935 and 1969, this work opens with her first radio appearance under contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and concludes with her last known interview, one taped for Radio Denmark just months before her death.

What makes this collection unique and distinguishes it from the plethora of Garland biographies is that it places Judy in the role of storyteller. She wrote a number of essays for various publications and sat for countless print, radio, and television interviews. These and the other autobiographical efforts she made are proof that Judy Garland wanted her story told, and wanted it told in her own words. Finally, here it is.

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    • Library Journal

      September 1, 2014

      Although Judy Garland never wrote her long talked-of autobiography, her tumultuous life was the object of endless fascination. From her musical debut in 1935 up to her early death at 47 in 1969, her words--and those of MGM studio publicists--were avidly recorded. Music teacher Schmidt (Little Girl Blue), gathers many of these articles and interview transcripts chronologically, and provides a little context. When Garland was a successful MGM star, most articles were puff pieces written for movie magazines in which she expressed great happiness with her career and family. The tone changed after MGM fired her in 1950; more of the supposedly "true" Garland emerged. She talked more freely--and often bitterly--of failed relationships, career lows, and struggles with addictions. The problem is that even when seeming to be candid she was an inveterate teller of tales, many of which were repeated so often she seems to have believed them herself. The final piece, from just three months before she died, is an interview for Danish radio after she had married for the last time. VERDICT Any addition to the Garland canon is welcome, especially when it uncovers obscure material, but this does little to separate fact from fiction, and will likely be skimmed more than read in its entirety. Movie buffs, especially Garland fans, may find parts of it entertaining.--Roy Liebman, formerly with California State Univ., Los Angeles

      Copyright 2014 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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