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Judy Garland: By Myself (2004)
Directed by Susan Lacy
Overview
As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland’s story is one of the saddest success stories you’ll ever hear. The sanitized studio version of her life presented a smiling kid with the big voice, who, alongside Mickey Rooney, just wanted to put on a show. But drugs, overwork, even psychological abuse at the hands of the studio is now part of the Garland legend. But despite the number of Garland books and documentaries, one account has always been missing—Garland herself never managed to write a memoir. She did make several attempts at an autobiography, often recording stories on a tape recorder. Judy Garland: By Myself (2004), finally fills in the blanks - using Judy’s personal recordings to tell the story in her own words.
Length 116 minutes
Actors
Harris Yulin | Buddy Ebsen | Mickey Rooney | Elizabeth Taylor | Dean Martin | Frank Sinatra | Nelson Riddle | Alan King | Lauren Bacall | David Margulies | Arthur Freed | Judy Garland | Ray Bolger | Clark Gable | Roger Edens | Gene Kelly | Norman Jewison | Del Armstrong | Vincente Minnelli | George Cukor | Ann Miller | Rock Hudson | Michael Wilding | Wallace Beery | Sidney Luft | George Morfogen | Lucille Ball | June Allyson | Jackie Cooper | Lorna Luft | Liza Minnelli | Margaret Whiting | Jean Harlow | Bob Hope | Norman Taurog | Norma Shearer | Artie Shaw | Desi Arnaz | Shirley Temple | Robert Sella | Leonard Gershe | Kay Williams | Louis B. Mayer | Virginia Gumm | Isabel Keating | Mort Lindsey | Joey Luft | Burton Lane