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Judy Gar/and on Judy Gar/and is
the closest we will likely come to
experiencing and exploring the
legend's abandoned autobiogra
phy. Collecting and presenting
the most important Garland inter
views and encounters that took
place between 1935 and 1969,
this work opens with her first ra
dio 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 biogra
phies is that it places Judy in the
role of storyteller. She wrote a
number of essays for various pub
lications and sat for countless
print, radio, and television inter
views. These and the other auto
biographical efforts she made are
proof that Judy Garland wanted
her story told, and wanted it told
in her own words.
Finally, here it is.
JUDY GARLAND
ON JUDY GARLAND
INTERVIEWS AND ENCOUNTERS
EDITED BY RANDY L. SCHMIDT
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Other B ooks in the Musicians in Their Own Words Series
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Hendrix on Hendrix: Interviews and Encounters with Jimi Hendrix
Keith Richards on Keith Richards: Interviews and Encounters
Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen: Interviews and Encounters
Miles on Miles: Interviews and Encounters with Miles Davis
Springsteen on Springsteen: Interviews, Speeches, and Encounters
Tom Waits on Tom Waits: Interviews and Encounters
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JUDY GARLAND
ON JUDY GARLAND
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Copyright © 2014 by Randy L. Schmidt
All rights reserved
First edition
Published by Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
814 North Franklin Street
Chicago, Illinois 60610
ISBN 978-1-61374-945-6
A list of credits and copyright notices for the individual pieces in this collection can
be found on pages 437–38.
Interior and cover design: Jon Hahn
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Garland, Judy.
Judy Garland on Judy Garland : interviews and encounters / edited by Randy L.
Schmidt. — First edition.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-61374-945-6 (cloth)
1. Garland, Judy. 2. Garland, Judy—Interviews. 3. Singers—United States—
Interviews. 4. Motion picture actors and actresses—United States—Interviews. I.
Schmidt, Randy (Randy L.) editor. II. Title.
ML420.G253A5 2014
772.42164092—dc23
2014010486
Printed in the United States of America
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For Jaime
In memory
Coyne Steven Sanders
(1956–2013)
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Would that my throat were blessed by the nightingale
ἀ at I could but sing of my heart’s great love
In some lonely tree flooded with silver,
Sing till I burst my breast with such passion,
Sing, then fall dead to lay at your feet.
—From “The Wish,” a poem by Judy Gar land, 1939
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ..............xiii
Preface ........................xv
PART I · THE 1930s
Radio Interview | WALLACE BEERY
October 26, 1935 | Shell Chateau Hour ..............................3
Radio Interview | WALLACE BEERY
November 16, 1935 | Shell Chateau Hour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Judy Garland Faces Stardom | VICTORIA JOHNSON
August 1937 | Modern Movies .....................................7
Judy Garland Looks Back Over 10 Years in the Show Business | HELEN CHAMPION
August 1937 | Screen Juveniles ....................................10
Judy Garland—Guest Editor | JUDY GARLAND
December 1937 | Movie Mirror ...................................16
Punch and Judy | GLADYS HALL
January 1938 | Motion Picture ....................................20
Sweet Sixteen | ROBERT McILWAINE
August 1939 | Modern Screen .....................................31
Judy’s Crushes | MAY MANN
August 1939 | Screenland ........................................36
“I’ve Been to the Land of Oz!” | JUDY GARLAND AS TOLD TO GLADYS HALL
September 1939 | Child Life ......................................43
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PART II · THE 1940s
“I’m Not Boy Crazy!” Asserts Judy Garland, Debunking the Hollywood
Match-Makers’ Gossip | JAMES CARSON
January 1940 | Modern Screen ....................................49
Who Said “the Terrible Teens”? | JAMES REID
May 1940 | Motion Picture .......................................58
A Letter from Judy Garland | JUDY GARLAND
May 25, 1940 | Picture Show and Film Pictorial .....................66
The Ugly Duckling Who Became a Swan | MARY JANE MANNERS
June 1940 | Silver Screen .........................................68
Judy Garland’s Guide Book to Dating | KAY PROCTOR
August 1940 | Movie Mirror ......................................75
Beginning Judy Garland’s Gay Life Story | JUDY GARLAND AS TOLD TO GLADYS HALL
December 1940 | Screenland .....................................82
Judy Garland’s Gay Life Story | JUDY GARLAND AS TOLD TO GLADYS HALL
January 1941 | Screenland ........................................96
Old Enough to Know What She Wants | CAROL CRAIG
June 1941 | Motion Picture ......................................108
“Mistakes I’ll Never Make Again!” | JUDY GARLAND AS TOLD TO GLADYS HALL
November 1942 | Silver Screen ...................................114
Lonely Girl: A Story by Judy Garland | JUDY GARLAND
November 1943 | Photoplay .....................................122
This Is Myself | JUDY GARLAND
December 1943 | Movieland ....................................129
A Visit with Judy . . . | LILA STUART
March 1945 | Screen Stars .......................................135
Love Song for Judy | ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS
April 1945 | Photoplay ..........................................140
Love Song for Judy | ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS
May 1945 | Photoplay ..........................................146
Halfway to Heaven | ROBERTA ORMISTON
October 1945 | Photoplay .......................................152
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