Judy Garland on Judy Garland: Interviews and Encounters

· Chicago Review Press
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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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3.7
3 reviews
Jacqulynne Hayden
January 19, 2016
The entire book is made up of interviews with Judy Garland. I made it to page 30 before I gave up. It's an interesting concept but a 13 year old girl isn't the most exciting person to listen to.
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Toni Miro
August 23, 2021
Muy bueno, es como si Judy se reincarnara y te contase su vida, su forma de pensar de actuar, atraves de todos los años que vivio, mediante publicaciones de las mejores revistas del genero, y por los / las periodistas mas buenos de Hollywood, . Al ser declaraciones de Judy Garland, su vida tragica con la adiccion ,(pastillas y demas), es tratada suavemente, y asi debe ser, tal como dijo su hija Lorna,no todo fue tragedia.Si te gusta Judy Garland, ESTE ES EL LIBRO, mas que nada por que te lo cuenta FRANCES ETHEL GUMM, ,y que ella mas George Jessel , pasaria a convertirse en JUDY GARLAND.
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About the author

Randy L. Schmidt is the author of the acclaimed bestselling biography Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter and the editor of Yesterday Once More: The Carpenters Reader. He has also written articles for the Advocate and the Observer. He lives in Denton, Texas.

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