50 years ago today, the world said goodbye to Judy Garland
Judy Garland as Dorothy with her dog Toto in a scene from the 1939 film classic,"The Wizard of Oz." in London. The death of the “Wizard of Oz” and “A Star Is Born” actress and singer 50 years ago stunned the world, although her troubled personal life had made headlines for decades.
She had a fight with Hugh Martin over the interpretation of ‘The Man That Got Away.’ Hugh had written three songs for [“Meet Me in St. Louis”] — ‘The Trolley Song,’ ‘The Boy Next Door’ and ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’ — and was vocal arranger for ‘A Star Is Born. He wanted her to sing it in a lower key with less histrionics, and she fought him on it, and they reached an impasse. She had him fired because she had this vision of how she wanted to do it.
Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland sharing a soda together as they stare into each other's eyes in a scene from the 1943 film"Babes in Arms." “I didn’t know what to say because I’d never met her. So, I said, ‘Miss Garland, I don’t know what you may think, but there’s no proof to the rumor I’m difficult.’ She saiddifficult? Let’s go out and have some wine.’ From then on, we had a ball. She loved to laugh.
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