Happy 84th Birthday Judy Garland!
Today would have been Judy Garland's 84th birthday.
Anyone who knows me well knows that she is my favorite person. Most people know her as Dorothy Gale in the Wizard of Oz. Unfortunately many people don't know about her other films and how wonderful an actress and singer she really was.
My favorite Judy Garland film is For Me and My Gal (1942). That was also Gene Kelly's first film. She saw him in Pal Joey on stage and wanted him for a co-star. His role, Harry Palmer, was similar to his role in Pal Joey. Harry is a heel, but he is redeemed by the end through his love for Jo Hayden (Judy's character). The film takes place during World War I. Jo is in a Vaudeville act with Jimmy Metcalf (played by the great George Murphy) and some other friends. I was going to give a really indepth summary of the plot, but it was getting really, really long so I cut it out. It's just an awesome movie. Trust me!
The United States Postal Service had a ceremony today for a new 39 cent stamp. You can find out more on the USPS website: http://www.usps.com/communications/news/stamps/2005/sr05_054.htm
The Judy Garland Database(http://www.jgdb.com/) and the Judy Room (http://www.thejudyroom.com/index.html) are two awesome websites about Judy. They have everything you could ever want!
I was going to make this a really long post, but I've decided I will just write another one later.
Anyone who knows me well knows that she is my favorite person. Most people know her as Dorothy Gale in the Wizard of Oz. Unfortunately many people don't know about her other films and how wonderful an actress and singer she really was.
My favorite Judy Garland film is For Me and My Gal (1942). That was also Gene Kelly's first film. She saw him in Pal Joey on stage and wanted him for a co-star. His role, Harry Palmer, was similar to his role in Pal Joey. Harry is a heel, but he is redeemed by the end through his love for Jo Hayden (Judy's character). The film takes place during World War I. Jo is in a Vaudeville act with Jimmy Metcalf (played by the great George Murphy) and some other friends. I was going to give a really indepth summary of the plot, but it was getting really, really long so I cut it out. It's just an awesome movie. Trust me!
The United States Postal Service had a ceremony today for a new 39 cent stamp. You can find out more on the USPS website: http://www.usps.com/communications/news/stamps/2005/sr05_054.htm
The Judy Garland Database(http://www.jgdb.com/) and the Judy Room (http://www.thejudyroom.com/index.html) are two awesome websites about Judy. They have everything you could ever want!
I was going to make this a really long post, but I've decided I will just write another one later.
posted by Joanna | 3:55 PM
1 Comments:
Yay for Judy! :-) Happy birthday to her! I'm sorry you cut out all that other stuff; I would've liked to read it. Oh, and you sound very formal in your posts, not using acronyms, giving websites to find info. That's a good thing!
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