Movie Review
By David Josselyn
Judy Garland, born Frances Ethel Gumm, is famous for trotting down a certain yellow brick road at sixteen years old, before promenading her talent in “Babes in Arms,” “Strike Up the Band,” and “Ziegreld Girl,” leading to a long career in the entertainment industry. Hollywood’s darling girl-next-door came to a tragic end in her forty-seventh year after anoverdose of barbiturates, but her legacy in entertainment remained untarnished choosing to focus on her many films and songs instead of the real Judy hiding underneath the glitz and glamour. BBC Films produced a movie, “Judy” which sheds some light on the humanity of Judy, but Garland’s oldest daughter, Liza Minelli, a star in her own right, is quoted as saying she did “not approve nor sanction in any way” this film project. The studio took a few liberties with Judy’s story rearranges some bits of her timeline for the sake of the story and succeeded in creating a biopic unveiling the struggles of her life.
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