On This Day In Judy Garland’s Life And Career – August 12
“A crowd of hard-boiled Hollywood press folks gave Judy the kind of ovation that any big star dreams of getting.Â
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“A crowd of hard-boiled Hollywood press folks gave Judy the kind of ovation that any big star dreams of getting.Â
“Judy Garland is a pert, persuasive and amazingly sympathetic little Dorothy.” – Edwin Schallert, 1939 August 10, 1939:Â The Wizard
“She was every extraordinary woman I have known wrapped into one, but far bigger than life, and, above all else,
“She is simply one of the rare artists who can transfix an audience by sheer personal magnetism” – Billboard, 1965
“Judy was a smash. She had the hep audience enthralled from the moment she walked on stage.” – Associated Press
“If you can get paid for [singing], you’re damned lucky!” – Judy Garland, 1965 July 15, 1925:Â “The Gumm Sisters”
“I’m always being compared to Al Jolson, which doesn’t help a woman’s vanity!” – Judy Garland, 1968 July 12, 1931:Â