Movies: Judy Garland

This short begins at Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam). The electricity generated here by the Colorado River is sent to Hollywood, where movie studios need it to make movies. After a tour of the MGM studios' power plants, we see short advertisements for u...

This documentary tells the story of the making of Irving Berlin's Easter Parade....

Judy and Mickey make a plea for folks to send in money to help fight polio....

Judy Garland sings the title song, a tribute to Will Rogers....

A tribute to the screen work of Joe Dallesandro set to the music of Judy Garland....

Between 1963 and 1967, Garland was down on her luck financially, and planned to write a biography. To aide in the process, she made these dictation recordings with a tape recorder provided by Irving “Swifty” Lazar. These tapes are a part of the Judy ...

An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Featuring footage from the MGM films being made at the time. Such as The Women, Thunder Afloat, Siren of the Tropics, Ninotchka, Northwest Passage, and ...

PBS documentary examining the work of Jack Paar....

Documentary about novelist Jacqueline Susann and her novel "Valley of the Dolls."...

A short history of movie music is presented, from silent films accompanied by a single piano, to the elaborate song scores for musicals (with scenes from MGM's musicals) and background music for dramas. Conductor/composer...

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Ian Stahlhut's 1992 documentary of Judy Garland's 1964 Australian Tour....