$28.95 (CAN $3495) Judy Gar/and on Judy Gar/and is the closest we will likely come to experiencing and exploring the legend's abandoned autobiogra phy. Collecting and presenting the most important Garland inter views and encounters that took place between 1935 and 1969, this work opens with her first ra dio appearance under contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and concludes with her last known interview, one taped for Radio Denmark just months before her death. What makes this collection unique and distinguishes it from the plethora of Garland biogra phies is that it places Judy in the role of storyteller. She wrote a number of essays for various pub lications and sat for countless print, radio, and television inter views. These and the other auto biographical efforts she made are proof that Judy Garland wanted her story told, and wanted it told in her own words. Finally, here it is. JUDY GARLAND ON JUDY GARLAND INTERVIEWS AND ENCOUNTERS EDITED BY RANDY L. SCHMIDT Judy Garland_Interior_FINAL.indd 3 6/20/14 3:45 PM Other B ooks in the Musicians in Their Own Words Series Coltrane on Coltrane: ἀ e John Coltrane Interviews Hendrix on Hendrix: Interviews and Encounters with Jimi Hendrix Keith Richards on Keith Richards: Interviews and Encounters Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen: Interviews and Encounters Miles on Miles: Interviews and Encounters with Miles Davis Springsteen on Springsteen: Interviews, Speeches, and Encounters Tom Waits on Tom Waits: Interviews and Encounters Judy Garland_Interior_FINAL.indd 2 6/20/14 3:45 PM JUDY GARLAND ON JUDY GARLAND Judy Garland_Interior_FINAL.indd 1 6/20/14 3:45 PM Copyright © 2014 by Randy L. Schmidt All rights reserved First edition Published by Chicago Review Press, Incorporated 814 North Franklin Street Chicago, Illinois 60610 ISBN 978-1-61374-945-6 A list of credits and copyright notices for the individual pieces in this collection can be found on pages 437–38. Interior and cover design: Jon Hahn Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Garland, Judy. Judy Garland on Judy Garland : interviews and encounters / edited by Randy L. Schmidt. — First edition. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-61374-945-6 (cloth) 1. Garland, Judy. 2. Garland, Judy—Interviews. 3. Singers—United States— Interviews. 4. Motion picture actors and actresses—United States—Interviews. I. Schmidt, Randy (Randy L.) editor. II. Title. ML420.G253A5 2014 772.42164092—dc23 2014010486 Printed in the United States of America 5 4 3 2 1 Judy Garland_Interior_FINAL.indd 4 6/20/14 3:45 PM For Jaime In memory Coyne Steven Sanders (1956–2013) Judy Garland_Interior_FINAL.indd 5 6/20/14 3:45 PM Would that my throat were blessed by the nightingale ἀ at I could but sing of my heart’s great love In some lonely tree flooded with silver, Sing till I burst my breast with such passion, Sing, then fall dead to lay at your feet. —From “The Wish,” a poem by Judy Gar land, 1939 Judy Garland_Interior_FINAL.indd 6 6/20/14 3:45 PM CONTENTS Acknowledgments ..............xiii Preface ........................xv PART I · THE 1930s Radio Interview | WALLACE BEERY October 26, 1935 | Shell Chateau Hour ..............................3 Radio Interview | WALLACE BEERY November 16, 1935 | Shell Chateau Hour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Judy Garland Faces Stardom | VICTORIA JOHNSON August 1937 | Modern Movies .....................................7 Judy Garland Looks Back Over 10 Years in the Show Business | HELEN CHAMPION August 1937 | Screen Juveniles ....................................10 Judy Garland—Guest Editor | JUDY GARLAND December 1937 | Movie Mirror ...................................16 Punch and Judy | GLADYS HALL January 1938 | Motion Picture ....................................20 Sweet Sixteen | ROBERT McILWAINE August 1939 | Modern Screen .....................................31 Judy’s Crushes | MAY MANN August 1939 | Screenland ........................................36 “I’ve Been to the Land of Oz!” | JUDY GARLAND AS TOLD TO GLADYS HALL September 1939 | Child Life ......................................43 Judy Garland_Interior_FINAL.indd 7 6/20/14 3:45 PM PART II · THE 1940s “I’m Not Boy Crazy!” Asserts Judy Garland, Debunking the Hollywood Match-Makers’ Gossip | JAMES CARSON January 1940 | Modern Screen ....................................49 Who Said “the Terrible Teens”? | JAMES REID May 1940 | Motion Picture .......................................58 A Letter from Judy Garland | JUDY GARLAND May 25, 1940 | Picture Show and Film Pictorial .....................66 The Ugly Duckling Who Became a Swan | MARY JANE MANNERS June 1940 | Silver Screen .........................................68 Judy Garland’s Guide Book to Dating | KAY PROCTOR August 1940 | Movie Mirror ......................................75 Beginning Judy Garland’s Gay Life Story | JUDY GARLAND AS TOLD TO GLADYS HALL December 1940 | Screenland .....................................82 Judy Garland’s Gay Life Story | JUDY GARLAND AS TOLD TO GLADYS HALL January 1941 | Screenland ........................................96 Old Enough to Know What She Wants | CAROL CRAIG June 1941 | Motion Picture ......................................108 “Mistakes I’ll Never Make Again!” | JUDY GARLAND AS TOLD TO GLADYS HALL November 1942 | Silver Screen ...................................114 Lonely Girl: A Story by Judy Garland | JUDY GARLAND November 1943 | Photoplay .....................................122 This Is Myself | JUDY GARLAND December 1943 | Movieland ....................................129 A Visit with Judy . . . | LILA STUART March 1945 | Screen Stars .......................................135 Love Song for Judy | ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS April 1945 | Photoplay ..........................................140 Love Song for Judy | ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS May 1945 | Photoplay ..........................................146 Halfway to Heaven | ROBERTA ORMISTON October 1945 | Photoplay .......................................152 Judy Garland_Interior_FINAL.indd 8 6/20/14 3:45 PM