Judy Garland: By Myself

HD 2.5 116 min.

As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll ever hear. The sanitized studio version of her life presented a smiling kid with the big voice, who, alongside Mickey Rooney, just wanted to put on a show. But drugs, overwork, even psychological abuse at the hands of the studio is now part of the Garland legend. But despite the number of Garland books and documentaries, one account has always been missing -- Garland herself never managed to write a memoir. She did make several attempts at an autobiography, often recording stories on a tape recorder. Judy Garland: By Myself (2004), finally fills in the blanks - using Judy's personal recordings to tell the story in her own words.

Genre: Documentary

Release: Feb. 25, 2004

Director: Susan Lacy

Cast: Judy Garland, Harris Yulin, June Allyson, Gene Kelly, Del Armstrong, Desi Arnaz, Lauren Bacall, Lucille Ball, Wallace Beery, Ray Bolger, Jackie Cooper, George Cukor, Buddy Ebsen, Roger Edens, Arthur Freed, Clark Gable, Leonard Gershe, Virginia Gumm, Jean Harlow, Bob Hope, Rock Hudson, Norman Jewison, Isabel Keating, Alan King, Burton Lane, Mort Lindsey, Joey Luft, Lorna Luft, Sidney Luft, David Margulies, Dean Martin, Louis B. Mayer, Ann Miller, Liza Minnelli, Vincente Minnelli, George Morfogen, Nelson Riddle, Mickey Rooney, Robert Sella, Artie Shaw, Norma Shearer, Frank Sinatra, Norman Taurog, Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley Temple, Margaret Whiting, Michael Wilding, Kay Williams