Judy Garland: By Myself

Judy Garland: By Myself

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.

Judy Garland

Judy Garland

Self (archive footage)

Harris Yulin

Harris Yulin

Self / Narrator

June Allyson

June Allyson

Self - Actor (voice)

Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly

Self - Actor (archive sound)

Del Armstrong

Self - Make-up Artist (voice)

Desi Arnaz

Desi Arnaz

Self (archive footage)

Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall

Self (archive footage)

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Self (archive footage)

Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

Self - Actor (voice) (archive footage)

Ray Bolger

Ray Bolger

Self - Actor (archive sound)

Jackie Cooper

Jackie Cooper

Self - Actor (voice)

George Cukor

George Cukor

Self (archive footage)

Buddy Ebsen

Buddy Ebsen

Self - Actor (voice)

Roger Edens

Self (archive footage)

Arthur Freed

Self (archive footage)

Clark Gable

Clark Gable

Self (archive footage)

Leonard Gershe

Self - Songwriter / Scenarist (archive sound)

Virginia Gumm

Self - Sister (archive sound)

Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow

Self (archive footage)

Bob Hope

Bob Hope

Self (archive footage)

Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson

Self (archive footage)

Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison

Self - Executive Producer (voice)

Isabel Keating

Isabel Keating

Judy Garland (voice)

Alan King

Alan King

Self - Actor (voice)

Burton Lane

Burton Lane

Self - Composer (archive sound)

Mort Lindsey

Mort Lindsey

Self - Conductor / Orchestrator (voice)

Joey Luft

Self (archive footage)

Lorna Luft

Lorna Luft

Self (archive footage)

Sidney Luft

Self - Producer / Husband (voice)

David Margulies

David Margulies

Joseph L. Mankiewicz (voice)

Dean Martin

Dean Martin

Self (archive footage)

Louis B. Mayer

Self (archive footage)

Ann Miller

Ann Miller

Self - Actor (voice)

Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli

Self (archive footage)

Vincente Minnelli

Vincente Minnelli

Self (archive footage)

George Morfogen

George Morfogen

George Cukor (voice)

Nelson Riddle

Self - Orchestrator / Conductor (archive sound)

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

Self - Actor (voice)

Robert Sella

Robert Sella

Vincente Minnelli (voice)

Artie Shaw

Artie Shaw

Self - Musician / Bandleader (voice)

Norma Shearer

Norma Shearer

Self (archive footage)

Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

Self (archive footage)

Norman Taurog

Norman Taurog

Self - Director (archive sound)

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Self (archive footage)

Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple

Self (archive footage)

Margaret Whiting

Self - Singer (voice)

Michael Wilding

Michael Wilding

Self (archive footage)

Kay Williams

Kay Williams

Self (archive footage)