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Meet me in St Louis
Author(s) -
Strother John L.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1224397
Subject(s) - herbarium , citation , library science , point (geometry) , computer science , information retrieval , art history , world wide web , history , mathematics , biology , botany , geometry
Judy Garland signed with MGM at age 13. Garland’s life has been dissected in countless journals and most folks are knowledgeable about her horrendous upbringing and tragic life. Needless to say, at 13 she was already a professional having performed since age two with her siblings as The Gumm Sisters. Although Mayer and the studio have deservedly taken the blame for her induction to chemicals, as a child her mother had already introduced her to “pep” pills for late-night shows and alcohol to calm her nerves. Once signed by MGM, Garland and fellow adolescent crooners Mickey Rooney and Deanna Durbin bided there time at the studio by doing bit parts until their “big break.” Judy’s, of course, was “The Wizard of Oz” (1939) in which she was cast at age 16. It was Arthur Freed who pushed Mayer to cast Garland; Mayer had wanted Shirley Temple.