It’s that time of year again.
“The religious ritual of greeting, watching and listening to Judy Garland took place last night in Carnegie Hall. Indeed, what actually was to have been a concert- and was- also turned into something not too remote from a revival meeting.
From the moment Miss Garland came on the stage, a stage, incidentally, on which have trod before her the immortals of music, the cultists were beside themselves. What Rev. Billy Graham would have given for such a welcome from the faithful!
They were on their feet before the goddess grabbed the microphone, and by the time she had bestowed the first of those warm smiles, they were applauding and screaming "Bravo!” Miss Garland could have probably ended the concert right there and they would still be cheering. The fact is that at least a half dozen times more during the evening the standing ovation, plus the screaming, took place.“
Lewis Funke for The New York Times, April 24th 1961
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Judy Garland Command Performance of Over the Rainbow, 1943
Remember when I called Judy Garland ‘Liza Minnelli’s mom’ and got angry replies from people who thought I didn’t know who she was?
Liza reminisce about that time when Kay Thompson redecorated her room with three closet doors.
“After working with her, I was never nervous about appearing with anyone again. I had already appeared with the best.”
Liza Minnelli talking about working with her mother, Judy Garland.
James Lipton talks to Liza Minnelli about her mother, Judy Garland: “I read that there were times when your roles were really reversed.”
Julie Andrews on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, 2017.
He told me that she taught him how to kiss on camera. He said he tried a stage kiss, where you just turn your head, and she said you had to make it real because the camera was right there. He loved her dearly. | Patricia Kelly
75 years ago For Me And My Gal starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly premiered in New York, on October 21st 1942.
Judy Garland talks about her daughter, Liza Minnelli, on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, 1968.