|
|
Article: 'Judy Garland: Beyond the Rainbow,' Sunday night on A&E.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
- Article from:
- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
- Article date:
- March 20, 1997
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1997 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Judy Garland once told journalist Shana Alexander she wasn't content just to entertain. She wanted ``to give blood'' when she went on stage.
As we learn in this two-hour A&E ``Biography,'' Garland found lots of people willing to help bleed her, on stage and off.
There was the stage mother who denied her a childhood, so she could spend it bringing in money. There was the MGM studio boss who lined up doctors to keep the money machine humming. There were the embezzling agents who hired her out like a draft horse. And those so-called husbands who nibbled away at her legend while taking their turn in her spotlight.
Garland's story is the ...