It’s the Best of: Judy Garland Telegrams!
Dear Reader,
It’s been one of those days, I’m sure you have had them yourself! In any event, life is crazy, but I wanted to post out something today, while I try to get a handle on things. With this in mind, I’m running a “best of” column from my original blog over on blogger. Maybe you have seen it, maybe not, but it’s a good post nonetheless. Tomorrow, I will have fresh content up, as I have serveral stories I’m working on, so I appreciate your patience and for sticking with me.
Now, let’s go see about Judy……
(from: http://writingwithtony.blogspot.com/2008/01/judy-garland-telegrams.html)
I’ve entitled this post “The Judy Garland Telegrams” in reference to an amazing find while searching NARA tonight. I’ve just barely scratched the surface here, but evidently 1964 was a pretty traumatic year for Judy Garland as evidenced by this quote from Wikipedia:
“…was largely disastrous. Garland’s first concert in Sydney, held in Sydney Stadium because no concert hall could accommodate the crowds who wanted to see her, went well and received positive reviews. Her second performance, in Melbourne, started an hour late. The crowd of 70,000, angered by her tardiness and believing her to be drunk, booed and heckled. Finally Garland fled the stage after just 45 minutes….She would later characterize the Melbourne crowd as ‘brutish.’…”
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Garland
With the year in mind, the following telegrams seem to indicate that she was feeling better at some point and felt encouraged by the support from Robert Kennedy and his wife.
Here’s the source article from NARA:
http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/
Search for “Judy Garland Robert Kennedy”
You cannot bookmark the results, but by searching the phrase above, should pull the record down ok. Here’s a small picture of one of the telegrams:
Source link: http://media.nara.gov/media/images/40/13/40-1287t.gif
Try hitting the main search page and doing the search. You should be able to pull the small link as well as temporary links for the big pictures. A facinating glimpse both of NARA as well as Judy Garland and Robert Kennedy and their families.
Tags: Judy Garland, Retro, vintage
April 17th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Wow! This is too cool. Thanks for sharing.
If you want to discuss or hear more from Judy Garland, be sure to stop by The Judy Garland Experience on Yahoo.
This week they are featuring Judy’s final recording session from June of 1969, as well the complete Broadcast of one of the Good News shows featuring Judy, an hours worth of ultra rare outtakes from A Star Is Born, other Judy rarities, and live performance by Billie Holiday at The Uptown House, Anita O’Day with the all stars, and Doris Day live from Television City.
If you are not familiar with The Judy Garland Experience it is one of the larger and more popular Judy groups. The membership includes fans of all levels, as well as Garland family members, people who knew and worked with Judy, other celebrities, authors, film makers, and more!
Along with the constantly changing audio files, the group also features an impressive collection of Judy images, lively discussions, and all things Judy.
Please stop by and check it out.
http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/thejudygarlandexperience/
April 17th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Hi Buzz!
Thanks for the link! I’ll check it out. That era of stars and movies just seems to hold more appeal than today, especially the interaction between Judy and say Bob H. or Bing.
thanks!!!
Tony