Judy Garland: In the 100th anniversary of the actress, you know 10 curiosities about her life

The Wizard of Oz star struggled with drugs, husbands and had one of the biggest legions of fans for a film actress

Frances Ethel Gumm became world famous under the stage name of Judy Garland. She is an actress, singer and dancer, she is considered by many critics as one of the main stars of the golden age of Hollywood musicals, especially those of Metro, of the 30s and 40s. The Wizard of Oz, a fame that also became a curse: he began to live with drugs to control his weight and beauty. She has ruined her already fragile self-esteem. He attempted suicide several times and died of an overdose in 1969, at the age of 47.

On the centenary of his birth, celebrated this Friday, 10, the Estadio invited the actor, lyricist and producer Claudio Botelhoone of the great connoisseurs of Garland’s trajectory, to list the curiosities about this short trajectory, but marked by success.

Cut of a classic

when The Wizard of Oz it was ready, the producers thought the film was too long. And they decided to cut a song that, according to them, was slow and delayed the story. The suggested song: Over the Rainbow. Arthur Freed, record producer, threatened to destroy all other songs if Rainbow didn’t return. He’s back.

low cache

the salary that Judy Garland received in The Wizard of Oz it was the same as the compensation for the dwarf actors who played the Munchkins. And not a penny more.

stolen shoes

The classic red shoes Dorothy wore were stolen in 2005 from an exhibit at the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, USA, and found by the FBI only 13 years later. The ruby ​​pair of shoes was stolen by someone who climbed through a window and entered the small case.

The obsession of producers

After her success as Dorothy, her rise has been dizzying. Under 18, Judy was the highest paid actress in American cinema. Film after film, no pause between productions, and here come the doctors from the Metro and their sleeping pills, stimulants at work, amphetamines to remove hunger, plastic outside and more plastic to redesign a face that, if it wasn’t already a girl, she was far from Elizabeth Taylor.

Sexuality

The daughter of a tormented homosexual father always on the run from himself, Judy has lived with this subject all her life. She has been married five times, twice to homosexuals. Her marriage to director Vincente Minnelli gave the world a hurricane named Liza. But awareness of her husband’s sexuality exploded Down from emotionally. She knew, she saw, she died inside.

Vendetta

During the filming of The pirate, directed by Minnelli and starring Gene Kelly, Judy felt her husband paid more attention to Kelly than to her. She has decided to be late for every take. The study started at 6am, Judy didn’t show up until after 4pm.

fan

Judy Garland fans were the largest community of worshipers an artist has had since the invention of film. Her gay audience was the first not to be sexually ashamed when she talked about the star.

overdose

Judy Garland was found dead sitting on the toilet in her home near London in 1969 at the age of 47. An overdose of barbiturates, according to the autopsy. Her body was taken to New York on what many consider “the saddest day in film history”.

Tribute

Accustomed to the shocks and ill-treatment of the police, that day a group of homosexuals decided to fight back. To the group, more and more others were added, they barricaded themselves at the door of the Stonewall Barand declared: “It’s over! She is dead, we are no longer afraid of anything or anyone. We will bury her and from today we come out of the shadows. The day is known as “The Taking of Stonewall”.

At the theater and cinema

The story of the actress inspired the show Judy – Over the rainbow (staged in Rio in 2011, with Claudia Netto), arrived at the cinema in 2019, guaranteeing the Oscar for best actress to Renée Zellweger. Also in Brazil, this Friday 10, in Rio de Janeiro, the show Judy – The rainbow is herein Flavio Marino and protagonist Luciana Braga.

Source: Terra

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