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“Nobody thinks less” James Reid, “Who Said ‘The Terrible Teens’?”
Motion Picture
, May 1940.

She probably got Galen Reed to GC.

When her mother Judy Garland to Charles Murphy, February 1936. This letter was shown to me by its owners, Tucker Fleming and Charles Williamson.

At thirteen or fourteen Bartholomew quote from an interview with him in
When the Lion Roars
, a Turner Network Television (TNT) documentary about M-G-M broadcast in 1992. Cooper quote from Jackie Cooper, “‘This Was a Little Girl Who Was Used and Used and Used and Hardly Loved at All,’”
TV Guide
, Nov. 4, 1978.

Judy, he rather fetchingly confessed Irene Thirer, “‘Tough Guy’ Billy Halop Would Relish Role of Film Comedian,”
New York Post
, May 19, 1938.

One who went to bed Buddy Pepper to GC.

No one would have been surprised The “Kissing Bug” quote is from Morella and Epstein,
Lana
, p. 33. Mickey Rooney speaks of his relationship with Turner in his memoir
Life Is Too Short
, pp. 97–99. (In her own memoir, Turner puts her sexual initiation several years later than Rooney does and does not include Rooney among her partners.)

Nor would anyone have been astonished The story about Rooney in the car was told to GC by Gilbert Perkins, a stuntman who drove Rooney’s car on such an occasion. Rooney’s description of Turner is from
Life Is Too Short
, p. 98.

“She laughed more” Buddy Pepper to GC.

Judy had a secret crush Frank,
Judy
, pp. 88-89.

“People like me” Judy Garland, “My Story,” magazine unknown, Jan. 1951.

The years spent rushing Rooney,
Life Is Too Short
, p. 290.

When one boy arrived David Jackson, the younger brother of Judy’s date, told me this story.

When a date upbraided him Levant,
The Memoirs of an Amnesiac
, p. 117.

a “demure Jean Harlow” Ibid., p. 35.

“What do you think” Ibid., pp. 34–35.

Despite the wide Ibid., pp. 34.

“If we had married” Kashner and Schoenberger,
A Talent for Genius
(photo caption).

“Oh, my God” Gardner,
Ava
, p. 88.

“an uncompromising searcher” Schuller,
The Swing Era
, p. 693.

From then on Shaw,
The Trouble with Cinderella
, p. 37.

“I got Ava Gardner” Artie Shaw to GC.

They had met when Shaw was playing One Garland biographer, Gerold Frank, reckons the time as the summer of 1936. Shaw, however, had already heard her sing “Dear Mr. Gable” when they met, which places the date after the release of
Broadway Melody of 1938
.

Excited by his innovative style Except where noted, all Artie Shaw’s comments are to GC.

Supremely confident Shaw,
The Trouble with Cinderella
, p. 91.

“And zoom!” Silvers,
This Laugh Is on Me
, p. 104.

“It really was” Morella and Epstein,
Lana
, p. 38.

Like everybody else The account of Judy’s initial reaction to the news of Shaw’s marriage is taken from Gerold Frank’s
Judy
, pp. 145–49.

“You’ve broken her heart!” Artie Shaw to GC.

Wrapped up Ibid.

When he later tried Frank,
Judy
, p. 148.

Walking into the dressing room Margaret Whiting to GC. Whiting also tells this story in her memoir,
It Might as Well Be Spring
.

Describing her marriage Turner,
Lana
, p. 55.

Judy’s answer Allyson,
June Allyson
, p. 14.

“I liked the boys” Morella and Epstein,
Lana
, p. 30.

“Every boyfriend I get” William Tuttle to GC.

“dangerously near being glamorous”
Modern Screen
, August 1940.

After a summer preview Freed Collection.

Wearing a blue organdy dress Mary Morris, “Judy Garland’s Life and [illegible],”
PM
, June 10, 1945.

Fortunately for Judy
Los Angeles Examiner
, March 9, 1940.

No less notable Davidson,
Spencer Tracy: Tragic Idol
, p. 78; Swindell,
Spencer Tracy
, p. 167.

Escorted by such a changing cast Turner,
Lana
, p. 99.

“It was kind of ‘in’” Rita Maxwell to GC.

Glad to oblige
Los Angeles Examiner
, July 23, 1940.

Wowed by the glamour “The New Pictures,”
Time
, May 5, 1941.

Judy had been at Metro St. Johns,
Some Are Born Great
, p. 52.

“Until M-G-M” Judy Garland, as told to Joe Hyams, “The Real Me,”
McCall’s
, April 1957.

“Mr. Mayer calling her” Irene Sharaff to GC.

“What is Judy so worried about?” Freed Collection.

A hapless witness Lillian Sidney to GC.

The proof of that simple proposition Morella and Epstein,
The
Complete Films and Career of Judy Garland
, p. 205.

One was Warner Bros.’ “Cinema,”
Time
, March 28, 1938.

Another rise, to $2,500 “Judy Garland Given $1500 Weekly Raise,”
Los Angeles Examiner
, Sept. 27, 1940.

“The success of the little Garland girl”
Los Angeles Examiner
, May 29, 1941.

From the spring of 1939 I am not including in my count a 1942 short,
We Must Have Music
.

“After such a hit” Freed Collection.

“You Asked for
another”
The quote is from a preview trailer for
Strike Up the Band
.

“We performed magic” Rooney,
Life Is Too Short
, p. 143.

At Metro, Mickey gave Judy Judy Garland, “My Story,” magazine unknown, Jan. 1951.

“Just before” Ibid.

“With other actresses” Rooney,
Life Is Too Short
, p. 143.

“Mickey understood me” Judy Garland, “I’m Judy Garland—and This Is My Story,”
New York Journal-American
, Feb. 25, 1964.

“I have always” Rooney,
i.e.: An Autobiography
, p. 102.

“One of the hottest” “‘Girl Crazy.’”
Box Office Digest
, Aug. 9, 1943.

What is surprising Freed Collection.

He could do everything “Cinema,”
Time
, Jan. 19, 1942.

By 1939, Berkeley’s reputation Hay,
MGM
, p. 215.

“There was fun” Thomas and Terry,
The Busby Berkeley Book
, p. 27.

On one picture Hay,
MGM
, p. 223.

An alcoholic Rooney,
Life Is Too Short
, p. 139.

“If you couldn’t toe the line” Ibid.

The effect Review of
Girl Crazy, Sunday Express
, Dec. 5, 1943.

The cruelty Hopper and Brough,
The Whole Truth and Nothing But
, p. 122.

Conjuring up the image Ibid.

The torment Esther Williams to GC.

By the end Memo from Fred Datig, August 2, 1940. Freed Collection.

it was probably then Several sources, including Dorothy Walsh (Morrison), confirm that for several months Ethel was denied entrance to M-G-M.

The first scene The account of Edens’s dispute with Berkeley is taken from Hugh Fordin’s
The World of Entertainment!
, pp. 83–86.

“Don’t try to make” Crowther,
Hollywood Rajah
, p. 240.

“If a story” Marion,
Off with Their Heads!
, p. 99.

Small wonder Garland’s tape-recorded reminiscences.

“I won’t marry” Cal York, “The Marriage Dilemma of Judy Garland,”
Photoplay
, May 1941. The writer makes it clear that Judy’s comment was made some time before he wrote the article, which pushes the date back to 1940.

That “bouncy butterball” Carmichael,
Sometimes I Wonder
, p. 239.

By April 1940 The Garland-Mercer recording of “Friendship” is on
Judy Garland: The Best of the Decca Years
(vol. 1), MCA Records, 1990.

As besotted with Judy Jean Bach to GC. She was a good friend of Mercer’s.

Quiet and “painfully shy” “Radio,”
Time
, June 3, 1946.

At parties “Will Judy
Be Happy
Married?”
Screen Guide
, 1941 (exact date unknown).

“Little was thought” May Mann, “Next—a Ring for Judy,” King Features Syndicate, 1941. (The clipping I have does not show the name of the publication or the exact date.)

“How did you know” Frank,
Judy
, p. 149.

“The most appreciative” Sidney Fields, “The ‘Rose’ That Always Blooms—with Music,”
New York Mirror
, Nov. 13, 1946.

“I got my first engine” “Composer Has Yard Full of Steam Engines,”
Los Angeles Examiner
, April 27, 1959.

“Dave Rose—Eccentric Genius” “Will Judy
Be Happy
Married?”
Screen Guide
, 1941 (exact date unknown).

“That baby” Fordin,
The World of Entertainment!
, p. 39.

“I wish you girls” Finch,
Rainbow
, p. 113.

Rose, who had been Frank,
Judy
, p. 162.

“If you ask me” Louella Parsons column,
Los Angeles Examiner
, Aug. 3, 1940.

“She seemed like such a baby” Arden,
Three Phases of Eve
, p. 52.

“I am wondering” Louella Parsons column,
Los Angeles Examiner
, Feb. 19, 1941.

“If Judy has only” Frank,
Judy
, p. 159.

“that cold storage plant” Chandler,
Raymond Chandler Speaking
, p. 131; Louella Parsons story,
Los Angeles Examiner
, May 29, 1941.

“I want a home wedding” Louella Parsons story,
Los Angeles Examiner
, May 29, 1941.

But once having started Jimmie Fidler, “Judy Garland and Rose Fly Off to Be Married,”
Los Angeles Times
, July 29, 1941. Also, “Judy Garland Becomes Mrs. Dave Rose,”
Movie-Radio Guide
, date unknown.

DEAR MR. FREED
Fordin,
The World of Entertainment!
, p. 48.

“Even if we don’t get” “Judy Garland Forced to Forego Honeymoon,”
Los Angeles Times
, July 29, 1941.

“She was insanely” Sidney Miller to GC.

Quickly making himself
Los Angeles Examiner
, Oct. 28, 1941.

It was Ethel Mary Morris, “Judy Garland’s Life and New Love,”
PM
, June 10, 1945.

“David was small” Ann Rutherford to GC.

February 19, 1942 The dates are taken from M-G-M production notes in the Freed Collection.

“It sounds so patriotic” Fordin,
The World of Entertainment!
, p. 31.

“I guess you’re right” Ibid., p. 32.

One of the first stars “Throat Ill Ends Judy’s Tour,”
Los Angeles Examiner
, Feb. 3, 1942.

After visiting
Los Angeles Examiner
, Feb. 6, 1942.

Forced to halt Ibid.

“Judy hasn’t been well” Louella Parsons column,
Los Angeles Examiner
, April 23, 1942.

Indeed, said Hedda Hopper Hopper and Brough,
The Whole Truth and Nothing But
, p. 124.

Judy herself thought Judy Garland, “I’m Judy Garland—and This Is My Story,”
New York Journal-American
, Feb. 25, 1964.

“Love to” Hopper and Brough,
The Whole Truth and Nothing But
, p. 124.

But Judy was The “mixed-up little girl” quotation is from Jane Ardmore, “Judy,”
The American Weekly
, Oct. 1, 1961. Judy’s comments about her sex life with Rose are from an interview with Harry Rubin, who came into her life many years later.

“He acts” Dorothy Walsh (Morrison) to GC.

She loved to dance “We’re Sorry, Judy,”
Photoplay
, date unknown.

“Judy was outgoing” Dorothy Raye to GC.

“Always churned up” Rose made his comment to a
Time
magazine reporter in May 1946. Rose’s breakdown was the subject of a story in the
Los Angeles Examiner
, Nov. 23, 1944 (“Sgt. David D. Rose in Army Hospital”).

Judy came home James Milne to GC. Milne, Judy’s cousin, was visiting at the time.

“Sullen” was the label “One Wins Decree While Other Files Her Suit,”
Los Angeles Examiner
, May 18, 1940.

“Brooding” was the adjective A. E. Hotchner,
Today’s Woman
, Aug. 1952.

But she had not spoken Judy told Dorothy Ponedel, her makeup woman, of watching Rose ride his trains late at night. Ponedel described the conversation in her unpublished autobiography, a copy of which is in the possession of the author. The quotation about “little toy trains” is from Peter Coutros, “Living with Herself Was No Bed of Roses,” New York
Daily News
, June 25, 1969.

“I’m miserable” Frank,
Judy
, p. 167.

One of the most prominent Ibid., p. 164.

Dinner guests Maxwell is quoted in Finch,
Rainbow
, pp. 181–82.

Judy herself Peter Coutros, “Living with Herself Was No Bed of Roses,” New York
Daily News
, June 25, 1969.

Acting as if Mary Morris, “Judy Garland’s Life and New Love,”
PM
, June 10, 1945.

“Sometimes I’d” Ibid.

“We simply can’t” Fordin,
The World of Entertainment!
, p. 39.

What panic, then
Los Angeles Examiner
, Nov. 27, 1942.

“Now, Judy” “The Judy Garland Story.”

When she married David Judy Garland, as told to Joe Hyams, “The Real Me,”
McCall’s
, April 1957.

After that Allyson,
June Allyson
, p. 42.

“We regret” Louella Parsons story,
Los Angeles Examiner
, Jan. 26, 1943.

“I do like to be” Judy Garland, “I’m Judy Garland—and This Is My Story,”
New York Journal-American
, Feb. 28, 1964.

“The most beautiful man” Anne Baxter is quoted in Guiles,
Tyrone Power: The Last Idol
, p. 9.

Imagine, then This meeting and many subsequent events in the Garland-Power affair are described in ibid., pp. 151–65.

“There was an immediate attraction” Watson Webb to GC.