FILM: There's something about Judy Gay men love Judy Garland because she understands their pain. Rubbish, says David Benedict. As Meet Me in St Louis makes clear, what she offers is hope

From: The Independent - London | Date: December 7, 2001| Author: David Benedict | Copyright information

She nearly didn't do it. Judy Garland had had it up to here with juvenile leads. Hell, she was a 21-year old prime asset of MGM with 19 movies in the can. She was chomping at the bit to play adult roles, and the prospect of adding the lovelorn Esther Smith to her list of peppy adolescents was distinctly unappealing. Off-screen, she was separated from her first husband, David Rose, and was having an affair with (married) Joe Mankiewicz. He knew a thing or three about scripts - he went on to wr...

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