Judy garland by anne edwards

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  • Edwards’s biography presents a complete picture of the late actress—and not just the boozing, drug-addicted caricature of a woman central to lesser biographies.
  • A story of dreams and nightmares, marriages and divorces, financial crises and her tragic early death, the sensational Garland legend still survives today.

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    Biography & Autobiography. Performing Arts. Nonfiction. HTML:Edwards's biography presents a complete picture of the late actress�and not just the boozing, drug-addicted caricature of a woman central to lesser biographies. We learn, for example, that Garland saw it as her duty to provide for her family financially, a generosity that her mother Ethel exploited with disastrous results. Above all Judy Garland sought to please, whether it was an audience or a studio head, and therein lies her show more powerful and heartbreaking story.

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    This is very readable but often curious biography of Judy Garland. I knew little about her when I picked up the book, and I finished feeling that her life was tragic due both to circumstances beyond her control and because she herself was a terribly difficult person.
    My first concern with this book has to do with the author's complete dedication to the notion of Garland as a victim.
    I have a fair amount of sympathy for Judy Garland because she became her mother's golden opportunity to get to Hollywood - a dreadful role for any child, especially a thoughtful and sensitive one like Judy.
    But Garland is portrayed as a victim of virtually everyone, from Louis B. Mayer to

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    Praised as undoubtedly the best of the many books on Judy Garland by no less a critic than John Lahr (the son of Bert Lahr, the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz), Anne Edwardss biography attempts to present a complete picture of the late actress, and not just the boozing, drug-addicted caricature of a woman that is central to lesser biographies. From Edwardss account we learn, for example, that Garland saw it as her duty to provide for her family financially, a generosity that her mother Ethel exploited with disastrous results. A student of great poets-Shelley, Keats, and Browning in particular-she often tried her own hand at verse; surviving poems are reproduced here. Above all Judy Garland sought to please, whether it was an audience or a studio head, and therein lies her powerful and heartbreaking story.

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    Praised as undoubtedly the best of the many books on Judy Garland by no less a critic than John Lahr (the son of Bert Lahr, the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz), Anne Edwardss biography attempts to present a complete picture of the late actress, and not just the boozing, drug-addicted caricature of a woman that is central to lesser biographies. From Edwardss account we learn, for example, that Garland saw it as her duty t

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    Anne Edwards, Judy Garland: a biography

    Author: Anne Edwards
    Title: Judy Garland: a biography

    Place: London
    Publisher: Orion Books
    Date: 1996
    Description: 349p, 18cm, paperback
    ISBN: 0752804049

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