Get Happy (78 page)

His proudest moment Ruth Arell, “From a Tent Show to the Show Place of the Nation,”
Plain Dealer
(Cleveland), Dec. 30, 1934.

“Vincente loved” Lena Horne to GC.

“Vincente saw something” Irene Sharaff to GC.

The jealous and watchful Hayworth Leaming,
If This Was Happiness
, pp. 118-19.

A similar mix-up Ponedel’s unpublished autobiography, in the author’s possession.

She missed the sound Louella Parsons, “The Mystery of Judy Garland,”
Photoplay
, July 1944.

A quiet and reliable husband Lucille Ryman Carroll to GC.

Everyone at M-G-M
Los Angeles Examiner
, Dec. 5, 1944.

“I want Mr. Mayer” Cal York, “The Marriage Dilemma of Judy Garland,”
Photoplay
, May 1941.

“We were now” Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
, p. 158.

“These were our happiest times” Ibid., p. 166.

“More than halfway” Roberta Ormiston, “Halfway to Heaven,”
Photoplay
, Oct. 1945.

“Right away” Ibid.

“There were no strangers” Quoted in Sam Roberts, “New York: 1945,”
The New York Times
, July 30, 1995.

Then, with her other hand Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
, p. 158.

“Whenever I came” Roberta Ormiston, “Halfway to Heaven,”
Photoplay
, Oct. 1945.

Joining in Metro’s campaign Ibid.

“Vincente was the only” James Loyd to GC.

Amazed at how quickly Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
, p. 162.

When the visitors Ibid., p. 160.

Denying a newspaper report Roberta Ormiston, “Halfway to Heaven,”
Photoplay
, Oct. 1945.

Phoning California Frank,
Judy
, p. 218.

But delicate it was Ponedel’s unpublished autobiography, in the author’s possession.

“I like it so much” Roberta Ormiston, “Halfway to Heaven,”
Photoplay
, Oct. 1945.

“Her desire” Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
, p. 168.

“I just don’t know” Dorothy Walsh (Morrison) to GC.

A couple of months
Movie Life
, date unknown, and Hopper’s autobiography,
The Whole Truth and Nothing But
, pp. 125–26.

When the pregnancy Dona Massin to GC.

With dark hair Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
, p. 174.

While there was no reason
Los Angeles Examiner
, April 13, 1946.

Two weeks later
Los Angeles Examiner
, April 29, 1946.

“Actually,” she asserted Edwin Schallert, “Judy Garland Achieves New Level of Poignancy,”
Los Angeles Times
, date unknown, but around June 1, 1946.

“She really loves” Lynn Bowers, “Judy’s Pin-Up Problem,” magazine and date unknown.

The studio was so eager Some of the details of her contract are in the production notes for
The Pirate
. Freed Collection.

“She’s always said”
Los Angeles Examiner
, Dec. 5, 1946.

“The tension” Judy Garland, as told to Joe Hyams, “The Real Me,”
McCall’s
, April 1957.

The Pirate
sounded like such fun Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
, p. 177.

In all, Judy was Fordin,
The World of Entertainment!
, p. 212.

At least two or three times Wallace Worsley to GC.

After keeping Ibid.

Other times amphetamines Brecher,
Licit and Illicit Drugs
, pp. 278-301.

“I’m going to burn” Fordin,
The World of Entertainment!
, p. 208.

She suffered Hopper and Brough,
The Whole Truth and Nothing But
, p. 126.

To retaliate Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
, pp. 187–88.

“How,” wondered Ibid.

“Vincente and I” Hirschhorn,
Gene Kelly
, p. 138.

“Would have fallen asleep” Freed Collection.

To Judy, Joe Mankiewicz observed Joe Mankiewicz to GC.

Things had become Ponedel’s unpublished autobiography, in the author’s possession.

“As director” Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
, p. 187.

Those were harrowing Ibid.

Wallace Worsley could Wallace Worsley to GC.

At least twice Freed Collection.

Vincente never used Kenny DuMain to GC. DuMain was a dancer in
The Pirate
.

Those two rooms became Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
, p. 168.

Late at night Kathryn Grayson to GC.

Simmel was still unable For the background of Hacker, see Farber and Green,
Hollywood on the Couch
, p. 80.

“The mind is its own place”
Paradise Lost
, bk. 1, ll. 254–55.

Her friend Lee Gershwin Frank,
Judy
, pp. 228-29.

“After all” Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
, p. 187.

By the beginning
Los Angeles Examiner
, Feb. 5, 1947.

Judy, for her part Brynner,
Yul
, pp. 43–44.

In any event Parsons’s column was in the
Los Angeles Examiner
, Jan. 22, 1947. Vincente’s reference to Judy’s infatuations is in
I Remember It Well
, p. 208.

Feeling that she could not The friend who told me the story has asked me not to reveal her name.

Eventually it reached the ears Susann,
Valley of the Dolls
, p. 256.

“Mama went away” Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
, p. 190.

On the recommendation The name has since been changed to the Austen Riggs Center.

Unlike the German-accented analysts Knight’s time in Kansas is recounted in Lawrence J. Friedman’s
Menninger
, p. 213. The assessment of Knight as an analyst comes from Dr. Margaret Gibson, who underwent training analysis with him. Dr. Margaret Gibson to GC.

“I can’t stand it” Knight related Judy’s comment and his own response to Dr. Gibson, who relayed them to me.

“She has made”
Los Angeles Examiner
, Aug. 15, 1947.

Giving in to her demand Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
, pp. 194–95.

“Look, sweetie” Fordin,
The World of Entertainment!
, p. 225.

“Listen, buster” Finch,
Rainbow
, p. 159.

Kelly’s unrestrained scene-stealing Kathryn Grayson to GC.

“My compliments” “Jympson Harman at the pictures,”
The Evening News
(London), March 24, 1949. Harman was, of course, wrong about his dates when he used the phrase “last year.”

“Did he give me confidence?” Giles,
Fred Astaire
, p. 17.

“What am I” Sylvia Sidney to GC. At the time, Judy regarded Sidney as her best friend.

The skies became Fordin,
The World of Entertainment!
, p. 234.

Summing up Irving Hoffman, “N.Y. Reviewers Go to Town for MGM’s ‘Easter Parade,’”
Hollywood Reporter
, July 1948 (exact date unknown).

Praising Walters “Pretentious flourishes” is from Howard Barnes’s review in the
New York Herald Tribune
, July 1, 1948. A similar slap at Minnelli came from the
Daily Mail
(London), March 25, 1949.

“How’s it going” Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
, p. 196.

In
Easter Parade The Observer
(London), March 27, 1949.

“Who in hell” Marion,
Off with Their Heads!
, p. 320.

The million television sets Friedrich,
City of Nets
, p. 343.

“There are no” Parsons,
Tell It to Louella
, p. 61.

So widespread Rosenstein,
Hollywood Leg Man
, p. 204.

Of all the actors and actresses Astaire, who was also responsible for the success of
Easter Parade
, was not a Metro employee, as Judy was.

After listing Harold Heffernan, “More Troubles—Film Stars in Spat,”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
, Oct. 15, 1948.

Her showmanship Astaire,
Steps in Time
, p. 292.

“If we can only do” Frank, Judy, p. 239.

By now, Judy believed Judy Garland, “I’m Judy Garland—and This Is My Story.”
New York Journal-American
, Feb. 26, 1964.

At last Freed Collection.

On July 19 Frank,
Judy
, p. 238.

There she was, Rogers coyly told Eileen Creelman, “After 10 Years Ginger Puts On Dancing Shoes to Team Up With Fred, Her Old Partner,”
Milwaukee Journal
, May 10, 1949.

“I’m missing” “Special: Louella’s Inside Story of Judy’s Troubles,”
Modern Screen
, date unknown.

“I’ve been asked” Harrison Carroll, “Fear Judy Garland, Ginger Rogers Feud After Incident on Set,” publication unknown, Sept. 27, 1948. A more dramatic version of this incident has Judy being led from the set, screaming insults at Rogers. I believe that Carroll’s more restrained version, which was printed in his column immediately afterward, is likelier to be accurate.

“What,” he asked June Levant to GC.

“I was crazy” Sylvia Sidney to GC.

“I felt just like” Article by Hedda Hopper (title unknown),
Nashville Tennessean Magazine
, July 10, 1949.

The difference Harold Heffernan, “More Troubles—Film Stars in Spat,”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
, Oct. 15, 1948.

If anything Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
, pp. 197–98.

“There was no one” Judy Garland, “There’ll Always Be an Encore,”
McCall’s
, Jan. 1964.

“I don’t believe” Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
, p. 199.

“Now, goddamn it” Frank,
Judy
, p. 240.

As a tangible symbol Pasternak,
Easy the Hard Way
, pp. 227–30.

“What did you do” Watson and Chapman,
Judy
, p. 54.

Those high spirits Review,
The New York Times
, date unknown.

Further rounds “‘Summertime’ Enchanting; ‘Lining’ Bright Musical,”
Hollywood Reporter
, date unknown.

The unsurprising result Al Jennings to GC.

Her marriage to Vincente Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
, p. 200.

Relations turned Ibid., p. 210.

She was also intimidated Guilaroff,
Crowning Glory
, p. 225.

“This monster” Kobal,
Gotta Sing Gotta Dance
, p. 226.

“How could you” Guilaroff,
Crowning Glory
, p. 225.

In an effort Frank,
Judy
, pp. 248-49.

Once again Al Jennings to GC.

“What’s the matter” Guilaroff,
Crowning Glory
, p. 227.

“My God” Fordin,
The World of Entertainment!
, p. 276.

Trying to give her Freed Collection.

“It’s too late” Fordin,
The World of Entertainment!
, p. 276.

“I couldn’t learn” Judy Garland, “There’ll Always Be an Encore,”
McCall’s
, Jan. 1964.

“This is a tough one” Frank,
Judy
, pp. 251–52.

“We desire” Ibid., p. 249.

When Jennings One of the two men, Les Peterson, Mickey Rooney’s former publicist, described her reaction in an office memo the following day, May 11.

“Where’s everybody going?” Al Jennings to GC.

“For your information” Freed Collection.

“I’d stand on my head” “Judy Garland out of Films for Year,”
Los
Angeles Examiner
, May 21, 1949.

“Judy Garland out” Ibid.

“Certainly,” said the indignant Parsons
Los Angeles Examiner
, May 13, 1949.

A year earlier Frank,
Judy
, p. 299, and Fricke,
Judy Garland
, p. 113.

“We did everything” Lucille Ryman Carroll to GC.

Each evening Sylvia Sidney to GC.

“I rammed it” Noël Coward,
The Noël Coward Diaries
, p. 333.

What else can you do Virginia Bohlin, “What Else Could I Do?”
Motion Picture
, 1949 (exact month unknown).

The day after Evie Johnson to GC.

Mornings would sometimes find her Betsy Blair to GC.

Like a dog William Tuttle to GC.

“It was a terrible thing” Garland’s tape-recorded reminiscences.

On one particularly bleak day Sylvia Sidney to GC.

Sidney was also present Ibid.

After the debacle Kotsilibas-Davis and Loy,
Myrna Loy
, p. 117.

A defeated Hopper and Brough,
The Whole Truth and Nothing But
, p. 127; Hedda Hopper, “Money Need Spurs Judy Garland On,”
Los Angeles Times
, May 1949 (exact date unknown).

“She is in a terribly bad way” Hepburn,
Me
, p. 221.

“What do you think” Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
, pp. 210–11.

She was, in her own words Judy Garland, as told to Joe Hyams, “The Real Me,”
McCall’s
, April 1957.

“By all means” Garland’s tape-recorded reminiscences.

“There’s nothing the matter” Hopper and Brough,
The Whole Truth and Nothing But
, p. 127.

After a few days
Los Angeles Examiner
, June 7, 1949.

“If I was cured” Judy Garland, “There’ll Always Be an Encore,”
McCall’s
, Jan. 1964. The story of Judy in the children’s hospital is taken from this article and various other Garland reminiscences.

There had been other Judy Garland, “There’ll Always Be an Encore,”
McCall’s
, Jan. 1964.

“I didn’t give a goddamn” Garland’s tape-recorded reminiscences.

“I’ll never work” Harrison Carroll, “Judy Garland Home …” paper and date unknown.

“We’re going to bring” Al Jennings to GC.

“Excess Baggage” “Poundage Nearly Costs Judy Garland a Role,”
Los Angeles Times
, Nov. 1, 1949.

“Please, just knock” Oral history project, Southern Methodist University.

At another point Hirschhorn,
Gene Kelly
, p. 164.

“Everybody is against me” Guilaroff,
Crowning Glory
, p. 228.

Carpenter even attempted Carleton Carpenter to GC.