She was surrounded by a pit of vipers all her life, given drugs early on, put down, never was truly loved by the closest people around her. That will f*ck you up for a lifetime.
@@CharlieChilders-wm9gb I agree with Bolger. It was criminal to start her on drugs at such a young age. The entertainment industry still is a very difficult one, especially for sensitive people or children. I hope today they do not make kids make film after film with no break. Kids on TV shows are very vulnerable because they have to work so much. Judy's childhood and adulthood were work, work, work, no vacations, no down time, no play. It was vicious to do that to her. Mickey Rooney also suffered these same drug problems....even a farmer knew that horses could not work seven days a week. Giving them a day or two to recover from hard work kept them healthier. But MGM was a money grabber and their stars suffered because of that constant need to rake in the dough.
Thank you. My mom went to a diet Dr in the mid 1960’s. She came home with a large envelope filled with amphetamines, diuretics and laxatives. Our house was spotless and for a bit she was very happy. Then it all crashed down. Fortunately, she got off all of that. Many just can’t. Like Judy. She was the same age as my mom. I can’t imagine the weight on those small shoulders. ❤❤❤
I read Mickey Rooney's autobiography and he's written that most principal actors at MGM were also given the upper/downer pill cocktail for the demands of the studio but many stopped using because they didn't like the negative effects. He wrote that Judy liked the highs and lows and could have stopped it but liked it too much.
@@resipsaloquitur5562 Judy was primed to be an addict. Some people (I'm one of them) are born with addictive personalities. Amphetamines numb pain and make you feel good. You really feel elevated and indestructible. It's later on when you don't sleep or eat and start being paranoid and hallucinating you find out it's a devil in disguise.
When I was a college freshman, in the fall of 1976, I went with a friend, a huge Judy fan, to see a restored print of "The Pirate". The film had not been shown in a theater for over a decade. The theater was a tiny little art movie house in Boston called The Back Bay Screening Room. Vincent Minelli gave a lecture after the film and he was really interesting. There were maybe 50 people there. It's only now, after watching your videos on Judy, I realize that she had passed only 7 years earlier. It's a strange film, her performance was very speedy or very drowsy. Her drug use is pretty evident in several scenes. Vincent Minelli was very gracious, very interesting and he did not sugar coat the difficulties they experienced together.
When she came to Sydney in 1964 my auntie got the phone number of her hotel and managed to chat to her for about five minutes. She said she was really friendly and sweet. My aunt simply rang her from a public phone box, I don't know how she got the call put through to Judy's room but somehow she did. I'm a lifelong fan of Judy's, it's so sad how it all ended 💔
Imagine if everyone who was her fan did the same thing. The poor fans would never get to see another Judy film. People need to get a life. They're only humans doing a job. People just sucked her dry till there was nothing left.
@professorgraemeyorston completely agree. As you know, most trauma starts with family, and she was unlucky enough to get her (mother) and father. She was abused. Very sad. Plus, everyone around her just watched the train wreck. Thats terrible as well.
This poor woman. This was a tiny little thing- who was barely 5 foot tall. Being on heavy drugs from the time she was a child took such a toll. You can see the exhaustion in her face by the time she’s in her early 20s and by the time she’s in her 40s, she looks like she’s 20 years older. All the drugs, forced sleep deprivation and the stress caught up with her. She was so vulnerable and it’s sad that there wasn’t anyone who could or would protect her.
I shall say again, exceptional video, research, 43:49 and presentation! It's truly sad the pressure stars, movie or musical, are exposed to. They live a lonely world, surrounded by "friends". Thanks, appreciated.
Judy will forever live on, the ultimate singer from the heart and connected with her audiences hearts in such a close way as few singers ever have!!! A wonderful biography, thank you, but yes, so very sad that she passed so very young and had such a tragic life of addiction and emotional pain 💜
She will Always be my judy of a great voice no matter what her problems where she will never be forgotten .Godbless You Judy.Godbless you Amen🙏🕊🕊🕊🕊🦋🦋🦋🦋🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
I was always a fan of Judy. Now I'm a fan of Graeme. You've done it again Professor Graeme Yorston! I've never seen such depth and detail. I hope that you are discovered as a star, because you are one. Given what stardom can do, you might say "No Thank You!" and then "Thank you for the compliment." We are all only human but you must be a very interesting person to know.
Thank you, I often wondered whether my team found me interesting as I was going off on one of my historical digressions at work. They were always polite, but had rarely heard of the people I was talking about.
Another great video, Dr. Yorston. I agree that it is hard to diagnose when there is heavy, long term drug abuse. I would love to see a video on Marlene Dietrich. Her daughter wrote a book that makes me think Dietrich had NPD. Dietrich had a substance abuse problem that took hold in her middle age.
You are never less then excellent, i love Judy she was an immense talent , but i agee with the late great Barry Norman and his series the Hollywood Greats , he said that others went through the same treat by the studio and came out the other side and that she blame everyone but herself for her problems, it is a a good point 👉
I didn't know much about Judy Garland - Wizard of Oz, basically - so this has been a very interesting two-part documentary about her. The first thing that struck me was how much she reminds me of Edith Piaf - her voice, some of her facial traits that reveal emotion, that sense of fragility or vulnerability that I think I perceive in both women. Both had tragic childhoods and both were, imo, strong people who against all odds managed to survive and actually succeed in bringing their talents to an adoring public. I don't know a great deal about Edith Piaf, other than what I have just said, so I would love to see a documentary about her - hint, hint - and compare the two women's lives. My opinion on Judy Garland's potential mental illness is that any problems she had such as mood swings and erratic behaviour were a direct result of substance abuse. Life would have been difficult for her with the upbringing she had, but to then be coerced first by her mother and then by whoever she worked for, well that would have caused a mountain of frustrations, pent up anger, resentment but also feelings of worthlessness since her worth was so tightly connected to her ability and willingness to perform, always perform. Quite honestly, I don't think she had the time or the energy for a mental illness.... she had plenty of medications to make her blot out reality when it all got too much, help her get to sleep whenever she was allowed, make her wake up when it was time to be worth something again, etc. I think her childhood and her life simply caused her to unravel over the years. It also explains all the husbands. She has to have been a nightmare to live with at times and a pure delight at others. That is difficult to deal with for her and anyone living with her. She just wanted to be loved on her terms, for once. How tragic that she was never allowed to just enjoy life as a person, surrounded by people who loved her, even when she was surrounded by people who loved her.
She lived, she sang, she died. Pretty much all anyone needs to know. Armchair psychoanalysis isn’t either insightful or revealing. Not dissing you, but the endless number of people who to this day continue to make bank on speculation about this poor tragic woman. She had a gift, and it cost her her soul.
I have always been so intrigued and a huge fan of this rare talent. She was so horribly taken advantage of her entire life. She was so brilliant. Her live concerts were legendary.
Would you ever do a video about Jean Harlow? She was another tragic case of insane manipulation by her own mother, and she was also such a bright star :’(
I loved Sylvia Sidney in the film Beetlejuice. Do you all remember how when she smoked the cigarette smoke would leach out of her cut throat? Too much!!
Dear Professor Yorston, I would like to request a documentary about J. M. Barrie, the complex and fascinating author of “Peter Pan” (and many other, largely ignored, works.) Thank you for your wonderful videos!
@Professor Graham can you do a deep dive on Mozart or Puccini? Especially Mozart who would have been like the Jimi Hendrix of the time. Or perhaps the rock star of the day full of groupies and fanatic fans. Thank you.
I had two and that was enough. It takes about six weeks to bounce back and heal. And napping when the infant naps is helpful esp. if you are up at night breast feeding. Baby will soon sleep through the night but those first weeks are tricky to manage.
Blaming it on the industry does excuse the decades of drugs. Granted, she was hooked early on. Later, she returned because she liked what drugs can do. She had children, in and of, rehab, clean and young she returned time and time again
It is never a simple as blaming addiction on one thing, there were a number of factors including the pressure the studio put her under as well as internal factors that combined to lead her down the path she took.
In the early years of my marriage my husband was suffering from severe mood swings. (Actually, I was the one who was suffering.) For a time he was diagnosed with bipolar by a doctor. After a couple years of trying to figure out why he was acting like such a random a-hole, I discovered that he was using drugs behind my back. The mood swings were completely chemical induced and had nothing to do with bipolar. We had to split for 5 years while he got his act together. Eventually he did and we are still together today. My point is that so many people get diagnosed with the wrong mental illness only to find out that they are either using alcohol or drugs, so it's completely chemically/self-induced. That is why I think doctors should speak to family members first before just giving out medication.
I wish Judy retired from MGM early. She deserved better. Her mother was a mess. Too eager to control her daughter and had the my way or the highway mentality towards Judy. Judy needed a friend who understood her troubles and helped her through her difficult times.
As a child watching the wizard of Oz, my parents would tell us that she died of a drug overdose. I only envisioned her as the women/child I'd seen in thr movie and thought how terrible. Now I know the story. How sad to think. She didn't have any constructive coping skills and was chasing a life style that didn't reflect who she really was only what she thought she needed to be. Poor women! But we all make choices.
She obviously had "DADDY" issues . Trying to find the older man to fill the void of her Father she loved so much. The man who ran Hollywood were disgusting. They exploited not just women but also some of the male stars they "OWNED" under contract. Such a shame.
Only one teeny hiccup -- In the US Busby Berkeley's last name is pronounced BERK-ly not BARK-ly as you Brits pronounce Berkeley Square in London. He was born Berkeley William Enos in 1895 in Los Angeles. How about delving into J. M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan? A book called Neverland: J. M. Barrie, the du Mauriers and the Dark Side of Peter Pan by Piers Dudgeon might be of interest to get you started. Supposedly, Daphne du Maurier, author of the novel Rebecca, based the creepy Mrs. Danvers on Barrie. That always gives me the shivers. UGH. I can no longer read Peter Pan for pleasure. I remember in a recent comment I recall that you said that Wilkie Collins and Dickens knew one another. This seems like another group of authors -- Barrie and the du Mauriers.....and you could make a connection to Lewis Carroll who wrote Alice in Wonderland, which, along with Peter Pan, takes place in lands where there are no parents.....both Carroll and Barrie spent a lot of time with children and photographing them....Daphne is the only person who seems to have found Barrie creepy. She knew him when she was a child -- not sure if a child, preteen or teenager at that time but Barrie was an adult when she knew him.
Man, she was a tortured soul…mother was a tyrant, the studios basically enslaved her, studio heads objectifying her…signed to a life she did not ask for at such a young age….its a miracle she lived as long as she did…
These pharmaceutical companies are making a huge profit on the de-demonizing of mental illness to the point it makes me wonder if they aren’t promoting mental illness for profit. I am certain there were people around me in my childhood, who suffered from depression and anxiety, and some kids who were hyperactive. I am also certain these types of maladies were not of the proportions or varieties found today. It saddens me to see us turning into such a drug dependent culture.
Prob the most talented woman ever. Her voice is unmatched even at 13 in blackface (which you can see on RUclips) what went wrong? Alcoholic smoking, abuse by men who kept her on diet pills illegal drugs and they stole her money. That’s what went wrong. She sang like no other chick could, dance and acted on radio and film , If you couldn’t do those three things back in those days you weren’t famous, but she sang better than anybody and she was tiny. She was abused and used .
Diet, drugs and alcohol take their toll on the human body. We are free to choose which path we want to take in life: the one that leads to health and long life, or the one that leads to poor health and an early death. Our choice!
I can empathize with Judy Garland. I've done every fad diet in the World. When I was 17 back in the 70s, My Mother and my older Sister and Brother used to take Dexatrim. It was available everywhere and heavily advertised on the TV. The FDA suddenly stopped Dexatrim from being sold without a Doctor's prescription because they determined it was speed. My God! My whole family was on speed back in those days. We'd take our Dexatrim, our heads would itch,....and then, we'd all go out and fight in the yard.
"There is no Business Likethe Show Business" Ethel Merman was right; A businness full of vice, coruption and greed. Poor Judy, she was not able to cope with it!!
Her father was homosexual. She married a few men that were homosexual as well. Also imo she suffered from anorexia but who knows. Thanks for another great one!
The studio and her mother started the drug taking and married for all the wrong reasons. Judy loved her husbands but except for Vincent Minnelli didn’t use her for something.
So sad the studios gave she and Mickey pills And the men she married treated her like a workhorse. She was on a tredmill and taking more drugs to cope with it all and masking Insecurities Plus Add in the hollywood Party scene I believe she also had an eating disorder as well They kept telling her she was fat so that had to be on her mind forever The golden goose voice everyone was feeding on her She had so many mood swings from all the pressure. So sad What a talent we will never see again And let's not forget that she was put on vaudeville as a child too in the Gumm sisters Rough life of a major talent. Gone too soon
How can you speculate a diagnosis on a woman who was drugged as a child? Her brain didn't develop normally. Personality disorder? Abuse us what she suffered.
Thank you. Interesting but also heart breaking. She certainly looked older than 47. On this theme of difficult mothers (which Judy experienced) I was wondering if you may consider doing a video on the American poet Emily Dickinson (who appeared to have a strained relationship with her mother and also, Emily’s poems tended to focus on ‘death’, maybe a response to her unhappiness living with her mother). Also, the opera singer Maria Callas had a strained relationship with her mother. Though in saying this, I heard or read somewhere, sometime in recent years, that when a mother isn’t happy in her marriage (her husband may be a workaholic, he may not be emotionally supportive, expect her to do all the household duties, believe that a wife’s role is to be submissive etc.) then the children receive the raw end of this lack of support within the marriage. Maybe there’s some truth to the saying, ‘happy marriage, happy children’. As always, I find your videos very interesting. A thumbs up 👍
Two "outsider" Chicago artists I'd love to see your videos about: 1. Henry Darger, the obviously damaged ( almost certainly TBI from his years in a Catholic orphanage ) painter. 2. Vivian Maier, the extremely mysterious street photographer.
Just discovered your channel Professor and you did Judy proud. I always felt Judy was damaged way before she ever set foot on a MGM soundstage. Her story is still textbook of what's wrong with kids in show business who don't have the proper parenting. Because she started so young, I don't think she ever really got to know who Frances Gumm was. She was constantly being pushed up and performing by manipulative Ethel, the classic stage mother. Kids need to feel validated and loved for the little people that they are, and not just for a talent they possess. It just doesn't seem she was validated as a human. As an ex speed freak I totally get how she could become so addicted to Amphetamines. When you first start to take them the Euphoria makes you feel so good. You are forever chasing that. It's no surprise Judy Garland died young, but rather that she lived as long as she did. I'm looking forward to checking out your other content.
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She was surrounded by a pit of vipers all her life, given drugs early on, put down, never was truly loved by the closest people around her. That will f*ck you up for a lifetime.
That pretty much sums up her life.
...surrounded by "us"...
A case study in the effect of seeing a person as a commodity and not a human being. Thank you for this presentation.
I do so enjoy your rational, empathetic take on mental distress. Judy will forever be an icon and a cautionary tale.
She will indeed.
It's a good day when a new Prof. Yorston video comes up! Especially, continuing Garland's story.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Very very sad. I feel quite drained hearing all of the details of her life. Poor thing was only 47 when she died, she looked so much older.
And I left out a lot - it was no wonder she looked so old.
@@TuckerSP2011 Ray Boger (her friend and costar in the movie Wizard of Oz) said that Judy Garland didn't die, "She just plain wore out"! 😱😳🥺😥
@@CharlieChilders-wm9gb I agree with Bolger. It was criminal to start her on drugs at such a young age. The entertainment industry still is a very difficult one, especially for sensitive people or children. I hope today they do not make kids make film after film with no break. Kids on TV shows are very vulnerable because they have to work so much. Judy's childhood and adulthood were work, work, work, no vacations, no down time, no play. It was vicious to do that to her. Mickey Rooney also suffered these same drug problems....even a farmer knew that horses could not work seven days a week. Giving them a day or two to recover from hard work kept them healthier. But MGM was a money grabber and their stars suffered because of that constant need to rake in the dough.
@@virginiasoskin9082her mother should have protected her, but she didn't. Instead she exploited her daughter.
Beautifully done. Your hard work is appreciated.
Thank you.
Thank you. My mom went to a diet Dr in the mid 1960’s. She came home with a large envelope filled with amphetamines, diuretics and laxatives. Our house was spotless and for a bit she was very happy. Then it all crashed down. Fortunately, she got off all of that. Many just can’t. Like Judy. She was the same age as my mom. I can’t imagine the weight on those small shoulders. ❤❤❤
So pleased your mum got through it. Bless you for sharing
I read Mickey Rooney's autobiography and he's written that most principal actors at MGM were also given the upper/downer pill cocktail for the demands of the studio but many stopped using because they didn't like the negative effects. He wrote that Judy liked the highs and lows and could have stopped it but liked it too much.
@@resipsaloquitur5562 Judy was primed to be an addict. Some people (I'm one of them) are born with addictive personalities. Amphetamines numb pain and make you feel good. You really feel elevated and indestructible. It's later on when you don't sleep or eat and start being paranoid and hallucinating you find out it's a devil in disguise.
So very sad. A great talent, gone much too young!@@resipsaloquitur5562
This was really good. And fair. I love her. ❤
Thank you.
When I was a college freshman, in the fall of 1976, I went with a friend, a huge Judy fan, to see a restored print of "The Pirate". The film had not been shown in a theater for over a decade. The theater was a tiny little art movie house in Boston called The Back Bay Screening Room. Vincent Minelli gave a lecture after the film and he was really interesting. There were maybe 50 people there. It's only now, after watching your videos on Judy, I realize that she had passed only 7 years earlier. It's a strange film, her performance was very speedy or very drowsy. Her drug use is pretty evident in several scenes. Vincent Minelli was very gracious, very interesting and he did not sugar coat the difficulties they experienced together.
It's strange film for all sorts of reasons, not one of her best or Minelli's best.
What an interesting evening you must have had, thanks for sharing. 🎥
When she came to Sydney in 1964 my auntie got the phone number of her hotel and managed to chat to her for about five minutes. She said she was really friendly and sweet. My aunt simply rang her from a public phone box, I don't know how she got the call put through to Judy's room but somehow she did. I'm a lifelong fan of Judy's, it's so sad how it all ended 💔
Imagine if everyone who was her fan did the same thing. The poor fans would never get to see another Judy film. People need to get a life. They're only humans doing a job. People just sucked her dry till there was nothing left.
She was ruined by the industry
Yes, but before that, it all began with her mother many years before! Later, the studio and her mother both destroyed and became the ruination of her.
I think the industry added to the damage that had already been done by her mother.
@@professorgraemeyorston 100% agree
@professorgraemeyorston completely agree. As you know, most trauma starts with family, and she was unlucky enough to get her (mother) and father. She was abused. Very sad. Plus, everyone around her just watched the train wreck. Thats terrible as well.
Psychiatry is a cruel practice.
This poor woman. This was a tiny little thing- who was barely 5 foot tall. Being on heavy drugs from the time she was a child took such a toll. You can see the exhaustion in her face by the time she’s in her early 20s and by the time she’s in her 40s, she looks like she’s 20 years older. All the drugs, forced sleep deprivation and the stress caught up with her. She was so vulnerable and it’s sad that there wasn’t anyone who could or would protect her.
I think Vincente tried, but the damage was already done.
Perfect! A nice cup of tea and a well-researched lecture by Professor Yorston.
English breakfast or Earl Grey?
Thoroughly enjoyed this two part series 💚 Very well researched, informative and fair to Garland’s memory. Thanks very much 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it.
I shall say again, exceptional video, research, 43:49 and presentation! It's truly sad the pressure stars, movie or musical, are exposed to. They live a lonely world, surrounded by "friends". Thanks, appreciated.
Thanks for watching.
Judy will forever live on, the ultimate singer from the heart and connected with her audiences hearts in such a close way as few singers ever have!!! A wonderful biography, thank you, but yes, so very sad that she passed so very young and had such a tragic life of addiction and emotional pain 💜
Thank you.
Thank you! All the best from 🇨🇦
Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks a lot for your intelligent observations. Just watched a Judy Garland biopic from 2001 and came here.
MGM is what happened to dear Judy...so very sad.
The studio didn't help.
❤THANK YOU PROF. A wonderful documentary Very well done
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks Professor, A very awesome detailed summation of Judys life in two parts.
My pleasure!
Thanks for all these awesome videos!!!!
Glad you like them!
Heartbreaking 😢
Well done story and depiction of Judy as a human being.
She will Always be my judy of a great voice no matter what her problems where she will never be forgotten .Godbless You Judy.Godbless you Amen🙏🕊🕊🕊🕊🦋🦋🦋🦋🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
No can can take away the legacy she left.
I was always a fan of Judy. Now I'm a fan of Graeme. You've done it again Professor Graeme Yorston! I've never seen such depth and detail. I hope that you are discovered as a star, because you are one. Given what stardom can do, you might say "No Thank You!" and then "Thank you for the compliment." We are all only human but you must be a very interesting person to know.
Thank you, I often wondered whether my team found me interesting as I was going off on one of my historical digressions at work. They were always polite, but had rarely heard of the people I was talking about.
Such a very sad story about a great talent!
Very true.
Another great video, Dr. Yorston. I agree that it is hard to diagnose when there is heavy, long term drug abuse. I would love to see a video on Marlene Dietrich. Her daughter wrote a book that makes me think Dietrich had NPD. Dietrich had a substance abuse problem that took hold in her middle age.
Thank you, I'll look into her.
Thank you for this.
My pleasure!
You are never less then excellent, i love Judy she was an immense talent , but i agee with the late great Barry Norman and his series the Hollywood Greats , he said that others went through the same treat by the studio and came out the other side and that she blame everyone but herself for her problems, it is a a good point 👉
Brilliant,tucked up in bed all nice and cosy.Great timing professor 😃
Me too 👍
Hope you enjoyed it!
According to a previous documentary I had seen… her life was first ruined by a controlling mother… and then the industry.
❤Thank you❤
That C Section must PAINFUL dad saw her in concert in NYC early 1950s
Very interesting. Thanks.
I didn't know much about Judy Garland - Wizard of Oz, basically - so this has been a very interesting two-part documentary about her. The first thing that struck me was how much she reminds me of Edith Piaf - her voice, some of her facial traits that reveal emotion, that sense of fragility or vulnerability that I think I perceive in both women. Both had tragic childhoods and both were, imo, strong people who against all odds managed to survive and actually succeed in bringing their talents to an adoring public. I don't know a great deal about Edith Piaf, other than what I have just said, so I would love to see a documentary about her - hint, hint - and compare the two women's lives.
My opinion on Judy Garland's potential mental illness is that any problems she had such as mood swings and erratic behaviour were a direct result of substance abuse. Life would have been difficult for her with the upbringing she had, but to then be coerced first by her mother and then by whoever she worked for, well that would have caused a mountain of frustrations, pent up anger, resentment but also feelings of worthlessness since her worth was so tightly connected to her ability and willingness to perform, always perform. Quite honestly, I don't think she had the time or the energy for a mental illness.... she had plenty of medications to make her blot out reality when it all got too much, help her get to sleep whenever she was allowed, make her wake up when it was time to be worth something again, etc. I think her childhood and her life simply caused her to unravel over the years. It also explains all the husbands. She has to have been a nightmare to live with at times and a pure delight at others. That is difficult to deal with for her and anyone living with her. She just wanted to be loved on her terms, for once. How tragic that she was never allowed to just enjoy life as a person, surrounded by people who loved her, even when she was surrounded by people who loved her.
Very interesting - and great suggestion - Edith is definitely on the list.
@@professorgraemeyorston Oh, good! Look very much forward to seeing that. Thanks so much for doing such interesting videos/documentaries.
She is always Dorothy to me and what a singer dancer.
She certainly was.
A very thoughtful and well narrated documentary. Thank you Dr Graeme!
Glad you enjoyed it.
She lived, she sang, she died.
Pretty much all anyone needs to know.
Armchair psychoanalysis isn’t either insightful or revealing. Not dissing you, but the endless number of people who to this day continue to make bank on speculation about this poor tragic woman. She had a gift, and it cost her her soul.
Hollywood was and is an evil place. Much blessings to the spirit of Judy.
She lived life at the speed of light.
I have always been so intrigued and a huge fan of this rare talent. She was so horribly taken advantage of her entire life. She was so brilliant. Her live concerts were legendary.
Would you ever do a video about Jean Harlow? She was another tragic case of insane manipulation by her own mother, and she was also such a bright star :’(
Great suggestion.
@@professorgraemeyorston yay! I would love this so much
I loved Sylvia Sidney in the film Beetlejuice. Do you all remember how when she smoked the cigarette smoke would leach out of her cut throat? Too much!!
She was in her late 70s when she made Beetlejuice - great casting!
Merci beaucoup 🎉🎉🎉
Dear Professor Yorston, I would like to request a documentary about J. M. Barrie, the complex and fascinating author of “Peter Pan” (and many other, largely ignored, works.) Thank you for your wonderful videos!
Yes, I agreed in another comment. I think he was creepy.
Psychiatry is still using ECT. I know a woman who's had more than 30 sessions. She's no better. She's worse. Psychiatry is a cruel pseudo practice.
I know lots of people who are alive today because they had ECT.
@Professor Graham can you do a deep dive on Mozart or Puccini? Especially Mozart who would have been like the Jimi Hendrix of the time. Or perhaps the rock star of the day full of groupies and fanatic fans. Thank you.
Great suggestions, thank you.
Judy’s life had one tradegy after another, this was a pity.
She had a tough life.
Gee whiz! It takes a while to recover from a C -section.
It does indeed - and she had three of them!
I had two and that was enough. It takes about six weeks to bounce back and heal. And napping when the infant naps is helpful esp. if you are up at night breast feeding. Baby will soon sleep through the night but those first weeks are tricky to manage.
Blaming it on the industry does excuse the decades of drugs. Granted, she was hooked early on. Later, she returned because she liked what drugs can do. She had children, in and of, rehab, clean and young she returned time and time again
It is never a simple as blaming addiction on one thing, there were a number of factors including the pressure the studio put her under as well as internal factors that combined to lead her down the path she took.
In the early years of my marriage my husband was suffering from severe mood swings. (Actually, I was the one who was suffering.) For a time he was diagnosed with bipolar by a doctor. After a couple years of trying to figure out why he was acting like such a random a-hole, I discovered that he was using drugs behind my back. The mood swings were completely chemical induced and had nothing to do with bipolar. We had to split for 5 years while he got his act together. Eventually he did and we are still together today. My point is that so many people get diagnosed with the wrong mental illness only to find out that they are either using alcohol or drugs, so it's completely chemically/self-induced. That is why I think doctors should speak to family members first before just giving out medication.
She looks like an unwell 70+ year old at 42, very sad.
She felt she had lived her life faster than everyone else and was over 400 in terms of life experiences.
I wish Judy retired from MGM early. She deserved better. Her mother was a mess. Too eager to control her daughter and had the my way or the highway mentality towards Judy. Judy needed a friend who understood her troubles and helped her through her difficult times.
And she never really got that from her husbands.
You are the kinda guy that everyone wants to meet at a party!
GARLAND was quite literally sacrificed before our very eyes. Performing quite literally brought on her early demise. Sad.
Infamous Bennies. Benzedrine. And ECT works for depression even today !
As a child watching the wizard of Oz, my parents would tell us that she died of a drug overdose. I only envisioned her as the women/child I'd seen in thr movie and thought how terrible. Now I know the story. How sad to think. She didn't have any constructive coping skills and was chasing a life style that didn't reflect who she really was only what she thought she needed to be. Poor women! But we all make choices.
Very true.
She obviously had "DADDY" issues . Trying to find the older man to fill the void of her Father she loved so much. The man who ran Hollywood were disgusting. They exploited not just women but also some of the male stars they "OWNED" under contract. Such a shame.
One wonders if she had Ozempic would she have avoided the other pills...of course we don't know long term Ozempic damage either
She was using also using amphetamines for their stimulant effect.
Only one teeny hiccup -- In the US Busby Berkeley's last name is pronounced BERK-ly not BARK-ly as you Brits pronounce Berkeley Square in London. He was born Berkeley William Enos in 1895 in Los Angeles. How about delving into J. M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan? A book called Neverland: J. M. Barrie, the du Mauriers and the Dark Side of Peter Pan by Piers Dudgeon might be of interest to get you started. Supposedly, Daphne du Maurier, author of the novel Rebecca, based the creepy Mrs. Danvers on Barrie. That always gives me the shivers. UGH. I can no longer read Peter Pan for pleasure. I remember in a recent comment I recall that you said that Wilkie Collins and Dickens knew one another. This seems like another group of authors -- Barrie and the du Mauriers.....and you could make a connection to Lewis Carroll who wrote Alice in Wonderland, which, along with Peter Pan, takes place in lands where there are no parents.....both Carroll and Barrie spent a lot of time with children and photographing them....Daphne is the only person who seems to have found Barrie creepy. She knew him when she was a child -- not sure if a child, preteen or teenager at that time but Barrie was an adult when she knew him.
Very interesting - I'll look into him, thank you.
Man, she was a tortured soul…mother was a tyrant, the studios basically enslaved her, studio heads objectifying her…signed to a life she did not ask for at such a young age….its a miracle she lived as long as she did…
Very true.
I think it was her husband who “encouraged” her to re-sign with MGM. She might have been able to live happily as a mother and stage actor.
Go wrong? Well for one thing she Got Older. ( a lotta people make that mistake). I wish they’d back off poor Judy Garland! 😢✌️
Louie b Mayer happened to her
A tough man to encounter in your early teens!
Ethel Gumm makes Anna Johnson LeSueur Crawford look like a saint. (Joan Crawfords mother ).
Maternal love wasn't her strong point!
These pharmaceutical companies are making a huge profit on the de-demonizing of mental illness to the point it makes me wonder if they aren’t promoting mental illness for profit. I am certain there were people around me in my childhood, who suffered from depression and anxiety, and some kids who were hyperactive. I am also certain these types of maladies were not of the proportions or varieties found today. It saddens me to see us turning into such a drug dependent culture.
Prob the most talented woman ever. Her voice is unmatched even at 13 in blackface (which you can see on RUclips) what went wrong? Alcoholic smoking, abuse by men who kept her on diet pills illegal drugs and they stole her money. That’s what went wrong. She sang like no other chick could, dance and acted on radio and film , If you couldn’t do those three things back in those days you weren’t famous, but she sang better than anybody and she was tiny. She was abused and used .
Diet, drugs and alcohol take their toll on the human body. We are free to choose which path we want to take in life: the one that leads to health and long life, or the one that leads to poor health and an early death. Our choice!
Yes it is a choice, but circumstances make the healthier choices harder for some people.
I can empathize with Judy Garland. I've done every fad diet in the World. When I was 17 back in the 70s, My Mother and my older Sister and Brother used to take Dexatrim. It was available everywhere and heavily advertised on the TV.
The FDA suddenly stopped Dexatrim from being sold without a Doctor's prescription because they determined it was speed.
My God! My whole family was on speed back in those days. We'd take our Dexatrim, our heads would itch,....and then, we'd all go out and fight in the yard.
Interesting, I'd not heard of this product - it sounds like it had some interesting ingredients back in the day.
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Yup...here's one of their Ads.
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I hope psychiatrists have a good sense of humor in the UK too...
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Her mother probably did tap her phones.
Poor Judy, her awful mother! 😭
She didn't have an easy life.
"There is no Business Likethe Show Business" Ethel Merman was right; A businness full of vice, coruption and greed. Poor Judy, she was not able to cope with it!!
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I've known several speed freaks, and they all wound up on opiates eventually.
50 years of alcohol
She was hurt by the adults that should have protected her as a child. Bad choices in men
Very true.
Her father was homosexual. She married a few men that were homosexual as well. Also imo she suffered from anorexia but who knows. Thanks for another great one!
I don't think she had the distorted body image of anorexia.
Poor thing was just a victim of all the outside forces. Not! just a weak addict.
So sad , she was abused, forced to take uppers and downers to suit MGM and her mother since she was a kid!
She was a doper
The men she chose were all disastrous- her mother exploited her - and the drugs and booze meant her sad end was inevitable- so sad.
It is a sad story indeed.
The studio and her mother started the drug taking and married for all the wrong reasons. Judy loved her husbands but except for Vincent Minnelli didn’t use her for something.
I think she looked for something from all of her relationships, but what she needed was not always what she wanted.
Judy skipped middle age.
I think she missed childhood as well.
Life happened to her, just like it does to all of us.
I think Judy had more than her fair share of life.
@professorgraemeyorston Hollyweird was HER CHOICE.
The lifestyle, including drugs, booze, and adultery are all part of it.
Perhaps I'm an outlier, but A Star is Born was still too long.
If you're a fan, then the more the better!
What went wrong ? Alcohol , heavy drug use and a keen urge to lick out other woman without demanding a valid hygiene certificate
So sad the studios gave she and Mickey pills
And the men she married treated her like a workhorse.
She was on a tredmill and taking more drugs to cope with it all and masking
Insecurities
Plus Add in the hollywood Party scene
I believe she also had an eating disorder as well
They kept telling her she was fat so that had to be on her mind forever
The golden goose voice everyone was feeding on her
She had so many mood swings from all the pressure.
So sad What a talent we will never see again
And let's not forget that she was put on vaudeville as a child too in the Gumm sisters
Rough life of a major talent. Gone too soon
She was better than perfect in "Oz," one of the greatest American films ever made.
This is another excellent video, Graeme. Thanks.
Thank you.
How can you speculate a diagnosis on a woman who was drugged as a child? Her brain didn't develop normally. Personality disorder? Abuse us what she suffered.
Still love the kind and understanding way in which these stories are told. Thank you.
A brilliant two part series about such a talented lady ❤
Thank you Professor, really enjoying your videos. Keep them coming!
Glad you enjoyed them.
What a shame. I hadn't known she was only 47 when she passed.
I didn’t know that either, she looked so much older than that, I thought she was in her 60’s.
She looked so much older.
12 days after her 47th birthday.
Thank you. Interesting but also heart breaking. She certainly looked older than 47. On this theme of difficult mothers (which Judy experienced) I was wondering if you may consider doing a video on the American poet Emily Dickinson (who appeared to have a strained relationship with her mother and also, Emily’s poems tended to focus on ‘death’, maybe a response to her unhappiness living with her mother). Also, the opera singer Maria Callas had a strained relationship with her mother. Though in saying this, I heard or read somewhere, sometime in recent years, that when a mother isn’t happy in her marriage (her husband may be a workaholic, he may not be emotionally supportive, expect her to do all the household duties, believe that a wife’s role is to be submissive etc.) then the children receive the raw end of this lack of support within the marriage. Maybe there’s some truth to the saying, ‘happy marriage, happy children’. As always, I find your videos very interesting. A thumbs up 👍
I very much highly recommend a Brian Wilson, & or a Karen Carpenter documentary.
Great suggestions - I'll add them to the list!
Two "outsider" Chicago artists I'd love to see your videos about:
1. Henry Darger, the obviously damaged ( almost certainly TBI from his years in a Catholic orphanage ) painter.
2. Vivian Maier, the extremely mysterious street photographer.
Thanks, I'll look into them.
Both are very interesting from a mental health perspective.
Thank you for this sad study of how easy it is to destroy someone's life for the long term. Appreciate the look at this.
Thanks for watching.
Oh am so glad to see a new video. And JUDY ❤🎉😊
Hope you enjoyed it!
Just discovered your channel Professor and you did Judy proud. I always felt Judy was damaged way before she ever set foot on a MGM soundstage. Her story is still textbook of what's wrong with kids in show business who don't have the proper parenting. Because she started so young, I don't think she ever really got to know who Frances Gumm was. She was constantly being pushed up and performing by manipulative Ethel, the classic stage mother. Kids need to feel validated and loved for the little people that they are, and not just for a talent they possess. It just doesn't seem she was validated as a human. As an ex speed freak I totally get how she could become so addicted to Amphetamines. When you first start to take them the Euphoria makes you feel so good. You are forever chasing that. It's no surprise Judy Garland died young, but rather that she lived as long as she did.
I'm looking forward to checking out your other content.
Thank you and welcome aboard!
She was ruined by her mother.
Very true.
Judy's food intake was brutally restricted.
They certainly tried to in her teens.