Heartbreaking. That beautiful child with the immense talent was so broken, manipulated and abused. She looked so much older than 22 when she married Minelli. She was so adorable, and I loved her in so many of these films. I recently saw The Clock and thought it was such an unusual role for her. She really showed a whole different side of herself. So incredibly talented and so incredibly tragic. I'm sure Mickey Rooney wasn't being truthful when he said that MGM didn't force drugs on her. Maybe nobody forced drugs on him but young women had to conform to a certain look and size to be leads in the movies. Any, great biography and research as usual Professor!
I thought her uppers and downers started with the studio . It’s almost worse that her mother had already put her on them when she was so young . She didn’t stand a chance as an adult of coming off them when she’d been made to take them for so long .
Her mom was the worst because she couldn't become a star she decided to live through her daughters but mostly through Judy & Jean Harlow's mom was the same way even Natalie Wood's mom was a terrible mother. When Natalie broke her wrist her mom refused to take her to the hospital to get it treated so her wrist didn't heal right so after that she wore bracelets to hide her odd, angled wrist.
I was just 5 years old in the 1940s when, my parents ani were staying for a weeks holiday with relatives. We all went to a small local theatre on a Saturday afternoon to see The wizard of oz. I remember the whole afternoon as if it was magic. I adored the music, the colour, Judy, the dog, the red shoes. It took my breath away. What a happy day that was. ❤
I went the the Judy Garland museum in Grand Rapids, MN last week. We took both tours. The house and life tour and the stolen ruby slipper tour. They both were excellent.
Very well put together with - for once - narration I can listen to without cringing. Poor little girl. What a sad life. I look forward to the second half.
Yes, I laughed, too, with Dr. Yorston's Mickey Rooney 'had an addiction to taller woman.' Apparently, Rooney was so completely full of himself that hardly anyone could stand him ? ... 🇨🇦
My heart breaks for sweet Francis and the mental anguish she went through as a child. Judy gave the world such wonderful joy with her music, hoping she rests in peace knowing how much she is loved by her fans. 🌈🕊️
Thank you for getting your facts right and obviously doing your research. But, mostly, thank you for your great sensitivity on the subject. I look forward to part two!
I've driven Lancaster, CA to LA. It ain't fun drive. Good content. The reason the film was a success because it was one of the few films on tv. Most films in the U.S would get rereleased to the movie theaters. Watching it on tv was huge event every year. As a boy (late 60s and early 70s) it was a huge deal to watch it and we looked forward to it every year. We were allowed to stay up late. I remember watching it before 1972 (age 5 or 6). There was nothing like it on tv except "It's a Wonderful Life" which lost copyright and hence was on tv. You ripped my heart out when you said, "Part 2" --- gripping
@professorgraemeyorston I guess all geniuses are more interesting and madder than the average man and their lives should be studied and analyzed. beside that, your amazing analysis and narrative can make anything worthwhile. but I suppose more popular ones might be more suitable to analyze. figures such as the ones that you mentioned and like Darwin, Jung, Freud, Galileo, Da Vinci, Schopenhauer, Rousseau and some others.
@@professorgraemeyorston Would you consider documentaries on : John the Baptist, Martin Luther, Corrie Ten Boone (sp) , David Hume, D.H. Lawrence, Mary Shelley, Oscar Wilde, Thomas Hardy, Ann Rand (sp), George Orwell ... Thank you. 🇨🇦
Your postings are delightful. Thank you for all the research and insight provided. I loved Judy Garland. As a child we were introduced to her MGM years via Turner Classic Movies. Ted Turner ‘bought the vault’ and provided a new generation the opportunity to see these great productions. I was old enough to remember her live TV show. She was a WOW. Sometimes an individual is granted a great light to share with the world. Rarely is their life an easy one, but they bring something remarkable to share with us mere mortals. And we’re all blessed for it.
Thanks, Errol Flynn was an interesting man - there's a local connection to Northampton, England where I live as he worked at the theatre here for a while.
Great piece Graeme! You put a great deal of work and depth into this biography. I would say that it is the best that I've ever seen and Albert, has seen many!
@@professorgraemeyorston Her performances were magical. Her comic performance, expressions and timing were absolutely superb in The Pirate and Summer Stock. And she was going through so much on that last movie. Gene Kelly really pulled some strings to help her get that film finished. She was in a really bad way, her weight fluctuates wildly in that film. He was repaying her for the kindness she showed him, as a newcomer to movie acting, from his time on Broadway, in his first film, and it was with *her*. The film was For Me And My Gal. Do a video about their three films together, it would make a great topic for you 👍🏼
And here it is 2024 and maybe even more than usual I still watch the wizard of oz I’m 44 and my children grew up watching it every thanksgiving eve and through out December lol lol it’s the world’s best movie ever well too me anytime I want to be a kid I watch the movie
Mickey Rooney must have been lying about the drugs. Hollywood has ALWAYS been a cesspool of corruption. I loved Judy Garland. May she rest in peace. Her mother was an absolute NIGHTMARE! Thank-you for your wonderful, thoughtful documentaries!
@@professorgraemeyorston Yes, he certainly did. Look at how many times he was married. His close friend, Elizabeth Taylor had some of the same issues. Very few "child stars" had happy endings!
A truly bittersweet video presentation that identifies what you clearly state from your perspective "as a psychiatrist." Her life, while consumed by brutal demands and drugs, was a place that is rarely shared but so necessary, someone to share those voids/issues with - privately without judgment, rather genuine concern. It's a lonely place despite success at any level. I try not to share relative thoughts, as each lives their own life and experiences. Can't say anything to change it, but thank you for sharing...maybe someone will see and be helped.
Okay? I’m flabbergasted that you said her life was okay towards the end of this video! This poor woman was exploited and manipulated from the age of a toddler! She was exploited by the very mother that should have put her children’s interests before her own and exploited by MGM and studio people from adolescence. Manipulated and drugged. I was crying by 16 minutes into this video. I had no idea about much of this. When you mentioned she was only 22 when she married Vincent Minnelli, that she’d been forced to have two abortions by this point- I’m almost beyond words. I’m crying at how tragic this woman’s life is. I think we take this woman’s strength and pure guts very much for granted if we can say she was doing “okay” having endured what she had while still creating some of the most beloved and beautiful contributions to the arts and the humanities to this day. I also know about her dedication to the LGBT community. I’m heartbroken on her behalf and awed at the power of her talent that was able to shine despite such darkness.
Wow, your comment made me skip my breath ... Thank you for your well expressed view. How can any woman stay sane after being forced to have an abortion (two for Judy Garland that is known). Add to this the other brutality she had already endured . Dr. Yorston says it all gets worse. 🇨🇦
Very interesting. I wonder what more you can find out or say about Ethel? What on earth causes a mother to treat her child in that fashion? Some people should never, ever be parents.
Judy fell out her sisters as they felt their mother wasn't as bad as Judy made out, but she may have been harder on Judy as she had the greatest talent.
@@professorgraemeyorston I think her mother gets a lot of unfair criticism . To have a bisexual husband in 1920s small town America could not have been easy & Ethel must have wanted to protect & do the best for her children, especially the most talented one. I think the long periods of traveling around with Frances was a way of escaping the situation. Judy herself sometimes admitted her attitude towards her mother was unfair.
Oh Lord! Isn't she the best actress?: Bright eyes, beautiful eternal smile... But so many things about this. Her childhood of slavery, drug use as a way of life, the “entertainment” industry (full of evil)…. This is a GREAT VIDEO, which makes me reflects on my very lucky, simple and boring life. Great sensibility from you Dr. Thanks for sharing and cannot wait for the second part :)
You neglected to mention Betty Asher who was Judy “best friend” but ended up being a spy for MGM and reported to them on everything she did outside of the studio. The betrayal devastated her and was the impetus for her resentment of the studio.
Thank you for this look at Judy Garland's life. One quibble: I wouldn't characterize "Oz" as a flop. It was one of five highest grossing movies of the year, per the Eddie Mannix ledger. True, it did not make its cost back at the box office, but that was because of cost overruns as well as the necessity to keep mounting new ad campaigns because MGM kept postponing its premiere.
Thank you, Dr. Yorston, for the footage and input on the sad life of Judy Garland. I am curious as to how mothers and fathers in the early 1900s got away with so much blatant child abuses. Did no authorities at this time in America and in Britain care about the treatment of children by their parents or guardians ? 🇨🇦
Thank you for your perspective. I have watched many documentaries about Judy. She fascinates me. She is able to make you root for her. There are a few questions I have that I have never seen addressed in a documentary. What about those two older sisters? What did they do to help Judy either as a young girl or woman? Also, how were they treated by the mother? How did they treat Judy as a she became famous? So many questions???
The story that says Shirley Temple was in the frame for the Wizard of Oz is not totally true. The film’s producer Mervyn Le Roy wanted Judy Garland for the role and no one else. As a psychiatrist you may be interested in the back story. It had been believed for a couple of decades that American audiences were too sophisticated for fantasy films so the way the film was originally planned was totally different to the 1939 classic. The original concept was a teenage musical about Dorothy a young girl who sang jazz in competition with a teenager who sang opera who was to be played by Betty Jaynes. Mercifully for us all, when Walt Disney’s Snow White was released in 1938 it proved that fantasy films could be smash hits. Judy was still in the frame for Dorothy because Shirley Temple could never have competed with Judy as a singer and Judy was the heart of the film. I am not really sure why anyone thought audiences were too sophisticated for such films but I found the story interesting. I have read a lot about Judy already and know her personal life well, l just wish it could have been a happier one.
Graeme, I was born in the U.S. just east of the city of New York border. I've tested other places and always wind up back in the New York metro area. If you want the struggle and daily war in my life, it would make a very bizarre story. The only problem is that I'm not famous. You wouldn't be shocked but you would be shocked hearing things you never did. I'm 69 going on cemetery (70), and ...well...with four immigrant grandparents ( two from Palermo, Sicily and the more important ones in my life from Hamburg, Deutschland, it has been a long haul and struggle. The North German grandparents were the real good guys. They left Hamburg after WW l with my mother then age 6. The stories show that life is a business, a struggle, filled with pain and much needed energy. Learning how to use original survival skills that no one ever talks about, is the only real way any of us can survive. Graeme, I'm moving on to the Elvis video. So many Americans have some German in them, or at least they use to. Eisenhower, might be from Eisenhauer. Read about Doris Day...Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff April 3, 1922 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Very Nice One, You Only Been 5 Years Old,And have Family Cherished Memories Of This Such Love Kind Lady. I Think All The Acters In The Wizard Of Oz Was So, So, Fondly Nice People. I Never Kinder Really Know The Time Frame Of The Wizard Of Oz Movie, I Did'nt Know It Was Pre War 1 or 2.
Thank you for presenting a different angle and lens on the tribulations of such a well-known and beloved woman. Despite all of the emotional damage, instability, and substance abuse, she demonstrated a remarkable resilience. Would you consider delving into Edgar Allan Poe or Meriwether Lewis of Lewis And Clark? Their respective psychological profiles are equally dire and bewildering. Thanks!
Several sources have noted that Judy's mother, when she learned of her own 3rd pregnancy was very unhappy about it and tried various ways to induce a miscarriage or abortion. Thankfully, she was not successful, and Judy was born.
The way he just slid over “her father was run out of town because he was sleeping with all of the men” is bewildering. To hail with Judy, I wanna know about her daddy now!
I can understand how back then doctors said taking all those pills was safe, but what I don’t get is how they could possibly think the human body could function on three hours of sleep a night for extended periods of time. Like what?!
@professorgraemeyorston: Maybe doctors didn't want to know ... Just like dentists, for decades, refused to delve into the effects of mercury fillings in the teeth of children and adults when suspicions of mercury fillings was hugely determental.🇨🇦
The people of that era were so in the dark compared to actors and actresses of today They will never let any studio boss treat them this horrible cruel way
Hi. I'm waiting fore you to make a story on Howard Hughes. I have read a good amount on his life and would be keen to see your view to his life. He was after all a rather odd ball in USA. Greetings from Sweden. / Neo .
I have read Hughes was a mean tormentor to his wife, and planned the kidnapping of his little son as a sick prank that went terribly wrong ; and, Hughes let the German innocent man take the blame for the death of the boy. 🇨🇦
That was a magical movie, there have been other great movies that didn't start out well, blade runner was a flop, unable to earn as much as it cost to make, it's like some songs, at first they don't catch on but then all of sudden they become a smash. When Judy sings somewhere over the rainbow, I can't imagine anyone not touched by that song alone, nevermind the memorable, dramatic characters.
Have you ever thought of making a video about a composer? The other day on litening to one of your videos I could hear faintly Erik Satie's fifth gnosienne on the background. He was a strange person. His annotations for the third gnosienne is by all accounts very odd. He didnt have the career he should have had. What was wrong with him?
Mickey Rooney certainly knew that Judy was indeed given drugs by the studio, if he didn't, he wasn't too bright. Another contemporary and co-star of Judy's, Jackie Cooper, remembered Judy telling him that she wanted to stop them, but didn't know how since she had to keep the pace up at MGM; even her surviving sister when interviewed in 1978 said that her mother gave Judy pills, but said that if Ethel had known they were harmful she wouldn't have allowed them. Yip Harburg, the man who wrote the lyrics to Over The Rainbow, also verified her addiction. Judy was a money maker, a commodity, and MGM used her time and talents as they saw fit.
Very sad how the producers were only interested in making money. Just imagine how much more $$ they could have earned TAKING CARE OF JUDY. She never made it to 50 years old but looked like an old woman. Very sad
I never knew that she had an affair and got pregnant with Tyrone Power! I thought I knew everything about Judy Garland. I love Tyrone Power! It's upsetting that they didn't allow her to keep the baby.
Hello Dr Yorsten.. sharing names of a few people that might be of interest: Helen Keller, Babe Ruth, Jessie Owens, Marie Curie, Barbara McClintock and Greta Garbo.
Heartbreaking. That beautiful child with the immense talent was so broken, manipulated and abused. She looked so much older than 22 when she married Minelli. She was so adorable, and I loved her in so many of these films. I recently saw The Clock and thought it was such an unusual role for her. She really showed a whole different side of herself. So incredibly talented and so incredibly tragic. I'm sure Mickey Rooney wasn't being truthful when he said that MGM didn't force drugs on her. Maybe nobody forced drugs on him but young women had to conform to a certain look and size to be leads in the movies. Any, great biography and research as usual Professor!
Thank you.
MK Ultra's a helluva mind control program. 🙄
She was only 22 by the end of this video? It feels like her entire lifetime has been depicted by this video 🥺
I agree with you about Mickey Rooney. Although I've always enjoyed his work, I wouldn't trust him any further than I could throw him.
"Her life was no longer her own" - and that just breaks my heart :(
The studios worked their stars hard.
@@Lionstar16 very sad.
I thought her uppers and downers started with the studio . It’s almost worse that her mother had already put her on them when she was so young . She didn’t stand a chance as an adult of coming off them when she’d been made to take them for so long .
😂what a mother
Thank you for no annoying background music.
She was treated terribly by the very people who should have cared for her. Heartbreaking. Such an incredible talent.
Very true.
Her mom was the worst because she couldn't become a star she decided to live through her daughters but mostly through Judy & Jean Harlow's mom was the same way even Natalie Wood's mom was a terrible mother. When Natalie broke her wrist her mom refused to take her to the hospital to get it treated so her wrist didn't heal right so after that she wore bracelets to hide her odd, angled wrist.
Well done. The photographs alone in this documentary are truly remarkable. Thank you Professor.
Glad you enjoyed it!
When I saw this episode I wondered what more could be bought to a well known story but you manage to. I really appreciate your approach.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
This was such an amazing deep dive. Judy was such a treasure. I wish she could I’ve enjoyed a life of freedom and happiness.
Thank you, yes she certainly had a tough life.
I was just 5 years old in the 1940s when, my parents ani were staying for a weeks holiday with relatives. We all went to a small local theatre on a Saturday afternoon to see The wizard of oz. I remember the whole afternoon as if it was magic. I adored the music, the colour, Judy, the dog, the red shoes. It took my breath away. What a happy day that was. ❤
Thank you. I love to hear stories like this; real life encounters with and reactions to the magic of Judy Garland and the movies she made.
So cool.... thanks for sharing 😊
Cool ...thanks for sharing 😊
that’s beautiful 💕
I went the the Judy Garland museum in Grand Rapids, MN last week. We took both tours. The house and life tour and the stolen ruby slipper tour. They both were excellent.
I'll make a point of going if I ever end up in Grand Rapids.
Such a tragic story…thank you for sharing this. As a father this story breaks my heart.
Mine too.
So sad, but well presented, I lived through that era, what a horrible mother Judy had!
Her mother thought she had spoiled her by giving her too much love!
@@waltman333 should have met mine
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Care and honesty - thank you
Thank you very much for this incredible documentary about Judy Garland!!
She is and will always be one of the best old hollywood stars!! 💜💜💜
Very true.
Remarkably well-told biography. This held my interest throughout.
Thank you.
Look at those beautiful eyes of that baby Liza! What gorgeous little girl. She also paid a high price for the glitz and glamour.
Very well put together with - for once - narration I can listen to without cringing. Poor little girl. What a sad life. I look forward to the second half.
narration provided by an actual human being, not a robot.
@@SkyeIDyes, thank god. Doesn't it make a difference?
I had to laugh upon hearing that Mickey had ‘an addiction to taller women’. Most everyone else was taller than him. 😅
Yes, I laughed, too, with Dr. Yorston's Mickey Rooney 'had an addiction to taller woman.'
Apparently, Rooney was so completely full of himself that hardly anyone could stand him ? ... 🇨🇦
My heart breaks for sweet Francis and the mental anguish she went through as a child. Judy gave the world such wonderful joy with her music, hoping she rests in peace knowing how much she is loved by her fans.
🌈🕊️
The greatest theatrical talent of the 20th century.❤
I would have loved to seen her live!
Thank you for getting your facts right and obviously doing your research. But, mostly, thank you for your great sensitivity on the subject. I look forward to part two!
Thank you, coming soon.
Really enjoyed the video. So sad of all the pressure she was under and all the drugs.
What an awesome video, with so many beautiful pictures of Judy. She gave up so much of her life, for fame. Ty!
Glad you enjoyed it.
I've driven Lancaster, CA to LA. It ain't fun drive. Good content. The reason the film was a success because it was one of the few films on tv. Most films in the U.S would get rereleased to the movie theaters. Watching it on tv was huge event every year. As a boy (late 60s and early 70s) it was a huge deal to watch it and we looked forward to it every year. We were allowed to stay up late. I remember watching it before 1972 (age 5 or 6). There was nothing like it on tv except "It's a Wonderful Life" which lost copyright and hence was on tv. You ripped my heart out when you said, "Part 2" --- gripping
Even worse on 1920s roads with 1920s brakes!
Thank you for this very moving video. I appreciate the time and effort you put into it
What a great video professor, thanks for making RUclips worthwhile.
And please make some videos about distinguished scientists and philosophers.
Thank you - I have done one on Oppenheimer - Newton and Nietzsche would be good ones - any others that you think of?
@professorgraemeyorston I guess all geniuses are more interesting and madder than the average man and their lives should be studied and analyzed. beside that, your amazing analysis and narrative can make anything worthwhile. but I suppose more popular ones might be more suitable to analyze. figures such as the ones that you mentioned and like Darwin, Jung, Freud, Galileo, Da Vinci, Schopenhauer, Rousseau and some others.
@@professorgraemeyorston Would you consider documentaries on : John the Baptist, Martin Luther, Corrie Ten Boone (sp) , David Hume, D.H. Lawrence, Mary Shelley, Oscar Wilde, Thomas Hardy, Ann Rand (sp), George Orwell ... Thank you. 🇨🇦
Your postings are delightful. Thank you for all the research and insight provided.
I loved Judy Garland. As a child we were introduced to her MGM years via Turner Classic Movies. Ted Turner ‘bought the vault’ and provided a new generation the opportunity to see these great productions. I was old enough to remember her live TV show. She was a WOW. Sometimes an individual is granted a great light to share with the world. Rarely is their life an easy one, but they bring something remarkable to share with us mere mortals. And we’re all blessed for it.
Thank you, she certainly had an amazing ability to connect with her music and acting.
Very interesting - thank you. I would be fascinated by your thoughts on Errol Flynn.
Me too. I loved his movies.
Thanks, Errol Flynn was an interesting man - there's a local connection to Northampton, England where I live as he worked at the theatre here for a while.
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Well, I look forward to your video about him 👍🏼
Errol Flynn, life in the fast lane.
Greetings from Connecticut.
What an amazing heart felt video…thank you very much
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks professor for another enlightening but sad tale!
Thanks for listening
Great piece Graeme!
You put a great deal of work and depth into this biography. I would say that it is the best that I've ever seen and Albert, has seen many!
Thanks Albert.
@@professorgraemeyorston It is true Graeme!!!
My favourite films of here t are the three she made with Gene Kelly.
They had amazing on screen chemistry.
She seemed to have an ability to portray joy, sadness, vulnerability -everything - on screen, whatever was going on in her personal life.
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Her performances were magical. Her comic performance, expressions and timing were absolutely superb in The Pirate and Summer Stock. And she was going through so much on that last movie. Gene Kelly really pulled some strings to help her get that film finished. She was in a really bad way, her weight fluctuates wildly in that film. He was repaying her for the kindness she showed him, as a newcomer to movie acting, from his time on Broadway, in his first film, and it was with *her*. The film was For Me And My Gal.
Do a video about their three films together, it would make a great topic for you 👍🏼
What a superior presentation. Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Another masterpiece, thank you sir
Thank you kindly!
It has been 100 years since Judy First Performed on stage
To sing Jingle Bells in a Christmas show.
Another wonderful video, thank you Professor!
My pleasure, thank you for watching.
And here it is 2024 and maybe even more than usual I still watch the wizard of oz I’m 44 and my children grew up watching it every thanksgiving eve and through out December lol lol it’s the world’s best movie ever well too me anytime I want to be a kid I watch the movie
I've been wanting for you and new content. Thank you!!!
Thank, sometimes they take a bit longer to research!
Excellent work. Very well done.
Thank you very much!
Mickey Rooney must have been lying about the drugs. Hollywood has ALWAYS been a cesspool of corruption. I loved Judy Garland. May she rest in peace. Her mother was an absolute NIGHTMARE!
Thank-you for your wonderful, thoughtful documentaries!
Thank you - Rooney had a quote a lot of issues of his own!
@@professorgraemeyorston Yes, he certainly did. Look at how many times he was married. His close friend, Elizabeth Taylor had some of the same issues. Very few "child stars" had happy endings!
Thank you. This was great. ❤❤😊
Thanks for watching.
You are a good and fair teller of peoples stores👌🏾
Thank you.
One of Hollywood's most tragic figures.
What a terrible thing to be manipulated by all the adults that should have been protecting and caring for her
It's no wonder she had so many problems.
I just discovered your great channel ❤ I subscribed ❤❤
Welcome aboard.
A truly bittersweet video presentation that identifies what you clearly state from your perspective "as a psychiatrist." Her life, while consumed by brutal demands and drugs, was a place that is rarely shared but so necessary, someone to share those voids/issues with - privately without judgment, rather genuine concern. It's a lonely place despite success at any level. I try not to share relative thoughts, as each lives their own life and experiences. Can't say anything to change it, but thank you for sharing...maybe someone will see and be helped.
I hope so.
Johnny Mercer has said that he wrote "That Old Black Magic" specifically for Judy; and that he meant it.
THEY DID YOU WRONG MS JUDY, BUT YOU WERE A TRIUMP OF SONG BEAUTY AND ACTING !!!!
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And Dancing, and quick witted Humor.
7/20/24
Very true.
Okay? I’m flabbergasted that you said her life was okay towards the end of this video! This poor woman was exploited and manipulated from the age of a toddler! She was exploited by the very mother that should have put her children’s interests before her own and exploited by MGM and studio people from adolescence. Manipulated and drugged. I was crying by 16 minutes into this video. I had no idea about much of this. When you mentioned she was only 22 when she married Vincent Minnelli, that she’d been forced to have two abortions by this point- I’m almost beyond words. I’m crying at how tragic this woman’s life is. I think we take this woman’s strength and pure guts very much for granted if we can say she was doing “okay” having endured what she had while still creating some of the most beloved and beautiful contributions to the arts and the humanities to this day. I also know about her dedication to the LGBT community. I’m heartbroken on her behalf and awed at the power of her talent that was able to shine despite such darkness.
I meant okayish compared to how things were about to get worse for her after this point
Wow, your comment made me skip my breath ...
Thank you for your well expressed view.
How can any woman stay sane after being forced to have an abortion (two for Judy Garland that is known). Add to this the other brutality she had already endured .
Dr. Yorston says it all gets worse. 🇨🇦
Very interesting. I wonder what more you can find out or say about Ethel? What on earth causes a mother to treat her child in that fashion? Some people should never, ever be parents.
Judy fell out her sisters as they felt their mother wasn't as bad as Judy made out, but she may have been harder on Judy as she had the greatest talent.
@@professorgraemeyorston I think her mother gets a lot of unfair criticism . To have a bisexual husband in 1920s small town America could not have been easy & Ethel must have wanted to protect & do the best for her children, especially the most talented one. I think the long periods of traveling around with Frances was a way of escaping the situation. Judy herself sometimes admitted her attitude towards her mother was unfair.
Thank you for all of your well-produced videos! I am interested in your take on the 2019 film "Judy" starring Renee Zellweger.
I haven't actually seen it yet.
Hollywood ruled back in the day, growing up I thought movie stars were everything!
Little did we know the hell they went through..
Oh Lord! Isn't she the best actress?: Bright eyes, beautiful eternal smile... But so many things about this. Her childhood of slavery, drug use as a way of life, the “entertainment” industry (full of evil)…. This is a GREAT VIDEO, which makes me reflects on my very lucky, simple and boring life. Great sensibility from you Dr. Thanks for sharing and cannot wait for the second part :)
Thank you, it's coming soon.
Awesomely done.
You neglected to mention Betty Asher who was Judy “best friend” but ended up being a spy for MGM and reported to them on everything she did outside of the studio. The betrayal devastated her and was the impetus for her resentment of the studio.
A betrayal of love, friendship, or loyalty can cause an inner depth of such pain that long-lasting trauma remains forever ... 🇨🇦
Thank you for this look at Judy Garland's life.
One quibble: I wouldn't characterize "Oz" as a flop. It was one of five highest grossing movies of the year, per the Eddie Mannix ledger. True, it did not make its cost back at the box office, but that was because of cost overruns as well as the necessity to keep mounting new ad campaigns because MGM kept postponing its premiere.
Thank you, Dr. Yorston, for the footage and input on the sad life of Judy Garland.
I am curious as to how mothers and fathers in the early 1900s got away with so much blatant child abuses.
Did no authorities at this time in America and in Britain care about the treatment of children by their parents or guardians ? 🇨🇦
The state rarely got involved in what were considered private family matters.
I just started watching your shows you are very excellent at what do very relaxing very smart.
Welcome aboard.
Thank-you.
One of my favorite people. I absolutely adore Judy.❤❤
Thank you for your perspective. I have watched many documentaries about Judy. She fascinates me. She is able to make you root for her. There are a few questions I have that I have never seen addressed in a documentary. What about those two older sisters? What did they do to help Judy either as a young girl or woman? Also, how were they treated by the mother? How did they treat Judy as a she became famous? So many questions???
The story that says Shirley Temple was in the frame for the Wizard of Oz is not totally true. The film’s producer Mervyn Le Roy wanted Judy Garland for the role and no one else. As a psychiatrist you may be interested in the back story. It had been believed for a couple of decades that American audiences were too sophisticated for fantasy films so the way the film was originally planned was totally different to the 1939 classic. The original concept was a teenage musical about Dorothy a young girl who sang jazz in competition with a teenager who sang opera who was to be played by Betty Jaynes. Mercifully for us all, when Walt Disney’s Snow White was released in 1938 it proved that fantasy films could be smash hits. Judy was still in the frame for Dorothy because Shirley Temple could never have competed with Judy as a singer and Judy was the heart of the film. I am not really sure why anyone thought audiences were too sophisticated for such films but I found the story interesting. I have read a lot about Judy already and know her personal life well, l just wish it could have been a happier one.
Thank you.
There will NEVER EVER be another one like her - the mold was busted in a million pieces when she was born!
Very true.
Thank you I loved this well done ❤
You’re welcome 😊
Graeme, I was born in the U.S. just east of the city of New York border. I've tested other places and always wind up back in the New York metro area. If you want the struggle and daily war in my life, it would make a very bizarre story. The only problem is that I'm not famous. You wouldn't be shocked but you would be shocked hearing things you never did. I'm 69 going on cemetery (70), and ...well...with four immigrant grandparents ( two from Palermo, Sicily and the more important ones in my life from Hamburg, Deutschland, it has been a long haul and struggle. The North German grandparents were the real good guys. They left Hamburg after WW l with my mother then age 6. The stories show that life is a business, a struggle, filled with pain and much needed energy. Learning how to use original survival skills that no one ever talks about, is the only real way any of us can survive. Graeme, I'm moving on to the Elvis video. So many Americans have some German in them, or at least they use to. Eisenhower, might be from Eisenhauer. Read about Doris Day...Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff
April 3, 1922
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Thanks for sharing.
Very Nice One, You Only Been 5 Years Old,And have Family Cherished Memories Of This Such Love Kind Lady. I Think All The Acters In The Wizard Of Oz Was So, So, Fondly Nice People. I Never Kinder Really Know The Time Frame Of The Wizard Of Oz Movie, I Did'nt Know It Was Pre War 1 or 2.
Just a small point, at 32:02 this is actually a photo of Judy Garland with Jimmy Stewart, NOT her new husband.
Thank you, I missed that one.
Very interesting…looking forward to Part Two 👍🏻
Coming soon.
Thank you for presenting a different angle and lens on the tribulations of such a well-known and beloved woman. Despite all of the emotional damage, instability, and substance abuse, she demonstrated a remarkable resilience.
Would you consider delving into Edgar Allan Poe or Meriwether Lewis of Lewis And Clark? Their respective psychological profiles are equally dire and bewildering. Thanks!
Thank you, I have done one on Poe, I'll look at Lewis.
I Didn't Even Know There Was A Judy Museum.
She was very talented!!! And happily singing!!! Her marriages ruined her life!!
It would be easier to hate MGM rather than hating her mother.
Just shows not everyone should be a mother !
Perfectly said. 🇨🇦
Loved it!
RIP Judy. I am sure you are singing in an angel choir
Let's hope so.
Several sources have noted that Judy's mother, when she learned of her own 3rd pregnancy was very unhappy about it and tried various ways to induce a miscarriage or abortion. Thankfully, she was not successful, and Judy was born.
The way he just slid over “her father was run out of town because he was sleeping with all of the men” is bewildering. To hail with Judy, I wanna know about her daddy now!
Big Fan of Judy's 😊
Me too!
Your delivery and humor are similar to the guy who does The Bad Movie Bible on YT. That is a compliment.
I'll check it out.
Judy Garland deserved better in her youth and as a woman
She certainly did!
It’s too bad that her father passed away at a young age. He may have been able to protect her from her mother and the studio bosses. 🇺🇸💙
I'm sure he would have tried, but he struggled to stand up to Ethel.
@professorgraemeyorston : Isn't the struggle to stand up to hugely controlling and mean spouses almost always an unsuccessful attempt ... 🇨🇦
God bless you Judy
I can understand how back then doctors said taking all those pills was safe, but what I don’t get is how they could possibly think the human body could function on three hours of sleep a night for extended periods of time. Like what?!
Greed. They knew what they were doing.
Very little was known about the physiology of sleep and the problems of sleep deprivation at the time.
@professorgraemeyorston: Maybe doctors didn't want to know ...
Just like dentists, for decades, refused to delve into the effects of mercury fillings in the teeth of children and adults when suspicions of mercury fillings was hugely determental.🇨🇦
When’s part 2 ?
It will be out next Friday.
@@professorgraemeyorston cheers
Don't know why, but Micky Rooney gives me the creeps!
I know what you mean.
The people of that era were so in the dark compared to actors and actresses of today
They will never let any studio boss treat them this horrible cruel way
Poor little girl 💔
A tragedy.
Hi. I'm waiting fore you to make a story on Howard Hughes. I have read a good amount on his life and would be keen to see your view to his life. He was after all a rather odd ball in USA. Greetings from Sweden. / Neo .
Thanks Neo, yes he is on my radar!
Good.
I have read Hughes was a mean tormentor to his wife, and planned the kidnapping of his little son as a sick prank that went terribly wrong ; and, Hughes let the German innocent man take the blame for the death of the boy. 🇨🇦
That was a magical movie, there have been other great movies that didn't start out well, blade runner was a flop, unable to earn as much as it cost to make, it's like some songs, at first they don't catch on but then all of sudden they become a smash. When Judy sings somewhere over the rainbow, I can't imagine anyone not touched by that song alone, nevermind the memorable, dramatic characters.
And to think, the song almost got cut!
Judy hated singing that song in her later years of life :
'If I have to sing that song one more time ....' 🇨🇦
There is no telling what type of horrors these child stars endured. Pushed by dysfunctional parents. Such a shame.
Very true.
Loser parents wanting stardom and recognition through the life of their offspring ... Character/talent false acquisition. 🇨🇦
Have you ever thought of making a video about a composer? The other day on litening to one of your videos I could hear faintly Erik Satie's fifth gnosienne on the background. He was a strange person. His annotations for the third gnosienne is by all accounts very odd. He didnt have the career he should have had. What was wrong with him?
I think he was a mystic.
Yes, Satie, Ravel, Tchaikovsky and Schumann are all on my to-do list!
Too bad that she a narcissist as a mother. Her dad seems kind. I can’t imagine allowing your child to be drugged all the time.
It seems extraordinary!
I guess it's the way of absolute containment and control ... Typical of a narcissistic parent (or spouse). 🇨🇦
Mickey Rooney certainly knew that Judy was indeed given drugs by the studio, if he didn't, he wasn't too bright. Another contemporary and co-star of Judy's, Jackie Cooper, remembered Judy telling him that she wanted to stop them, but didn't know how since she had to keep the pace up at MGM; even her surviving sister when interviewed in 1978 said that her mother gave Judy pills, but said that if Ethel had known they were harmful she wouldn't have allowed them. Yip Harburg, the man who wrote the lyrics to Over The Rainbow, also verified her addiction. Judy was a money maker, a commodity, and MGM used her time and talents as they saw fit.
I think Mickey had quite a few problems of his own.
Thank yu
You’re welcome 😊
Very sad how the producers were only interested in making money. Just imagine how much more $$ they could have earned TAKING CARE OF JUDY. She never made it to 50 years old but looked like an old woman. Very sad
WHAT A LEGEND STILL SO SAD SUCH A PERSON WHO SEEMED TO BE USED BY EVERYONE WHO CAME INTO HER LIFE RIP ETHEL GUMM
A great talent, that's how I like to remember her😊
Wouldve really enjoyed this more if there werent ads literally every 2 mins. Couldn't finish.
She was the female version of Michael Jackson. A monstruous talent with a monstruous mother.
All that fame and attention as a child - it can't be good for a young person.
I never knew that she had an affair and got pregnant with Tyrone Power! I thought I knew everything about Judy Garland. I love Tyrone Power! It's upsetting that they didn't allow her to keep the baby.
In many ways, she had a sad life, always looking for someone to love.
Where's part 2?
It will be out this Friday.
new subscriber. stumbled upon your channel. fascinating. thank you. Miss judy told the truth. mickey rooney, not so much.
Hello Dr Yorsten.. sharing names of a few people that might be of interest: Helen Keller, Babe Ruth, Jessie Owens, Marie Curie, Barbara McClintock and Greta Garbo.
Thanks, I'll look into them.
Helen Keller had a very, very interesting adult life ... 🇨🇦