JUDY GARLAND

Rating:
Summary: well...
Review: I think that Anne Edwards is a very good author, i have read her bookds on judy, vivien leigh, shirlet temple etc. I think that there is a bit of hero- worship going on in her Judy book though. I dont see it as terribly accurate, but its quite a good read so if you want to get it,. But if you wabnt a detailed account of her life i would recomend grold franks book.

Rating:
Summary: well...
Review: I think that Anne Edwards is a very good author, i have read her bookds on judy, vivien leigh, shirlet temple etc. I think that there is a bit of hero- worship going on in her Judy book though. I dont see it as terribly accurate, but its quite a good read so if you want to get it,. But if you wabnt a detailed account of her life i would recomend grold franks book.

Rating:
Summary: good but....
Review: I thought this book was very good. I'm not entirely sure however what to think of the book.
After reading this I was VERY upset and cried several times because of what was said. It isn't the authors fault and her comments because they were fine, it was just what happened to Judy in life.
I don't think the book tells the whole truth because (for e.g.) Anne Edwards says that L.B.Mayer treated Judy literally like rubbish. Throwing her around wherever the hell he pleased BUT in Lorna Luft's Me and My shadows Lorna says that Judy loved Mayer dearly and never once complained about him and that he loved her.
I don't know who to believe but I am leaning towards Lorna's version.
Although this book doesn't have all the facts it is clear to see that Anne Edwards did do a lot of research before writing this but maybe didn't talk to all the right people.
Anne seems to be a fan of Judys and I do recommend this book to anyone who loves Judy as much as me.
Anne seems genuine with her love to Judy and so it isn't like Sheridan Morley with his book Over The Rainbow.
May you rest in piece Miss Judy Garland!

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Summary: The Myth of Judy Garland
Review: Like several other biographers (most recently Gerald Clarke), Anne Edwards makes the mistake of taking Garland herself as the ultimate authority on her own life--and since Garland never let the truth get in the way of a good story and frequently recast the facts in order to justify her excesses, this is a very serious mistake indeed.

Even so, the book is written in a very readable, slightly romanticized style, and while you have to take it with a whole shaker of salt it does a very good job of presenting Garland as she herself wished to be perceived--and in that sense Garland fans will find it quite interesting. But for a serious biography of Garland, I recommend Christopher Finch's RAINBOW and Gerald Frank's JUDY.