Favorite Judy Garland Film Moments

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 2:25pm

So, as some of you may or may not know, my favorite singer/actress/dancer...all around performer of all time is Judy Garland. I was thinking about all the great films Judy has made and was thinking of my top 3 favorite moments. I came up with:
#1. Get Happy-Summer Stock
#2. The Trolley Song- Meet Me in St. Louis
#3. Born in a Truck Sequence- A Star is Born

Do you have any favorite Judy moments? Movies, performances? share!

[DG]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 2:27pm

I can't help it - singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in THE WIZARD OF OZ.

And the end line of that film gets me every time.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 2:37pm

I love all yours, Gypsy (although I prefer Born in a TruNk), and I will add Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas from Meet Me in St. Louis. I sob every time.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 2:53pm

there are some fab judy performance clips @ youtube....
this is my favorite.

[theatahguy]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 3:04pm

Get Happy - electric!
The Man That Got Away - mesmerizing!

...I'd say something from Meet Me in St. Louis, but Margaret O'Brien steals that movie away from Ms. Garland something fierce...

[luvliza89]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 3:08pm

Well, besides every single one...
and besides the ones chosen already...

I love the "Lose That Long Face"/Dressing Room Breakdown scene in A STAR IS BORN.

Actually every single musical number in that movie is bliss.

A few of my favorite lines from her movies:
"I don't know if we're the Three Musketeers, or the Three Blind Mice." - THE HARVEY GIRLS

Don Hewes: A girl dancer has to be exotic; she has to be - a peach.
Hannah Brown: I suppose I'm a lemon! - EASTER PARADE

Esther Smith: I'm going to let John Truett kiss me tonight.
Rose Smith: Esther Smith.
Esther Smith: Well, if we're going to get married, I may as well start it.
Rose Smith: Nice girls don't let men kiss them until after they're engaged. Men don't want the bloom rubbed off.
Esther Smith: Personally, I think I have too much bloom. Maybe that's the trouble with me. - MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS

I could go on, so I won't :)

[Kristie-K2]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 3:12pm

A Little movie she made in the 60's, A Child is Waiting. No singing, just great acting(should of been nominated for an Oscar.) John Cassavetes directed her as a teacher of mentally distrubed children.

One of the last scenes at the end when she is watching her students in a play.(heartbreaking) What an actress!!

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 3:17pm

Her interrogation on the witness stand in Judgement at Nuremberg is the most natural performance of hers I've seen.

[BT]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 3:27pm

A few of my favorites:
"Got a Pair of New Shoes" from Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
"Melody Farm" from Everybody Sing
"Meet the Beat of My Heart" from Love Finds Andy Hardy (speaking of which, where IS he???)
"Zing!" and "Bumpy Road" and "Ten Pins" from Listen, Darling
"Good Morning" from Babes in Arms
"Our Love Affair" from Strike Up the Band
"Singin' in the Rain" from Little Nellie Kelly
"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" from Ziegfeld Girl
"Chin Up! Cheerio! Carry On!" from Babes on Broadway
"When You Wore a Tulip (And I Wore a Big Red Rose) " from For Me and My Gal
"Paging Mr. Greenback" - cut from Presenting Lily Mars
"But Not for Me" from Girl Crazy
"The Joint Is Really Jumpin' in Carnegie Hall" from Thousands Cheer
"In the Valley" from Harvey Girls
"Interview" from Ziegfeld Follies 46
"Mr. Monotony" cut from Easter Parade, also "A couple of Swells" and for some reason I love "I want to go back to Michigan"
"Friendly Star" from Summer Stock
"By Myself" from I could go on Singing

[Jimmcf]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 3:38pm

I would add 'But Not For Me' from 'Babes In Arms' - but I do live 'The Man That Got Away' and 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas'

[PJ]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 3:51pm

1. "Born in a Trunk" sequence - A Star is Born
- Everything about this sequence is brilliant.

[Dancinqueen123]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 3:58pm

It's actually sad that the only thing I've seen Judy Garland in was Wizard of Oz, but I absolutly loved her in that movie.

[BT]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 3:59pm

It is sad, Dancinqueen, but you can fix that easily enough!

[mateo]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 4:08pm

John Truett: Say, that is nice perfume.
Esther Smith: Do you like it? It's Essence of Violet. I save it for on special occasions.
John Truett: Exactly the kind my grandmother uses.

*close eyes in sync with sound cue* <- awesome!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 4:23pm

I'll choose (TODAY!):

The song "Everybody Sing," which is NOT from the film Everybody Sing but from The Broadway Melody of 1938, and

"Hello, Bluebird," from I Could Go On Singing, which can also be found at the YouTube link below. I love this song because she--literally!--pulls that last high note out of nowhere.
Hello Bluebird., from the television special, Judy and Her Guests: Phil Silvers and Robert Goulet, March 19, 1963

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 4:41pm

Add to all of the above- "Minnie from Trinidad" from "Ziegfeld Girl" and "Happy Harvest" from "Summer Stock". And as an added extra- the "I like Men" medley from the Judy Garland show with Peggy Lee.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 4:42pm

Oh well if we're going there, then Happy Days are Here Again with Streisand.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 4:50pm

Hey Beerchild and Rath--that's cheating! The thread is about FILM moments. Start your own thread for favorite moments from the TV series.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 4:50pm

Sorry.

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 4:51pm

Meet Me in St Louis! When I was a little girl, my grandfather used to sing the Trolley Song to me. He died when I was about 11, but I always think of him when I hear that song. Then there is Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas. I am reduced to a puddle of tears.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 4:52pm

"The Man That Got Away"

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 5:00pm

Oh, geez, this is a tough one. Probably anything at all from Summer Stock or A Star Is Born. Or The Harvey Girls. How do you actually pick a favorite moment of hers!?

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 5:02pm

You don't! See BT's post...

Or you could pic a favorite moment from each of her films...

[Holly Therese]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 5:09pm

ONE MOMENT?! No way to choose, but:

All of Meet Me in St. Louis is fantastic.

A Child is Waiting-I had never heard of this until it was on TMC a few months ago...very very very good movie.

Gay Pur-ee-I loved this when I was a kid.

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 5:12pm

I love the whole Munchkin land sequence in "The Wizard of OZ"

That's my favorite of hers!