Judy's half-arsed 'I can't believe you dragged me out of bed for this shit' rehearsal is a million times better and more interesting than most singers whole-arsed performances these days. They broke the mould when they made her, they really did.
Awesome talent, and she's just rehearsing. She's like "I can't read these frickin' words but oh WTF I'll get it right when we're live can I go back to my dressing room and screw it here's a high note before I do AHHHHHHHHHHHHH..." Love you Judy forEVER!
I think she looks so precious in this footage because she doesn't have all the heavy eye makeup on. Those big beautiful Garland eyes are more noticeable and she looks so cute in her black outfit and shoes. I wish we had more footage of her just being herself offstage. She will always be the greatest to me!
I lived on 80th St. in NYC during 1969 and saw Judy at the funeral home. She was tiny. I remember the peachy shade of lipstick she wore. She had on a blue grey dress that was more grey than blue. A friend said there was glass on her coffin, but I remember there was no glass.
Judy was better here then today's top singers today in top form. She knew enough to hold back during rehearsals and then when show time came, she belted it out of the park...
This is wonderful to watch. I feel that Judy, without the heavy makeup and dramatic eyes, looks very much like she did during her early years at MGM. Even her casual outfit seems to be more flattering than the full red gown she wore during the actual show!
Funny enough that coulda been a movie plot of hers back in the day. But she was always done up lookin like judy. I find this video very fascinating. This was the real woman behind that voice.
This absolutely breaks my heart. She was a major talent & no one took care of her or showed her how to care for herself. God bless Judy Garland. Rest in peace Dorothy. 😞🙏❤️
How many times have we seen this?, a young person with real talent comes along and makes it big just to have bad habits and age take it all away. The first time I watched The Wizard Of Oz(as a young boy) I thought she was beautiful, I'll always think of her in that way. Sad thing about life is we can't keep a person from destroying themselves. Of all the celebs I would have liked to have met her, she was a very real talent for sure.
Judy would always hold back in her rehearsals so she could save her voice to give the audiences came to hear and that is Her larger than life persona along with her amazing singing voice.
We need more of these rehearsals from The Hollywood Palace. I never saw this thankyou They need to release all 190 master episodes on blu ray of The Hollywood palace.
Judy was so very real, her hair looks like miss does after running my hands through it throughout the day. Then out comes this amazing powerhouse voice. What an amazing God given talent. ❤
Brilliant… even in her situation the Lady has Soul….still an absolute pro…Bravo!!!! They didn't have help back then Like now [Linsey Lulu ]…A true Class Act ! R.I.P. !!!!!!!!
Exactly. Judy didn't need to rehearse her singing. This is a tech rehearsal for lights, cameras, staging, etc. She's really just going-thru-the-motions here. However, when the audience was watching, she gave it every ounce in her tiny little body.
Even though there was very little effort and it was a rehearsal, her voice is fantastic. The industry she grew up in completely destroyed her, along with the vile people that bled her dry of her money. Poor Judy always looked so vulnerable but still came across as such a lovely lady. She was taken far too soon and the world was then deprived of her wonderful talent ❤️
A casualty of Hollywood & herself ... Actual support of her offstage & on, likely would have offered her hope to save herself ... Smokes definitely heard in voice ... Lessons to be learned ...
someone below asks, was she drunk..absolutely NOT. She just woke up. Showtime is another matter. I love this clip, i find it endears her to me even more. I can't watch the show(except for the finale, taped days later). She clearly is "off center" to say the least, not at all like here, focused, present, herself, even getting a giggle out of the ponderous lyric...
I read that she was so worried about being on time for the rehearsal that she spent the previous night in her trailer on the studio lot. If true, she probably had just rolled out of bed. Elsewhere on youtube, someone has cut this footage together with the number as broadcast. Check it out. The contrast is astounding.
Allan Fisch I don't she looked drunk at all she does look like she just woke up or tired from rehearsing all day , even so I think in this video she did really good nd sang clearly nd even if ur the best performed or rehearsed person weather it's for a concert or a play the rehearsal will be different from the actual peformance , that's how it goes in the industry
Hi guys! You know what? JUDY was H U M A N ! Simply put; she was talented, creative and way a hard performer! She just was working here, despite drugs etc... We may not have all been "there" but there is such a thing as a functioning/ productive addict; she just happened to be one of them! This was before known rehab blah blah blah. She was just plain "sick". That's why it's called a disease. Love this woman!
Sans makeup and her hair not all teased and sprayed , I see the young Judy here. I'm thinking back to the "I'm An Indian Too" number she shot for "Annie Get Your Gun."
Judy didn't need makeup.She was splendid in a tramps costume and a clown get up.With Judy,the communion she had with her audience proved to be the winning combination.
She's just running through it, for the timing, the cameras, the band - saving her voice and energy - It's a run through. The crap people say here...my gosh. No brains. Have any of you been performers? If you have, you know what a run through is. If not stfu.
Fascinating footage. Thanks for sharing it. She and Edit Piaf were compared a lot -- Piaf being called the French Judy Garland and vice-versa. And you know what? Here she even LOOKS like Piaf. I think it's the hair. Both women were horribly talented and tragic.
At this point in her life she was so dependent on the drugs that were force fed to her as a young child star at MGM that she became so strung out. Not to mention the alcohol she added to her dependencies too... its such a shame, it wasn't even her fault to begin with! Forced all for a buck that she NEVER saw her whole life! Such an amazing woman... so sad she had the quality of life she did, truly a talented star xo
The tempo is way too fast for this song. It sounds ridiculous, and she seems frustrated at the end. She could have done a nice version of this if it could have been slowed down This is marvelous footage!
This rehersal if for a number of purposes. Judy is runing throught the song in a perfunctory manner, not a fully realized version, to hit her marks. This also gives the cameramen a chance to reherse the number and understand how the director (on their headphones) wants it shot. The sound and lighting people are also on tap to make sure the final performance (when the audience is there) goes well. It's sort of a shakedown to show up any flaws and correct them. These performances were videotaped.
