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Judy Garland

The Golden Years at M-G-M

Laserdisc box set
MGM/UA Home Video ML104869 (1994)

Video Program:

Side One:

2. Opening Montage
4. That's the Good Old Sunny South (from The Big Revue - 1929)
7. La Cucaracha (from La Fiesta de Santa Barbara - 1935)
9-47. The Harvey Girls (feature film)

Side Two:

1-35. The Harvey Girls (continued)
36. My Intuition (deleted musical sequence)
37. March of the Doagies (deleted musical sequence)
38. March of the Doagies (reprise) (deleted musical sequence)

Side Three:

1. Silent Night (from 1937 Exhibitor's Christmas Trailer)
3. If I Forget You (from Will Rogers Memorial Short Subject ca. 1940)
5. Excerpt from We Must Have Music (1941 M-G-M "Romance of Celluloid")
6. Over The Rainbow ("Command Performance, U.S.A.," Circa 1942)
10-41. The Pirate (feature film)

Side Four:

1-33. The Pirate (continued)
35. Last Night When We Were Young (deleted musical sequence from In The Good Old Summertime, 1949)

Side Five:

1-27. Summer Stock (feature film)

Side Six:

1-38. Summer Stock (continued)

Side Seven:

Theatrical trailers

1. Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
3. Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
5. Everybody Sing (1938)
7. Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
9. Listen, Darling (1938)
11. The Wizard of Oz (1939) (Adapted for Reissue, 1949)
12. The Wizard of Oz (Alternate Reissue Trailer, 1949)
13. Babes in Arms (1939)
15. Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1941)
18. Strike Up the Band (1940)
20. Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
21. Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
23. Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941)
25. Babes on Broadway (1941)
27. For Me and My Gal (1942)
29. Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
30. Thousands Cheer (1943)
31. Girl Crazy (1943)
33. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) (Reissue Trailer, Circa 1951)
34. Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
36. The Clock (1945)
38. The Harvey Girls (1946)

Side Eight:

Theatrical Trailers (continued)

1. Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
3. The Pirate (1948)
5. Easter Parade (1948) (Reissue Trailer, 1955)
6. Words and Music (1948)
9. Words and Music (Teaser Trailer, 1948)
11. In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
13. Summer Stock (1950)
15. Judgment at Nuremberg (United Artists; 1961)
16. A Child is Waiting (United Artists; 1963)
17. I Could Go On Singing (United Artists; 1963)

Still Gallery
18. Judy - From Gumm to Garland
19. Musical Numbers and Routines Deleted from Judy's M-G-M Films
20. The Harvey Girls - Production and Publicity stills
21. The Pirate - Production and Publicity stills
22. Summer Stock - Production and Publicity stills

Side Nine:

1. I Could Go On Singing (Original Theatrical Trailer: The Loney Stage, 1963)
3. "Every Sunday" (short subject, 1936)
6. "Bubbles" (short subject, 1930)
9. God's Country/My Day/Good Morning (from Babes in Arms, 1939)
13. The Joint is Really Jumpin' in Carnegie Hall (from Thousands Cheer, 1943)

"The Judy Garland Stereo Scrapbook"
14. When Johnny Comes Marching Home/For Me and My Gal (from For Me and My Gal, 1942)
15. Where There's Music/Three O'Clock in the Morning/Broadway Rhythm (from Presenting Lily Mars, 1943)
16. On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe (from The Harvey Girls, 1946)
17. Mack the Black (from The Pirate, 1948)
18. F.D.R. Jones (from Babes on Broadway, 1941)
19. Look for the Silver Lining (from Till the Clouds Roll By, 1946)



Audio Program:

Side One:

"A Holiday in Storyland"
A First National (Vitaphone) Short, 1929; Burbank, California
1. Holiday in Storyland (title tune, Jerome/Berg)
3. When the Butterflies Kiss the Buttercups Goodbye (Jerome/Berg)
    - The Gumm Sisters billed as "The Three Kute Kiddies"
5. Blue Butterfly - Baby (Frances Ethel) Gumm

"The Wedding of Jack and Jill"
A First National (Vitaphone) Short, 1929; Burbank, California
6. Hang On to the Rainbow (Green/Stept) - Baby Gumm

[All subsequent tracks on Sides One through Eight feature Judy Garland (and/or additional artists as noted) and were recorded at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Culver City, California.]

Broadway Melody of 1938, 1937
8. Your Broadway and My Broadway (Freed/Brown) - with Chorus; recorded March 14, 1937 (take 7)
11. Your Broadway and My Broadway (take 8)
14. Yours and Mine (Freed/Brown) - with The St. Brendan's Boys Choir and Eloise Rawitzer; recrorded April 16, 1937 (take 9)
15. Yours and Mine (take 11)
17. Everybody Sing part 1 (Freed/Brown); recorded March 5, 1937 (take 6)
19. Everybody Sing part 1 (take 7)
21. Everybody Sing part 1 (take 8)
23. Everybody Sing Part 2, with Sophie Tucker, Barnett Parker, J.D. Jewkes and Chorus March 5, 1937 (take 4)
26. Everybody Sing Part 2 (take 6)
29. (Dear Mr. Gable) You Made Me Love You (Edens/McCarthy/Monaco); May 7, 1937
31. (Dear Mr. Gable) You Made Me Love You (Tag Only, Take 1)
32. (Dear Mr. Gable:) You Made Me Love You (Tag Only, Take 2)

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
33. Got A Pair of New Shoes (Freed/Brown); recorded September 20, 1937 (Complete Version)
35. Got A Pair of New Shoes (Short Version; Take 6)
38. Thoroughbreds Don't Cry - Main title music; recorded October 24, 1937 (Take 1)
39. Got A Pair of New Shoes (Finale Version) - with Mickey Rooney and Ronald Sinclair; recorded October 24, 1937
41. Got A Pair of New Shoes (Finale Version; Alternate Take)

Everybody Sing (1938)
42. Swing Mr. Mendelssohn (Kaper/Jurmann/Kahn) - with the St. Brandan's Boys Choir; recorded August 26, 1937 (Complete Version; ironically, the Boys Choir was here dubbing for a chorus in an all-girl school)
45. Swing Mr. Mendelssohn Part 1; recorded August 26, 1937 (Alternate Take)
46. Melody Farm (Kaper/Jurmann/Kahn); recorded October 4, 1937 (Complete Version)

Side Two:

1. Melody Farm Part 1; recorded October 4, 1937 (Alternate Take)
3. Melody Farm Part 2; (Takes 4-6)
5. Melody Farm Part 4; (Takes 2 & 3)
7. Melody Farm Part 3 & 4; (Take 2)

Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
8. In-Between (Edens); recorded June 24, 1938
10. Meet the Beat of My Heart (Gordon/Revel); recorded June 24, 1938

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
12. All I Do Is Dream Of You (Freed/Brown) - recorded May 10, 1940
14. Buds Won't Bud (Arlen/Harburg) - Only Part 1 of the song survives; recorded March 14, 1940
16. Alone (Freed/Brown) - recorded May 10, 1940
19. Alone (Reprise)
20. I'm Nobody's Baby (Davis/Ager/Santly); recorded March 14, 1940

Strike Up the Band (1940)
22. The Curse of an Aching Heart (Piantadosi) - deleted from the show-within-a-show, "Gay 90s" parody, Nell of New Rochelle; recorded April 23, 1940

Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
23. Danny Boy (F.E. Weatherly) (Take 6); recorded September 10, 1940
25. Danny Boy (Take 7)
27. A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow (Adaptation by Edens); Part 1 recorded September 10, 1940; Part 2 recorded September 9, 1940
28. Singing in The Rain (Freed/Brown); [Vocal Channel Only] recorded September 9, 1940

Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
31. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (McCarthy/Carroll) (Comedy Version; Take 3); recorded November 13, 1940
32. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (Comedy Version, Take 4)
33. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (Ballad Version, Take 4); recorded November 13, 1940
34. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (Ballad Version, Takes 5 & 6)
37. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (Ballad Version, Take 7)
38. We Must Have Music (Brown/Kahn)/Special Material (Edens)/You Stepped Out of a Dream (Brown/Kahn) (Original Finale) - with Tony Martin, Six Hits and a Miss, and Chorus; recorded December 22, 1940
41. Special material (Edens)/I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (Deleted Finale Reprise) - with Tony Martin; recorded December 22, 1940

Side Three:

1. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (Deleted Finale Reprise)
2. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (Deleted Finale Reprise, Take 3)
4. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (Deleted Finale Reprise, Take 4)
5. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (Deleted Finale Reprise, Take 5)
7. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (Deleted Finale Reprise, Take 6)

Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941)
8. America (My Country 'Tis of Thee) (Smith/Carey) - with Chorus; recorded May 19, 1941
9. Easy to Love (Porter); recorded June 4 and 25, 1941
12. Easy to Love (Alternate Take)
13. Abide With Me (Lyte/Monk); recorded June 4, 1941
15. The Rosary (Rogers/Nevin); recorded June 4, 1941 & July 23, 1941

For Me and My Gal (1942)
16. For Me and My Gal (Meyer/Leslie/Goetz) - with Gene Kelly; recorded March 21, 1942
19. For Me and My Gal (2 Tags)
20. The Doll Shop/Oh You Beautiful Doll - with Lucille Norman, George Murphy and Chorus; recorded March 20, 1942
22. The Doll Shop Part 2
23. Don't Leave Me, Daddy (Verges) ("The Doll Shop")
25. Don't Leave Me, Daddy ("The Doll Shop")
26. The Doll Shop (Tag)
28. By The Beautiful Sea (Carroll/Atteridge) - with George Murphy, Ben Blue and Chorus; recorded March 20, 1942
29. When You Wore a Tulip (Mahoney/Weinrich) - with Gene Kelly; recorded May 26, 1942
30. After You've Gone (Creamer/Layton); recorded March 24, 1942
32. Till We Meet Again (Whiting/Egan/Donaldson) - with Lucille Norman, The King's Men and Chorus; recorded March 27, 1942
33. Ballin' the Jack (Burris/Smith) - with Gene Kelly; recorded March 21, 1942
36. How 'Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm? (Lewis/Young/Donaldson) - with Chorus; recorded March 27, 1942
37. Where Do We Go From Here (Johnson/Wenrich) - with The King's Men and Chorus; recorded March 27, 1942
38. Y.M.C.A. Montage: It's a Long Way to Tipperary (Judge/Williams) / Goodbye, Broadway! Hello, France! (Baskette/Reisner/Davis) - Chorus / Smiles (Roberts/Callahan) / Oh Frenchy (Conrad) - Gene Kelly and Ben Blue / Pack Up Your Troubles (Powell/Asaf); recorded May 26, 1942 [Note: The medley of songs planned for the camp tour sequences of For Me and My Gal underwent several revisions, as evidenced by the complete version of "Smiles" and the deleted "Three Cheers for the Yanks".]
39. Smiles recorded June 25, 1942
40. Don't Bite the Hand That's Feeding You (Morgan/Hoier) - with Abe Dinovitch and Maude Erickson; recorded May 26, 1942
42. Three Cheers for the Yanks (Martin/Blane) - with Six Hits and a Miss and Chorus; recorded May 27, 1942

Side Four:

1. Three Cheers for the Yanks (Orchestra Cover Track)
2. For Me and My Gal (Deleted Finale) - with George Murphy, Gene Kelly and Chorus; recorded March 27, 1942
4. For Me and My Gal (Deleted Finale; Tag)
5. When Johnny Comes Marching Home Part 1 (Finale) (Lambert/Edens) - with Chorus; recorded June 25, 1942
7. For Me and My Gal Part 2 (Revised Finale) - with Gene Kelly and Chorus; recorded June 25, 1942

Presenting Lily Mars (1943)

8. Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son (Lane/Harburg); recorded July 28, 1942
10. Ev'ry Little Movement (Harbach/Hoschna) - with Mary Kent (Dubbing for Connie Gilchrist); recorded July 28, 1942
12. When I Look at You (Jurmann/Webster) - with Bob Crosby and his Orchestra; recorded September 18, 1942
14. Caro Mona (When I Look at You) (comedy version) - with Bob Crosby and his Orchestra; recorded September 18, 1942
16. Presenting Lily Mars (Edens) - Chorus / Paging Mr. Greenback (Brown/Harburg/Fain) - with Chorus (Original Finale); recorded October 16, 1942
19. Where There's Music (Edens) (Finale; Part 1) - with Chorus; recorded March 5, 1943
21. Where There's Music (Finale; Part 2) - with Chorus
23. Where There's Music (Finale; Part 3) - with Chorus
24. Where There's Music (Finale; Part 4) - with Chorus
25. Where There's Music (Finale; Part 5) - with Chorus
26. Where There's Music (Finale; Part 6, Broadway Rhythm) - with Chorus
28. Where There's Music (Finale; Pick-Up) - with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
29. Where There's Music - with Chorus / St. Louis Blues (Handy) - with Judy Carol and Chorus / It's a Long Way to Tipperrary (Judge/Williams) - with Chorus / In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree (Van Alstyne/Williams) / Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (Brown/Stept/Tobias) / Three O'Clock in the Morning (Terris/Robeldo) - with Chorus / Broadway Rhythm (Freed/Brown) - with Ralph Blane, Six Hits and a Miss, Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra and Chorus (Finale; Complete Edited Version); all recorded March 5, 1943 except for "Broadway Rhythm" which was recorded March 4, 1943

The following are the surviving original prerecordings for the three feature films included in Judy Garland: The Golden Years at MGM:

The Harvey Girls (1946)
Except where otherwise noted, songs by Johnny Mercer and Harry Warren.
34. It's a Great Big World - with Virginia O'Brien and Marion Doenges (Dubbing for Cyd Charisse); recorded January 5, 1945
36. It's a Great Big World (Pick-Up)

Side 5:

1. On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Pt. 1 (Take 4); recorded January 8, 1945
3. On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Pt. 1 (Take 5)
5. On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Pt. 2
7. On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Pt. 3
9. On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe (Complete Version; additional lyrics by Kay Thompson and Ralph Blane) - with Ben Carter, Marjorie Main, Virginia O'Brien, Ray Bolger, The Williams Brothers (Andy, Bob and Don), Alice Ludes, Dorothy McCarty, Lee Gotch, Jud Conlon, Ralph Blane, Loulie Jean Norman, Dorothy Jackson, Judy Matson, Mary Moder, Ruth Clark, Jimmie Garland, Dorothy Wilkerson, Vivian Edwards, Joe Karnes, Kenneth Rundquist, Claude Martin, Arnet Amos and Chorus
12. Training Montage [The Train Must Be Fed] (Salinger/Edens/Warren) - with Edward Earle, Selena Royle, Marjorie Main, Joe Karnes, Elva Kellogg and The Harvey Girls; (Garland was working elsewhere and her solo lines for the number were dubbed in later); recorded January 13, 1945
13. Training Montage (Alternate Take)
15. The Wild, Wild, West (With Piano) - Virginia O'Brien; (O'Brien was pregnant during the shooting of the film; her numbers hurriedly completed - thus this solo sans orchestra); recorded January 29, 1945
16. The Wild, Wild West (Synch with Orchestra Track)
18. Ray Bolger Dance Sequence (On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe) - Orchestra; recorded February 15, 1945
19. Ray Bolger Dance Sequence (Take 2)
20. Oh, You Kid - Virginia Reece (Dubbing for Angela Lansbury); recorded February 15, 1945
22. Wait and See - Kenny Baker; recorded February 15, 1945 (Incomplete)
24. Wait and See - Kenny Baker and Marion Doenges (Dubbing for Cyd Charisse); recorded February 16, 1945
28. My Intuition - with John Hodiak; recorded February 17, 1945
29. In the Valley (Where the Evening Sun Goes Down) - recorded February 16, 1945
30. In the Valley (Choral Reprise) - with Kenny Baker and Chorus; recorded February 17, 1945

Side Six:

1. March of the Doagies - with Joe Karnes, Frank Laine, Don Ellis, Eugene Dorian, Ralph Blane, Don Williams and Chorus; recorded February 17, 1945
2. March of the Doagies (Reprise) - with Chorus
3. Hayride - with Ray Bolger and Chorus; recorded February 19, 1945
6. Hayride (Pick-Up)
7. Swing Your Partner Round and Round Pts. 1 & 2 - with Marjorie Main, The Harvey Girls and Chorus; recorded February 19, 1945
10. Swing Your Partner Round and Round Pt. 3
11. Swing Your Partner Round and Round (Complete)
15. In the Valley (Reprise) - Rehearsal recording with Judy Garland and Kay Thompson; Roger Edens on piano

The Pirate (1948)
Songs by Cole Porter.
17. Mack the Black (1st Deleted Version) - with Chorus; (Portions of this recording exist only in the form of playback discs, thus the varying sound quality.); recorded December 28, 1946
20. Mack the Black (2nd Deleted Version)
22. Mack the Black (1st Deleted Version Tag)
24. Mack the Black (2nd Deleted Version Tag) - with Roger Edens on piano
26. Love of My Life (Deleted Version); recorded December 27, 1946
29. Niña (Demo Recording) - sung and played by Roger Edens
31. Be a Clown (Demo Recording) - Roger Edens
33. Manuela (Demo Recording) - Roger Edens; song deleted from shooting script and never used
34. Voodoo (Demo Recording) - Roger Edens
36. You Can Do No Wrong (Demo Recording) - Roger Edens

Side Seven:

1. Papayas - Lillian Bremond (Market Place Sequence) / Serafin's March - Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton at the twin pianos; recorded March 18, 1947
2. Niña (Take 9) - Gene Kelly; recorded March 19, 1947
4. Niña (Take 3) recorded March 18, 1947
6. Voodoo (Take 1) - vocal chorus only; recorded April 10, 1947
8. Voodoo (Take 3; Short Version)
10. Voodoo (Complete Version)
14. You Can Do No Wrong - recorded May 13, 1947
16. Be a Clown - Gene Kelly and The Nicholas Brothers; recorded July 7, 1947
17. Be a Clown (Finale) - with Gene Kelly; recorded July 14, 1947
19. Mack the Black Pt. 1 (Final Version) - with Chorus; recorded December 15, 1947
22. Mack the Black (Final Version Tag)
24. Mack the Black (Final Version, Edited)

Summer Stock (1950)
Except where otherwise noted, songs by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon.
26. If You Feel Like Singing, Sing; recorded October 13, 1949
28. (Howdy, Neighbor) Happy Harvest - with Chorus; Recorded October 13, 1949
30. Dig-Dig-Dig for Your Dinner - Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers and Chorus; recorded November 4, 1949
32. Mem'ry Island - Pete Roberts and Gloria DeHaven (Dubbing for Hans Conried) and Chorus; recorded November 17, 1949
35. The Portland Fancy - Orchestra; recorded November 5, 1949
37. The Portland Fancy (Tag)
39. The Portland Fancy (Tag; Take 2)
40. Fall in Love - Gloria DeHaven and Phil Silvers; recorded November 15, 1949

Side Eight:

1. You, Wonderful You (Warren/Brooks/Chaplin) - with Gene Kelly; recorded February 3, 1950
2. Friendly Star; recorded November 27, 1949
4. You, Wonderful You (Newspaper Dance) - Orchestra; recorded March 31, 1950
7. [It's] All for You (Chaplin) - with Gene Kelly and Chorus; recorded February 2, 1950
8. You, Wonderful You (Garland and Kelly Reprise); recorded February 13, 1950
10. Heavenly Music (Chaplin) - Gene Kelly and Phil Silvers; recorded March 6, 1950
12. Get Happy (Arlen/Koehler) - with Male Sextette; recorded March 15, 1950
14. (Howdy Neighbor) Happy Harvest (Finale) - with Gene Kelly and Chorus; recorded February 2, 1950

Side Nine:

Rehearsal, Radio and Personal Appearance Recordings

1. "Feelin' Like a Million" (Freed/Brown) - Originally performed by Eleanor Powell and George Murphy in Broadway Melody of 1938, "Feelin' Like a Million" is here given the Garland touch. This is a rehearsal recording (possibly for a personal appearance or radio show), circa summer 1937; Roger Edens is the accompanist.

2. "Could You Pass in Love?" (Gordon/Revel) - from "Maxwell House Good News of 1939", NBC Radio, September 8, 1938. After scores of radio appearances while still one of The Gumm Sisters, Judy made her network debut under the M-G-M aegis in 1935. A half-season stint on "Jack Oakie's College" began in winter 1937; by 1938, she was a regular on Metro's own program, "Good News...". To kick off the new season, she joined host Robert Young, musical director Meredith Willson, and resident comic Frank Morgan in a Roger Edens musical sketch built around a tune from the Twentieth Century Fox picture, My Lucky Star. (Two weeks later, Morgan would be assigned the title role in The Wizard of Oz.)

4. "Sweet Sixteen" from "Tune-Up Time", CBS Radio, April 6, 1939. Immediately after completing her work in Oz, Judy embarked on a five-week personal appearance tour. Her star was definitely in the ascendant: police had to be called out to control the crowds when she played Broadway's Loew's State. Among her additional assignments in New York, she bantered with emcee Walter O'Keefe and sang another piece of Edens special material on "Tune-Up Time" (accompanied by Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra). Coincidentally, the choral director for the program was Kay Thompson who would, in 1943, begin a stint as an M-G-M vocal arranger/writer and become one of Judy's closest friends and strongest professional influences.

5. "Over the Rainbow" (Arlen/Harburg) - from a personal appearance at a Greek Resistance Benefit, February 25, 1941. Judy sings her hit from Oz, accompanied at the piano by composer Arlen; the orchestra is conducted by David Rose, whom Judy would marry in July. The emcee is Gene Buck.

7. "It's a Great Day for the Irish" (Edens) - Judy's encore at the Greek Resistance Benefit. She had introduced the number the preceding November in M-G-M's Little Nellie Kelly.

8. "Over the Rainbow" - with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, recorded August 13, 1944. Drawn from the NBC Radio "Your All-Time Hit Parade", this version of "Rainbow" was also issued in "V-Disc" format: a 78rpm record produced by the Armed Forces Radio Service as moral support for service men and women during World War II.

10. "Philco Radio Hall of Fame" (Introduction) - from December 17, 1944; leading into:

11. "The Trolley Song" (Martin/Blane) - accompanied by Paul Whiteman, His Orchestra and Chorus. In acknowledgement of the just-released Meet Me in St. Louis (and her first appearance as a Life Magazine cover girl because of that film), Judy offered two songs from the movie score on the Philco program. "The Trolley Song" was already on the Hit Parade; the date of the Philco show made her next selection just as timely:

12. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Martin/Blane) - accompanied by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra.

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