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The Best of MGM
The Golden Years: 1928-1959
by James Robert Parish and Gregory Mank
Arlington House Publishers, Westport, Connecticut, 1981
ISBN 0-87000-488-3 (9" x 11" hard cover, 259pp.)
Contains detailed information about some of the best of MGM's films. An excellent resource! If you can find it, buy it!
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Celebrity Cookbook
by Johna Blinn
Playmore, New York, 1981
no ISBN (8½" x 11" soft cover, 512pp)
Not exactly a reference book, but it's fun! Includes favorite recipes of many Hollywood stars, including a recipe for "Shepherd's Pie Supreme" submitted by Judy.
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Classic Celebrity Cutouts
(Paper Doll Fashions of Yesteryear)
by Cynthia Erfurt Musser
Hobby House Press, Cumberland, Maryland, 1988
ISBN 0-87588-310-9 (8¼" x 11" soft cover, 128pp)
Judy Garland paper dolls covered
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Collector's Guide to Ideal Dolls
by Judith Izen
Collector Books, Paducah, Kentucky, 1994
ISBN 0-89145-566-3 (8½" x 11" soft cover, 256pp)
Judy Garland dolls covered
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The Films of the Forties
by Tony Thomas
The Citadel Press, Secaucus, New Jersey, 1975 (1st ed.)
ISBN 0-8065-0741-4 (9" x 12" hard cover, 279pp)
Includes two of Judy's movies: Strike Up the Band and Meet Me in St. Louis
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Gotta Sing Gotta Dance
(A History of Movie Musicals)
by John Kobal
Spring Books, London, 1983
ISBN 0-600-55928-9 (9" x 12" hard cover, 320pp)
Great book; includes a lot on Judy
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Great Movie Actresses
by Philip Strick
William Morrow and Company, New York, 1984
ISBN 0-688-03114-5 (10½" x 14" hard cover, 256)
Covers many actresses, including a section on Judy. Interesting in that it provides a viewpoint of someone who apparently doesn't like Judy.
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Hollywood At Your Feet
the Story of the World-Famous Chinese Theatre
by Stacey Endres and Robert Cushman
Pomegranate Press, Los Angeles, 1992
ISBN 0-938817-08-6 (8½" x 11" soft cover, 347pp)
Interesting book of the history of the Hollywood Chinese Theater. Includes a section of pix and text on each ceremony held there and the people who left their hand and footprints in the forecourt. Be
sure to visit the official .
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Hollywood Glamour Portraits
145 Photos of Stars 1926-1949
by John Kobal
Dover Publications, New York, 1976
ISBN 0-486-23352-9 (8½" x 11" soft cover, 144pp)
Nice collection of portraits; nice picture of Judy included!
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Hollywood Legends
(Classic Portraits)
by Mark A. Viera
BDD Illustrated Books, New York, 1993
ISBN 0-7924-5851-6 (10½" x 14" hard cover, 320pp)
Absolutely stunning book! Wonderful printing; beautiful portraits of all the major stars from Hollywood's golden era. Includes a number of great portraits of Judy!
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Hollywood Musicals
by Ted Sennett
Abradale Press / Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1985
ISBN 0-8109-8070-3 (10½" x 13½" hard cover, 384pp)
Big, beautiful book! Lots of Judy inside.
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Hollywood Song
The Complete Film & Musical Companion
by Ken Bloom
Facts on File, New York, 1995
ISBN 0-8160-2668-8 (8½" x 11" hard cover, three volumes, 1504pp)
For serious research - wonderful set of books with information on practically every movie song ever written!
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Hollywood's Great Love Teams
by James Robert Parish
Rainbow Books, Carlstadt, New Jersey, 1977
ISBN 0-87000-245-7 (hard cover)
ISBN 0-89508-004-4 (6" x 9" soft cover, 828pp)
Features many of the great love teams of the Golden Era: Gilbert and Garbo, Powell and Loy, Eddy and MacDonald, etc. Includes a chapter on Mickey and Judy.
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Jerome Kern Collection
by Hugh Fordin
T.B. Harms Company, 1988
(c/o The Welk Music Group, Santa Monica, California)
ISBN 0-88188-903-2 (9" x 12" soft cover, 239pp)
Several pictures and articles on Judy inside
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The Legends
Twelve All-Time Great Entertainers
by John Fisher
Galahad Books, 1976
Stein and Day/Publishers/Scarborough House,
Briarcliff Manor, New York
ISBN 0-8128-1927-6 (8¾" x 11½" hard cover, 220pp)
Great book about some great people. Includes a section on Judy.
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MGM: When the Lion Roars
by Peter Hay
Turner Publishing, Atlanta, 1991 (1st ed.)
ISBN 1-878685-05-X (9" x 12" hard cover, 335pp)
Wonderful book all about the history of MGM! The book is a companion for the videotapes of the same name:
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The MGM Stock Company:
The Golden Era
by James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers
Arlington House, New Rochelle, New York, 1973
ISBN 0-87000-128-0 (6½" x 9½" hard cover, 862pp.)
Great book! Features biographical sketches and filmographies on "the greatest actors and actresses on the MGM lot." Includes a chapter on Judy, of course!
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The MGM Story
The Complete History of Fifty-Seven Roaring Years
by John Douglas Eames
Crown Publishers, New York, 1982
ISBN 0-517-523892 (9½" x 12½" hard cover, 408pp
Pictures and info on ALL of MGM's films!
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Meet Me in St. Louis
by Gerald Kaufman
71 pp.
British Film Institute/BFI Film Classics
BFI Publishing, London (1994)
ISBN: 0-85170-501-4
A study of the classic movie musical starring Judy
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Movies of the Forties
Edited by Ann Lloyd and David Robinson
Orbis Publishing Limited, London, 1982
ISBN 0-85613-454-6 (8½" x 11½" hard cover, 219pp)
Nice book with small chapter on Judy
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They Had Faces Then
Superstars, Stars and Starlets of the 1930's
by John Springer and Jack Hamilton
Citadel Press, Secaucus, New Jersey, 1974 (1st ed.)
ISBN 0-8065-0300-9 (9¼" x 12", hard cover, 342pp)
Pix and info on hundreds of actresses from the 1930s
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Too Young to Die
by Patricia Fox Sheinwold
Ottenheimer Publishers, 1979
No ISBN (8½" x 11" hard cover, 356pp)
Short biographies and pictures of a select group of entertainers who died young.
Judy is included.
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Vincente Minnelli and The Film Musical
by Joseph Andrew Casper
A.S. Barnes and Company, Cranbury, New Jersey, 1977
ISBN 0-498-01784-2 (8¾" x 11" hard cover, 192pp)
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Who Wrote That Song?
by Dick Jacobs & Harriet Jacobs
Writer's Digest Books, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2nd ed. 1994
ISBN 0-89879-639-3 (8½" x 11" soft cover, 428pp)
Amazing collection of information on pop, rock and movie songs - especially considering that the book is not all that large. Jacobs and Jacobs seem to have a sixth sense for selecting the songs that
everyone wants to know about.
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