DVD Review: Presenting Lily Mars

(1943, Black & White, 104 min.)
Director: Norman Taurog

Can a small-town girl become a Big Apple star? Judy Garland finds out!

Presenting Judy Garland! Whether swinging a hot number with Bob Crosby's orchestra or emoting a hilariously hammy version of Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking scene, Judy is a delight as a stage-struck Hoosier in this charming film based on Booth Tarkington's novel. Lily just knows she has the talent to light up the Great White Way, so when a big Broadway producer (Van Heflin) visits her hometown, she expends all the candlepower of her charisma to impress him. He's not impressed. He heads back to New York and Lily follows, thumbing her way east on what she's sure is a one-way trip to instant stardom. At a mere 20 years old, Judy had already reached stardom. Presenting Lily Mars proves why, showcasing her once-in-a generation voice, gift for comedy and enduring movie magnatism. Break a leg, Lily!


Special Features

Academy Award-winning short Heavenly Music

Classic cartoon Who Killed Who?

Audio-Only Bonuses: Outtake Song "Paging Mr. Greenback", "Where There's Music" / "Broadway Rhythm" Finale Alternate Version, "Where There's Music" Finale Alternate Stereo Version and Radio Show Adaptation with June Allyson and Van Heflin

Theatrical Trailer

Subtitles: English (Feature Film Only)
Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)
Presented in original theatrical aspect ratio
Film Studio: MGM
DVD Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Release Date: December 19, 2006
UPC: 012569795266