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 left-right: Betty Jaynes, Jackie Cooper, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, June Preisser, Virginia Weidler, Louis B. Mayer MGM head boss Louis B. Mayer hosted a birthday party for Judy and her friends on the occasion of her 17th birthday (June 10, 1939). Judy was filming Babes in Arms at the time, so the party was probably more of a publicity occasion than a true party, especially given that everyone in this photo was in that film with the exception of Jackie Cooper, and he was Judy's official MGM-appointed escort at the time. (photo from the collection of the author) |