Comments on: The Strings of Judy Garland’s Heart

By: Mary Claire

Mary Claire — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:50:27 +0000

The best judgment is, she didn't commit suicide… her pattern was to take more sleeping pills when she woke up in the early morning, as she did that fateful day, so she could get a few more hours of sleep… in recent weeks she was telling friends to remind her to breathe, otherwise she would forget… her system was slowing down…

By: Donla

Donla — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:18:57 +0000

"…only to be, mercifully, granted eternal rest." This certainly imply's God -death and all that.
I'm not judging the moral condition of her soul. That's is clearly God's domain, but Christians are obligated to discern wrong and admonish those who support or do it to stop (check St. Paul) I merely noted that the article has judged at least the objective act to be forgiven (mercy and looking down celestially) I'd suggest that many here might confuse observation of wrong with judgement of a soul (condemnation?)

By: Dale Sprague

Dale Sprague — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:51:45 +0000

Judy Garland is today what she always will be – an American entertainment icon. Her voice, her dancing ability, her acting ability, so versatile, so energetic even at the height of her pain, made her Hollywood's finest and we all loved her so much. To lose her so tragically and so soon was something to never-get-over. I was 15 when she died and I cried then as I do now every time I see her fabulous movies on classic movie networks and hear her heavenly voice. Female entertainers of today would do well to emulate her style and her stage presence. Classic songs? Tons of 'em! Trolley Song, Over the Rainbow, You Made Me Love You, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Easter Bonnet (with fellow immortal Fred Astaire), oh so many – to hear her sing them over and over again is a pleasure. Yes, Judy (Frances) had her troubles and her foibles, no doubt. But you know what? She made a hell of a lot of us happier with her never ending talent. Judy, you were the best, girl! For all of us, up there in heaven right now, take a bow. We sure as hell miss you. Hollywood was a better place for having had Miss Gumm. RIP lovely lady!

By: LoneWolfArcher

LoneWolfArcher — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:49:48 +0000

Great piece. My wife has always had a Judy Garland fascination. I was in my mid-teens before I found out she died so young only a month after my own birth. Now at 40 I look back at her tragic life and find it hard to believe that 4 decades later handlers are still pushing talent to these extremes at times. I think of Britney Spears as merely one example.

Fame is one of those things that everyone wants, until they have it.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:41:54 +0000

On September 29th I will be buying "The Wizard of Oz" on Blu-ray. It made Judy a star, and Judy made the movie a classic.

By: 2soccergirls

2soccergirls — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:37:32 +0000

I had giant kid sized Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls. After I saw it for the first time, I laid the dolls out in the bed, climbed in between them so if the little man came in my room in the night, he would grab one of the dolls first, and this would give me time to get away. LOL! I had nightmares for years after watching that movie!

Don't even get me started about the flying monkeys and the witch in the Wizard of Oz! LOL!

By: Madelyn

Madelyn — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:31:46 +0000

"Mercifully granted eternal rest? Sorry, but suicide isn't God's mercy."

Who said suicide is God's mercy? God's mercy is His divine love, granted to even the most undeserving (in human's eyes).

"but giving up hope is the inevitable result of not knowing God." I disagree. You may know God but faith (the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not yet seen) can be challenged as life throws you curves.

One should not presume to know the boundaries of God's mercy.

By: NutsnBolts

NutsnBolts — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:02:46 +0000

Could have been a glitch. The admin is software.

By: Madelyn

Madelyn — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:33:04 +0000

Judy Garland is one of my favorites, so talented and a born performer. I heard the story on TCM that while making The Harvey Girls, there were problems with her missing rehearsals and she had not rehearsed the train scene where she sings 'On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe', but the day it was to be filmed, she performed it for the first time with the cast (large) and that's the scene in the movie.

I think I first got hooked on old movies from watching the Andy Hardy movies that were on TV Sat. and Sun. mornings when I was young. Meet Me in St. Louis is one of my favorites and I played The Trolley Song over and over from one of my father's albums.

That her life had so much hardship and that she died so young is tragic. That the Hollywood machine took part in her struggles with their sanctioning of drugs for their own benefit is disgusting.

By: MrsSpooky

MrsSpooky — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:54:17 +0000

I cried for days when I got the news myself. We were visiting family in Poughkeepsie, and were watching a game show when the text notifying everyone of her death crawled across the bottom of the screen. Grief-stricken, but hardly surprised, given the state of her health at the time.

Now I'm thinking of Susan Boyle and what she's going through. Probably not the same, but some things never change.