Judy Garland At MGM at POST

In honor of Judy Garland’s 90th birthday this year, I am currently presenting a series, titled Judy Garland at MGM, as part of the Hutton House Lectures, at Long Island University: C.W. Post campus. The main focus of the course is to present film feature examples of how Judy Garland matured as an actress while appearing in musicals produced by the Arthur Freed unit at MGM, between 1942 and 1949. In the series, I have featured For Me And My Gal, the first of three films Garland appeared in with Gene Kelly (his film debut). The following week, we saw Judy in Vincente Minnelli’s Meet Me In St. Louis, released in 1944. Easter Parade, our next film, which Judy co stars with Fred Astaire, was delayed, due to the recent storm here on Long Island. Thus, Easter Parade has been rescheduled for this Friday, July 27th. Since our last film in the series, In The Good Old Summertime, was originally scheduled for that date, I will poll the students, and see what will be the next best day to present In The Good Old Summertime.