16MM CBS - TV SHOW: JUDY GARLAND IN CONCERT - ONE WOMAN SHOW, 2/9/64
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According to Wikipedia :
“The Judy Garland Show is a...n American musical variety television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963–1964 television season. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found success with several television specials featuring the star. Garland, who for years had been reluctant to commit to a weekly series, saw the show as her best chance to pull herself out of severe financial difficulties. Despite it being cancelled relatively early on, it is now revered and considered an important piece of television history.Production difficulties beset the series almost from the beginning. The series had three different producers in the course of its 26 episodes and went through a number of other key personnel changes. With the change in producers also came changes to the show's format, which started as comedy and variety but switched to an almost purely concert format.While Garland herself was popular with critics, the initial variety format and her co-star, Jerry Van Dyke, were not. The show competed with NBC's Bonanza, then the second most popular program on television, [1] and consistently performed poorly in the ratings. Although fans rallied in an attempt to save the show, CBS cancelled it after a single season.TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon”.
Some of the songs Judy performed are “Give My Regards To Broadway”, “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”, “When Johnny Comes Marching Home”, “Over The Rainbow” and many more. She also sings songs directly to each of her kids who come on stage: Joey, Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli.The film is complete with opening titles, a brought-to-you-by Pall Mall cigarettes, and ending credits. The B&W picture is very good (see actual screen shots), the sound is strong, and the film runs smoothly. There may be a very slight hint of the beginning of a vinegar smell, but if so, it is very mild and hard to detect. Total running time is approximately 52 minutes. The film comes on two 1200 foot reels.Thanks for looking at this great piece of television history.