Through her incomparable work on screen, stage, record, radio, and television, Judy Garland earned renown as ';The World's Greatest Entertainer.' It was as a motion picturestar though, that she first rose to international fame. Fromher feature film debut in 1936 through the aptly titled I Could Go on Singing in 1963, she lit upthe screen with a magic uniquely hersand dazzled world-wide audiences of all ages.Judy Garlandstarred intwodozenof the all-time classic movie musicals, among them A Star is Born, Meet Me in St. Louis, Babes in Arms, Easter Parade, For Me and My Gal, and The Harvey Girls. Her dramaticturns in Judgment at Nuremberg, The Clock, and A Child is Waiting won addedacclaim. And perhaps most unforgettably, she starred as Dorothy Gale in the best-loved motion picture of all time: The Wizard of Oz.Judy: A Legendary Film Careertells the story of Garland's movie workin unprecedented detail. Hundreds of never-before-published photos, newly-assembled contemporary reviews, insight from her costars and coworkers, and production histories are provided for each film in which she appeared. Highlighting and complimenting the feature films is a definitive biography;an examinationofJudy's short subjects; details of the movies she did not complete; and an enthrallingcompendium of film projects for which she was considered or rumored. The text is illustrated by more than five hundred photos, encompassing poster art; costume tests; behind-the-scenes candids; onstage and backstage glimpses of her theatrical successes; and personal snapshots.Judyis the exhaustively researched work of historian John Fricke. Hecelebrates as never before the heart, humor, and incandescent motion picture achievement of the one-and-only Judy Garland.