Judy Garland - Dear Mr Gable (1937)

Performed by: Judy Garland With Harry Sosnik And His Orchestra
Vocalist: Judy Garland
Full Song Title: Dear Mr. Gable (You made me love you)
Recorded in: September 24th 1937 Los Angeles, California
Judy Garland, original name Frances Ethel Gumm, (born June 10, 1922, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, U.S.- died June 22, 1969, London, England), American singer and actress whose exceptional talents & vulnerabilities combined to make her one of the most enduringly popular Hollywood icons of the 20th century.
Frances Gumm was the daughter of former vaudevillians Frank Gumm & Ethel Gumm, who operated the New Grand Theatre in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, where on December 26, 1924, at age 2 1/2, Frances made her debut. In 1932-by that time a 10-year-old singing sensation-she received her first rave review from the entertainment news magazine Variety, & two years later, at the suggestion of the comedian George Jessel, she adopted the surname Garland. (She chose the first name Judy shortly thereafter, from the popular 1934 Hoagy Carmichael song of that name.) In September 1935, Judy Garland was signed by the world’s largest motion-picture studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), without a screen test.
Her first film appearance as a contract player for MGM was in the short Every Sunday (1936). Her other early films included Pigskin Parade (which she made while on loan to Twentieth Century-Fox in 1936) & Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937), in which she sang “You Made Me Love You.” That was the first of many trademark songs. She began her popular screen partnership with Mickey Rooney in Thoroughbreds Don’t Cry (1937); the pairing continued through Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938), Babes in Arms (1939), Strike Up the Band (1940), Babes on Broadway (1941), & Girl Crazy (1943).
Garland’s winning combination of youth, innocence, pluck, & emotional openness is seen to good advantage in two of her best-known films: The Wizard of Oz (1939) & Meet Me in St. Louis (1944). In the former, her heartfelt expression of vulnerability & youthful longing in what would become another signature song, “Over the Rainbow,” helped make the film one of the most beloved movie classics. It also brought Garland her first & only Academy Award, a special award with a miniature statuette for “outstanding performance by a screen juvenile.” She played her last juvenile role in Meet Me in St. Louis, directed by her future husband Vincente Minnelli (with whom she had a daughter, Liza). In it she sang such hits as “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” & “The Boy Next Door.”
Of the 21 additional films she made in the 1940s, perhaps The Harvey Girls (1946) & Easter Parade (1948) are the best known. Despite placing in the Top Ten box office three times during the 1940s, making more than $100 million for the studio, & being considered the studio’s greatest asset, Garland was granted an early release from her MGM contract in September 1950, following completion of Summer Stock (1950). The following year she returned to the stage, with triumphant performances at the London Palladium & New York’s Palace Theatre.
Her film career has long overshadowed her success as a recording artist, but from 1936 to 1947 she cut more than 90 tracks for Decca Records, & she made a dozen record albums for Capitol Records between 1955 & 1965. She frequently made the best-seller charts from 1939 to 1967, working with such top arrangers as Mort Lindsey, Nelson Riddle, Jack Marshall, & Gordon Jenkins. These recordings reveal her sensitivity and intelligence as an interpreter of popular song.
During the mid- to late 1960s, Garland concentrated on concert performances & made appearances on the top television variety & talk shows of the day. Garland continued working until her death at age 47 by accidental barbiturate overdose. Her funeral in New York City drew 22,000 mourners.
Harry Sosnik (born July 13, 1906 Chicago, Illinois, - died March 22, 1996 Bronx, New York)
He was educated at the American Conservatory of Music, where he studied piano with Kurt Waniek, harmony with Arthur Olaf Anderson, & composition with Leo Sowerby. He also studied composition at the Juilliard School of Music with Vittorio Giannini, & studied composition with Ernst Toch & Siegfried Landau. For many years he composed, arranged, & conducted scores, vocal & instrumental music, theme songs, & jingles for radio & for television shows, specials, & commercials. During his career he was musical director for Decca Records, & vice-president in charge of music for ABC. Sosnik also joined Ted Bates and Co., an advertising agency, as musical director, & in June 1963 he was placed in charge of all music used in commercials. He later was with Ambroad Music Services Corporation in New York.
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[@cautionTosser]

Sometimes I wish Hollywood would've left her alone. I think if she just pursued a singing career she might've been happier.

[@dangercat9188]

What a beautiful voice r.i.p 🙏 ❤

[@richardfehlmann4593]

Awe ... so wonderful. I know this scene of course. The first song that brought the attention to Judy Garland! Thank you for this upload, a good opportunity for me to watch this scene and hear this song again 👌😍👍

[@maureen298]

So sad, her talented yet tortured life. from which we observe what was once, simply, WOW

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Thank u. It's so good to have history repeated.

[@Zaradikaresells]

They took advantage of a beautiful and talented girl and ruined her life. So tragic. Those vultures