1955 | Grace Kelly Defeats Judy Garland for Best Actress

[@c.c.l.9139]

Is almost as if abusing and exploiting a child will cause them to grow up to be deeply scarred and unable to cope.

[@brahimbenhida6063]

O

[@Gobbersmack]

naah

[@zkxnkj534]

moreover she was a MK Ultra victim. people should really look this thing up and realize how messed up Hollywood truly is

[@felixcat4346]

You ask a very good question. It's asked in kind of a dumb way because its not put as a question.

[@zkxnkj534]

@@felixcat4346 it is a rhetorical question.

[@missybarbour6885]

Directors: (Give Judy pills to make her work) Judy: (Can't work because of a pill addiction) Directors: Well, she's just the worst

[@CMHism]

Missy Barbour Hollywood should be ashamed of themselves for what they did to Judy and other stars.

[@ton4encento]

Your comment reminded me of Valley of the Dolls so much

[@CanadianMonarchist]

According to Ann Miller, who knew both Louis B. Mayer and Judy Garland well, it was Ethel Gumm, Judy's mother, who got her hooked on pills.

[@joey1723]

@@ton4encento So true! I heard that Neely's character was partly based on Garland

[@karenbaumgartel6077]

Canadian Monarchist 1992 your comment rings true. I remember reading a biography of her years ago, and I recall that her mother was one of the people who pushed her so much, didn‘t allow her to be a child and a human being. Though, the studios were brutally controlling at that time too, and I am certain that they played a huge part in the sufferings of her unhappy life. There are some interesting interviews of her other daughter too, younger than Liza, but I forget her name. She says Judy wasn‘t so unhappy, but just wan‘t a grown up and didn‘t know how to be one.

[@JDaua]

I think what also helped Grace Kelly was that the post war New Look by Christian Dior was made for someone like her. It's a pity that Hollywood kept pitting "glamorous" and "talented" women against each other. both are great actresses.

[@TheSongwritingCat]

So true. I think glamorous actresses and those with less versatility but the perfect look or demeanor for specific roles have their place. As do actresses who can shapeshift and display greater emotional depth and vulnerability. It just depends what the role demands.

[@lovinliverpool]

And hey they still do it. You can see right in this comment section people are pitting these two women against each other. Tear one down to prop another one up. Isn't that how it's always been for women. Funny thing is that us women do it to each other. I mean women in this comment section are disrespecting Grace Kelly to bring Judy Garland up. It's pathetic.

[@andreabennington]

Judy Garland once said in a interview, “It’s Always better to be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” How right she is! She certainly lived this quote until the end.

[@cinematicworldofbenji9311]

It’s pretty privilege, man. Not saying that Judy wasn’t and not knocking Grace, but unfortunately when I mean pretty privilege, I mean when only the glamour and model looking women unfortunately get the recognition and unfortunately, that has also been the case. I think both were great actresses in their heyday, but fuck the Oscars. They don’t know what makes high quality filmmaking, they only cater for what they want to see. It’s BS.

[@milky_quartz]

and side inquiry; how did those new look off shoulder top sleeves never slide down off the shoulders? 😭

[@robertgalbreath6239]

I studied film at Northwestern University. Your research was excellent. I applaud your brief but accurate nod to Dorothy Dandridge. One minor point regarding Judy: Initially Louis B. Mayer paid for her psychiatry sessions, but later MGM would only "loan" Judy "some" of the money for a psychiatric hospital stay. Nonetheless, your sensitivity, passion, and compassion for this time in movie history shines throughout this vid.

[@Rakesedan]

Fully agreed, Robert Galbreath; every one of these BeKindRewinds has been stunning, clever, and excellently researched.

[@markwhitman9029]

Dorothy was excellent in Carmen Jones

[@popazz1]

The industry chewed up Garland and spat her out without any consideration for her well being, both physically and emotionally. All they're concerned with is bankability. Uppers, downers, severe diet regimes and a total disregard for her as a human. 'A Star Is Born' with Garland as Vicki Lester was stunning and definitely worthy of an Oscar. Her line, " Hello everybody, this is Mrs. Norman Maine ", could reduce grown men to tears. It'll be interesting to see how Lady Ga-Ga fairs in this recent remake.

[@Linda-iw7bk]

What they did to Judy seems much worse than the pill, she was an MKUltra victim. Look up the satanic way The Wizard of Oz is used.

[@RiordanLadyGaga]

Lady Gaga did fucking amazing! And paid tribute to Garland at the beginning of the film too, as she sung a bit of Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Go watch the new ASIB in cinemas, it’s breath taking

[@LouisFGraham]

The industry is not responsible for your health. They make money and movies that's it. Take responsibility for your own health.

[@popazz1]

LoisFGraham ..... So when the studio whom Garland was under contract to as a 'child star' decided she needed to lose weight and pumped her full of diet pills, and gave her uppers and downers to cope with punishingly long days of filming they weren't responsible for her health/mental issues? She was a CHILD, a child who was under the control of studio bosses, just how was she able to be responsible for her own well being when she was basically a junkie by the time she was a teenager?

[@LouisFGraham]

JohnPaul Dixon yep, she didnt have to take pills. They were offered to her and she accepted. Then blaming others for her addiction.

[@uncletibs]

Judy Garland's performance in "Judgement at Nuremberg" is the most moving of her career. No one ever brings that up.

[@m.syauqiabdurahman2798]

But That Snubbed Was Make sense since Rita Moreno Also Do A Good Job In West Side Story As Anita But This Snubbed , We Already Knew Judy Should Won That But Oscar Is Such A Idiot So They Gave It To Grace Kelly Who Her acting in The Country Girl Don't Reached The Same Profennialistic As Judy Garland And Dorothy Dandriedge

[@roxannesantoro7503]

@LAGUNABOY, I'm so glad you brought her performance in Judgment. She and Montgomery Clift were fantastic.

[@TrangPakbaby]

She had me in tears in that film. That woman could rip ur heart right out and stomp right on it. Such a talent… I wish she had been given more non singing roles.

[@HisameArtwork]

because of YTs terms of service, certain topics can't be brought up because of demonetization. I also avoid saying certain words even if they aren't offensive because I don't want my channel suspended. words like s******e when someone is very sad, h*******t for when a certain ethnicity had some "bad luck". The channels that do this get demonetised and survive with Patreon and Nebula. I don't have that support and maybe this channel doesn't either. But this censorship definitely impacts your content, even if you agree with the accepted narrative and say nothing bad.

[@markwhitman9029]

Yes excellent

[@charlesoshea4803]

Judy singing "The Man Who Got Away" in A Star is Born is magic.

[@jjh2456]

Grace Kelly’s work with Hitchcock was legendary.

[@gendroswito]

@@jazzysophie9943 Judy was even worse, she slept with many people since her young age.

[@stevenguild2707]

jt STFU you moron.

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

Hitchcock liked blonds!!!⭐⭐⭐

[@choosekindness613]

@@jazzysophie9943 this is a widespread lie about grace kelly made up by jealous haters. She did not sleep with "everyone" and if she did sleep around ot was no more than anyone else in hollywood.

[@twomindz79]

@@choosekindness613 In 1954 she was sleeping with clark cable and David niven. She then went to make ' the country girl ' and was open to bill Holden and Bing Crosby. That's very promiscuous. Especially for the 50's.

[@WillScarlet16]

"Dear Judy - this is the biggest robbery since Brinks." - Groucho Marx, 1955.

[@m.syauqiabdurahman2798]

This Snubbed Is The Same Level As When Shakespeare In Love Beat Saving Pirate Ryan Which Is The Best World War 2 Movie

[@kostajovanovic3711]

@@m.syauqiabdurahman2798 spr does not deserve it

[@m.syauqiabdurahman2798]

@@kostajovanovic3711 Spr Never Deserve It Best Pitcure . Actually It Not deserve all the awards .

[@alexlinhardt9826]

I had a hard time watching the makeup scene in A Star is Born because I knew how real that was for Judy, and I could tell that she wasn't acting in that scene.

[@susan945]

No offense against Grace Kelly, she was a beauty, but through no fault of her own, stole Judy Garland's Oscar, the Oscar that Judy 100% deserved to win. Funny thing is, all this stuff that was being said about how difficult Judy was, her no shows, her times that she held up things because of being sick or tired, her cranky attitude etc...GEEZ, are you for real, all that she was being accused of & what eventually caused MGM to let her go was the exact thing that MGM & her Mother created, the drinking...the pills...the erratic behavior...every bit of it because of the very thing given to her to cause her to be that way! Funny how she was never looked at as a serious actress, yet, they worked her to death with movies, she was a goldmine to MGM & if she had NOT been the wonderful person she was & told MGM to shove it, they would've been up shit creek without a paddle, but in those days, actors/actresses were property & she was too much of a sweetheart to be the B-word that they tried to make her out to be. She was never thought of as pretty, yet her "look" is as unique & alluring today, as it should have been back then, she was beautiful, but unfortunately was never told that by the people she trusted the most. She was used & abused by more people than any one person should ever experience in their lifetime, yet, still today, is 1 of the most memberable & talented people ever to grace Hollywood's doors, they were so lucky to have such a talent, but treated her like dirt under their feet. It's so sad, there will never be another Judy Garland, she was more than this Earth could hold. RIP Judy, you deserved the world at your feet!

[@vidimur1977]

Never was Kelly an actress. Judy yes. Sadly, Kelly was a MK ultra servant.

[@susan945]

@@vidimur1977 you are correct. Don't get me wrong, I see the allure of Grace Kelly, she was beautiful, she was exactly what Hollywood looked at as the perfect Hollywood image, along with so many others of that time, they all had that striking beauty, that sexiness & glamour & really didn't have to try too hard to have it, they were naturally born that way. But Judy, here comes a girl, that from the start had it rough & no, she wasn't what Hollywood would've called beautiful, sexy or glamorous by any means, but I personally think she was a knockout, her looks were very unique & what she didn't have in sexy glamour, she more than made up for in talent, truly she was a 1 of a kind in what she could do, in spite of everything she had to endure from people she loved & trusted. Yes, she continued to take the drugs, she became a drinker, mixing all the bad with more of the bad, I get that, I get that nobody forced her in the end to do the drugs etc...but, between the drugs, the stress, the "highly suspected" mental health, losing her Father,( the only love & support she ever felt) so young, her Mother being the true B-word...the list goes on...honestly, I'm surprised she lasted in that state & could do the amazing amount of work that she did, as long as she did & have always wished & wondered, how much more she could've graced us with if she had never had the life she had, like I said, she was beyond her time & there will never be another Francis Ethel baby Gumm/Judy Garland ! :)

[@henryjackson2357]

Talented for sure, but Judy was never a beauty. That's one thing the studio sadly had right - she just didn't have the looks or sex appeal for a broad range of roles outside of roles that used her lack of sex appeal as an obvious part of a character.

[@susan945]

@@henryjackson2357 I personally think she was, in her early 20's at least. She went through a long awkward stage & was a bit typecast in a way by the wizard of oz, because she just became "dorothy" to so many that it was hard for her to turn around & be thought of as sexy & MGM never helped with the roles she was put in. Unfortunately, the drugs & booze added insult to injury as far as her looks, but, she was quite pretty at one point in her life, at least to me she was. I still love her, always will. :)

[@brianoyler4777]

Susan, Victor Murillo and Henry, Frances Gumm was born in Grand Rapids, MN. I often wonder what kind of life she would have had if she just remained in the Midwest and grew up just as any other Midwestern child. That perhaps would have been the best for her. And who knows, she may have still been living today. When one looks at her films year by year, one can see that she just became better looking as she matured. I do agree that she really looked beautiful in Meet Me In St.Louis, Ziegfeld Follies, Till The Clouds Roll By. Unfortunately, she was not taking very good care of herself due to her addiction, and her beauty was starting to wane by the late forties early fifties. Too bad...she needed to get out of that entire entertainment environment for her own life.

[@vintagesubliminals3398]

This video broke my heart...

[@DHGlee2013]

Because Judy Garland deserves to be burning in hell for being a sore loser?

[@vintagesubliminals3398]

DHGlee2013 where’s this energy coming from? You good?

[@Ray_TheRebel]

@@DHGlee2013 the only loser here is obviously you. you are so fucking pathetic

[@shelleynobleart]

I never would have realized the factors involved without this video.

[@MaryLou913]

They did Cher like this too!

[@nambypamby2147]

Don't consider those factors for a second. If one actor performs better an the other, then the better actor wins the Oscar.

[@Ricky0101]

I agree with Groucho Marx. Her being robbed of an Oscar was the greatest robbery since Brinks.

[@seeshel63]

Thank you for explaining this piece of Academy history so clearly. Im a 59 yr old who cyclically watches Judy Garland biopics and movie but I never knew the details of Judy losing/Grace winning until now. It is informative and reassuring.

[@amylou22snowhite]

The wardrobe in Rear Window gets me every time.

[@bruh_hahaha]

Nothing new. The Academy has a long history of giving the award to the hot ingenues.

[@jjh2456]

See Gweneth Paltrow.

[@mikevalenzuela3974]

Jennifer Connelly beating Hellen Mirren.

[@bruh_hahaha]

@@jjh2456 Paltrow got hers by gettin GOOPey with Harvey Weinstein 🤢

[@lcl122]

I hope this won't happen again this year with Glenn Close and Lady Gaga... Close's The Wife is so powerful... Mrs. Close needs to receive FINALLY the credit that she deserves!

[@lucifer0405]

While I do Believe Close should've already won an Oscar, I don't think she should next year... In each year that goes on an actor/actress should win for the role they played on that respective year and not for unreceived credit or for being snubbed in the past, and while I give credit to Close for her powerful and charming performance, Lady Gaga gave us such an absolutely OUTSTANDING performance on A Star is Born this year, in case you haven't watched it, I'll put it in perspective... Last year, Lady Gaga gave America the most watched Super Bowl Half-Time Show in history of television and did an amazing job, her performance was credited as Iconic and memorable for ages, while doing so, she then had to act on A Star is Born like she had NEVER seen a stage on her entire life, and she completely nailed it, her vulnerability and raw emotion compared to her more worldly-known persona is what, in my opinion, is more deserving of an Oscar next year than Close's portrayal of a conflicted wife.

[@lcl122]

I already watched A star is born, in fact I watched it first than The Wife... And still think Close is better! My point!

[@shtl394]

@@lucifer0405 Stan

[@sweetbitter2]

@@lucifer0405 you probably are a Gaga fan

[@Alex-lv7mz]

yes, i hope they finally give glen close the oscar she should've won years ago

[@MrHarryBeck]

Please do the one when Anne Bancroft won Best Actress against all odds and Bette Davis coldy watched Joan Crawford accepting on her behalf even though Davis was the odds-on favorite.

[@kazzymoviefan]

Why? Just watch Feud.

[@MrHarryBeck]

East Kazz I already have since it came out.

[@lisacassar7040]

crawford showed no class as per usual as long as bette didnt get it total aries!! fire sign .

[@kazzymoviefan]

LISA CASSAR ugh yuck. Can't stand Aries. My luck with most/all of them have been shit. Total psychos and very impulsive, quick to judge, quick to everything. Always perceive their own reality that only works in their minds and not in real life. Next guy I date says he's an Aries, I'm out.

[@lisacassar7040]

lmbwbo my brother is an aries!!!!

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

Judy's story is so sad, and the loss of the Oscar is the least awful thing that happened to her. She should have had a happy life. The MGM executives, above all others Mayer, have a lot to answer for. Personally, I don't think it is fair to adversely critique Grace's win. They were both superb and each of them was worthy. The thing is, it was Judy's last chance and probably people knew that even then. But they were both worthy. Incidentally, I feel that Judy should have received a Supporting Actress Nomination for Judgement at Nuremberg. She was brilliant in that film, also. Thank you for the video.

[@roycerowland6162]

She was nominated for best supporting actress for judgment at numberberg

[@roycerowland6162]

She was nominated for best supporting actress for judgment at numberg

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

@@roycerowland6162 Thank you for the update.

[@shanemichael9404]

Judy was Judy ! It's hard to find the right words to describe her. She was an unbelievable performer who shined through the darkest clouds and those dark clouds were all around her in the addiction that consumed her. And yet this marvelous actress and singer did her best, and her best in my opinion is untouchable. She was pure talent, and yet when you look at her really good, you can see the damage she's done to herself. And like other opinions I've read, I must agree that Hollywood absolutely did not care about the health of the actors, the strain of performing long hours and so forth. The bottom line was money, which was not only the problem then, it's the problem now, and it's a problem everywhere. We are all familiar with the so called "Judy Garland Tragedy" but despite her problems and failures because of the potent uppers and downers, (amphetamines and barbiturates) that took such a toll on her, she had an uncanny ability to be a perfectionist, and nobody did it better. Judy was pure talent and although scarred by addiction, she shined like no other ! This n is only my opinion, and many not agree with me. And that is okay. We are only sharing our thoughts here. Thank you.

[@a.s.alfred9975]

Renee Zellweger won an Oscar for playing Judy Garland who never won an Oscar despite 2 nominations.

[@srdjanbulat5066]

I've just discovered this channel and binged through it like a crazy person... Just wanted to say - Great work! You have a new subscriber and a fan :)

[@ellenm3803]

These mini documentaries are fabulous because you keep to facts and present a balanced argument rather than gossipy point-scoring. Thank you for creating such interesting pieces of history. 💐🙏

[@stevie68a]

Prior to a "A Star is Born", Judy got fired from her last picture. Her drug and weight problems were made worse by being a no-show during filming, or getting there very late. The people behind the scenes, lighting, makeup, assistants, etc. just wanted to do their jobs and go home when they were done. These people had no illusions about movie stars. So,she was disliked at this time by many in the industry, which I believe, cost her the Oscar for a great performance. Grace Kelly was ladylike, more low key than Garland, so people liked her. So she got the award for a so-so performance. Garland ought to get a posthumous Oscar for a notable film career.

[@jonathankieranwriter]

stevie68a ... She already was awarded an Oscar in 1939 for her work as a young actress in Oz and Babes in Arms. She’s an Oscar winner. She doesn’t need another one, seeing as they schtumped her for A Star Is Born and Nuremberg. What she needs is a posthumous Emmy for her landmark, record-breaking television work. She already won a Tony (1951), a Golden Globe (1954), and 5 Grammys (1961) to go with her Oscar (1939) and she was nominated for a slew of Emmys. Plus, she was the first woman to EVER earn the prestigious Cecil B. Demille Award (1961) at age 38. A posthumous Emmy award for her brilliant span of late-career TV work is LONG overdue. Shall we start a petition? 😁 I love Judy because I love PURE talent. And she exemplifies it. I don’t give a shit about her personal dramas, except for the fact that the studios hooked her on speed to lose weight and downers to make her rest, and speed to waker her up to work. I don’t CARE about her personal mistakes and tomfoolery. I don’t want to hear about her private hell and awful business mistakes. She succeeded in EVERYTHING she ever did, across the board, as a performer. If she squandered her immense fortune (or, frankly, allowed husbands and agents to steal from her) that’s a personal defect that she *could* have corrected. Judy Garland *could* have preserved her multi-millions, which would have made her life perhaps less dramatic, but she failed in that thing. And that, I feel, was not a drug-flaw, but a “lazy” flaw. A naïve flaw. When she knew better and actually had the power to shove parasites like Sid Luft out of her life, and glossy grifters like Fields & Begelmann out of her life (or at least pay hardcore federal banking advisors to help her-she had that opportunity). She missed that bus by 20 miles. Some people in art and performance have an aversion to finances-almost an obsessive phobia about finances. I think Judy suffered from that problem, due to her childhood, fly-by-night vaudeville existence with those shitty parents, and I don’t think ANYONE has properly explored THAT element as a major factor in her amazing life and death-by-sickness. I think it needs to be explored, because Judy earned millions upon millions upon millions in her brief life and her phobia (or crippling inability) to manage money was her doom, IMO. That being said, she was the greatest singer and performer of our day-the first true multi-media superstar, along with Sinatra, but he didn’t have her cinematic presence, the same way that Streisand was absolutely awful on stage as a regular performer, and avoided live performing (due to anxiety, or whatever, but still.) Garland ended up with ZERO, and for someone who was so very successful, that mystery of her money needs to be answered.

[@SophiahKoikasWindyQueen]

but those crew members knew how judy was treated with the pills and never helped. shame on them

[@brianoyler4777]

Jonathan Kieran, stevie68a, Sophiah et al., the way I understand the Garland dilemma is her mother started her down the road to destruction with pills. This pill popping carried over when she became a contract player for MGM. As the pill popping continued when she reached her twenties, there were people at the studio who were obliged and paid to give her free handouts. Too many blame solely the studio for her addiction. No, Garland was addicted, but the studio did not or did not know how to deal with it properly. The idea to keep her going was to give her the pills. So, therefore, 1. Garland and her mother were to blame for the initial addiction, 2. The studio did not know how to properly deal with Garland the addict, the artist, the commodity.

[@sylviacarlson3561]

you got that right Isabel!

[@shieldsup2076]

@@sylviacarlson3561 "The reason she involved herself with these trysts was she felt unloved by her father and her lovers were father substitutions which was why she favored older men." Did Grace Kelly whisper that into your ear after you both made love? Did she say it breathily bitch?

[@marcelltoth3750]

I so agree about that monologue in A Star Is Born. One of the best acting I've seen.

[@everydaymarvin2490]

I love stuff like this! I didn’t realize how deep some of this really went. It is sad that Judy Garland ended up with so many issues due to how things started in her movie career. The use of pills to keep her image going ultimately did her no favors in the long run. I appreciate the work she did and she will be forever remembered for her star quality. May she rest in peace now. Thank you for making this! 😊

[@jorn3432]

I feel bad for Judy. So talented and was treated terribly by Hollywood. She should've won. I did like Grace. Her Hitchcock movies are my favorite. She was beautiful lady.

[@daviedmond4639]

you did a great job on this piece.

[@fonzieru6755]

This channel is absolutely GOLD

[@vistaestrada]

Thank you for such a perceptive and informative video. I’m looking forward to watching your other videos 👏

[@DamianoCrosina]

This is my new favourite KZbin channel ever. The attention and care that's clearly behind each and everyone of your videos is outstanding!

[@holarc]

hadn't heard the backstory before. poor judy. so naturally gifted. the studio and their drugging her, along with the pressures of film fame, really messed her up. probably your best commentary of the few i've heard. [the "...and i guess, subscribe" is rather obnoxious. lol.]

[@peterjeffery8495]

My hats off to you Be Kind rewind, this was very well done. It didn't feel like a slipshod rehashed cut and paste bit of salacious fluff that you see on way-too-many of the Hollywood Retrospective Channels on YT. This was a well thought out, professionally done executive length essay on the latter days of Hollywood's "Golden Era". Speaking of salacious (but true) fluff, Judy as well as being loved and liked for her talent, at least away from the studio, had a razor sharp wit. On the other half of the scale, Grace was widely known to have slept with all of her male co-stars amongst others and had a real reputation as a fast lady. At a party a friend of Judy said that Grace "must be a nymphomaniac". Judy quipped, "Nymphomaniac?! She'd have to slow down in order to become a nymphomaniac"!

[@lovinliverpool]

Why do people have to tear down a woman to prop up another? Grace Kelly and Judy Garland were both talented. These comments crapping on Grace Kelly are sickening.

[@hunterphan5506]

I really don’t understand how the studio didn’t see Judy as a beauty or glamorous. She was both, and she had (still has) so many fans.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Judy Garland deserved the Oscar that year for her brilliant performance in A Star is Born.

[@JennaLeigh]

I'm so excited to have found your channel! Your video essays are beyond excellent- you give in-depth, well researched insight behind the scenes that really sheds light on the inner workings of Hollywood. You are also a fantastic speaker- there are countless KZbin narrators who mispronounce and misuse words often. You enunciate and expound so clearly, sharing lots of valuable information in a comfortable and conversational manner that makes the info easy to digest and your topics easy to follow. All in all, it's crystal clear that you are both extremely well versed on these topics and passionate about what you're doing. Thank you so much for the hard work, time, and effort you put into creating these.

[@xtimespro2271]

Do Audrey Hepburn for Roman Holiday next!!!

[@swarnimasingh1598]

She was good. So not completely undeserved. But Deborah Kerr was better.

[@screenactorsguilable]

@@swarnimasingh1598 but she had more screentimes and gradually molded her characterisation

[@shihlin1]

In Oscar voting, some choices seemed right at the time, but decades later don't make any sense. Makes you wonder: "What were they THINKING??" Grace won this one by a squeaker, I'm sure. "Country Girl" was the one film she HAD to do, and in exchange she promised to do some other films she originally didn't want like "Pal Joey". Garland def deserved the Oscar that year. Academy members felt singing and dancing was second nature to Judy, so gave the Oscar to Grace instead. If you watch the "Born In A Trunk" number from Star Is Born, those few min alone blows away Grace Kelly's entire performance in "Country Girl". Yeah, Judy was robbed. BIG TIME !!

[@brianoyler4777]

shihlin1, correction: Grace Kelly was never in Pal Joey. She was in High Society. It was Kim Novak and Rita Hayworth in Pal Joey.

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

Right I have that same thoughts when I look at gwenth paltrow winning for Shakespeare in love or Sandra bullocks winning for the blind side. Its like, "really?" Its sad what the Oscars did to judy knowing Damn well based on performance alone Judy was the best of the all nominees

[@wolfstar675]

I love Grace Kelly her work with Hitchcock was great.

[@VictoriaButton]

Only time I will say someone is ROBBED of something. But Judy Garlands performance in a Star is Born surpasses most actresses back then and even now. I feel like she had such a breakthrough personally and it should have been her comeback with that film. So sad that she did not win.

[@marfu1119]

So many iconic access was nominated that year. Judy Garland, Dorothy Dandridge, Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly. At the time Dorothy Dandridge was the first black woman to be nominated for best Actress. All these women died so tragically too.

[@f2afinito983]

Every single time I hear a story about Judy Garland pieces of my heart break. But it goes to show that regardless how much external forces try to destroy they can never truly erase talent and beauty. I’m 28 Hispanic veteran male raised in Brooklyn and I know about her and I don’t know shit about those execs. Ty for this vid Ik this is random but I felt I needed to say this.

[@entertainer1987]

There wasn't a big robbery like this at an awards show until the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards when Steve Carell, who put his heart and soul in his final appearance on 'The Office', lost the Emmy to Jim Parsons. That result made ZERO SENSE.

[@sweetbitter2]

Emmys are trash and super boring. To me, they are irrelevant

[@kostajovanovic3711]

+Clara Monteiro but the rest of the american awards aren't?

[@jswjanjan]

Thank you so much! Delighted to have found you.🏆

[@JanMike9]

In 1983 at Radio City Music Hall, a star-studded, dressed-to-the-nines audience paid $100+ for tickets to see the restored version of Garland's 'A Star Is Born'. New movie posters were issued, with artwork by Richard Amsel, beautiful programs handed out to all attendees (I own one!), and it was basically the second premiere. No one but Judy could attract that type of attention and devotion to a 30 year old movie. Judy will always have the last word regarding the Oscar snub of '55.

[@timsopinion]

Have been watching your videos for a good few months now, and I'm already on second / third viewings of certain episodes. This one really came together well, kind of rhymes with itself through your breakdown like any good performance would. I'm now a subscriber, so thank you for doing what you do.

[@anthonyrichmond1909]

Wonderful channel for any movie fan of various Hollywood era. I love the backstory of the stars, the politics on winning or losing the award and many different factors on what it takes to complete a movie. Good job!

[@judyalcatraz918]

Judy was robbed and everyone knows ....Grace in the country girl had no wow factor but JUDY wow absoulty amazing ! ....that is a true mind blowing entertainer ....Judy in my mind is one of the greatest entertainers that ever walked this earth.

[@marilynwillett804]

no wow factor, millions wanted to be her. Judy could really sing, but was an emotional disaster.

[@JRobbySh]

Academy awards are always political.

[@trevorjones8969]

Also, Judy underwent a lot of Electro-shock therapy while in treatment, which goes some way to explain her erratic behaviour. Love love love, Judy! :)

[@alexandrabillings99]

An absolutely brilliant analysis. I love your channel. Thank you for all these wonderful videos. More please!

[@monsieuraout]

So in other words the Academy voters voted not based on the actor's performance in a movie but based on how less difficult or how much baggage the actor brought to a project.

[@fernandomagana6928]

Great video. Do one on how Bette Davis and Gloria Swanson were robbed for their roles in 1950.

[@alexiatorrez7680]

Grace Kelly was and still being the most glamorous and refined woman of all time

[@paulallen8109]

that would be Audrey Hepburn

[@euphemiarahming]

Audrey... actually lol.

[@CYP0]

She also defeated Dorothy Dandrige and her magnificent and historic performance in Carmen Jones. Those were the days of Hollywood legends.

[@markleon411]

Your narration is really nice and your research is impeccable.

[@felicitasreyes6024]

Grace Kelly is so beautiful and regal.

[@RookieTravelDiaries]

Thank you for sharing stories that needed to be told but no one was doing that.

[@karenbaumgartel6077]

I LOVE your channel! Thanks again!

[@jomaka]

This narrator is very good. Very well written.

[@greylady12]

And let's not ignore the possiblity that as a young girl in Hollywood, she (Judy Garland) most likely had been physically abused and she was probably trying desperately to cope. All the signs are there.

[@TheTibmeister]

This was a very good piece- thank you for sharing it with us. I had no idea they tried to replace with Greer Garson - Greer Garson - Mrs Miniver??? As Mildred Pierce? Disaster.Joan is always worth watching ‘Possessed’ is particularly good. Left us with a great legacy of wonderful films. R.I.P Joan.

[@sharoncarrier18]

I have nothing against Grace Kelly. I liked The Country Girl. But seriously, Judy in a Star Is Born is the best performance in a movie I have ever seen. Her dramatic acting was great. The dressing room scene where She breaks down is superb. Her singing and dancing superb. She should have won. She was robbed. Irregardless of of Judy's drug & alcohol problems brought on by her own mother feeding her pills as a child and MGM FEEDING her pills and her bad behavior later on, the Academy award should go to the best performance of the year. However, the Oscar's were and still are about politics. Who kissed butt, who buys votes, who campaign's for votes, who blows for votes. Grace Kelly while adequate did not deserve to win. Biggest robbery ever. A travesty of justice. Also other robberies were Bette Davis lose in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Here is some mediocre actresses who should not have won. Gwenyth Paltrow. Who did she blow? Jennifer Lawrence. Average actress, plays every role the same way. Joan Contains, boring. Loretta Young, again who did she blow? Grace Kelly mediocre. Diane Newton, Why? Jessica Lange, way overrated. Reese Witherspoon, Why? Sandra Bullock, average. The academy should go by talent and performance. Not popularity & politics.

[@sharoncarrier18]

Correction the names in my last post. Joan Fontaine and Diane Keaton. For some reason my phone wants to spit out certain names. Why is That?

[@rolandnedd9503]

Sydney (I'm guessing that's your name), do you know when, as you said, 'down the line" you might cover Dorothy Dandridge, since you did not cover her in any depth here? Many thanks.

[@nanceemoes7995]

How did I not know all this about how they treated Judy?! It's appalling...

[@madisonablin8758]

I wonder if MGM still has Judy as Annie Oakley in their archives

[@studioorlando]

Sorry I have to correct you. MGM didn't do the cut on A Star is Born. It was Warner Bros. You said MGM.

[@issakelly8071]

Love your videos.

[@phoebexxlouise]

Can't wait to learn more about Carmen Jones

[@stephaniestanley8041]

I wish these videos didn't have the background music, it's so distracting. And yes Garland's performance was electrifying.

[@jcboy7050]

Garland shouldve gotten that award, especially with all the abuse she got from her employers. Wealth trumped her out. Never really did believe kelly wouldve gotten her roles without her familys wealth.

[@digipokemoncreator]

I love the background music so much to this video what songs are they?

[@jessicathompson909]

Roberto Guzman i think the first one is sad and boujee - Elijah who. idk what the second one is

[@mostafasidawy5397]

Actually Kelly won almost every award back to then 🤔 I don't consider her Oscar win a surprise , and I think she deserved it

[@sandyschipper1400]

Like Groucho said, greatest robbery since Brinks.

[@D1300H6A]

Judy Garland's version of A Star is Born was phenomenal. Superb acting and singing while Grace Kelly was simply mediocre in her acting performance. If only 6 or 7 votes separated the two performers, they should have considered it a tie as they did in 1968 with Hepburn and Streisand, and awarded the Oscar to both. It is hardly believable that with 4000 voting members, Streisand and Hepburn got exactly the same number of votes !

[@SaxonC]

Grace kelly was known to sleep around and there were a couple jokes that she slept with every male actor in Hollywood except Lassie. Once Judy was ask if she thought Grace Kelly was a nymphomaniac and Judy replied, “Only if you can calm her down”. lol

[@juliacorrea5004]

This is your saddest video yet, and it's so ironic how Judy got associated with these cheerful, lighthearted musical comedies. She did have that star quality

[@darylchin53]

Rewatched this, and have to say that your analysis is the best regarding the circumstances of this particular Oscar race. Instead of lamenting that Judy Garland was "robbed", you point out the conditions as to why she might not have been popular in Hollywood at that point, regardless of talent. And you point out why Grace Kelly was the (literal) "golden girl" of Hollywood at that moment. The irony was that (as you point out) both were really near the end of their movie careers. But Grace Kelly had won so many of the previous awards: it's not like the New York Film Critics Circle could be influenced by studio politics (it was rumored at the time that Jack Warner, so furious at the cost overruns on A STAR IS BORN, warned Warners employees against voting for Garland, and MGM supposedly issued a similar edict). When so many people are against you, how can you win? In later years, George Cukor tried to backtrack, but his comments at the time, talking about Garland's unprofessionalism and her drug/health problems, also added to the perception of someone out of control. (It was a similar situation in 1950: two "has-beens", Bette Davis and Gloria Swanson, opposite a "newcomer" Judy Holliday, who had the cachet of Broadway renown, plus she had associations with MGM, since she had worked with Comden and Green in NYC, she had come off a movie with Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, directed by George Cukor. The reason that is important is that throughout the 1940s and 1950s, MGM had the biggest voting block in the Academy, and, by default, Holliday was the actress with the most studio associations that year.) Davis and Swanson were "freelancers" and, as you have pointed out, rarely during the studio era did freelance performers ever win, cf. the continual losses of Barbara Stanwyck and Irene Dunne; it should also be noted that most of Deborah Kerr's nominations came AFTER she left MGM, which was a contributing factor in her continual losses. Leslie Caron once said that, when you're outside the studio system, if you prove that you actually had more talent than they realized, you may get nominated, but not only won't you win, but you'll never work in Hollywood again! Piper Laurie also said the same thing, because after THE HUSTLER, she had no offers (and she didn't act again for 15 years!).

[@ajitter89]

It really is sad. Judy became exactly what the studios made her, and they hated her for it.

[@chenshan6907]

Love all of ur videos! Would you consider doing Barbra Streisand’s win for Funny Girl, her first major role in a picture? Thanks a lot!

[@GGSLM]

I want that too. It'll be interesting to hear more about the tie

[@jichuulimario2093]

She won because her nose mesmerized the critics into giving her the award.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

I just discovered your videos and they are great. In case you see comments on old videos could you make a video about the current winner, whoever it is on Sunday. I think all of them have great potential videos to be made and it would be interesting to see more current view of what happened for change.

[@joev4545]

Think the other issues was country girl dealing was serious social issue, alcoholism. And "a star is born" was a long film and theaters complained and the studio shortened it to please them.

[@jonathankieranwriter]

Joe V ... That’s not true. The film was first rolled out with an intermission, as a road-show “event” film, and it took the top of the box office in America for its first two weeks even BEFORE wide release-it was doing that well. Tremendous box office. Then Warner Bros. figured that, people were so gladly flocking to see Judy, let’s chop an HOUR out of the picture and squeeze-in more showings. Everyone’ll be happy-vendors, CEOs, etc. Wrong. They butchered it and the press made a huge national complaint about it, and at that point in time, audiences who could very well stay home to watch Lucy on TV instead of driving to a movie, heard that the Judy movie was butchered down (in some cases) to 96 minutes. Warner didn’t miscalculate about Judy’s appeal-it was tremendous-but they miscalculated about mid-1950s audiences being easily shafted by half a movie. Yep.

[@Pattythomas5]

The thumbs up is for Judy Garland. I never liked Grace Kelly.

[@bk2524]

These videos are great

[@alexanderminuzzo4839]

Another superb quality video.

[@RawHeadRay]

It’s hard to compete with Judys dialog deliveries all beauty aside she has more depth in her dialog than most actors I’ve ever witnessed, that lonely distorted musical sound reaches deep inside of us, however when I was a kid I wanted to kiss Grace Kelly, now seeing Judy as the beautiful mess she was I’m more intrigued by her .

[@saintmichael1779]

I've just subbed your channel. Great stuff. And keep 'em comin'!

[@markleon411]

Interesting parallels. Strong women, trying to save self destructive men from themselves seems to be the flavour of 1955. These were two equally strong performances although, Judy's acting always seems a bit hammy to me, overly dramatic. Grace, however, frightened me with her anger when she let loose.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

i guess we could say Grace was the first Gweneth? :D But the truth is you cannot force people who to love. It goes back to the "rivalry" of the two Yankees Baseball players Roger Marris and Mickey Mantle. Roger was a good humble down to Earth guy and Mantle was the charming, charismatic, every guys wanted to be him, every girl wanted to be with him. Roger was like "what do I have to do for these people to like me?". nothing. You cannot be Mickey Mantle period. People loved Grace. Just more than someone that really deserved it like Judie. It is sad but that's just the way it is. And really at that end of the day, does it really matter? Both Grace and Judy are really amongst the elite of the Greatest Stars Hollywood has ever known.

[@merricat3025]

I agree with you at the end does it really matter. These awards are ridiculous

[@caroldesmond3775]

Country Girl great film.

[@rosemaryhernrandez7511]

of all the four movies of a star is born this is the very best movie that I always love the most Judy should have won.

[@Robotron2084psn]

Outstanding video!

[@heathersumner4766]

“It’s Wonderful to Have a Baby in Flint, Michigan.” On the cover of the Redbook, with Grace Kelly. WOW, times have changed. Republican mismanagement, racism, and greed poisoned children. Flint still doesn’t have clean water.

[@felipeberlim3587]

Today it is called Burn Out Syndrome what they did to Judy Garland. To work 18 hours a day seven days a week is inhuman.

[@dimatadore]

I’ve really been enjoying these actress videos.

[@ScottRay67]

At 9:55 you say "MGM pulled it...." Wouldn't it be Warner Brothers who pulled it?

[@kevinsakolinsky5860]

Judy Garland was 5 years younger than fellow nominee Jane Wyman, earning her 4th and last Best Actress nomination for "Magnificent Obsession" her first freelance vehicle after ending her contract with Warner Bros., the studio releasing "A Star is Born". Wyman's imminent transition to television and producing had already begun with her role in "Amelia" (January 2, 1955) on the "General Electric Theatre" (hosted by her former husband Ronald Reagan) 11 weeks before the 1955 Academy Awards ceremony (March 30, 1955). Both Garland and Wyman had been signed to their first studio contracts in the mid 1930's , Garland at 13 to MGM in 1935 and Wyman at 18 to Warner Bros. the year after in 1936. Their careers before and after 1954-1955 couldn't have been more opposite but they weren't without parallels. Neither were great beauties by Hollywood standards and neither likely could relate to the easy stardom of Grace Kelly. Wyman was a flinty survivor whose determination took her from the chorus to "B" pictures and second leads to finally Oscar winning leading lady. Garland of course found success quickly and would be a full fledged star by 1939 while Wyman was still toiling at Warner's hoping for her big break, still years away. MGM would fire Garland in 1949 while Wyman would depart Warner's in 1953 to freelance with her 2 picture deal at Universal which she began with the remake of "Magnificent Obsession". Wyman had reportedly replaced Garland in 1952's "Just For You" at Paramount. A solid success that scored Wyman her second hit duet with co-star Bing Crosby: "Zing a Little Zong". The night's Best Actress loss would be a harbinger of the end of both their film careers. Wyman's own filmed drama anthology "The Jane Wyman Show" (initially known as "Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre") would debut 5 months later (August 30, 1955) on NBC and would run for 3 seasons. Garland would mostly survive performing live in the years after her 1955 Best Actress loss for "A Star is Born". Her foray into series television "The Judy Garland Show" (1963-1964) would only last a season. Both actresses would enjoy a new found popularity with audiences when their former Studios sold their film catalogues to television in the late 1950's and early 1960's. For Jane Wyman (Lewman), Loretta Young (Lewislor), Lucille Ball (Desilu) and others who had transitioned to filmed television production and owned or co-owned their shows this facilitated the profitable syndication of their early television work alongside their films. Garland would pass away suddenly on June 22, 1969 at 47. Wyman would coast through the 1970's making the occasional television appearance and then revived her career playing against type on the prime time drama Falcon Crest (December 4, 1981) on CBS. She would pass away on September 10, 2007 at 90.

[@ronniebishop2496]

If you play the story of the making of a star you have a major shot at the Oscar. They just love it. Look it up.!

[@maryh4650]

I love BOTH ladies. BUT I do think there was a little to much Judy and not enough Grace, IF it wasn't advertised as Grace Kelly, Defeats .......... then I wouldn't have mentioned it.