JUDY GARLAND, YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU AT AGE 15!

The astounding voice of 15 year old Judy Garland from "Broadway Melody of 1938" is just incredible. This bundle of talent was beyond her years even in this famous clip, singing about Clark Gable.

[@janedoe5229]

It's heartbreaking to see this sweet little girl, with amazing talent, and know how it's all going to end. :(

[@galenstone9097]

MGM used her up and threw her away. Godspeed for one of the greatest entertainers to ever live.

[@Wackedout]

I adore her talent. It's hard to watch clips knowing what she encountered in that industry as a child!

[@LanLe-rz4lm]

Thank her primary handler, her heartless mother, who made it all possible.

[@MaskedMan66]

Except that she was far from "used up," and she quit.

[@MaskedMan66]

@@Wackedout Only as an adult.

[@galenstone9097]

@@MaskedMan66 GFYS

[@user-mn4kg3jb4j]

Judy Garland was only 14 when this song was recorded for the 1937 MGM classic movie Broadway Melody of 1938! The classic MGM movie Broadway of 1938 was filmed in 1937 and released in 1938!

[@smartin4000]

1 might say “A talent like Judy comes along once in a lifetime “, but then came daughter Liza! They sound so alike. The 2 are really a joy to behold & it’s just a shame Judy was robbed of the opportunity to perform “live” alongside Liza. Can you imagine?! Anyway, I’m drifting. This is a WONDERFUL clip. Never forget all that Judy gave us. Remarkable! 👍🙏❤️

[@tboda2621]

Just look at her every little take. It's truly a gift. You just can't teach that. I'm in tears and in aw everytime I watch it. 15!!!!!

[@gogoyubari366]

Judy Garland was so pretty!

[@clancywalker8390]

I remember hearing this when I was 2 years of age. (1936).

[@TheBaylor22]

What can you say? Never anyone like her before or after! Absolutely incredible singer!!

[@philzmusic8098]

Amazing how she makes you chuckle at her naivete, and then suddenly you find yourself in tears.

[@michaellazzeri2069]

What a voice this young Judy Garland had ! A once in a generation voice. -------MJL< 76 y/o

[@TheGrillCheeseFanatic]

I love her voice so much. She can hit really high pitches and perform awesomely expert tremolos. How uplifting.

[@taylormaddux8433]

She is uplifting, isn't she? Just the right word to describe her effect. Thanks.

[@williampotter2098]

Stunning. She lived the same misery and had the same soul as Janis Joplin. They were entirely different but their passion was the same.

[@topogigio2879]

Fascinating she refers to Clark Gable in IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT. It's the role that won him an Oscar but it also wasn't an MGM movie! Louis B. Mayer loaned him to Columbia ("Poverty Row") as punishment for something or other. Neither he nor Claudette Colbert wanted to do it and then the whole thing swept the Oscars, which was a big joke on MGM. Hard to believe LB Mayer let that reference get by!

[@SteffiReitsch]

A gifted natural talent. You can't teach this.

[@SteffiReitsch]

@Miraak Indeed. Her daughter Liza inherited a variation of her mother's great singing voice, but she looks like the old man, Vincent Minnelli.

[@SteffiReitsch]

@Miraak And then look a Vincent Minnelli's pictures. Liza's got his face as a female. But she got lucky and got a variation of Judy's voice. Judy's other daughter, Lorna Luft , looks like HER dad, Sid Luft. Lorna can sing pretty good herself , although not in Liza's class. Lorna's much prettier, however. Lorna's also funny and entertaining. Here's Lorna singing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5rUq4iVoL56mrc

[@briansetpente1019]

Nobody could sing this beautiful song quite like Judy Garland before I lost my 😇 8,yrs ago the theme park in Disney world heard I loved Judy Garland I sang this song to my wife on our honeymoon thank you Judy❤️

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

@@SteffiReitsch She actually also looks a lot like Judy. If you watch the movie New York, New York, where she is dressed in 1940s wigs and dresses, there are moments where you might think it was Judy. And there is a scene of Judy with a short, spiky black wig in A Star is Born in the "Born in a Trunk" scene that would make you think it was Liza.

[@SteffiReitsch]

@@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg No way Ho- zay. She looks like the old man.

[@JamiieL19]

She looked very pretty in The Wizard of Oz, beautiful in Meet Me in St. Louis and GORGEOUS in Till the Clouds Roll by.

[@usamedsales3173]

Listen to that voice at her age!

[@user-mn4kg3jb4j]

This classic MGM movie Broadway Melody of 1938 was actually filmed in 1937! The legendary, adorable, very pretty, very intelligent and extremely Judy Garland performs this classic song perfectly! Judy Garland made this song her own!

[@MaskedMan66]

It takes a while to make a movie, and if you want it released in a certain year, you better start early! ;-) But yeah, all of your adjectives for Judy are on the money; on the subject of her intelligence, she liked to learn three new words every day, and she could memorize poems and songs after one listen. 🙂

[@user-mn4kg3jb4j]

@@MaskedMan66 I have loved Judy Garland since I was two and half when I first saw my favorite movie of all time the 1939 MGM Classic Fantasy Musical movie, The Wizard of Oz! I have many favorite movies however, the 1939 classic movie The Wizard of Oz is in a class by itself! Judy Garland was only fourteen during the making of the movie which was filmed at the early part of 1937. Judy Garland was also good at cards and after looking at one hand always won. Judy Graland also could rehearse a scene or a music number one time and then do it in one take. The fact is that two directors like Busby Berlkey and Vincent Minnelli insisted on multiple takes of a scene. Also, if the lighting or sound wasn't quite right or someone offscreen wasn't quiet on the set or the soundstage.

[@sergioreyes298]

Judy was a monument, a true colossus in little girl form. A talent like hers comes along maybe once a century.

[@patriciakeen6687]

One mega star singing to another mega star they were both fabulous

[@Cru674]

She takes my breath away.

[@redbluebae4397]

What a voice!

[@esperanzaarechandietar9894]

One of my favorite's songs and always made me cry.

[@gausachoco5105]

Oh my Gable

[@SSmith-fm9kg]

A classic...Classic.

[@audreydaleski1067]

Judy does it best.

[@christyrawlings7553]

She will always be my favorite ❤❤

[@23sexycutie]

National treasure 😊

[@martinepstein3332]

A natural genius

[@jessicalove9225]

Kindness, is favorite

[@LuzMaria95]

Fangirling clearly isn’t a new thing!!! 🥰

[@sheldoncooper1134]

Beautiful voice!! Judy Judy Judy!!!!

[@MaskedMan66]

Thank you, Cary Grant. 🙂

[@Anointed012]

Sing girl sing !

[@TheAnnArnold]

Precious!❤

[@jewellburney810]

Judy Garland was a awesome rare

[@qtpysusie54]

Broke the mold with Judy. Makes me hate the movie moguls of her day. How can one not love her?

[@MaskedMan66]

Name the moguls and detail what they did.

[@GabrielaZapataMusic]

Beautiful💗

[@Claudia_Crimson_585]

writing this to you And I hope that you will read it so you'll know My heart beats like a hammer And I stutter and I stammer Every time I see you at the picture show. I guess I'm just another fan of yours And I thought I'd write and tell you so. You made me love you I didn't wanna do it, I didn't wanna do it. You made me love you And all the time you knew it, I guess you always knew it. You made me happy, sometimes you made me glad. But there were times, sir, you made me feel so sad. You made me sigh 'cause I didn't wanna tell you, I didn't wanna tell you I think you're grand, that's true Yes I do, 'deed I do, you know I do. I must tell you what I'm feeling The very mention of your name Sends my heart reeling. You know you made me love you! Aw, gee, Mr. Gable, I don't wanna bother you! Guess you got a lotta girls that tell you the same thing. And if you don't wanna read this, well, you don't have to. But I just had to tell you about the time I saw you in "It Happened One Night". That was the first time I ever saw you, and I knew right then you were the nicest fella in the movies! I guess it was 'cause you acted so, well so natural like - not like a real actor at all, but just like any fella you'd meet at school or at a party. Then one time I saw you in a picture with Joan Crawford, and I had to cry a little 'cause you loved her so much and you couldn't have her - not 'till the end of the picture, anyway. And then one time I saw you in person. You were making a personal appearance at the theatre, and I was standing there when you got out of your car, and you almost knocked me down! Oh - but it wasn't your fault! Naw, I was in the way. But you looked at me, and you smiled. Yeah! You smiled right at me as if you meant it, and I cried all the way home Me just 'cause you smiled at me for being in your way! Aw, I'll never forget it, Mr. Gable. Honest. You're my favorite actor! I don't care what happens, let the whole world stop. As far as I'm concerned, you'll always be the top, 'cause you know you made me love you.

[@robertguttman1487]

This was a couple of years BEFORE she was in "The Wizard of Oz".

[@Telboy555]

She was 14 👍

[@2011littlejohn1]

I believe the guy in question was shown this clip and cried.

[@georgehewett5539]

She was truly a one-of-a-kind gem. Inspirational voice. Couldn't help but focus on the fact, though, that MGM had her sing the song to another MGM star. "Funny" they didn't have her singing the song to a photo of Errol Flynn.

[@sitbone3]

"In like Flynn"

[@georgehewett6243]

@@sitbone3 Touché!

[@moldyoldie7888]

She sang this song to Clark at his birthday party and Clark, touched, hugged her. Mayer saw this and decided her song should be in a movie. Very funny lines about Flynn.

[@georgehewett6243]

@@moldyoldie7888 I recall seeing a photo of Gable hugging Judy. Didn’t realize it was a birthday party scene. I chose Errol Flynn partly because he was my late mother’s high school heartthrob, but mainly because of his being under contract with Warner Brothers.

[@moldyoldie7888]

@@georgehewett6243 Thanks for the reply. As you probably know, Flynn had more than his share.

[@lydialuque2475]

¡Extraordinaria! ¡Qué elegancia! ME ENCANTA.

[@claudegaumond6754]

She became the mother of another gr8 voice, Lisa Minelli...

[@rickcarl2599]

She sure did! LIZA MINNELLI

[@SteffiReitsch]

Liza inherited a variation of her mother's beautiful voice but looked like her father, Vincent Minnelli.

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

Liza, not LIsa.

[@MaskedMan66]

@@SteffiReitsch She looks a lot like Judy too. And she's prettier than her dad.

[@SteffiReitsch]

@@MaskedMan66 No, she doesn't look like Judy. Google her dad, Vincente Minnelli-- spittin' image of the old man. Her dad sure wasn't pretty and neither is she, most people aren't. She sure is a fine singer, though.

[@Jotabenhur]

Em 1937, Roger Edens escreveu letras adicionais para a canção para Judy Garland . A nova letra colocou Garland no papel de uma fã adolescente de Clark Gable . Garland cantou a música para Gable em uma festa de aniversário organizada para ele pela Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Os executivos da MGM ficaram tão encantados com sua interpretação que ela e a música foram adicionadas ao filme Broadway Melody de 1938 . Garland gravou a versão "Gable" em 24 de setembro de 1937. A MGM lançou a música como lado B em 1939, ao lado da gravação de Garland de " Over the Rainbow " de O Mágico de Oz .

[@TheDiannel]

Lump in my throat.

[@sitbone3]

Shirley Temple was the first choice to star in "The Wizard Of Oz" but Fox Studios wouldn't release her to do an MGM film. MGM used Judy even though they didn't think she was very good looking.

[@MaskedMan66]

Not true. Part of the reason Mervyn LeRoy wanted to make a movie of _The Wizard of Oz_ (a favorite story of his from childhood) was that he was a great admirer of Judy's work on other movies, and knew she would be the perfect choice for the role of Dorothy. Only an MGM suit in New York thought that Shirley ought to play the part, since she was closer in age to the literary Dorothy. But LeRoy, knowing that Anna Laughlin, the very first actress to play Dorothy anywhere (on stage in 1902) had been fifteen, stuck to his guns, and of course he was right.

[@edwardcowley42]

Honest injun!

[@patwhite7970]

So sad MGM used her, gave her uppers and downers, ruined her life and threw her away.

[@MaskedMan66]

She had a hand in the worse aspects of her life, but she would hardly have said her life was "ruined." There were certainly no "uppers" and "downers" in her daily regimen when making either this or _Wizard._ Oh, and she MGM voluntarily parted ways.

[@chbo8039]

Sigh

[@MaskedMan66]

Indeed. 🙂

[@MaskedMan66]

Had Iron Man been around in those days and they made a movie, Gable would have been excellent at Tony Stark.

[@brianpearson3540]

All the studios used and abused their celebrities and chewed them up and spit them out after usefulness. But, this was a two-fold doulble-sided coin. Because, studios were to make movies and money quickly. Turn around time was short, work hours were long. There were no laws like today with 40 hour work week, lunches, breaks and no child labor laws. Not just for the studios, but across America's labor force. Regular American's did it to survive with little pay. While studio celebrities were well paid. Judy's contract, despite the hours and other requirements, was $5,000 per month. Much like today's generation, only demands of millions per movie and less demanding work hours and requirements. So, I dont necessarily feel sorry for them. Even in today's World, I know no one nor does the average person bring in $5,000 a month. But, throughout the years, labor laws have changed the way employers can work an employee fir the betterment of the worker.

[@brianpearson3540]

All the studios used and abused their celebrities and chewed them up and spit them out after usefulness. But, this was a two-fold doulble-sided coin. Because, studios were to make movies and money quickly. Turn around time was short, work hours were long. There were no laws like today with 40 hour work week, lunches, breaks and no child labor laws. Not just for the studios, but across America's labor force. Regular American's did it to survive with little pay. While studio celebrities were well paid. Judy's contract, despite the hours and other requirements, was $5,000 per month. Much like today's generation, only demands of millions per movie and less demanding work hours and requirements. So, I dont necessarily feel sorry for them. Even in today's World, I know no one nor does the average person bring in $5,000 a month. But, throughout the years, labor laws have changed the way employers can work an employee fir the betterment of the worker.

[@MaskedMan66]

Not all studios and not all performers.

[@shaneasbury85]

She sounds like Shirley temple 😂

[@2011littlejohn1]

No thank god she doesn't.

[@MaskedMan66]

No, she sounds like Judy Garland.

[@2011littlejohn1]

How long have you had this hearing disability.

[@Tomboyy9818]

@@2011littlejohn1there’s nothing wrong with Shirley Temple’s voice. Don’t be hateful

[@autoclearanceuk7191]

I think she lied about her age by about 7 years. imo.

[@Tomboyy9818]

No she didn’t. She never lied about her age

[@autoclearanceuk7191]

@@Tomboyy9818 - how do you know ?