Judy Garland in "Pigskin Parade" 1936

[@margaretmunro756]

Judy Garland is such a great talent!! What a truly beautiful voice!!♥

[@allengumm1157]

What a singer she was! And fun to see Jack Haley, Patsy Kelly and delightful Betty Grable along with Judy.

[@gabrielvidrio3210]

Jack Haley would go on to play Tin Man with Judy as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz 🌈🧙‍♂️💚

[@ECKohns]

Three years later, Judy and Jack Haley would work together again on The Wizard of Oz.

[@tomc8115]

Wanna hear me sing? Uh not right now. 😮 This is a fun little movie and when they finally wise up & let Sairy Dodd sing, boy does she blows the doors off the joint!

[@MaskedMan66]

I can't help wondering if Mervyn LeRoy saw this movie and, upon seeing Judy in braids and gingham (very similar to W.W. Denslow's depiction of Dorothy Gale), he was thrown a thought.

[@akrenwinkle]

You're right. In 1937, pre-pre-production, just concepts really, began about "The Wizard of Oz." The property was purchased by MGM as a project for Judy. Despite folklore that Judy got the role because MGM couldn't work out a deal to get Shirley Temple- eventually Judy came to believe it herself- it was Judy's movie from the beginning. Audience and critical reaction to Judy in "Pigskin" was very positive. Notions of Judy being ugly, a hunchback or "a fat pig with pigtails" came from one source: Judy herself, many years later.

[@MaskedMan66]

@@akrenwinkle Exactly so; Judy was a good person, but as I've heard someone say, she had a "casual relationship" with the truth. And you're absolutely right: LeRoy had Judy in mind from the very beginning.

[@amireg90]

Thank you for the video. It's great to see Judy in her early age. She was wonderful in that time too.

[@terrysmith8749]

Judy was 13 or 14 when she was loaned out to do this movie. ( that's the problem you have when you're born in June). My understanding is, when this movie was released, all the movie cards that were turned in at the theaters raved about Judy. The little sister, boy could she sing, she's great, she steals the movie, she didn't sing enough. Apparently they could get enough of her. SHE DID STEAL THE MOVIE.

[@LexiDanielleRohrich]

I want to see all of this movie!!!!!

[@sarakat76]

amazing little girl!

[@cristyrodas]

3 years later, Judy became Dorothy!!!👠🌟

[@chandrabalisattir3233]

WOW !!! Garland & Grable !!! x

[@Bunny-8889]

No body like Judy !!

[@vertxxgg]

Great Judy in this movie

[@johnniemaddux1226]

Great print, but the image seems to have the wrong dimensions; the image is cut off at the top. :)

[@RToni]

it's zoomed from 4:3 (1,37:1) to 16:9 (1,85:1). On the DVD release it's correct

[@gabrielvidrio3210]

Judy almost looks like Dorothy Gale here 🌈👧🐦 I guess it was meant 2 be 💖 Btw: In Journey Back 2 Oz 1971, one of of the farmahands at Gale Farm is named Amos 👨‍🌾 Irony is Everywhere 💖

[@mattmammone2338]

Is that Judy Catching those or a stunt double? They seem to not show a single unbroken shot of it, but even if it isnt her, Judy's still a great catch *wink*...hehe

[@johnniemaddux1226]

I think it was Judy. But the thrower was probably a double.

[@hebneh]

Sairy sure cleaned up nice, didn't she? Once they took her off the farm, that is.

[@stephaniecollins6052]

They really thought she needed to lose weight. Pff

[@MarjorieEarlDean]

" Van Dick" 🤣

[@MarjorieEarlDean]

Did they already start given her drugs on this or only when she started doin the dance numbers with Mickey?

[@terrysmith8749]

This movie was not made by M.G.M.. Judy was loaned out to Fox or Warner Bros., who ever made this movie, and she did steal it by the way.

[@terrysmith8749]

No, this film was not made by M.G.M.. BESIDES JUDY WAS OLDER WHEN M.G.M. STARTED WITH THE UPPERS.

[@clowpowart]

Her mother was giving her pills before she was signed to MGM back when she was doing vaudeville