If you were around during the Golden Age of Hollywood, you would have heard of Mercedes McCambridge. She had an Oscar winning role as Best Supporting Actress in the 1949 movie All the King’s Men. She was nominated for the same award in the 1956 film Giant. If you haven’t seen either of those classics Read More
Posts with the tag: Judy Garland
The Archivist’s Nook: The Dress at the End of the Rainbow
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: Archives, Catholic History, Collection Management, costume, Dorothy, drama, dress, film, Humanities, Judy Garland, movies, Uncategorized, University Archives, wizard of oz | Comment
The American Christmas Songbook: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” (1943)
If you’ve never seen Meet Me in St. Louis (MGM, 1944), stop everything you are doing and go watch it right now. It’s a classic Hollywood musical that features Judy Garland in her prime. Adapted from a series of vignettes written by Sally Benson for The New Yorker in 1941-42 (which she later published as a novel), Read More
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