Litsy

A Star Is Born (Turner Classic Movies): Judy Garland and the Film that Got Away | Lorna Luft, Jeffrey Vance

I pulled this out the other day - watching the movie and this version is my favorite - love Judy Garland - will post for The Man That Got Away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzyPMRo8ZUQ

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AnnCrystal 👏🤩👍. 1mo

TieDyeDude Epic! Thanks for sharing! My mom is a huge Streisand fan, so I know that version and the new one, but somehow I've never seen Garland's. Movie and album are on my list, now 😁 1mo

bthegood @TieDyeDude thx for hosting this - love reading about everyone's musical choices 🎼 1mo

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WJCintron Listening to it in the car. Thanks for sharing!! 😃🙏🙌 1mo

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KathyWheeler

Finding Dorothy: A Novel | Elizabeth Letts

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Finished this on my way home. I‘m not convinced of the necessity of the dual timeline. Most of the time was spent in the past — I‘d often forget that there was also a story being told about the filming of The Wizard of Oz.

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KathyWheeler

Finding Dorothy: A Novel | Elizabeth Letts

I‘m headed home tomorrow, so I took one last walk by the river this evening. I‘m enjoying Finding Dorothy. #audiowalk

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Eggs

Finding Dorothy: A Novel | Elizabeth Letts

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Just the perfect read for today. With a dual timeline, Letts gives us a peek into Frank and Maud‘s courtship, marriage, and family; then shows how Mrs. Baum, through visits to MGM and heart-to-heart talks with Judy Garland, influenced the movie and its magic during filming.

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AnnCrystal 💕🌈🌪️👠👠👍❤️. 7mo

MissyD I really enjoyed this book. I found it a bit slow at times. But I Soo love the wizard of oz that i stuck with it 7mo

marleed What I remember most from this book was Maud‘s relationship with her famous suffragette mother. I did not know this and found it fascinating. 7mo

Eggs @AnnCrystal ❤️👠❤️🙌🏻🙌🏻 7mo

Eggs @MissyD Loved it & Baum‘s playful nature. Maud‘s sister was a sad part 7mo

Eggs @marleed New to me also, but Julia‘s situation was very sad 7mo

MissyD @marleed I never knew that either. I fell down a rabbit hole as I often do when reading historical fiction because I start googling things from the books. It was really well written. The author used lots of letters/diaries from the Baum‘s in her writing. 7mo

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AmyK1

Finding Dorothy: A Novel | Elizabeth Letts

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“Magic isn‘t things materializing out of nowhere. Magic is when a lot of people all believe in the same thing at the same time, and somehow we all escape ourselves a little bit…”

I enjoyed this story about the making of The Wizard of Oz and the life of the author told through his wife.

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marleed

Finding Dorothy: A Novel | Elizabeth Letts

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This was a bookclub reread. I gave it 5* when it was released, but have more mixed feelings now. I‘ve read piles historical fiction since then and have become critical of the naïveté authors sometimes write into historical figures. Maud Gage had a fascinating upbringing with her suffragette mother and subsequent marriage to L Frank and I believe her to be more sophisticated than she was portrayed here. ↓

marleed That said I‘m really glad I gave this a reread because I took the time to google the Gage men and Baum women this time. My bookclub was surprised they were so intrigued by Maud‘s story. One person thought L Frank was a narcissist and Maud a terrible mother but no one else (including me) felt that way at all. 1y

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megzieboo

Finding Dorothy: A Novel | Elizabeth Letts

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Very wholesome, it inspired me to read the original Wizard of Oz book and have an Oz movie marathon with my son. Hoping to go see wicked too as a finale to the Oz adventure. 💕

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BookishRedhead

Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland | Gerald Clarke

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Very informative and touching.
Poor Judy had one hell of a life, she's underrated as both a person and an actress, I need to find her other movies

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JMEdwards

Finding Dorothy: A Novel | Elizabeth Letts

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This was a most interesting read. You not only learn about the behind the scenes filming of the Wizard of Oz, but also the life and times of the author of the Oz books as seen through the eyes of his wife, Maud, daughter of the famous suffragist, Matilda Joslyn Gage.

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