judy garlandthe actress who gave life to the character of Dorothy in the film The Wizard of Oz (1939) She has been a collaborator since childhood. mickey rooney, who would become famous for his participation in the saga Andy Hardy. Both were from that generation of the 1930s in Hollywood and, initially, when they were hired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM), neither had any idea that in the future they would share a set in 12 films and that their lives would be intertwined by strong rumors.
Frances Gumm and Joseph Yule Jr. – real names of the two celebrities – began their career back in 1935, when she was 13 years old and the boy was 15. Their stage names were a requirement requested by MGM when they joined the company and, both the native of Minnesota, like the boy from Brooklyn glimpsed with this modification what would be the beginning of a long career in the world of the seventh art.
But something that would shock the public beyond his brilliant participation in films like Crazy about them, Harmonies of youth, Once upon a time in Hollywood, were the speculations that little by little gained strength. They said that the demand at MGM was so great that the young people had to take from sleeping pills to barbiturates, to endure the long periods of recording.
The controversy of this situation lasted for several years and, according to what Garland would have told biographer Paul Donnelley, these assumptions would have been true:
“They gave me (and Mickey Rooney) pills to keep us on our feet long after we were exhausted (…) Then they took us to the study hospital and knocked us out with sleeping pills… then after four hours they woke us up and they gave us the pills again so that we could work 72 hours straight. Half the time we were hanging from the ceiling, but it was a way of life for us.”
For many it was no secret that Garland over the years suffered from a major drug and alcohol addiction problem, in addition to the fact that he tried to take his own life on multiple occasions.
Sid Luft, ex-husband of the actress, would testify for the obituary in New York Times that Garland tried to commit suicide at least 20 times since he was 28 years old. This, coupled with the multiple hospitalizations for physical issues and mental health crises that the famous actress went through for years.
But everything didn’t stop there. mickey rooney He would also have issued several statements regarding whether he and Judy were forced to take pills when they were young on studio orders. According to the US media Public Broadcasting Service, andThe actor denied on multiple occasions that the events happened that way.
“Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer never gave Judy Garland drugs. Mr. Mayer sanctioned nothing for Judy. No one on that lot was responsible for Judy Garland’s death. Unfortunately, Judy chose that path”, Rooney would have pointed out.
Another of the rumors that emerged over the years was that, due to the closeness between Judy and Mickey in various films, a romance could exist between both. However, as far as the records exist, this never happened.
Furthermore, according to journalist Anne Helen Petersen, Garland was always branded in the industry as an “ugly duckling” and this would have perpetuated a mirage of “unrequited love” between Judy and Rooney.
“She didn’t look like the rest of those MGM stars… became a kind of avatar for the rejected personwhich is not sexy enough or pretty enough,” Petersen noted in 2014 for the podcast You Must Remember This.
By 1942, Rooney was 21 years old and married to Ava Gardner, which he would divorce a year later. Subsequently, the famous married seven more times -none with Judy- and, throughout his life, he conceived nine nine children and two stepchildren.
On the other hand, Judy married David Rose, then Vincente Minnelli, then Sidney Luft, Mark Herron, and finally Mickey Deans.
Although Garland’s addictions continued to worsen, by 1968—when her career was no longer at its 1930s heyday—she tried to get back on the road to fame and sing in London for five weeks.
By then Rosalyn Wilder was his assistant and booked for an interview at Daily Mail that Judy constantly told him that he couldn’t go on.
“Most nights Judy performed without the pills, but she had to feel like someone was there to help her. People always think of her as an alcoholic, but they were the pills that were the real monsters in his life Wilder said on that occasion.
It was very sad because it really was very simple. She had this incredible talent. She could perform a song with an emotion that no one else could give. But she was damaged.
The greatest tragedy would happen June 22, 1969, when Mickey Dean found his wife, Judy Garland, in the bathroom of their London apartment. The version of events was blunt: The actress of Wizard of Oz He would have died from an accidental drug overdose.
Important:
In the United States, there is the National Suicide Prevention Network to ask for help; you can call 1-888-628-9454 or 1-800-273-8255, the National Suicide Prevention Service hotline, to speak with someone who will give you free and confidential support 24 hours a day, seven days a week of the week. CDC also recommends its own prevention policies, programs, and practices.
In Mexico, the National System of Support, Psychological Counseling and Crisis Intervention by Telephone (SAPTEL) offers telephone attention 24 hours a day at the number: 0155 5259-8121. In the United States you can dial +1-888-628-9454.
At the Buenos Aires Suicide Assistance Center, they serve anyone in crisis on the free lines 135 from Buenos Aires and GBA or at (54-11) 5275-1135 24 hours a day. There is also the Center for Attention to Family Suicides (CAFS): Tel. (011) 4758-2554 ([email protected] – www.familiardesuicida.com.ar).
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