It was 1944 when the trolley first started to clang. “The Trolley Song,” a second-act standout from the 1944 movie musical “Meet Me in St. Louis,” was sung by Judy Garland in striking Technicolor. It ...

Judy Garland‘s most iconic role is Dorothy Gale in “The Wizard of Oz” (1939), and her most acclaimed is Esther Blodgett/Vicky Lester in “A Star Is Born” (1954). But this Judy fan of more than 40 years ...

There may be thousands of Elvis impersonators out there, but there are at least two major full-time Judy Garland “re-enactors” who are worth knowing about. Jim Bailey (1938-2015) was regarded as the ...

Joan Ellison seemed fated to follow Judy Garland's ruby-tinted steps. "Judy made me want to become a singer, because my parents bought me the album of 'The Wizard of Oz' (the 1939 film soundtrack) ...

Film historians David Fantle and Tom Johnson bonded as teenagers in St. Paul over a shared appreciate for old Hollywood films. Their latest book, "C'mon Get Happy: The Making of Summer Stock," follows ...