Judy Garland, "the world's greatest entertainer," would have been 90 years old on Sunday, June 10.
To celebrate Garland's birthday, Turner Classic Movies will broadcast a 24-hour marathon of her best films, including The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, Easter Parade and A Star is Born.
Here is the complete schedule. Asterisked titles below are those programs co-hosted by Robert Osborne and Garland biographer John Fricke:
6 am -- Everybody Sing
7:45 am -- Love Finds Andy Hardy
9:30 am -- Strike Up the Band
*12 pm -- For Me and My Gal
* 2 pm -- Girl Crazy
* 3:45 pm -- A Star Is Born
* 7 pm -- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (documentary)
8 pm -- The Wizard of Oz (ESSENTIAL, JR. series)
* 10 pm -- Meet Me in St. Louis
* 12 am -- Easter Parade
* 2 am -- Summer Stock
4:15 am -- I Could Go On Singing
On June 22 (the 43rd anniversary of Garland's death), PBS will rebroadcast the Emmy-winning American Masters | Judy Garland: By Myself, co-produced by Fricke.
Happy 90th, Judy! Our Garland docudrama, The Judy Monologues, runs July 6 to 15 at the Annex Theatre in Toronto as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival. The show is based on rare voice tapes recorded by Judy in the mid 1960s and also features film clips of Garland from her Hollywood heyday .
Posted by: Judymonologues | June 07, 2012 at 07:20 PM