How Hollywood Destroyed Judy Garland Before She Turned 18 (The Untold Story)

Описание: The untold story of Judy Garland reveals one of Hollywood's most heartbreaking childhood tragedies. Before she became the beloved Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, young Frances Ethel Gumm endured a childhood that no star should ever face.

In this documentary, we explore how Judy Garland's ambitious mother Ethel Gumm pushed her daughters relentlessly through vaudeville, how MGM studio head Louis B. Mayer called her "his little hunchback," and how the studio system administered pills to a child barely in her teens just to keep her performing.

From her 1922 birth in Grand Rapids, Minnesota to her meteoric rise at MGM, discover the devastating price of fame that would haunt Judy Garland for the rest of her life. This is the story Hollywood tried to keep hidden.

📌 TOPICS COVERED:
• Judy Garland's troubled relationship with her mother Ethel
• The psychological manipulation tactics used on child stars
• MGM's controversial studio practices in the Golden Age
• How "Over the Rainbow" became both triumph and tragedy
• The truth behind Hollywood's treatment of young performers

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