27/06/2024
Judy Garland's Wizard of Oz screen test, 1938.
Garland was only 16 years old when she started filming the Wizard of Oz. On set, she was shunned by the Scarecrow, Tinman and the Cowardly Lion due to jealousy. Her only friend was Margaret Hamilton who played the Wicked Witch of the West.
Garland was also placed on a strict diet which consisted of chicken soup, coffee and 80 ci******es a day. She then became reliant on amphetamines in her late teens and at 19 she collapsed from exhaustion. Instead of being told to rest, doctors prescribed her more
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