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Paley Center for Media, Film Society of Lincoln Center to Salute Judy Garland

Judy Garland: The Television Years, the first comprehensive retrospective of Garland’s career on television, will be presented July 20-August 18 at the Paley Center for Media.


The retrospective will include screenings of Garland’s first television special in 1955, six full episodes from The Judy Garland Show, where she shares the spotlight with such entertainers as Mickey Rooney, Barbra Streisand, Ethel Merman, and Peggy Lee, and her guest appearances on such programs as The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show, The Sammy Davis Jr. Show, On Broadway Tonight, and The Jack Paar Program.


Author John Fricke, whose latest book, Judy: A Legendary Film Career, will be released this summer, will be on hand to introduce several of the screenings.


The series is coordinated and produced in association with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, which will present a retrospective of her films, Judy Garland, All Singin’ All Dancin’, All Judy, July 26-August 9.


For more information, visit www.paleycenter.org and www.filminc.com.