At the end of the twentieth century, 30 years after her tragically premature death, Judy Garland is still a legend to legions of fans the world over, who recognize in her one of the twentieth century's all-time great American talents. As Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1938), she symbolized the innocence and hope that would both desert her in her own life, which came to represent an unhappy paradigm of the fate that befell so many child stars who were victims of the old Hollywood studio system. As an MGM "triple threat" from 1938 to 1950, she acted, danced, and sang her way through more than two dozen feature films, many of which are now considered classics of the Hollywood musical genre. She possessed a powerful and expressive voice, unique in tone, and full of pain and vulnerability—she once said, "I have a voice that hurts...