Ruth Leon Bücher

Retraces her life from her discovery by Howard Hughes, her professional debut in Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hoo! followed by a series of highly successful comedies in the 1950s alongside her personal life, her relationships and the bent for self-destruction, which ended with her death from a drug overdose at 36.

In honor of the thirtieth anniversary of her death, a refreshing, lavishly illustrated new study of the life and career of the gifted entertainer follows Garland's accomplishments in film, theater, music, and television while assessing her turbulent private world. 50,000 first printing.

In this lavishly illustrated critical celebr ation, Sheridan Morley and Ruth Leon look back with affectio n at the career, on both sides of the camera, of Gene Kelly, one of cinema''s most popular stars. '