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The Big Revue, also titled as The Starlet Revue, [2] is a 1929 American musical short film produced by Warner Bros. Pictures as part of their Vitaphone Varieties series. . Directed by Murray Roth, the film includes performances by The Gumm Sisters and The Meglin Kiddies and additional child perf
Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American actress, singer, and vaudevillian. Renowned for her powerful contralto voice, emotional depth, and versatility, Garland rose to international fame as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939), a role that cemented her status as a Hollywood legend.
The Gumm Sisters, later also known as The Garland Sisters, were an American vaudeville group formed by the three children of Francis Avent Gumm and Ethel Marion Milne: Judy Garland, Dorothy Virginia Gumm, and Mary Jane Gumm. Active from 1924 to 1935, the sisters were known for their vocal harmonies, dance routines, and stage presence.
Herself (with the Gumm Sisters) — Mayfair Pictures: A Holiday in Storyland: 1930: Roy Mack: Warner Bros. Lost; includes Garland's first solo number, "Blue Butterfly" Bubbles: The Wedding of Jack and Jill: Lost La Fiesta de Santa Barbara: 1935: Louis Lewyn Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Every Sunday: 1936: Judy Felix E. Feist: First role at Metro ...
Together, they had three daughters: Mary Jane “Suzanne” Gumm, Dorothy Virginia “Jimmie” Gumm, and Frances “Baby” Ethel Gumm, who would later change her name to Judy Garland. Ethel encouraged her daughters to perform as The Gumm Sisters , a vaudeville trio that sang and danced in local talent shows and on vaudeville stages.
The original soundtrack to the 1948 film Words and Music was released by MGM Records earlier in the same year in three formats: as a set of four 10-inch 78-rpm shellac records, as a set of four 7-inch 45-rpm EPs and as a 10-inch long-play.
The second act is Judy Garland and her two older sisters, then known collectively as The Gumm Sisters, singing "In the Land of Let's Pretend", a song from Warner Bros' 1929 film On with the Show!, with Garland singing a short solo. [5] [2] [6] Five more brief acts follow, including a tap dancing number in ballet pointe shoes. [1]
Christmas 1924: Two-year-old Frances Gumm performs in public for the first time, singing "Jingle Bells" in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Her mother, Ethel, watches from the audience while her father, Frank, watches from backstage. Ethel is unhappy with her marriage because of Frank's romantic interest in men.