Cinema: Garlandiana

I Could Go On Singing should be privately shown to truehearted members of Judy Garland fan clubs: it is so rich in barely dissimulated Garlandiana that much of its appeal will be wasted if one is not with it.

Singing was made last summer in London, during one of Judy's recurrent Bad Times. Quarrels with Husband Sid Luft, a bitter custody wrangle over the little Lufts, and a whole catalogue of physical ills plagued her throughout the filming. For the fans, this foreknowledge will only give an extra dollop of poignancy to the plot—a bit of fiction about a famous American singer...