Rainbow (1978 film)

Judy Garland - Apprenticeship of a Hollywood celebrities is an American biographical film of 1978 The television film is a screen adaptation of the eponymous biography Rainbow from 1975 by Christopher Finch. .

Action

Since early childhood is Frances Ethel Gumm, known as Baby Frances, with her two sisters Jinnie and Janey Gumm as the Gumm Sisters on stage. They are accompanied by an ambitious and strict mother while they tour through the country. The only loving relationship with her father Frank Frances Gumm, who runs a movie theater at home in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. The more difficult it is to live with her and her two sisters to Hollywood, because Ethel Gumm believes he can earn more money there. After several performances, organized by the mother, she meets after a long sad time her father again, as she has a solo performance at The Trocadero. The father himself wants to be back with his daughters and his wife together, which is why he tried to talk to Ethel. But this only sees the $ 300 that it deserves every month and is preparing to prefer the Gumm Sisters for an appearance at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago. The local manager is enthusiastic about the Gumm Sisters, keeping only the name Gumm in bad taste for why he gives them the name Garland Sisters, after the drama critic Robert Garland. And because her name is Frances does not like, she uses the same name to Judy Garland the opportunity.

Back in Hollywood, she receives from her good friend Mickey Rooney the news that he has signed a contract with MGM, which is why he is now safe hands. The same is now also trying Ethel with Judy. They use each only available opportunity to sing in front of studio bosses and film producer. But she keeps constantly refusals. It takes an eternity for them and countless other auditions before she finally gets the week and a MGM contract for $ 100. The joy will not last long, because in addition dies to an intensive vocal and music training with his father's friend and composer Roger Edens soon her father from poliomyelitis. For grief but there is no time. You have to work on. She realizes that she already for over 12 years was already at the age of 15 years on stage and her entire childhood sacrificed.

Meanwhile, it is from the studio boss Louis B. Mayer, who asks him why continue to call Uncle Louie and this has nothing else in mind than to protect his investment, invited to dinner. He would love to do a film with Garland, but it would have to decrease. The possibility to rotate, so he and some other film producers pressure on her and her mother exercise, finally take off The Wizard of Oz. But Judy Garland not tolerate the pills prescribed by the doctor, which is why Ethel with Mayer creates to protect her daughter and he leaves her then to refer the terrain of his studio, and future negotiated only with Roger Edens. Shortly afterwards, the news is doing the rounds that MGM tried to fill the movie with Shirley Temple, Judy Garland is depressed again, because it seems like it would be another one of those opportunities, she worked hard, but never received. Fortunately, 20th Century Fox Temple refuses to borrow, so it Garland has finally made it and can finally play their first film roles. But neither their own caravans, yet all the praise around them seem to make them happy. She misses her family and threatens the shooting cancel. Eden speaks positively on them and says that they would have good times and bad times daily and it was now appropriate to put all these feelings in the song. And so Judy Garland sings with tears Over the Rainbow.

Criticism

John J. O'Connor criticized the film, despite his " grandiose beginning " in the New York Times, because what the director " " cheesy sentimental staging, " make the spectacle MacArdles, which he regarded as " the biggest problem of the film " because they " as a reliable robot " all games, what is asked of her, although the film to a " story continues in a worn track. " MacArdle was a " block secure competence, " but since she Garland's " unique sound, with her ​​trembling vulnerability "to a" lackluster colored putty Dimensions " degrading that she was" unfortunately too easy to ignore. " In contrast, Judy Garland was, in his opinion, a " aufsehenderregende magnetic personality you, even if you did not like them could not ignore. "

Said Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times that this was " staged with feeling and style," " stunning biopic" by Jackie Cooper.

For the lexicon of the International film it was " a nostalgic television movie about a star life " showing " loss of childhood, separation from beloved father, restraint and seclusion ."

Soundtrack

Background

The director Jackie Cooper, who played as a child star in this film by Johnny Doran, resulted in this film, directed and interpreted the figure of Judy Garland as "the innocent little girl, who was forced by his ambitious mother into a film career, which was always only be exploited and little loved. " Cooper was really at the age of 13 years a year with Judy Garland together and had " goose bumps " when he began his " younger version had to conduct " during the shooting.

As the producer Fred Silverman of NBC moved to NBC, about 40 pages of the script was trimmed from from the original three -hour movie. In one scene Ethel Gumm says that " it would not be so bad if it would have been at least a man. " So she was referring to a scene that was cut from the film. There were rumors at the According to Cooper, not even Judy Garland believed that Frank Gumm was gay.

Cinematographer Howard Schwartz was awarded at the Emmy Awards 1979 Emmy for " Best Cinematography a Miniseries or a Special".

Publication

After the film aired on NBC on November 6 first time in 1978, he ran into his German Original Air Date on January 10, 1981 ZDF.

1978 in film Screenplay John McGreevey Film score Charles Fox (composer) Don Murray (actor) Jack Carter (comedian) George Jessel (actor) Grand Rapids (Minnesota) Jingle Bells Irving Berlin Roy Turk James V. Monaco Harold Arlen Yip Harburg
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