Joan Ellison seemed fated to follow Judy Garland's ruby-tinted steps. "Judy made me want to become a singer, because my parents bought me the album of 'The Wizard of Oz' (the 1939 film soundtrack) ...

Donald J. Stubblebine Collection of Musical Theater and Motion Picture Music and Ephemera, 1866-2009, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Donald J.

The writer-director turned to everything from all-time classics like "Singin' in the Rain" to obscure titles like "Nancy Goes ...

It was 1944 when the trolley first started to clang. “The Trolley Song,” a second-act standout from the 1944 movie musical “Meet Me in St. Louis,” was sung by Judy Garland in striking Technicolor. It ...