Presenting Lily Mars (DVD)

Presenting Judy Garland! Whether swinging a hot number with Bob Crosby's orchestra or emoting a hilariously hammy version of Lady MacBeth's sleepwalking scene, Judy is a delight as a stage-struck Hoosier in this charming film based on Booth Tarkington's novel. Lily just knows she has the talent to light up the Great White Way, so when a big Broadway producer (Van Heflin) visits her hometown, she expends all the candlepower of her charisma to impress him. He's not impressed. He heads back to New York and Lily follows, thumbing her way east on what she's sure is a one-way trip to instant stardom. At a mere 20 years old, Judy had already reached stardom. Presenting Lily Mars proves why, showcasing her once-in-a-generation voice, gift for comedy and enduring movie magnetism. Break a leg, Lily!

Starring: Judy Garland, Van Heflin, Fay Bainter, Richard Carlson, Spring Byington, Marta Eggerth, Annabelle Logan, Tommy Dorsey, Bob Crosby, Connie Gilchrist, Leonid Kinskey, Patricia Barker, Janet Chapman, Six Hits and a Miss, Lyn Wilde, Gus Schilling, William Tannen, Frances Rafferty, Lynne Carver, Marilyn Maxwell, Joe Yule, Lillian Yarbo, Almira Sessions, Cliff Danielson, Barbara Bedford, Charles Meakin, Mabel Smaney, Bryn Davis, Henry Sylvester, Harry Rosenthal, Helen Dickson, Betty Blythe, Pat West, Lee Murray, Frank Coghlan Jr., Bob Cautiero, Jack Chefe, Al Murphy, Virginia Engels, Carl Leviness, Bobby Barber, Bill Cartledge, Claire McDowell

Director: Joe Pasternak

Rating: NR