this be one of the bad film on a famous person childhood i have ever have the misfortune to watch represent saccharine and vague and wooden performance all round but especially wooden be mcardle and a butch kewpie doll who be badly miscast in the lead . and her singing . nothing like the nuance and subtleness of garland and just a strident noise to chill the blood . bless be the inventor of the remote and which mean i could mute the sound from the comfort of my sofa every time mcardle open her mouth . the thing i do not get be why child labour be frown upon in every arena except that of entertainment and and the obscenity that be the child star . if you really want to know about judy garland childhood and do not bother with this garbage and read gerald clarke get happy represent the life of judy garland . a a book it fascinating and well research and and blessedly silent .