The idea of actress Shirley Temple being MGM's first choice to play Dorothy Gale in 1939's The Wizard of Oz over Judy Garland stands as one of the latter. In fact, so deeply entrenched was this ...

(L-R): Judy Garland in 1939 | Herbert Dorfman/Corbis via Getty Images and Shirley Temple in 1938 | Hulton Archive/Getty Images While MGM heads wanted Temple for the box-office draw they were sure ...

“Judy Garland was not the popular choice among ... ‘You’re obviously not drinking a Shirley Temple,’” her longtime friend Barry Barsamian, who met the star in 1996 when she was 68 ...

Young Judy, played by remarkable ... After a spell in which Shirley Temple is suddenly the studio’s top choice for the pic, Garland is back in the lead role and, for the first time in her ...

Garland also changed her first name to Judy based on a song. Louis B. Mayer, studio chief of MGM, which helped produce “The Wizard of Oz,” originally wanted Shirley Temple to be cast in the ...

Shirley Temple, born April 23 ... persona and executives considered her upstaged by stars like Rooney and Judy Garland. "I might have felt unwanted if my mother had not wisely enrolled me at ...

At the age of 6, Shirley Temple is the youngest Academy ... combo can say they are all Academy Award winners, except for Judy Garland, Vincente Minnelli and Liza Minnelli. While Judy Garland ...

The idea of actress Shirley Temple being MGM's first choice to play Dorothy Gale in 1939's The Wizard of Oz over Judy Garland stands as one of the latter. In fact, so deeply entrenched was this ...