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A Judy Garland signed contract for her 1951 London Palladium comeback
10 December 2019, 14:00 PST
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A Judy Garland signed contract for her 1951 London Palladium comeback
Document Signed ("Judy Garland"), 2 pp, dated March 21, 1951, between Garland and Moss' Empires Limited, in which Garland commits to perform for 4 weeks at the prestigious London Palladium in April 1951 for approximately $7500 a week in US dollars. Garland's performances at the Palladium constituted a spectacular comeback after she had been fired in 1950 from her longtime home studio, MGM, after personal problems prevented her from appearing in Royal Wedding (she was eventually replaced by Jane Powell). Garland considered herself reborn after the European crowds embraced her and flocked to her sold-out Palladium concerts. She would continue to perform to massive crowds at the Palladium at various times over the course of her life, including shortly before she died in 1969, but none surpassed the excitement of the 1951 engagement in which she proved to herself and the world that her career was far from over.
Contract: 10.5 x 16.5 in.; magazine: 9 x 12 in.
Contract: 10.5 x 16.5 in.; magazine: 9 x 12 in.


















