Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1943)

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Mickey Rooney once gave Judy Garland a kiss on the cheek. That kiss still figures in her life 3li When she's not in a picture, she likes to cook and help with the dusting and sweeping FRANCES ETHEL GUMM, renamed Garland by George Jessel after his drama-critic friend and screennamed Judy by herself after her favorite song, is five feet, two inches tall without her shoes, weighs 110 pounds, has dark brown eyes and red hair. She uses a touch of her favorite bath oil on each wrist instead of perfume. She claims she is the most "thrown together" actress when it comes tc fashion. She loves to make over hats and dresses. She adores frilly white collars and cuffs. As Photoplay's cover star this month, Judy is the first girl to pose as a Crops Corps Volunteer, dramatizing America's need for millions of women to harvest our country's crops this summer. It was while she was going to school at Lawlor's, in Hollywood, that a freckled-face boy was ushered into the classroom and given the seat next to her. The boy began tapping his foot and whistling softly. Then he took a comb from his pocket and proceeded to get his hair so tangled that he couldn't remove the comb. She reached over and unknotted the mess. Giving her a big grin, he stuck out his hand and said, "Thanks, my name is Mickey." This was her first meeting with Mickey Rooney. She fell in love with him. A few weeks later Mickey told her he was leaving school. He had just signed a contract at Metro-GoldwynMayer and had to attend the studio school. She felt