quot;(Judy Garland Database online). "The girls also appeared in three "Warner Brothers Vitaphone" short subjects in 1929 (A Holiday in Storyland, The Wedding of Jack and Jill, and Bubbles). In 1935, they appeared in an MGM short subject, "La Fiesta de Santa Barbara", billed as The Garland Sisters"(Judy Garland Database online). "Judy's first feature film appearance was in the 20th Century-Fox hit "Pigskin Parade" in 1936 - the only time MGM ever loaned her out to another studio" (Judy Garland Database online).While in Chicago, in the early thirties, the girls were performing at the 'World Fair', where they were heckled at because of their name. This incident encouraged them to change it Garland. Judy picked her name to become Judy because she thought it sounded peppy.
             Because of her sister's marriage, there musical act was broken up. Their mother who was also their manager insisted that her daughter Judy be in the movie business. She took her thirteen year old daughter to audition for MGM. She signed a contract with them and began her movie career as part of the MGM family. "Judy was said to be the only person ever contracted at MGM without a screen test, though the same claim has been made with reference to several other stars. Judy's contract officially started on October 1, 1935. Her starting salary was $100.00 per week with options for seven years" (Judy Garland Database online). Her life was then about to change dramatically. There she was, a young girl about to enter a world of Glitz and Glamour, without knowing that very same world would play a large part in her untimely death. She would be put under pressures that not one person could ever withstand.
             Like many other leading ladies in Hollywood at this time, Judy and her fellow peers were all struggling to maintain a image that was expected. Many of these women we
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