Bad casting. Judy Garland looks nothing like her on-screen family.
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Gubbio — 10 years ago(June 04, 2015 03:52 AM)
I never disputed Judy Garland's looks. She was very beautiful, however she looks nothing like her on-screen family.
I was not addressing you, I was addressing kaydie-fee.
Anyway, I don't think actors should be cast to resemble one another. It never bothered me or never really occurred to me.
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tika313 — 10 years ago(December 20, 2015 05:03 PM)
Actually I checked because I thought you may have been more correct than anyone realized. Genetically two blue eyed parents can never have a brown eyed child but a brown eyed parent paired with a blue can have either color. Brown is dominant blue recessive. The bottom line is two blues can never make a brown but if one brown is in the equation any color is possible. Mary Astor had brown eyes so did Judy so it's fine.I cringe sometimes when Hollywood makes that mistake, everyone was supposed to learn that in biology.
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maggieameanderings — 10 years ago(December 27, 2015 09:23 AM)
Genetically two blue eyed parents can never have a brown eyed child but a brown eyed parent paired with a blue can have either color. Brown is dominant blue recessive. The bottom line is two blues can never make a brown but if one brown is in the equation any color is possible.
That was the old thinking. Turns out it was incorrect. Eye color in humans is more complex than the simple dominant/recessive model.
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tika313 — 10 years ago(December 27, 2015 11:20 AM)
Thanks, I will gladly look at the research. I just found and skimmed this so I appreciate your bringing it to my attention
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tika313 — 10 years ago(December 28, 2015 05:43 PM)
Your welcome, I started using Bing about three years ago instead of Google. I do believe we are witnessing a situation in our culture where a brand name has become so ingrained in our language that it became the definition for the action. It is more convenient to say Google than to say check for information on the internet so Google is now a verb. TY
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butaneggbert — 10 years ago(December 26, 2015 08:27 PM)
Ever hear of recessive and dominant genes?
I'm short, heavyset, dark haired, with deep green eyes.
My brother is tall, lean, pale, with rust-red hair and light blue eyes.
Guess we couldn't cast him as my brother, huh?
Nothing to see here, move along.
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kaydie-fee — 9 years ago(June 29, 2016 02:31 AM)
I always thought Auburn was her natural hue but according to Judy herself, her natural hair was very straight and Black/dark brown, when she was cast as Dorothy in the wizard of oz they had her wear a long blonde curly wig, Judy loved it so much she wanted to wear it it to school - MGM's wardrobe department didn't let her (the wig wasn't used in the final film, they dyed her hair auburn and put it in braids instead)
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TheChamCham — 9 years ago(September 09, 2016 02:43 PM)
The wig department at MGM was huge. They used handmade human hair wigs that were glued to the actors faces if there were not bangs. They also used a lot of hair pieces, falls and extensions. Probably the only actor in this movie who was not wearing some sort of hair appliance was Margaret O'Brien.
That's Hollywood !
Happiness often sneaks through a door you didn't know you left open.- John Barrymore -
crite40 — 2 months ago(January 25, 2026 01:50 AM)
The combination of brown eyes and red hair is unusual but a month or so back I saw a little girl with light red hair and brown eyes so it is genetically possible. Judy has been told by MGM so many times that she wasn't attractive that she lacked confidence for her role in "Meet me in St Louis". At 21 she thought that she couldn't play a 17 year old!
