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"Judy Garland\nThe Wizard of Oz Star in Bel-Air\nGarland poses near the pond in her backyard.\n\nAt the same time that Judy Garland was making The Wizard of Oz, a film that would establish her as a compelling screen presence at the age of 17, she and her mother were planning a sprawling house for themselves in Bel-Air.\nGarland in her backyard.\n\nIn the backyard of her dream home, late 1939. Behind and alongside the home, there were both tennis and badminton courts, a solarium, and a garden pool and walkway.\nGarland painting a picket fence.\n\nOn a rare day off from filmmaking or rehearsals, Garland was often required to pose for the kind of \"just folks at home\" photos that ran in fan magazines and other publications of the day.\nGarland on her diving board.\n\nGarland poses at home, circa 1940. Photographers would regularly invade the Garland grounds to capture pictures that underscored her \"girl next door\" image.\nGarland singing in her master suite.\n\nHer master suite, decorated with photographs of Garland's family and treasured coworkers, included a then-state-of-the-art home recording machine and numerous books. \"She was a great reader,\" admired Garland's later London publicist Matthew West. \"Books everywhere.\"\nGarland and friends, Christmas 1939.\n\nWith oldest sister Mary Jane (Susie) Gumm, an unidentified friend, and Mickey Rooney, Christmas 1939. The holidays capped Garland's most successful year to date. For the first time, Garland ranked among the top ten box office stars. In October, she'd placed her hand and footprints in the cement at Grauman's Chinese Theatre; two months after this picture was taken, Rooney would present her with her special Academy Award."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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