Feeling “a little better,” Mrs. Culp accompanied Walter to the Park Theatre to see Broadway Melody of 1938, which she described as “very good.” This thinly plotted musical starred Eleanor Powell and Robert Taylor, but is most noted for giving the young singer Judy Garland her first big break that led to her being cast as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz two …
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