Outtakes, deleted scenes, rehearsal footage

“The Jude Garland Show Volume 2” arrives on DVD with the amazing Lena Horne, folk singer Judy Henske and comedian Terry Thomas as her guests. Garland performs a number of Broadway musical highlights as part of this program including “Hey< look Me Over” and “Day in, Day Out” with Horne. Originally produced for TV in 1963, Garland’s show proved to be a showcase for artists to reach the much bigger audience that TV provided at the time. ***

Other guests include Count Basie and musician/singer Mel Torme appears as the band leader and leads a terrific performance of “Fascinating Rhythm”. ---

Image & Sound:

The series receives a nice transfer with a digitally restored and remastered release of the show. The show looks surprisingly good with a fairly crisp presentation and nice color reproduction. *** We get a choice of the original mono soundtrack or a newly created Surround track. ---

We get outtakes, deleted footage and rehearsal footage which has, surprisingly, survived the ravages of time. We also get a rehearsal number between Garland and Lena Horne that is far superior to the aired version. We also get the rehearsals for the comedy skits . ---

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