Garland (Film and TV Studio)

The Judy Garland Company or Garland (formerly known as Garland-Monroe Productions, Judy Garland Productions, Garland Pictures Corporation and Judy Garland Entertainment) is an american film and television production company and former film distributor, founded by Judy Garland and Marilyn Monroe in 1950. Marilyn Monroe died in 1962 and Judy Garland died in 1969. it Should become a Hollywood Major. However, it Failed to succeed, so the company was sold to Columbia Pictures in 1980. in December 1984, Judy Garland Entertainment kept Columbia's pre-March 17, 1984 library, Universal Studios' pre-1930 library and Paramount Pictures' pre-1950 library.

since 2019, it is a subsidiary of Entertainment One's TriStar Pictures Entertainment and became an in-name-only unit of TriStar Pictures.

Garland's American distribution arm, Judy Garland Distribution, exists from 1984 to 1994. the company will stop distributing it's own movies for 30 years, but instead Co-finance movies with TriStar Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation and Stage 6 Films.

in 2024, The Judy Garland Company was put back into distribution. Garland's other partners, TriStar Pictures Feature Animation, Montserb Studios and Columbia Pictures, also made movies for Garland.

History
Judy Garland (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Actress) and Marilyn Monroe (Twentieth Century Fox Actress) founded their own production company Garland-Monroe Productions in 1950. Judy and Marilyn made any movies at the Astoria Studio that starred Garland and Monroe, which renamed the facility as Garland-Monroe Studios.

when Marilyn Monroe died in 1962, it was renamed Judy Garland Productions to release Garland's last titles. Garland, for example, sold Marilyn Monroe's movies back to Fox in 1963. in 1969, Judy Garland died and it was renamed to Garland Pictures Corporation, witch released Stant Toons:the Motion Picture in 1970. it was the second studio founded by Movie Stars, the first is United Artists.

in 1975, the company launched Judy Garland Television. it tried to become a Major Hollywood studio, but it's major status were cancelled and the plans has failed, so it was was sold to Columbia Pictures in 1980 and the Unfinished Garland Studio was sold to the newest film company called Orion Pictures. it has also beaten by Walt Disney Pictures, which became a major studio. it formed Garland Home Video.

in 1982, Coca-Cola purchased Columbia. in 1983, Columbia decided to make the Garland studio a Separate studio again in order to avoid lawsuit from News Corporation founder Rupert Murdoch. in 1984, Garland became independent again and took Columbia's pre-1984 library, Universal's pre-1930 library, and Paramount's pre-1950 library and changed it's name to Judy Garland Entertainment. Garland also purchased Ragdoll Productions in 1985 and Stant Studios in 1986.

following the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Judy Garland Entertainment's film suffered Box Office Failures, Causing Garland to Stop distributing films worldwide.

due to The Thief and the Cobbler being taken away from Richard Williams in 1992, Judy Garland Entertainment announced to stop distributing animated films. Garland continued to distribute animated television shows.

in 1994, Sony purchased Garland. Columbia TriStar Television had distributed all of Judy Garland's movies on Television. at least, Judy Garland Entertainment was absorbed into TriStar Pictures. Garland New Media is the copyright holder of the Pre-1984 Columbia Feature Film library, the pre-1930 Universal silent Feature Film library, the pre-1950 Paramount Sound Feature Film library, and the Ragdoll Production and Stant Studios libraries.

in 2000, it was relaunched as The Judy Garland Company and to release all of films starring Judy Garland on VHS and DVD worldwide, with Warner Bros. handling US East Coast, UK, Spanish, French, German and Australian distribution, Artisan for US West Coast, Alliance for Canadian distribution, and Universal for outside of the USA, Canada and the UK.

in 2006, Garland made new deal with a new Canadian distribution deal with Maple Pictures. in 2007, it became a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, although the Canadian Maple/Garland deal continued.

in 2008, Sony formed Garland Media to put all Garland films on Netflix, but are removed by 2015 after Fox CEO Jim Gianopulos sued Sony for releasing films starting Judy Garland. However, films starring Judy Garland are now available on Crackle, Amazon Video and GoDigital by order of Disney Corporation of America CEO Bob Iger and Entertainment One president Darren Throop, which saved Sony from being purchased by Fox.

after Entertainment One purchased Sony in March 2020, The Judy Garland Company became a subsidiary of TriStar Pictures Entertainment.

in 2024, The Judy Garland Company was put back into distribution. TriStar Pictures Feature Animation, Montserb Studios and Columbia Pictures became Garland's co-finances. Garland shall release 8 Films a year on it's own, 2 with TriStar Pictures Feature Animation, 4 with Montserb, and 2 with Columbia.

North America

 * United States
 * MGM/CBS Home Video (1978-1982)
 * MGM/UA Home Video (1982-1999)
 * Warner Brothers Home Entertainment (1999-2017) (VHS and DVD only)
 * Artisan Home Entertainment (1999-2004) (Gulf and West Coast Distribution)
 * Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2004-2012) (Gulf and West Coast Distribution)
 * FOX/Sony Home Entertainment (2012-2017) (Gulf and West Coast Distribution)
 * Entertainment One Home Entertainment (2020–present)
 * Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2020-present) (Gulf and West Coast Distribution)


 * Canada
 * Astral Video (1980-1989)
 * MCA/Universal Home Video (1989-1997) (outside Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador)
 * Cineplex Odeon Home Entertainment (1990-1998) (inside Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador)
 * Alliance Atlantis Home Entertainment (1998-2005)
 * Maple Pictures (2006-2011) (outside Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador)
 * Crystal Films (2006-2011) (inside Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador)
 * Alliance Home Entertainment (2011-2013)
 * Entertainment One Home Entertainment (2013–present)

International

 * UK
 * MGM/UA Home Entertainment UK (1980-2000)
 * Warner Brothers Home Entertainment UK (2000-2015)
 * Abbey Home Media Group (2000-2004) (Scottish Distribution only)
 * Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2004-2011) (Scottish Distribution only)
 * StudioCanal Home Entertainment (2011–present)


 * Ireland
 * CIC Video (1980-1994)
 * Columbia TriStar Home Video (1994-1998)
 * Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (1998-2005)
 * Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005-2007)
 * StudioCanal Home Entertainment (2007–present)


 * France
 * Gaumont-Columbia-RCA Video (1985-1990)
 * Gaumont-Sony Home Entertainment (1990-1993)
 * Gaumont-Columbia TriStar Home Video (1993-1998)
 * Warner Brothers Home Entertainment (2000-2008)
 * Universal Home Entertainment (2008-2012)
 * Fox-Universal Home Entertainment (2012-2017)
 * eOne Home Entertainment (2017–present)


 * Scandinavia
 * SF Video (1978-1987)
 * Starbox Video (1987-1994)
 * Baroness VideoVision (1994-2000)
 * Esselte Video (2000-2004; Norway only)
 * Universal Home Entertainment (2000-2015; except for Danish home video distribution)
 * Nordisk Home Entertainment (2000-2015; Danish home video distribution)
 * eOne Home Entertainment (2015–present)


 * Spain
 * MGM/UA Home Video (1980-2000)
 * Warner Bros Home Entertainment (2000-2015)
 * StudioCanal (2015-present)


 * Portugal
 * Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment (1987-1991)
 * Columbia TriStar Home Video (1991-1998)
 * Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (1998-2005)
 * Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005-2012)
 * Fox Home Entertainment (2012-2017)
 * eOne Home Entertainment (2017–present)


 * Brazil
 * FilmeWorld (1983-1990)
 * Chaso Filme (1990-1999)
 * MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1995-1999)
 * Warner Home Video (1999-2005)
 * Paramount Home Entertainment (2005-2012)
 * 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2012-2017)
 * eOne Home Entertainment (2017–present)


 * Australia/New Zealand
 * MGM/UA Home Entertainment Australia (1980-2000)
 * Village Roadshow Home Entertainment (2000-2015)
 * Warner Brothers Home Entertainment Australia (2000-2015)
 * Sony Universal Home Entertainment (2015-2020)
 * eOne Universal Home Entertainment (2020-2022)
 * eOne Hartnett Home Entertainment (2022–present)


 * Russia/Ukraine/Belarus
 * Krupny Plan (1990-2004)
 * Central Partnership Digital (2004-today)


 * Germany
 * Constantin Video (1975-1982)
 * CBS/FOX Video Germany (1982-1990)
 * Concorde Video (1990-1999)
 * Warner Brothers Home Entertainment Germany (1999-2007)
 * Kinowelt (2007-2011)
 * StudioCanal Germany (2011-present)


 * Poland
 * Wideo z Polski (1985-1998)
 * Cass Film Entertainment Group (1998-2008)
 * StudioCanal (2008-present)


 * Singapore
 * CIC Video (1980-2000)
 * Universal Home Entertainment (2000-2004)
 * Paramount Home Entertainment (2004-2010)
 * StudioCanal (2010-present)


 * Other Countries
 * MGM/UA Home Entertainment International (1980-2000)
 * Warner Brothers Home Entertainment (2000-2007)
 * Universal Home Entertainment (2007-2012)
 * Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012–2020)
 * eOne Home Entertainment (2020–present)

North America

 * United States
 * MGM (1935-1950)
 * Warner Bros. (1950-1955, 1996-2020)
 * Republic Pictures (1955-1959)
 * United Artists (1959-1980)
 * Buena Vista Distribution (1980-1984)
 * Turner Entertainment (1986-1996)
 * Artisan Entertainment (2000-2004) (Gulf and West Coast Distribution)
 * Lionsgate (2004-2012) (Gulf and West Coast Distribution)
 * TriStar Pictures Classics (2012-2019) (Gulf and West Coast Distribution)
 * TriStar Pictures Entertainment (2020–present)


 * Canada
 * Vancouver Film Company (1955-1970)
 * Victory Pictures (1970-1980)
 * Astral Films Limited (1980-2000)
 * Alliance Atlantis (2000-2006)
 * Maple Pictures (2006-2011) (outside Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador)
 * Crystal Films (2006-2011) (inside Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador)
 * Alliance Films (2011-2013)
 * Entertainment One (2013–present)

International

 * UK
 * Rank Organisation (1950-1965, 1975-1990)
 * Tigon British Film Productions (1965-1975)
 * Columbia/Warner Film Corporation (1975-1990)
 * Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (1990-1997)
 * Universal Studios (1997-2011)
 * StudioCanal (2011–present)


 * France
 * Gaumont Film Company (1960-1990)
 * Pathé Entertainment (1990-1995)
 * Metropolitan Filmexport (1995-2006)
 * Universal Studios (2006-2009)
 * StudioCanal (2006–present)


 * Australia/New Zealand
 * Village Roadshow Limited (1985–2000)
 * Universal Studios (2000-2010)
 * StudioCanal (2010–present)


 * Scandinavia
 * Nordisk Film (1987-2020; Danish Distribution only)
 * Svensk Filmindustri (1990-2020; Swedish Distribution only)
 * Universal Studios (1997-2014; Norwegian theatrical and television distribution)
 * Buena Vista International (2000-2007; Danish television distribution)
 * Entertainment One (2020–present)


 * Japan
 * Toho Company (1954-1986)
 * Toei Company (1986-2000)
 * Universal Studios (2000-2013; theatrical and television distribution)
 * Columbia DreamWorks Pictures Japan (2013-2017)
 * Entertainment One (2017–present)


 * Benelux
 * Amsterdam Pictures (1950-1975)
 * the Rank Organisation (1975-1990)
 * Gaumont Film Company (1990-2000)
 * Universal Studios (2000-2008)
 * MediaMonks (2008-2013)
 * The Weinstein Company (2013-2018)
 * Entertainment One (2019–present)


 * Southeast Asia/Mainland China/Hong Kong
 * Shaw Brothers Studios (1967-1977)
 * Shanghai Film Studio (1977-1992)
 * Golden Harvest (1992-1997)
 * Universal Studios (1997-2017)
 * Entertainment One (2017–present)


 * Spain/Latin America
 * Columbia Pictures (1975-1984, 1998-2019)
 * TriStar Pictures (1984-1994)
 * Trimuph Films (1994-1998)
 * TriStar Pictures Entertainment (2019–present)


 * Porugal/Brazil
 * Columbia Pictures (1975-1984, 2014-2020)
 * TriStar Pictures (1984-1994)
 * Trimuph Films (1994-1998)
 * Columbia TriStar Warner Filmes de Portugal (1998-2014)
 * TriStar Pictures Entertainment (2020–present)


 * Russia/Ukraine/Belarus
 * KinoMost (1970-2002)
 * Buena Vista International (2000-2007)
 * Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Russia (2007-2012)
 * Central Partnership (2012-present)


 * Germany
 * Constantin Film (1975-1982)
 * Filmwelt (1982-1999)
 * Concorde Film (1990-1999)
 * Kinowelt (1999-2011)
 * StudioCanal Germany (2011-present)


 * Serbia/Croatia/Montenegro/Bosni aand Herzegovina/Slovenia/Macidonia
 * Croatia Film (1960-1994)
 * Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (1994-1999)
 * United International Pictures (1999-2007)
 * StudioCanal (2007-present)


 * Italy (now Romany)
 * Gaumont Film Company (1950-1981)
 * United International Pictures (1981-2000)
 * L'Altrofilm (2000-2005)
 * StudioCanal (2005-present)


 * Hungary
 * Magyar Film (1966-1996)
 * United International Pictures (1996-2007)
 * Paramount/Lionsgate Elosztás (2007-2014)
 * StudioCanal (2014-present)


 * Poland
 * Cinema International Corporation (1971-1981)
 * United International Pictures (1981-2007)
 * StudioCanal (2007-present)


 * Singapore
 * Cinema International Corporation (1980-1981)
 * United International Pictures (1981-2007)
 * Paramount Pictures (2007-2010)
 * StudioCanal (2010-present)

Garland Sequels
Revolution Studios Years:
 * Meet Me in St. Louis 2 (2002)†, has since became the successful Direct-to-video movie ever.
 * The Pirate Returns (2003) (first Theatrical Release)
 * Ziegfeld Strikes Again (2004)
 * Nellie Kelly and the Alien (2005)
 * Bad Luck Andy Hardy (2005)
 * I Could Go On Singing 2 (2006)
 * Girl Crazy 2 (2006), had failed at the Box Office.
 * Poor Andy Hardy (2007)

Stage 6 Films Years:
 * The Harvey Girls:Go Away Susan! (2007)
 * Meet Me in St. Louis 3 (2007)‡
 * it's the Headless Woman, Andy Hardy (2008)
 * In the Good Old Wintertime (2008)
 * Patsy Barton Gets Banned (2008)
 * The Monster and Andy Hardy (2009)

Columbia Pictures Years:
 * Andy Hardy's Banishment (2017)
 * Meet Me in St. Louis 4 (2017)‡
 * Judgment at Nuremberg 2 (2017)
 * Babes in Arms Two (2018)
 * Andy Hardy and the Dragon (2019)

Entertainment One Years:
 * Bad on Andy Hardy (2020)
 * Meet Me in St. Louis 5 (2021)‡


 * † Only direct to Video release by Revolution and Garland.
 * ‡ Released Direct-to-video.
 * Robit (2017)

Libraries
The Judy Garland Company owned a 1,000 films in the library.

Warner handled all USA, UK (except Scotland), Australian, French, Spanish, Brazilian, German video rights to films Starring Judy Garland. as of 2020 MGM's Garland Filmography were now with Entertainment One. in Japan, Mainland China, India, Thailand and Malaya, all Garland films are in the public domain.

Internationally, films Starring Judy Garland are owned by StudioCanal.

Paramount's pre-1950 library were distributed on Video by Universal and all of Universal's pre-1930 library are in the Public Domain until 2014.

the pre-1984 Columbia films were currently distributed by TriStar Pictures.

the Ragdoll/Stant library were now owned by DHX/UA Media as of 2013.

Curent

 * all the Judy Garland Filmography
 * nearly the entire of Columbia's film library before 1984

Former

 * Ragdoll Productions
 * Stant Studios
 * Paramount's sound feature film library before 1950
 * Universal's silent feature film library from 1915 to 1930

Logo


although Judy Garland's company was founded in 1950, there was no logo until 1970. it only has the "Garland" name as the logo that reminded people of the Golden age.

in the 2000's decade However, it has the sun logo. it was today still used for the Judy Garland Pictures logo.

Divisions

 * Judy Garland Pictures
 * Judy Garland Distribution
 * Judy Garland Television
 * Judy Garland Television Distribution
 * Judy Garland Domestic Television
 * Judy Garland International Television
 * Judy Garland Network Television
 * Judy Garland Family Television
 * Judy Garland Television Limited
 * Judy Garland Home Entertainment
 * Judy Garland DVD
 * Judy Garland Blu-ray
 * Judy Garland Family Entertainment
 * Judy Garland Animation
 * Judy Garland Kids
 * Judy Garland Interactive
 * Judy Garland International
 * Judy Garland Music LLC
 * Judy Garland Records
 * Judy Garland Records Nashville
 * Judy Garland Records International