28. Time off was totally at the mercy of the studio
Studios dictated what their stars did and when they took time off. They could also be vindictive if a star defied them in any way. In 1941 a 19-year-old Judy Garland married David Rose, a musician, and MGM was not happy about it. It exerted its power and forced her to come back to work a mere 24 hours after the wedding, preventing Garland and Rose from going on honeymoon.
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