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Harvey Girls, The books Desperate MeasuresVittles, songs and dance are amply ladled out when Judy Garland headlines The Harvey Girls, a joyous musical slice of Americana celebrating the restaurants that brought extra helpings of civilization to Old West rail passengers. Highlights include Garland holding saloon patrons at jittery gunpoint to retrieve stolen beefsteaks, Ray Bolger's loose limbed comic hoofing, Virginia O'Brien's sure shot comic timing, Angela Lansbury's stylish wickedness as a