Why were scenes cut from this?

I just watched a VHS version of this TV movie and was annoyed that one of the
most memorable scenes (which shows how the young Judy was pushed to the breaking point by a sadistic Busby Berkeley during the making of Girl Crazy) was missing. I remember this scene well because I thought it was disturbing and well acted, and also critical
to the story in defending Garland's subsequent problems with the studios, her
state of mind, and her later substance abuse problems. Without the scene, the
movie becomes more of just another "celebrity in a downward spiral" tale. This scene,
and another in which she's romanced and then cruelly dumped by a sleazy Artie
Shaw was cut from the VHS version and, apparently, most DVD versions of the film
as well. I managed to dig up my VHS taped-from-TV version of the film, which had these scenes intact.

Was there a specific reason why these scenes were cut from most VHS and DVD
versions? Apparently, there is a recent DVD release that contains these scenes,
possibly as the result of viewer complaints. But why were these two scenes cut
from other home video versions to begin with?


I'm not crying, you fool, I'm laughing!

Hewwo.