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Judy and I

My Life with Judy Garland

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Judy and I

By: Sid Luft, Randy L. Schmidt - foreword
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The third of Judy Garland's five husbands, Sid Luft was the one man in her life who stuck around. He was chiefly responsible for the final act of Judy's meteoric comeback after she was unceremoniously booted off the MGM lot: he produced her iconic, Oscar-nominated vehicle A Star Is Born and expertly shaped her concert career.

Previously unpublished, Sid Luft's intimate autobiography tells his and Judy's story in hard-boiled yet elegant prose. It begins on a fateful night in New York City when the not quite divorced Judy Garland and the not quite divorced Sid Luft meet at Billy Reed's Little Club and fall for each other.

The romance lasted Judy's lifetime, despite the separations, the reconciliations, and the divorce. Under Luft's management, Judy came back bigger than ever, building a singing career that rivaled Sinatra's. However, her drug dependencies and suicidal tendencies put a tremendous strain on the relationship.

Sid did not complete his memoir; it ended in 1960 after Judy hired David Begelman and Freddie Fields to manage her career. But Randy L. Schmidt, acclaimed editor of Judy Garland on Judy Garland and author of Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter, seamlessly pieced together the final section of the book from extensive interviews with Sid, most previously unpublished.

Despite everything, Sid never stopped loving Judy and never forgave himself for not being able to ultimately save her from the demons that drove her to an early death at age 47 in 1969. Sid served as chief conservator of the Garland legacy until his death at the age of 89 in 2005. This is his testament to the love of his life.

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enjoyed it

she should have stayed with Sid. no one will make me change my mind about that. loved listening to this.

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Tough life with Judy

Sid stuck by Judy for so long. Living with Judy got to be more and more difficult.
The narrator really makes it makes it seem like you are listening to Sid telling you a story. This is a must for Judy fans !

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New perspective.

This book was interesting and certainly painted a different picture of Sid Luft than has usually been held. I found it odd though that the filming of "A Star is Born" was almost completely glossed over. Still it was a tender commentary of a man who loved his wife through troubles and triumphs and a work that certainly offered layers of humanity to two people who Hollywood and time has had a tendency to turn one dimensional.

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It’s all about the author - one of her husbands

He’s a pompous ass who try’s to tell a story of what a great guy he was to Judy, when he was no different from the rest. They all abused and used the poor sorry full girl, who never had a normal life as a young adult. Not enough story about Judy.

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What a man! What a life!

I can certainly see why Judy went for him. He was good-looking, smart, charming, masculine, and "all man". This book covers his life as well as his relationship and long marriage to Judy. His life before meeting Judy in itself was something that anyone could write a book about.

Sid was truly in love with Judy and put up with a lot from her.. He doesn't skimp on details, along with other juicy gossip about multiple Hollywood stars. I was sad when this book ended, and sad that he has died. I wish I could have known him. Highly recommended.

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Interesting but not great

I liked this book and feel he had an interesting life. I did not know most of the information about Judy he talks about in his book

He really pissed me off as he was just like all the others in Judy's life. They knew that if they pushed her to go back on the road she would start using again and yet they all pushed her over and over to go back on the road with tours even though she would get clean and start to be happy and healthy. If any of these people loved her they would have never have done that to her.

What I did like it that Judy sounded like a great person to know and hang out with and she was a hoot according to his book. It was strange tho how he never really talks about the kids. You would think he never had any with Judy being he only talks about Liza once of two and nothing about Lorna or Michael.

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Told perfectly

This is a good read. You can truly feel the love Sid had for Judy.

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I hated this book YET ...

So why the 4 stars? The depth and breadth of information provided offered real insight into Judy Garland’s life. I ended up truly disliking Sid Luft and with little effort could see through his flowery language and constant affirmations of love. He loved her money, period. His need to push her endlessly, feed her medications although he claims to “manage” them and then try to steal her children, when she was too sick to support them, will make your heart break.

If only a life preserver of sincere concern during her darkest days had been thrown to her, I believe Judy’s life would have been less tragic.

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getting by on a song and a prayer

great storytelling from Sid Luft about his life before and during their time together. extraordinary glory and misery.

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marvelously told story

intriguing...well told with so much love and concern nice to be able to know her husband l8ved her so much

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