Lorna Luft & Judy Garland - Somebody's Daughter, Somebody's Son - Part 3

Lorna Luft & Judy Garland - Somebody's Daughter, Somebody's Son - Part 3.

Part of a UK documentary series focusing on the children of various show business icons who discuss their parents' lives away from the limelight. This was aired in the UK in 2004

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Entertainment

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• Lorna Luft
• Liza Minnelli
• Judy Garland

[maisonvivante]

Thanks so much! By the way, you'll get a lot more hits for this if you put Judy Garland somewhere in the title. This is so well done that Garland fans would appreciate making it available to them. Thanks again!

[firefliesuk]

Thanks.. I'll do that now

[dsrtflwr]

Well, I really think Judy thoroughly enjoyed being a mother.

[heeter71]

'The Tragedy Book', LOL! There you go! For those who like to focus on the tragedies of life there is certainly no shortage of it to be found in the newspapers and on television. I prefer to stay tuned to what is beautiful and precious in life, though it is not always so easy. Often the media seems overly determined to shove the tragedy down our throats and keep us focused on the horrors of the world. I know we can't just ignore it all but sometimes enough is enough.

[cynthiacher]

A life-long drug and alcohol addiction. Mental breakdowns. Four failed marriages. Constantly being broke, so broke there's no food in the house, so broke you lose your home. Death at 47, from a drug overdose. And Judy's Garland's life was NOT "tragic?" Oh, I'm sure it was not ALL tragic. But her life not as nice as Lorna Luft is trying to make it.

[breyanlovejerome]

The truth of the matter is that Judy was costantly mis used from the begining til the end of her life she gave her all and got nothing in return where the Hell was all the loved ones when she needed help at the end of her life she had nothing she died all alone on a dirty bathroom floor miles away no Tony Bennet, Liza , Sinatra not even her husband at the end she was forsaken by all who claimned to love this beautiful LEGEND so what a tradgedy for such a Icon. RIP diva

[gagaspice88]

i love Her

[will2peter]

thanks for posting adore these women, watched tale of 2 sisters also - just amazing, Judy was a warrior of a woman and Lorna has made me laugh my head off so witty and funny I never knew.

[defundthewar]

I remember Elizabeth Taylor writing that when she was married to Eddie Fisher, she tried a dose of Dr. Feelgood's speed, jumped 3 feet in the air & never took it again. Judy did, in fact, sometimes called her uppers her "happy pills" to friends. Then there is the matter of her alcoholism, just as touchy. None of this, of course, takes away from her status as a truly great artist, but a lot of people- especially the younger ones unfamiliar with her- don't want to know certain things.

[damone77]

Yes that's always a touchy subject. I've never tried Benzadrine so I don't know how it compares to something I have tried(Dex). Now to me, Dex is not at all addictive. I can have Dex one month and not have it for 14 months lol. I think that Judy liked the feeling that she got from the Benzadrine(many stories about her giving them to her friends). I have to agree with you inference. I don't think that LB wanted Judy on Benzadrine because it effected her work which effected the cash cow.

[defundthewar]

I resisted saying what you did- the addiction factor- because naturally there would be an "off with his head" reaction among the other posters. They will say

that Judy's pill-popping ways in the 60s are the result of Louis B. Mayer holding her down in 1938 while the studio doctor poured benzadrine down her throat, then yelled, "Back to work!" There is a LOT of folklore about Judy, which she didn't exactly discourage. "Sympathy is my business," she used to say.

[damone77]

She was hooked on benzadrine and seconal, so that was a major factor in her broken contracts and "quit engagements". I will agree with you that she was terrible with money, and she would go to hotels and sneak out LOL! I think we've come to some agreement on this issue lol!

[defundthewar]

There's no denying Begelman was a crook, if only because he was caught forging Cliff Robertson's name, and stole. There's also no question Begelman profited enormously from his association with Judy, on the books and off. But I doubt he made off with ALL her money. Judy's problems with money long, long predated her connection with DB, and continued after. She was a big spender, never heard of a budget, didn't have good money management, and often broke contracts, quit engagements early.