LEADER 00000nim a22005175a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191125074547.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 170714s2017 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9781982485757 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1982485752 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ bsa_9781538430385_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT11854472 037 11854472|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 791.4302/33092|223 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Luft, Sid,|eauthor. 245 10 Judy and I :|bmy life with Judy Garland|h[Hoopla electronic resource]. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bBlackstone Publishing,|c2017. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (14hr., 34 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 Read by Joe Barrett. 520 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 Previously unpublished, Sid Luft's intimate autobiography tells his and Judy's story in hard-boiled yet elegant prose.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Carpenter, seamlessly pieced together the final section of the book from extensive interviews with Sid, most previously unpublished.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 forty-seven in 1969. Sid served as chief conservator of the Garland legacy until his death at the age of eighty-nine in 2005. This is his testament to the love of his life. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 10 Luft, Sid. 600 10 Garland, Judy. 650 0 Motion picture producers and directors|zUnited States |vBiography. 650 0 Entertainers' spouses|vBiography. 650 0 Actors|zUnited States|vBiography. 650 0 Singers|zUnited States|vBiography. 700 1 Barrett, Joe,|d1950-|enarrator. 700 1 Schmidt, Randy|q(Randy L.),|ewriter of foreword. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 11854472?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ bsa_9781538430385_180.jpeg