Director Stephen Kijak's "Sid & Judy" explor how the in's marriage to Sidney Luft reigned her reer—and why her ncerts were better than any gay bar.
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- A NEW JUDY GARLAND DOC CHRONICL HER DARKT DAYS AND TRIUMPHANT COMEBACKDIRECTOR STEPHEN KIJAK'S "SID & JUDY" EXPLOR HOW THE IN'S MARRIAGE TO SIDNEY LUFT REIGNED HER REER—AND WHY HER NCERTS WERE BETTER THAN ANY GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEOCTOBER 15, 2019/1:15 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2400PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAGJUDY GARLAND (1922-1969), US SGER AND ACTRS, HOLDG HER HEAD HER HANDS, WH A PENSIVE EXPRSN ON HER FACE A STUD PORTRA, CIR 1955. (PHOTO BY SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG)BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEOCTOBER 15, 2019 / 1:15 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"A NEW JUDY GARLAND DOC CHRONICL HER DARKT DAYS AND TRIUMPHANT COMEBACK","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-10-15T17:15:31.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-10-15T17:15:31.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JUDY GARLAND MARRIED HER THIRD HBAND, SIDNEY LUFT, 1952. THEY MET AT A PIVOTAL AND TUMULTUO TIME THE PERFORMER'S REER, WHEN SHE SEVERED TI WH MGM, THE STUD THAT HAD GROOMED HER OM CHILD TO ADULT STARDOM. GARLAND'S 15 YEARS AT THE STUD HAD PROVID WH SOME OF S BIGGT HS, CLUDG THE WIZARD OF OZ, MEET ME ST. LOUIS, AND EASTER PARA. THE SHOOT FOR WHAT WOULD BE HER FAL MGM PICTURE, 1950'S SUMMER STOCK, WAS EPILLY TROUBLED, BUT GARLAND MANAGED TO GET SOBER BY THE TIME WRAPPED. THOUGH SUMMER STOCK PROVED A H FOR THE THEN-FLAILG STUD, GARLAND WAS FIRED OM HER NEXT PICTURE, ROYAL WEDDG, AFTER WHICH MGM OFFICIALLY END S ASSOCIATN WH HER. AT 28, SHE WAS ALREADY BEG LLED A HAS-BEEN, BUT 10 YEARS SHE WOULD BE NSIRED A LIVG LEGEND. AND LUFT HAD A LOT TO DO WH .ULLSTE BILD VIA GETTY IMAG(EGCHRäNKTE RECHTE FüR BTIMMTE REDAKTNELLE KUNN DTSCHLAND. LIMED RIGHTS FOR SPECIFIC EDORIAL CLIENTS GERMANY.) GARLAND, JUDY (*1922-1969+) , SäNGER, SCHSPIELER; USA, M EHEMANN SID LUFT (PHOTO BY ULLSTE BILD VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIDNEY LUFT AND JUDY GARLAND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GARLAND WAS PERHAPS THE GREATT ENTERTAER OF THE 20TH CENTURY, BUT SHE WAS ALSO THE ARCHETYPE OF THE TRAGIC SUPERSTAR, ONE BOTTED BY DG ADDICTN, PARASIC HANGERS-ON, NOTOR BREAKDOWNS, TRIUMPHANT EBACKS, AND A PREMATURE ATH. THE SAME STUD THAT TURNED GARLAND TO "AMERI'S SWEETHEART" ALSO GOT HER HOOKED ON PSYCHOACTIVE PILLS TO KEEP HER WEIGHT DOWN AND HER ENERGY UP DURG GELG DAYLONG SHOOTS. WHOUT SOMEONE WH HER BT TERT AT HEART, THE MACHE CHEWED HER UP AND SP HER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GARLAND WAS MARRIED TO VCENTE MNELLI WHEN SHE WAS FIRED OM MGM, AND PLAED THAT HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHG TO PROTECT HER. IN LUFT, WHO WAS ALSO MARRIED WHEN THEY MET, GARLAND SAW SOMEONE SHE ULD TST. THOUGH HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH ENTERTAMENT EXPERIENCE, HE SOON STARTED MANAGG HER. IN 1951, THE SAME YEAR SHE DIVORCED MNELLI, SHE EARNED RAV FOR A FOUR-MONTH TOUR OF EUROPE, CLUDG A NOW LEGENDARY SERI OF NCERTS AT LONDON'S PALLADIUM, WHICH SHE CREDED AS HER TE REBIRTH. SHE RETURNED TO THE STAT—AND MORE IMPORTANT, TO HOLLYWOOD—AN UNQUALIFIED SUCCS.SSPL/GETTY IMAGUNITED STATES - MARCH 08: GARLAND (1922-1969) WH THIRD HBAND SIDNEY LUFT, SON JOSEPH LUFT (BORN 1955), AT 21 MONTHS, ELR DGHTER LIZA MNELLI (BORN 1946), AND SEND DGHTER LORNA LUFT (BORN 1953). GARLAND STARTED PERFORMG AS A YOUNG CHILD. IN 1939, AGED 17, SHE STARRED �THE WIZARD OF OZ�. DPE A SUCCSFUL HOLLYWOOD REER, PSYCHOTROPIC DGS WHICH SHE HAD ORIGALLY BEEN PRCRIBED TO NTROL HER WEIGHT, STROYED HER MENTALLY AND PHYSILLY. SHE DIED OF A DGS OVERDOSE A LONDON HOTEL. LIKE THEIR MOTHER, BOTH HER DGHTERS ARE ACTRS AND SGERS. (PHOTO BY SSPL/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GARLAND WH LUFT; THEIR SON JOSEPH LUFT; GARLAND'S ELR DGHTER, LIZA MNELLI; AND SEND DGHTER, LORNA LUFT, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GARLAND HAD WANTED TO DO A REMAKE OF THE 1937 FILM A STAR IS BORN STARRG (PROBABLY QUEER) ACTRS JA GAYNOR, SCE SHE PLAYED GAYNOR'S PART A 1942 RAD PRODUCTN. SO LUFT APPROACHED (FELY QUEER) DIRECTOR GEE COR, HOLLYWOOD'S PREEMENT "WOMEN'S DIRECTOR," TO HELM THE REMAKE; SHOOTG BEGAN OCTOBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FILM WAS A MAJOR EBACK FOR GARLAND, AS HAS BEEN FOR EVERY DIVA WHO HAS ATTEMPTED A REMAKE OF SCE. SHE MARRIED LUFT AFTER BOTH THEIR DIVORC WERE FAL, AND THROUGH MOST OF THEIR MARRIAGE, SHE EXPERIENCED SOME OF HER BIGGT TRIUMPHS, BUT SHE ALSO STGGLED WH ADDICTN. THEY DIVORCED RATHER BTERLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW DIRECTOR STEPHEN KIJAK IS UNVEILG THEIR STORY WH HIS NEW SHOWTIME DOCUMENTARY, SID & JUDY. KNOWN FOR HIS FILMS ABOUT THE ROLLG STON, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, AND THE BACKSTREET BOYS, HE ADMS HE WASN'T ALWAYS A GARLAND FAN. "I REALLY DID GROW UP A BARBRA [STREISAND] HOEHOLD," HE SAYS. "MY MOM WAS BARBRA ALL THE WAY." AS A KID OF THE '80S, HIS DIVAS WERE DEBBIE HARRY, SUXSIE SUX, AND PATTI SMH. "JUDY REALLY SEEMED LIKE THAT GAY IN OF THE PAST," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WASN'T UNTIL HE SAW A STAR IS BORN THAT HE BEGAN TO UNRSTAND WHAT ALL THE FS WAS ABOUT. "IT FALLY TURNED THE SWCH ON: OH, RIGHT, THAT'S WHY SHE'S SO GREAT," HE SAYS. "I'M NOT MUCH OF A WIZARD OF OZ KD OF GUY, BUT HER PERFORMANCE A STAR IS BORN IS JT MD-BLOWG TO ME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KIJAK CID TO MAKE THE DOC AFTER GAG ACCS TO THE LUFT TATE, WHICH CLUD A TREASURE TROVE OF MATERIAL, CLUDG HIS RECENTLY UNEARTHED NOT FOR AN UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR AS WELL AS NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD PHONE RERDGS WH GARLAND. WHAT EMERG IS AN TIMATE PORTRA OF THE IN FOCED THROUGH A VERY SPECIFIC PERD OF HER LIFE. Y, GARLAND WAS A STAR, A DIVA, AND A HOT MS, BUT SHE WAS ALSO ACHGLY HUMAN, DOG HER BT WH WHAT SHE WAS GIVEN. WHICH WAS A LOT. BUT ALL THAT CHARISMA AND TALENT ME WH AN EXORBANT PRICE BUILT TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE, KIJAK DISCS GARLAND'S LEGACY, HER RELATNSHIP WH THE GAY MUNY, AND MAKG SID & JUDY.GENE LTER/GETTY IMAGAMERIN PRODUCER SIDNEY LUFT (1915 - 2005) AND ACTRS JUDY GARLAND (1922 - 1969) S TOGETHER AT THE 27TH AMY AWARD NOMATNS EVENT, BURBANK, CALIFORNIA, FEBARY 12, 1955. (PHOTO BY GENE LTER/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LUFT AND GARLAND AT THE 27TH AMY AWARD NOMATNS EVENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DID YOU APPROACH REARCHG AND MAKG SID & JUDY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A STAR IS BORN WAS THE BACK OF MY HEAD WHEN I APPROACHED THIS, AND THANK GOD WE WERE GIVEN THIS AME WHICH TO TELL THAT PART OF THE STORY, WHICH I FD IS SUCH A RICH, TERTG PART OF HER LIFE. IT'S THE "PHOENIX RISG" CYCLE. IT'S THE GREAT SEND ACT OF A REER THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T GET THE CHANCE TO HAVE. SHE HAD HOW MANY EBACKS THAT SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS ALL STARTED WH A RELATNSHIP WH THE SID LUFT TATE, WHO HAD HIS, AT THE TIME, UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR—SO WAS JUDY THROUGH SID'S EY. THEN THE NEXT STEP WAS FIGURG OUT HOW TO CREATE A BALANCE WH THAT STORY SO THAT SHE EMERGED BIGGER AND MORE ALIVE THAN SHE HAD OTHER DOCUMENTARI. YOU ULD JT TELL THE ARCHETYPAL STORY OF ABE OF TALENT BY AN DTRY OR WHATEVER, BUT THAT MYTH HAS BEEN REPEATED AND REPEATED. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT UNRNEATH ALL THAT AND TOLD SOMETHG A LTLE MORE TIMATE. YOU MAY E TO THE SAME NCLNS, BUT I THK YOU'RE GOG TO E TO THEM A DIFFERENT KD OF WAY.DONALDSON COLLECTN/GETTY IMAGACTRS JUDY GARLAND AND JAM MASON A SCENE OM THE MOVIE "A STAR IS BORN" (PHOTO BY DONALDSON COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JUDY GARLAND AND JAM MASON A SCENE OM A STAR IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT JUDY THAT REALLY STUCK WH YOU?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT HER VVILLE YEARS. THIS WAS SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN SGG AND DANCG ON A STAGE SCE SHE WAS ABOUT 3 YEARS OLD. AND I THK WHAT'S FASCATG IS WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK BACK, YOU GET MORE OF A PERSPECTIVE ON HER WHOLE REER. VVILLE IS A GREAT BUT SLIGHTLY LOST AND FOTTEN AMERIN ART FORM THAT GAVE BIRTH TO [HER REER ] RAD AND THEN MOVI AND THEN TV SHOWS AND THEN THE NCERTS BETWEEN. SHE DID ALL. SHE HAD THIS ALL-ENPASSG REER, AND NOBODY HAS THAT. WHO HAS THAT KD OF A REER TODAY? THERE'S PRETTY MUCH NOBODY LEFT. IT'S OVERWHELMG HOW MUCH SHE WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.CORNELL CAPA/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTN VIA GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTOR AND SGER JUDY GARLAND (1922 - 1969) GETTG READY BACKSTAGE AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM, THE FAMO WT END THEATRE THE CY OF WTMSTER WHERE SHE PERFORMS A 35 MUTE PROGRAM TWICE-NIGHTLY, LONDON, APRIL 1951. (PHOTO BY CORNELL CAPA/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTN VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GARLAND GETTG READY BACKSTAGE AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT FIRSTHAND DOCUMENTS OM GARLAND DID YOU HAVE ACCS TO?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE SID LUFT TATE WE HAD THE JUDY GARLAND D RERDGS. SHE WAS PLANNG ON WRG AN TOBGRAPHY. SO YOU HAD THOSE TAP, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY QUE FAMO. THE "JUDY SPEAKS" TAP ARE OUT THERE. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE ACTUALLY THAT RARE. THEY'RE ON YOUTUBE. HOWARD STERN HAS MA FUN OF THEM ON HIS RAD SHOW. BUT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO TAKE THAT MATERIAL AND FD THE ACTUAL NTEXT FOR THEM. AND LUFT RERD PHONE LLS, AND NO ONE'S EVER HEARD THAT MATERIAL BEFORE. IT'S A REALLY RARE WDOW TO WHAT WAS HAPPENG HER LIFE AND REER AT THE TIME.BETTMANN / GETTY IMAG(ORIGAL CAPTN) JUDY GARLAND LEANS OVER THE FOOTLIGHTS TO GREET SOME OF HER ENTHIASTIC FANS DURG HER NCERT AT CARNEGIE HALL. JUDY THRILLED A STANDG-ROOM-ONLY DIENCE BY HER PERFORMANCE AND DREW SEVERAL OVATNS DURG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GARLAND AND THE GAYS AT CARNEGIE HALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MISS MAJOR PROVIS ONE OF THE VOICEOVERS DURG THE CARNEGIE HALL PHASE OF GARLAND'S REER. HOW DID YOU GET HER VOLVED?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WENT TO MISS MAJOR BEE I KNEW SHE WAS A FAN. SHE'S ONE OF OUR LAST LIVG STONEWALL SURVIVORS—A REAL PNEER. SHE DISMISSED THE NOTN [THAT GARLAND'S ATH ED THE STONEWALL RTS]. IT WAS JT CINCE. OF URSE ALL THE FAGS NEW YORK WERE JT HEARTBROKEN AND UPSET, BUT THE STONEWALL RTS WERE VERY MUCH SOMETHG ELSE. IT WAS TRANS WOMEN AND MORI FIGHTG BACK AGAST THE OPPRSIVE SYSTEMS THAT WERE NSTANTLY HARASSG THEM. IT'S A HUGE HISTORY, AND TO UNPACK ALL AT THE END OF THE MOVIE AND AL WH JUDY GARLAND'S FUNERAL AND ATH WAS JT TOO MUCH TO HANDLE, SO WE LEFT THAT OUT. WE DO HAVE AN EXTEND TERVIEW WH MISS MAJOR THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE AVAILABLE EHER AS AN EXTRA OR SOMETHG WE MIGHT STREAM THAT GETS TO A LTLE B {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE HAD MISS MAJOR AND ALBERT POLAND, WHO WAS THE FOUNR OF THE JUDY GARLAND FAN CLUB, TALK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF THAT NIGHT [ CARNEGIE HALL], WHERE HER GAY FAN BASE WAS PRENT AND VIBRANT. THEY WOULD NGREGATE AT THE ONT, REACHG OUT TO HER, AND SHE WOULD REACH DOWN AND TOUCH THEM. THERE WAS A REAL MUNN THOSE DIENC WH HER GAY FANS. "JT GO TO A JUDY GARLAND NCERT AND GO TO THE ONT ROW. IT'S BETTER THAN GOG TO A GAY BAR." IT WAS THE BT PLACE TO CISE AND SOCIALIZE. BUT EVEN ALBERT, WHO WAS THE DIENCE THAT NIGHT, SAID WASN'T UNTIL LATER THAT THE GAY FAN BASE REALLY BLOSSOMED. IT KEPT GROWG AND GROWG, BUT EVEN THEN WAS STILL A REALLY POWERFUL FORCE, AND I HOPE WE DID ENOUGH TO ACKNOWLEDGE .CBS PHOTO ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTRS AND SGER JUDY GARLAND (1922 - 1969) PERFORMS AN EPISO OF THE LIVE PERFORMANCE ANTHOLOGY SERI 'FORD STAR JUBILEE,' NEW YORK, AUGT 24, 1955. THE EPISO, TLED 'THE JUDY GARLAND SPECIAL,' AIRED ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1955. (PHOTO BY CBS PHOTO ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GARLAND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAVE YOU SEEN JUDY WH RENéE ZELLWEGER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO SEE YET. THE CREW AND I WERE JT TRYG TO FD TIME SO WE N ALL GO TOGETHER. I THK 'S A REALLY TERTG MOMENT G ON THE HEELS OF THE ZELLWEGER FILM, WHICH A WAY, ALS WH A SIAR TIME PERD. IT'S LIKE WE'RE ALL LED UP LOOKG AT THIS TWILIGHT OF JUDY GARLAND'S REER WHICH SHE DID BURN THE BRIGHTT A LOT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SID & JUDY PREMIER OCTOBER 18 AT 8PM EST ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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A NEW JUDY GARLAND DOC CHRONICL HER DARKT DAYS AND TRIUMPHANT COMEBACKDIRECTOR STEPHEN KIJAK'S "SID & JUDY" EXPLOR HOW THE IN'S MARRIAGE TO SIDNEY LUFT REIGNED HER REER—AND WHY HER NCERTS WERE BETTER THAN ANY GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEOCTOBER 15, 2019/1:15 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2400PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAGJUDY GARLAND (1922-1969), US SGER AND ACTRS, HOLDG HER HEAD HER HANDS, WH A PENSIVE EXPRSN ON HER FACE A STUD PORTRA, CIR 1955. (PHOTO BY SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG)BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEOCTOBER 15, 2019 / 1:15 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"A NEW JUDY GARLAND DOC CHRONICL HER DARKT DAYS AND TRIUMPHANT COMEBACK","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-10-15T17:15:31.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-10-15T17:15:31.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JUDY GARLAND MARRIED HER THIRD HBAND, SIDNEY LUFT, 1952. THEY MET AT A PIVOTAL AND TUMULTUO TIME THE PERFORMER'S REER, WHEN SHE SEVERED TI WH MGM, THE STUD THAT HAD GROOMED HER OM CHILD TO ADULT STARDOM. GARLAND'S 15 YEARS AT THE STUD HAD PROVID WH SOME OF S BIGGT HS, CLUDG THE WIZARD OF OZ, MEET ME ST. LOUIS, AND EASTER PARA. THE SHOOT FOR WHAT WOULD BE HER FAL MGM PICTURE, 1950'S SUMMER STOCK, WAS EPILLY TROUBLED, BUT GARLAND MANAGED TO GET SOBER BY THE TIME WRAPPED. THOUGH SUMMER STOCK PROVED A H FOR THE THEN-FLAILG STUD, GARLAND WAS FIRED OM HER NEXT PICTURE, ROYAL WEDDG, AFTER WHICH MGM OFFICIALLY END S ASSOCIATN WH HER. AT 28, SHE WAS ALREADY BEG LLED A HAS-BEEN, BUT 10 YEARS SHE WOULD BE NSIRED A LIVG LEGEND. AND LUFT HAD A LOT TO DO WH .ULLSTE BILD VIA GETTY IMAG(EGCHRäNKTE RECHTE FüR BTIMMTE REDAKTNELLE KUNN DTSCHLAND. LIMED RIGHTS FOR SPECIFIC EDORIAL CLIENTS GERMANY.) GARLAND, JUDY (*1922-1969+) , SäNGER, SCHSPIELER; USA, M EHEMANN SID LUFT (PHOTO BY ULLSTE BILD VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIDNEY LUFT AND JUDY GARLAND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GARLAND WAS PERHAPS THE GREATT ENTERTAER OF THE 20TH CENTURY, BUT SHE WAS ALSO THE ARCHETYPE OF THE TRAGIC SUPERSTAR, ONE BOTTED BY DG ADDICTN, PARASIC HANGERS-ON, NOTOR BREAKDOWNS, TRIUMPHANT EBACKS, AND A PREMATURE ATH. THE SAME STUD THAT TURNED GARLAND TO "AMERI'S SWEETHEART" ALSO GOT HER HOOKED ON PSYCHOACTIVE PILLS TO KEEP HER WEIGHT DOWN AND HER ENERGY UP DURG GELG DAYLONG SHOOTS. WHOUT SOMEONE WH HER BT TERT AT HEART, THE MACHE CHEWED HER UP AND SP HER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GARLAND WAS MARRIED TO VCENTE MNELLI WHEN SHE WAS FIRED OM MGM, AND PLAED THAT HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHG TO PROTECT HER. IN LUFT, WHO WAS ALSO MARRIED WHEN THEY MET, GARLAND SAW SOMEONE SHE ULD TST. THOUGH HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH ENTERTAMENT EXPERIENCE, HE SOON STARTED MANAGG HER. IN 1951, THE SAME YEAR SHE DIVORCED MNELLI, SHE EARNED RAV FOR A FOUR-MONTH TOUR OF EUROPE, CLUDG A NOW LEGENDARY SERI OF NCERTS AT LONDON'S PALLADIUM, WHICH SHE CREDED AS HER TE REBIRTH. SHE RETURNED TO THE STAT—AND MORE IMPORTANT, TO HOLLYWOOD—AN UNQUALIFIED SUCCS.SSPL/GETTY IMAGUNITED STATES - MARCH 08: GARLAND (1922-1969) WH THIRD HBAND SIDNEY LUFT, SON JOSEPH LUFT (BORN 1955), AT 21 MONTHS, ELR DGHTER LIZA MNELLI (BORN 1946), AND SEND DGHTER LORNA LUFT (BORN 1953). GARLAND STARTED PERFORMG AS A YOUNG CHILD. IN 1939, AGED 17, SHE STARRED �THE WIZARD OF OZ�. DPE A SUCCSFUL HOLLYWOOD REER, PSYCHOTROPIC DGS WHICH SHE HAD ORIGALLY BEEN PRCRIBED TO NTROL HER WEIGHT, STROYED HER MENTALLY AND PHYSILLY. SHE DIED OF A DGS OVERDOSE A LONDON HOTEL. LIKE THEIR MOTHER, BOTH HER DGHTERS ARE ACTRS AND SGERS. (PHOTO BY SSPL/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GARLAND WH LUFT; THEIR SON JOSEPH LUFT; GARLAND'S ELR DGHTER, LIZA MNELLI; AND SEND DGHTER, LORNA LUFT, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GARLAND HAD WANTED TO DO A REMAKE OF THE 1937 FILM A STAR IS BORN STARRG (PROBABLY QUEER) ACTRS JA GAYNOR, SCE SHE PLAYED GAYNOR'S PART A 1942 RAD PRODUCTN. SO LUFT APPROACHED (FELY QUEER) DIRECTOR GEE COR, HOLLYWOOD'S PREEMENT "WOMEN'S DIRECTOR," TO HELM THE REMAKE; SHOOTG BEGAN OCTOBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FILM WAS A MAJOR EBACK FOR GARLAND, AS HAS BEEN FOR EVERY DIVA WHO HAS ATTEMPTED A REMAKE OF SCE. SHE MARRIED LUFT AFTER BOTH THEIR DIVORC WERE FAL, AND THROUGH MOST OF THEIR MARRIAGE, SHE EXPERIENCED SOME OF HER BIGGT TRIUMPHS, BUT SHE ALSO STGGLED WH ADDICTN. THEY DIVORCED RATHER BTERLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW DIRECTOR STEPHEN KIJAK IS UNVEILG THEIR STORY WH HIS NEW SHOWTIME DOCUMENTARY, SID & JUDY. KNOWN FOR HIS FILMS ABOUT THE ROLLG STON, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, AND THE BACKSTREET BOYS, HE ADMS HE WASN'T ALWAYS A GARLAND FAN. "I REALLY DID GROW UP A BARBRA [STREISAND] HOEHOLD," HE SAYS. "MY MOM WAS BARBRA ALL THE WAY." AS A KID OF THE '80S, HIS DIVAS WERE DEBBIE HARRY, SUXSIE SUX, AND PATTI SMH. "JUDY REALLY SEEMED LIKE THAT GAY IN OF THE PAST," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WASN'T UNTIL HE SAW A STAR IS BORN THAT HE BEGAN TO UNRSTAND WHAT ALL THE FS WAS ABOUT. "IT FALLY TURNED THE SWCH ON: OH, RIGHT, THAT'S WHY SHE'S SO GREAT," HE SAYS. "I'M NOT MUCH OF A WIZARD OF OZ KD OF GUY, BUT HER PERFORMANCE A STAR IS BORN IS JT MD-BLOWG TO ME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KIJAK CID TO MAKE THE DOC AFTER GAG ACCS TO THE LUFT TATE, WHICH CLUD A TREASURE TROVE OF MATERIAL, CLUDG HIS RECENTLY UNEARTHED NOT FOR AN UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR AS WELL AS NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD PHONE RERDGS WH GARLAND. WHAT EMERG IS AN TIMATE PORTRA OF THE IN FOCED THROUGH A VERY SPECIFIC PERD OF HER LIFE. Y, GARLAND WAS A STAR, A DIVA, AND A HOT MS, BUT SHE WAS ALSO ACHGLY HUMAN, DOG HER BT WH WHAT SHE WAS GIVEN. WHICH WAS A LOT. BUT ALL THAT CHARISMA AND TALENT ME WH AN EXORBANT PRICE BUILT TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE, KIJAK DISCS GARLAND'S LEGACY, HER RELATNSHIP WH THE GAY MUNY, AND MAKG SID & JUDY.GENE LTER/GETTY IMAGAMERIN PRODUCER SIDNEY LUFT (1915 - 2005) AND ACTRS JUDY GARLAND (1922 - 1969) S TOGETHER AT THE 27TH AMY AWARD NOMATNS EVENT, BURBANK, CALIFORNIA, FEBARY 12, 1955. (PHOTO BY GENE LTER/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LUFT AND GARLAND AT THE 27TH AMY AWARD NOMATNS EVENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DID YOU APPROACH REARCHG AND MAKG SID & JUDY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A STAR IS BORN WAS THE BACK OF MY HEAD WHEN I APPROACHED THIS, AND THANK GOD WE WERE GIVEN THIS AME WHICH TO TELL THAT PART OF THE STORY, WHICH I FD IS SUCH A RICH, TERTG PART OF HER LIFE. IT'S THE "PHOENIX RISG" CYCLE. IT'S THE GREAT SEND ACT OF A REER THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T GET THE CHANCE TO HAVE. SHE HAD HOW MANY EBACKS THAT SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS ALL STARTED WH A RELATNSHIP WH THE SID LUFT TATE, WHO HAD HIS, AT THE TIME, UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR—SO WAS JUDY THROUGH SID'S EY. THEN THE NEXT STEP WAS FIGURG OUT HOW TO CREATE A BALANCE WH THAT STORY SO THAT SHE EMERGED BIGGER AND MORE ALIVE THAN SHE HAD OTHER DOCUMENTARI. YOU ULD JT TELL THE ARCHETYPAL STORY OF ABE OF TALENT BY AN DTRY OR WHATEVER, BUT THAT MYTH HAS BEEN REPEATED AND REPEATED. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT UNRNEATH ALL THAT AND TOLD SOMETHG A LTLE MORE TIMATE. YOU MAY E TO THE SAME NCLNS, BUT I THK YOU'RE GOG TO E TO THEM A DIFFERENT KD OF WAY.DONALDSON COLLECTN/GETTY IMAGACTRS JUDY GARLAND AND JAM MASON A SCENE OM THE MOVIE "A STAR IS BORN" (PHOTO BY DONALDSON COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JUDY GARLAND AND JAM MASON A SCENE OM A STAR IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT JUDY THAT REALLY STUCK WH YOU?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT HER VVILLE YEARS. THIS WAS SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN SGG AND DANCG ON A STAGE SCE SHE WAS ABOUT 3 YEARS OLD. AND I THK WHAT'S FASCATG IS WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK BACK, YOU GET MORE OF A PERSPECTIVE ON HER WHOLE REER. VVILLE IS A GREAT BUT SLIGHTLY LOST AND FOTTEN AMERIN ART FORM THAT GAVE BIRTH TO [HER REER ] RAD AND THEN MOVI AND THEN TV SHOWS AND THEN THE NCERTS BETWEEN. SHE DID ALL. SHE HAD THIS ALL-ENPASSG REER, AND NOBODY HAS THAT. WHO HAS THAT KD OF A REER TODAY? THERE'S PRETTY MUCH NOBODY LEFT. IT'S OVERWHELMG HOW MUCH SHE WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.CORNELL CAPA/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTN VIA GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTOR AND SGER JUDY GARLAND (1922 - 1969) GETTG READY BACKSTAGE AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM, THE FAMO WT END THEATRE THE CY OF WTMSTER WHERE SHE PERFORMS A 35 MUTE PROGRAM TWICE-NIGHTLY, LONDON, APRIL 1951. (PHOTO BY CORNELL CAPA/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTN VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GARLAND GETTG READY BACKSTAGE AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT FIRSTHAND DOCUMENTS OM GARLAND DID YOU HAVE ACCS TO?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE SID LUFT TATE WE HAD THE JUDY GARLAND D RERDGS. SHE WAS PLANNG ON WRG AN TOBGRAPHY. SO YOU HAD THOSE TAP, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY QUE FAMO. THE "JUDY SPEAKS" TAP ARE OUT THERE. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE ACTUALLY THAT RARE. THEY'RE ON YOUTUBE. HOWARD STERN HAS MA FUN OF THEM ON HIS RAD SHOW. BUT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO TAKE THAT MATERIAL AND FD THE ACTUAL NTEXT FOR THEM. AND LUFT RERD PHONE LLS, AND NO ONE'S EVER HEARD THAT MATERIAL BEFORE. IT'S A REALLY RARE WDOW TO WHAT WAS HAPPENG HER LIFE AND REER AT THE TIME.BETTMANN / GETTY IMAG(ORIGAL CAPTN) JUDY GARLAND LEANS OVER THE FOOTLIGHTS TO GREET SOME OF HER ENTHIASTIC FANS DURG HER NCERT AT CARNEGIE HALL. JUDY THRILLED A STANDG-ROOM-ONLY DIENCE BY HER PERFORMANCE AND DREW SEVERAL OVATNS DURG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GARLAND AND THE GAYS AT CARNEGIE HALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MISS MAJOR PROVIS ONE OF THE VOICEOVERS DURG THE CARNEGIE HALL PHASE OF GARLAND'S REER. HOW DID YOU GET HER VOLVED?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WENT TO MISS MAJOR BEE I KNEW SHE WAS A FAN. SHE'S ONE OF OUR LAST LIVG STONEWALL SURVIVORS—A REAL PNEER. SHE DISMISSED THE NOTN [THAT GARLAND'S ATH ED THE STONEWALL RTS]. IT WAS JT CINCE. OF URSE ALL THE FAGS NEW YORK WERE JT HEARTBROKEN AND UPSET, BUT THE STONEWALL RTS WERE VERY MUCH SOMETHG ELSE. IT WAS TRANS WOMEN AND MORI FIGHTG BACK AGAST THE OPPRSIVE SYSTEMS THAT WERE NSTANTLY HARASSG THEM. IT'S A HUGE HISTORY, AND TO UNPACK ALL AT THE END OF THE MOVIE AND AL WH JUDY GARLAND'S FUNERAL AND ATH WAS JT TOO MUCH TO HANDLE, SO WE LEFT THAT OUT. WE DO HAVE AN EXTEND TERVIEW WH MISS MAJOR THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE AVAILABLE EHER AS AN EXTRA OR SOMETHG WE MIGHT STREAM THAT GETS TO A LTLE B {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE HAD MISS MAJOR AND ALBERT POLAND, WHO WAS THE FOUNR OF THE JUDY GARLAND FAN CLUB, TALK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF THAT NIGHT [ CARNEGIE HALL], WHERE HER GAY FAN BASE WAS PRENT AND VIBRANT. THEY WOULD NGREGATE AT THE ONT, REACHG OUT TO HER, AND SHE WOULD REACH DOWN AND TOUCH THEM. THERE WAS A REAL MUNN THOSE DIENC WH HER GAY FANS. "JT GO TO A JUDY GARLAND NCERT AND GO TO THE ONT ROW. IT'S BETTER THAN GOG TO A GAY BAR." IT WAS THE BT PLACE TO CISE AND SOCIALIZE. BUT EVEN ALBERT, WHO WAS THE DIENCE THAT NIGHT, SAID WASN'T UNTIL LATER THAT THE GAY FAN BASE REALLY BLOSSOMED. IT KEPT GROWG AND GROWG, BUT EVEN THEN WAS STILL A REALLY POWERFUL FORCE, AND I HOPE WE DID ENOUGH TO ACKNOWLEDGE .CBS PHOTO ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTRS AND SGER JUDY GARLAND (1922 - 1969) PERFORMS AN EPISO OF THE LIVE PERFORMANCE ANTHOLOGY SERI 'FORD STAR JUBILEE,' NEW YORK, AUGT 24, 1955. THE EPISO, TLED 'THE JUDY GARLAND SPECIAL,' AIRED ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1955. (PHOTO BY CBS PHOTO ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GARLAND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAVE YOU SEEN JUDY WH RENéE ZELLWEGER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO SEE YET. THE CREW AND I WERE JT TRYG TO FD TIME SO WE N ALL GO TOGETHER. I THK 'S A REALLY TERTG MOMENT G ON THE HEELS OF THE ZELLWEGER FILM, WHICH A WAY, ALS WH A SIAR TIME PERD. IT'S LIKE WE'RE ALL LED UP LOOKG AT THIS TWILIGHT OF JUDY GARLAND'S REER WHICH SHE DID BURN THE BRIGHTT A LOT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SID & JUDY PREMIER OCTOBER 18 AT 8PM EST ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
* sidney luft gay *
Unlike his precsor, he was not "mil, " eher the artistic or the phemistic sense; unlike his succsor, he was not voracly gay.
Garland had wanted to do a remake of the 1937 film A Star Is Born starrg (probably queer) actrs Ja Gaynor, sce she played Gaynor's part a 1942 rad productn.
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Garland and the gays at Carnegie Hall Major provis one of the voiceovers durg the Carnegie Hall phase of Garland's reer. We do have an extend terview wh Miss Major that will hopefully be available eher as an extra or somethg we might stream that gets to a ltle b had Miss Major and Albert Poland, who was the founr of the Judy Garland Fan Club, talk about the experience of that night [ Carnegie Hall], where her gay fan base was prent and vibrant.