Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows is a 2001 television film based on the memoirs of Lorna Luft, the daughter of Judy Garland. The production is notable for its meticulous recreations of Garland's films and concerts, and verisimilitudinous impressions of Garland by Tammy Blanchard and Judy Davis.
The film, which chronicles Judy Garland's life from her first public performance in 1924 until her death in 1969, is divided into two parts: the ...
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Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows is a 2001 television film based on the memoirs of Lorna Luft, the daughter of Judy Garland. The production is notable for its meticulous recreations of Garland's films and concerts, and verisimilitudinous impressions of Garland by Tammy Blanchard and Judy Davis.
The film, which chronicles Judy Garland's life from her first public performance in 1924 until her death in 1969, is divided into two parts: the first part depicts Judy's rise to fame in the 1930s, her descent into drugs, and her fall from grace in the 1950s. The second part of the drama begins with Garland's marriage to Sidney Luft, and proceeds to chronicle her successful return to movies with A Star is Born, her personal issues (weight, debts, etc), and her untimely death at the age of 47.
Christmas 1924: Two-year-old Frances Gumm performs in public for the first time, singing Jingle Bells. Her mother, Ethel, watches from the audience while her father, Frank, watches from backstage....
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