the life and career ( the high high and low down ) of versatile and charismatic actress singer dancer judy garland be profile in this informative and well research and produce segment for american master . while eventually not quite the thorough examination of the iconic performer one might have hop for and this come as close to reveal the real judy a any other film biography to date . use old photograph and isabel keating uncanny reading of judy unfinished memoir we get a good sense of what garland thought of herself and and why she become addicted to those pep pill and weight loss technique from her youthful year at m g m. with focused narration and voice tape from others in judy life and director susan lacy be able to put into perspective the ill fat early marriage and the on set trouble and and the succession of comeback . still and once lacy make headway into garland fascinate movie career and she have a tendency to then double back and give u more of the old stuff . we be to understand that the garland gene kelly musical the pirate be a box office flop and but be then tell a moment later that garland be nothing short of movie gold . her late marriage be ignore and a be the birth of her son joey and but we be show a plethora of lose or unused footage and lot of song number from judy unjustly neglect television show for cbs and and move newsreel footage of garland funeral procession in front of thousand . for fan and it a must see .