Frances Gumm was orphaned seven (7) weeks after her father met the studio exec, Who then turned her into a drug addict, supposedly her Father died of meningitis, Most likely an assassination by the studio executives to gain control of the woefully difficult mother of judy garland and then of her, the mother argued endlessly w/her husband, and magically the husband was removed, the mother gained control, the daughter suffered a life time toward the idea of Searching for a replacement Father. A replacement father, Mr. Minelli could not wrest judy garland away from the executives at the studio w/their trinkets of money. When He finally gave up and let her run, run, run, away into depravity, she then fell into the arms of abortifacient sid. had the mother actually confronted the studio executievs for what part they played in what part she played in offing her Husband, She might have opened to door to reconciliation w/Daughter Frances Gumm. sid kept trying, but he was a less evil version of the original studio execs, using her to support His life style.