The mhm podcast network movie synopsis and film summary of meet me in st. Louis 1944 starring judy garland, margaret obrien, and mary astor. Manigrasso plays the part that garland played in the 1944 movie, which features the jaunty song meet me in st. The eldest child, lon, is about to leave for college. Louis tcm presents 75th anniversary a valentine to the good old days, and all they stood for. The magic chef mansion is a historic house museum located in the compton. Like most movie musicals, the song and dance numbers in meet me in st. Divided into a series of seasonal vignettes, starting with summer 1903, it relates the story of a year in the life of the smith family in st. Louis is a classic mgm romantic musical comedy that focuses on four sisters one of whom is the nonpareil judy garland on the cusp of the 1904 st. There is an air of vibrancy to the character of esther smith. Victorian on kensington avenue in the classic movie meet me in st. Louis county library and virginia publishing reprinted a few thousand copies in 2004 for the centennial of the worlds fair, so the book.
The house from the classic movie cheaper by the dozen. Louis 1944 the trolley song youtube every judy garland film in 14 minutes stereo duration. Louis, kay thompson and the rest of the legendary freed unit. But once the cast was on set, minnelli didnt force them to do a. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 24 hours to finish it.
Louis this is the first time the title of the film is. The victorian on kensington avenue the houses in steve martin s cheaper by the dozen the story behind mr. Louis, leading up to the opening of the louisiana purchase exposition more commonly referred to as the world. Louis is one of its most important classics in this regard. Louis kensington avenue, lined with grand homes, was constructed by mgm for the movie. So, get in the holiday spirit with this interactive screening of meet me in st. Based upon a memoir by sally benson, we follow the life of the smith family for a year. All of which were major hits and remain as favorites to lots of us today the fair hosted the 1904 summer olympic games, the first ones ever to be held in the united states. To commemorate this special 75thanniversary event, meet me in st.
Louis 1944 is a delightful, classic, nostalgic, poignant, and. Louis worlds fair in the address in the movie was 55 kensington a. Join us for a delicious continental breakfast and the captivating life story of the stunning beauty and famous movie star, who started life in prewwii austria as hedy kiesler, before escaping the nazis for a future in hollywood, international intrigue, and scientific invention. Louis 1944 bloopers, mistakes, errors in continuity, plot holes, anachronisms, spoilers and more. Louis street, it can also be seen in films like cheaper by the dozen. This week, in honor of the season and, lets face it, one of the best christmas movies ever, i invite you to meet me in st. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in meet me in st. A university professor leaves his job to become a theater critic, creating. Louis looked exactly the kind of selfconsciously cozy hokum that im a little too much of a cynic to enjoy. Louis returning to select theaters for a special 75th anniversary event.
Louis lies some of the best cinematic cheese you shall ever encounter. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. Because we all deserve a big, inexpensive victorian house welcome to you should move to, in which lindsay travels the country scoping out beautiful, undertheradar old housefilled cities and towns where big charm can be had for little cost. Nearpeak judy garland under the stylish direction of her future husband, vincente. Margaret obrien, who played feisty kid sister tootie in the 1944 classic meet me in st. Louis has long been on our list of favorite movie houses.
This classic piece of americana, adapted from a series. Louis from one of my all time favorite movies, this is the house from meet me in st. Louis 1944 judy garland and tom drake in meet me in. You can listen to the podcast episode we recorded on it here. Mgm set the basis for modern musicals, and meet me in st. Esther has a crush on the boy next door, john truett, but he doesnt notice.
Louis could just as well have been filmed in saratoga springs, new york a small city renowned for its victorian architecture. Its a lovely, weird movie, so if you like musicals, or judy garland, or vincente minnelli, or strange halloween interludes, or 1940s versions of turnofthecentury garb, this is the film for you. Costumes are encouraged with a chance for prizes, and attendees are invited to sing and dance along with the onscreen stars. It was based on the 1942 book by sally benson, with vignettes. Meanwhile, rose is waiting for a phone call from her beau warren sheffield where she expects him to propose marriage. Movies lp this category is for questions and answers related to meet me in st. The fair inspired the song,movie and broadway musical, meet me in st. In real life, tooties older sister agnes pulled most of the pranks attributed to tootie in the film.
This was my first time viewing the film, and given it won the december motm, traditionally a slot reserved for holiday films, i was expecting something far more festive than i actually watched. However, the familys head of the house is beckoned to new york due to a job. One of the definitive musicals of mgms golden age, as well as a holiday mainstay, meet me in st. Louis is a 1944 american technicolor musical film made by metrogoldwynmayer.
Everything that made the freed unit so special first burgeoned with meet me in st. Louis where the holiday home of your dreams awaits. She initially turned down the role because she was tired of playing the ingenue. The rise in happiness can be partly attributed to minnelli, meet me in st. Rose, esther, agnes, and tootie, and one son too, lon jr. Divided into a series of seasonal vignettes, starting with. Louis, missouri in the year leading up to the 1904 worlds fair. Louis is a 1944 musical film from metrogoldwynmayer which tells the story of an american family living in st. Louis wheel every friday and saturday night in october 07 october 2019. Arthur freed had been assembling a platoon of personnel, mostly from broadway, to populate his little kingdom. Join us for a delicious continental breakfast and the captivating life story of the stunning beauty and famous movie star, who started life in prewwii austria as hedy kiesler, before escaping the nazis for a future in hollywood, international. Audiences get the best seat in the house in the comfort and convenience of their local movie theater for live and prerecorded concerts, worldclass opera, sporting events, comedy acts, original programming featuring the biggest names in radio and. Louis kicks off in the summer of 1903 with alonzo and anna smith living the uppermiddle class life. Images courtesy of hooked on houses, which also features a long and wonderful post about the house.
Louis worlds fair, the four smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to new york. This classic musical is cheesy, sappy, and often times corny. The story begins the year before the 1904 st louis fair and revolves around the smith family and the loves and romances of the four smith daughters. Mouser jaune tom and house cat mewsette are living in the french countryside, but mewsette wants to experience the refinement and excitement of the paris living. Louis is a peek back in time at 20th century middle america. The missouri history museum is showing meet me in st. Louis after party sequence between esther smith and neighbour john truett, esther asks john to stay while she turns off the rooms lighting, gassourced chandeliers, in the living room, dining room, entrance hallway, and main staircase. Louis is returning to select theaters on december 8 and 11.
The film spotlights the sisters education in the ways of the world, which includes, but isnt limited to, learning about life and love, courtesy of the prototypical boy next door. A lawyers leon ames family judy garland, margaret obrien attends the 1904 worlds fair. All about the making of the mgm musical meet me in st. A screenplay that could very well be only a banal sequence of scenes was transformed into an eloquent speech for family values and happiness, somewhat utopic achievements for many people. Judy garland was 21 years old when she played esther smith. Miss garlands decca album of songs from the film included the song in an. Louis also became a broadway musical in 1989 and ran for 252 performances. The original theatrical onesheet poster for meet me in st.
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