Meet Me in St Louis (1944)
by Vincente Minnelli
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Actor: Judy Garland, Leon Ames, Lucille Bremer, Margaret O'Brien, Mary AstorDirector: Vincente Minnelli
Cinematographer: George J. Folsey
Editor: Albert Akst
Producer: Arthur Freed
Producer: Roger Edens
Writer: Fred F. Finklehoffe
Writer: Irving Brecher
Writer: Sally Benson
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Color, NTSC, Original recording reissued
Running Time: 113 minutes
Release Date: 2000-05-02
Audience Rating: Unrated
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Meet Me in St Louis (1944)
Movie Review: Meet Me in St. Louis DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
Meet Me in St. Louis is a favorite movie of mine & to get it on DVD for
such a good price was really a treat...it arrive safely wrapped in record time & I am pleased to use Amazon again. JLKV
Movie Review: movies
Summary: 5 Stars
this is a great movie, go it for my moms b-day. love it! and it got here fastMovie Review: Nostalgic period musical
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is a Valentine to the "good old days",days that are viewed through gold tinted lenses and I defy all but the most curmudgeonly not to yield to its pleasures.It features a near peak Judy Garland impeccably directed by Vincente Minnelli in a movie that looks at a year in the life of an affluent middle class St Louis family .The father ,and head of the family (at least notionally)is Alonzo Smith (Leon Ames).The family consists of mother Anne (Mary Astor),two older daughters named Ethel(Garland)and Rose (Lucille Bremmer)and two much younger ones Agnes (Joan Carroll)and the baby of the brood Tootie(the winsome and charming Margaret O'Brien),and a son Lon (Hank Daniels).Completing the household are the capricious grandfather (Harry Davenport)and the faithful family maid Katie played by the scene stealing Marjorie Main.Marriage is on the mind of the two eldest daughters;Rose is being courted by one beau at home and is corresponding with another who is away at college in the East while Ethel is attracted to the boy next door John Truett (Tom Drake).Agnes and Tootie are still mischevous children
The movie looks at the life of the family over a year ,a year in which the city prepares to play host to the 1904 World's Fair ,the scenes of which are beautifully recreated by the art team under the skilled direction of Cedric Gibbons .Indeed the art team deserve special kudos for their work on the movie -the interiors are also sumptuous ,rich in colour and detail so this is amovie that always looks beguiling .events covered include Halloween and Christmas ,a season overshadowed by family tensions as a move to New York is in the offing .This gives a memorable bitter sweet tinge to Garland's moving rendition of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas ,a song which gains added complexity from its placement in the movie.The other musical highlight and the big production number is The Trolley Song ,and also memorable is the Skip To My Lou sequence.
Plot is not the strong point of the movie ,and these are provided by a stellar cast ,period detail and a string of tuneful ,melodic songs,all bathed in a warm lustous technicolor.
This is one of the warmest and most charming of musicals ,a portrait of an altogether more innocent and less cynical era ,a triumphant celebration of middle clasa Americana
Unashamedly nostalgic ,this is a lovely movie and should be seen by those wanting a warm hearted celebration of the past and family values
Movie Review: meet me in st louis
Summary: 5 Stars
this is one of me favorite movies good any time of the year not just at christmasMovie Review: THE BEST MOVIE EVER!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Everything about this movie deserves 5 stars! The acting, story, and the songs and music are fun and interesting. Different songs from this movie have been stuck in my head since I ever saw it and I don't mind it! I am sure if you buy this movie you will watch it over and over again (like me) and never get tired of it. So, I highly recommend Meet Me In St. Louis!!!!!!!
Summary of Meet Me in St Louis (1944)
One of the finest American musicals, this 1944 film by Vincente Minnelli is an intentionally self-contained story set in 1903, in which a happy St. Louis family is shaken to their roots by the prospect of moving to New York, where the father has a better job pending. Judy Garland heads the cast in what amounts to a splendid, end-of-an-era story that nicely rhymes with the onset of the 20th century. The film is extraordinarily alive, the characters strong, and the musical numbers are so splendidly part of the storytelling that you don't feel the film has stopped for an interlude. --Tom KeoghClassics Video
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