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Whistle Stopper - Meet Me In St. Louis (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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List Price: $26.98
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Leon Ames
Directed By: Vincente Minnelli, Roy Mack
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Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780790744766
Format: Color
ISBN: 0790744767
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-04-06
Running Time: 113
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1945-01
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Summary: movies
Comment: this is a great movie, go it for my moms b-day. love it! and it got here fast
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Summary: Nostalgic period musical
Comment: 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
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Summary: meet me in st louis
Comment: this is one of me favorite movies good any time of the year not just at christmas
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Summary: THE BEST MOVIE EVER!!!!!
Comment: 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!!!!!!!
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Summary: Meet Me In St. Louis!
Comment: Meet Me In St. Louis was a movie that Judy Garland had not originally wanted to star in. She wanted to continue doing adult roles (she was 22 at the time) and didn't want to play the teenage girl in love with the boy next door. Lucky for us, she did make the movie, which would turn out to be one of her most famous roles. She also objected to the studio's choice for director - Vincente Minnelli. She was MGM's one-take girl, and he had everyone rehearse every scene multiple times. Ironically, however, during the filming of the movie the two fell in love and got married (he was 20 years her senior).
Esther Smith (Judy Garland) is a seventeen-year-old girl living in St.Louis during 1904. Everyone's excited about the upcoming World's Fair, but Esther is more interested in the boy next door, whom she has fallen desperately in love with. But just when he is starting to take interest in her, Esther learns they are moving to New York. Is there anything more tragic?
"Meet Me In St. Louis" has some much loved (and very catchy) songs: "The Trolley Song," "The Boy Next Door," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "Meet Me In St.Louis" - all of which became Judy Garland standards.
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St. Louis 1903. The well-off Smith family has four beautiful daughters, including Esther and little Tootie. 17-year old Esther has fallen in love with the boy next door who has just moved in, John. He however, barely notices her at first. The family is shocked when Mr. Smith reveals that he has been transfered to a nice position in New York, which means that the family has to leave St. Louis and the St. Louis Fair.
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