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Meet Me in St. Louis is a 1944 American Christmas musical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.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 leading up to the opening of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (most commonly referred to as the World's Fair) in the spring of 1904.
Meet Me in St. Louis; Based on: Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 film by Vincente Minnelli: Written by: George Baxt: Directed by: George Schaefer: Starring: Tab Hunter Jane Powell Walter Pidgeon: Music by: Franz Allers: Country of origin: United States: Original language: English: Production; Producer: David Susskind: Running time: 120 minutes ...
Meet Me in St. Louis is a 1989 musical based on the 1944 film of the same name, which in turn is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Sally Benson.The musical is about a wealthy lawyer's large family and household living in St. Louis, Missouri in a Victorian era style mansion and their excitement and anticipation of the family and the city on the eve of the 1904 World's Fair.
Leon Ames (born Harry Leon Wycoff; [1] [2] [3] January 20, 1902 – October 12, 1993) was an American film and television actor. He is best remembered for playing father figures in such films as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Little Women (1949), On Moonlight Bay (1951) and By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953).
For Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Freed again hired Minnelli to direct. Framed around the four seasons, the film tells of the Smith family and their conflicts, with the conclusion focused on the family's celebration of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. [71] Judy Garland was cast as Esther Smith, though she felt her role would be overshadowed by ...
Meet Me in St. Louis, a 1989 Broadway production based on the 1944 film "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis", a song written to celebrate the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis and featured in both the film and the musical; Meet Me in St. Louis, a Decca Records album of songs from the 1944 film; Meet Me in St. Louis (band), a British post ...
Judy Garland and chorus perform "The Trolley Song" in Meet Me in St. Louis "The Trolley Song" is a song written by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin and made famous by Judy Garland in the 1944 film Meet Me in St. Louis. [3] In a 1989 NPR interview, Blane and Martin reminisced about the song's genesis. They were assigned to write a song for the ...
June 27 – July 3: Meet Me in St. Louis – Alan Young, Mary Wickes, Julia Meade, Karen Wyman; July 4–10: Hello, Dolly! – Carol Channing; July 11–17: Finian's Rainbow – Paul Williams, Nancy Dussault; July 18–24: Guys and Dolls – Leslie Uggams, Richard Roundtree; July 25–31: Wonderful Town – Lauren Bacall