Meet Me In St. Louis (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Roy Mack, Vincente Minnelli
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Actor: Judy Garland, Leon Ames, Lucille Bremer, Margaret O'Brien, Mary AstorDirector: Roy Mack, Vincente Minnelli
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: George J. Folsey
Producer: Arthur Freed
Producer: Roger Edens
Writer: Fred F. Finklehoffe
Writer: Irving Brecher
Writer: Sally Benson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.37:1
Running Time: 113 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-04-06
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Meet Me In St. Louis (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Movie Review: Romance, Music & A Nice DVD Package
Summary: 4 Stars
I would think this classic movie is more appealing to a female than a male, but all should enjoy it. It centers more on romances than on anything else. Whatever it's labeled, it sure looks good on this two-disc `Special Edition." Wow!
The print is fantastic, and extra features are worth checking out.
Child actor Margaret O'Brien, in her first starring role, is okay but a little annoying with her emoting. She sure was a ham in her child acting career in the 1940s. Judy Garland, meanwhile, well.....I certainly can't knock her voice/ Leon Ames, as head "Mr. Alonzo Smith," of the household, played the most likable character, followed by Harry Davenport as the grandpa.
As for the music, "The Trolley Song" was my favorite although I admit I found myself humming the title tune for several days after watching this. Although billed as a musical, the stories in here were played up much more than the songs, of which there were only a half dozen.
The costuming of the ladies and of the period (turn of the 20th century) were beautiful, as was the Technicolor. If you enjoy color, this is pretty film to watch.
Summary of Meet Me In St. Louis (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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.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 Keogh
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