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Subject: Meet Me In St. Louis!

Author: Judith

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 20:29:58 12/16/07 Sun One of my all-time favourite films!!! I watched once again, and this time (after having been somewhat Addison's ill, the past few days) sniffled into a kleenex, the entire second half of the movie! Sometimes we get more sentimental than others...especially during the holidays. Judy Garland is stellar in this, as is little Margaret O'Brien. (gotta love this little thing with a touch of the morbid nature...some of her dolls are 'dead dolls'..)This is one of those films where each scene is 'my favourite'. To describe a few touching scenes, the boy next door isn't sure how to show his affection for Judy, and so they go from gas light to gas light, intimately turning each one off. Then there is the crooning duet between the mother and father, who's names I should know, but you know...I tend to let the movie wash over me, rather than dwell on names...that's in a video on the header, here. Then of course, Judy singing a very sad, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas to an even sadder O'Brien...Oh, and the wise Grandfather, escorting a dateless Judy to the dance, her last dance in St. Louis. Not sure who he was, but he cut a dapper figure in his tux! The movie was only partly set during Christmas, yet I would recommend it heartily (hehe)to anyone wishing for a bit of poignant family warmth...perhaps one reason it evoked my emotions so,is that our family has changed so...we've lost the heartbeat of the clan, which was Mom, and well, those carols by the piano are gone (along with the piano!) and things are just different. It happens...sigh, someone stop me, please...=0 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Movie Goofs....thought these were interesting!

Author: Judith [Edit]

Date Posted: 10:06:26 01/05/08 Sat Goofs for Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) advertisement photos board trailer details Continuity: In an early scene you can see feathers and down floating all over the set, left over from the upcoming winter scenes. Continuity: Just before "Boy Next Door," Esther keeps shifting positions when sitting on her front porch with Rose Smith. Anachronisms: The family sings "Meet Me In St.Louis" in 1903, but it wasn't published until 1904 Revealing mistakes: There are no footprints in the snow in the winter scene, and there is not enough snow to have allowed the children to have made snowmen without leaving any trace of the snow being rolled into place. Incorrectly regarded as goofs: It is often incorrectly claimed that an off screen male voice calls out "Hiya, Judy" (referring to actress 'Judy Garland' , not her character, Esther). The voice actually says "Hiya, Johnny". This refers to Tom Drake's character, John Truett, who has been trying to catch the trolley and apparently just made it. As soon as the line is delivered Esther looks expectantly screen right but we do not see John until the end of the trolley song sequence. Continuity: The piece of cake that Mr. Smith eats for Halloween dessert starts out flat and later grows into a wedge. Continuity: As Esther comes down the stairs to the party in the parlor (with John Truett as one of the guests), she passes by the grandfather clock on the landing. In the shot just before coming to the landing, the pendulum is swinging. In the next shot, Esther is on the landing, and the pendulum is stopped. Continuity: When Esther and Tootie perform "Under the Bamboo Tree", Tootie's bedroom slippers are pink at the beginning of the number...but change to blue in the "cake walk" finale. Continuity: When the cake is first cut, it is two layers. When they return and start eating around the piano, one of the pieces is three layers. Continuity: After Esther sits down during the corset scene, Rose's position changes from standing next to Esther's chair in one shot to kneeling on the chair in the next. Factual errors: During the Trolley Song the location of the Fair was mentioned as at Huntington Park. The actual location of the Worlds Fair was Forest Park. Continuity: The amount of tears on Tootie's face changes as she listens to Esther singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". Errors in geography: Various scenes include views of mountains. However, St. Louis does not have any mountain ranges. Anachronisms: Although set at the turn of the century, and with very authentic sets and costumes, all of the women inexplicably have mid-'40s hairstyles. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]