Margaret obrien, who played the precocious tootie in the classic mgm musical came to st. Louis, and its star judy garland, from margaret obrien. Louis is a 1944 musical film directed by vincente minnelli, starring judy. Louis was released in late 1944 to great critical acclaim and a warm response from the public who made it one of mgms highest grossing films of the year. The welloff smith family has four beautiful daughters, including esther and little tootie. In the year before the 1904 st louis worlds fair, the four smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to new york. Watch meet me in st louis 1944 online free movies stanley helmy. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. June lockhart scenes from meet me in st louis youtube. Louis buildings, and products produced in the area. Judy garland was 21 playing a 17yearold she almost didnt do the film because of that.
Louis is a 1944 american technicolor musical film made by metrogoldwynmayer. Mistakes, goofs, trivia, quotes, pictures and more for meet me in st. The film spans a year in the life of the smith family. Louis, 1944, directed by vincente minnelli, with judy garland, margaret obrien, mary astor. Hollywood at home host, victoria lucas, shares trivia on the classic mgm musical, meet me int st. Louis auch sehr geschickt, indem vincente minnelli diesen kitsch im film mit einem feinen sinn fur ironie. Louis is a classic mgm romantic musical comedy that focuses on four sisters one of whom is the nonpareil judy garland on the cusp of the 1904 st. The success of the film firmly established vincente minnellis reputation as a fine director as he went on to make some of mgms best films over the course of his thirty year career. 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. The success of the film had encouraged mgm to create further movies involving the smith family and was to be based on further tales of sally bensons family. The house, torn down just a few years ago, was a row house, though, not the sprawling victorian mansion shown in the film. Louis 1944 bloopers, mistakes, errors in continuity, plot holes, anachronisms, spoilers and more. This was the second time that reta shaw was cast as katie the maid in meet me in st. When judy garland first discovered that mgm was going to cast her in their new musical film entitled meet me in st.
Louis after party sequence between esther smith and neighbour john truett, esther asks john to stay while she turns off the rooms lighting, gassourced chandeliers, in the living room, dining room, entrance hallway, and main staircase. Did you know these fun facts and interesting bits of information. Louis 1944 full movie gundune johnny carson interview drew barrymore age 7 duration. My daughter and i created this quiz and had a lot of fun doing so. In the film, when margaret obrien is sad because she doesnt want to. Louis county in 1963 and in 2011, became mercy hospital. Louis meets on of the few living stars from the movie meet me in st. Louis on the map take the trolley tour of the cinematic stops in meet me in st. Louis, leading up to the opening of the louisiana purchase exposition more commonly referred to as the worlds fair in the spring of 1904.
Louis address located near the worlds fair grounds. Louis 1944 mistakes, quotes, trivia, questions and. Watch meet me in st louis 1944 online free movies youtube. Inside the sad true story renee zellwegers new movie tells. Louis trivia category covers a variety of history of the st. Louis join the mailing list separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. For the film many of the actions attributed to tootie were actually done in real life.
217 1621 113 1236 955 654 985 1114 949 533 16 1256 273 1106 1228 1231 959 650 585 1624 1279 1561 109 622 1501 453 207 1550 832 1033 1070 879 333 874 260 616