Meet Me in St. Louis [1944 film]
by Vincente Minnelli (Director), Irving Brecher (Screenwriter), Fred F. Finklehoffe (Screenwriter)
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In Saint Louis before the 1904 World's Fair, Alonzo Smith threatens to uproot his family and move to New York, which greatly upsets his wife and four daughters.Tags
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In the year before the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York. (source: TMDb)
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Writer Irving Brecher was born in the Bronx, New York on January 17, 1914. After briefly covering high school sports for a local newspaper, he worked as an usher and ticket taker at a Manhattan movie theater. While there, a critic for Variety told him that he could make money writing jokes for comedians. He moved to Hollywood in 1937 and began show more working on scripts for the head of production at MGM Mervyn LeRoy. He was an uncredited script doctor on The Wizard of Oz and was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay for Meet Me in St. Louis. His other film credits include Shadow of the Thin Man (1941), Du Barry Was a Lady (1942), Yolanda and the Thief (1945), and Bye Bye Birdie (1963). He was also the creator of the radio series The Life of Riley, which he also turned into a feature film and television series. He died on November 17, 2008 at the age of 94. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Meet Me in St. Louis [1944 film]
- Original title
- Meet Me in St. Louis
- Original publication date
- 1944-11-22
- People/Characters
- Esther Smith (Judy Garland); Rose Smith (Lucille Smith); Tootie Smith (Margaret O'Brien); Anna Smith (Mary Astor); Alonzo Smith (Leon Ames); John Truett (Tom Drake) (show all 15); Katie (Marjorie Main); Grandpa (Harry Davenport); Alonzo "Lon" Smith Jr. (Henry H. Daniels Jr.); Agnes Smith (Joan Carroll); Lucille Ballard (June Lockhart); Warren Sheffield (Robert Sully); Mr. Neely (Chill Wills); Colonel Darly (Hugh Marlowe); Johnny Tevis (Darryl Hickman)
- Important places
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Missouri, USA
- Important events
- World's Fair (1904); Halloween; Christmas; 1900s; 1903; 1904
- Related movies
- Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 | IMDb)
- Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 791.4372
- Canonical LCC
- PN1997
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- 791.4372 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Movies, TV, Video Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Films; screenplays Single films
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- PN1997 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures Plays, scenarios, etc.
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