Friday, December 21, 2018

favorite movie #116 - holiday edition: meet me in st. louis

Favorite movies that have had an impact on me - #116 - Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) - The film covers a year in the lives of the Smith family, in turn-of-the-century St. Louis, and their contemplating moving to New York before the World's Fair coms to town in 1904. Judy Garland performs many great musical numbers in the film, including "The Trolley Song" and "The Boy Next Door", but the most touching and memorable sequence is her singing to her younger sister Tootie (Margaret O'Brien), "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas", probably my favorite version of the song, which has been covered by everyone from Frank Sinatra to John Legend.