Meet Me in Saint Louis

It has been a while since I have reviewed a  musical (I think). So here is a  very good very classic musical movie, Meet Me in Saint Louis. By the way I got bored of just making four a month so I will go back to making two a week (mostly). So here we go with Meet Me in Saint Louis.

We start in the life of a family in 1904 Saint Louis. The family's oldest daughter Rose (Lucille Bremer) is expecting a long distance call from a man she had been writing to and they expect him to propose to her. But so that they wont interrupt, they plan to have dinner one hour earlier. Meanwhile the second oldest daughter of the family Esther (Judy Garland)  falls in love with her new neighbor John Truett (Tom Drake). She even sings a very good song about it. However the plans of having dinner an hour early are ruined when the father of the family Alonzo (Leon Ames) doesn't know about Rose's phone call and has dinner at the normal time. But it doesn't matter because it turns out the man calling doesn't propose to her and it was a waste of time and money. A few nights later there is a party and John Truett is invited. So they have an amazing party but it wakes up the two youngest daughters Tootie (Margret O,Brien) and Agnes (Joan Carroll). So the only way to put them to sleep is singing a musical number. After the party Esther asks if John can help her turn off the lights in the house. He says yes and they sing a musical number. The next day Esther rides the trolley to where the fair is being constructed and sings the famous "Trolley Song".

We cut to a few months later where it is Halloween. Except instead of getting free candy they go around stealing furniture and throwing flour at people. It is Tootie's first Halloween and she wants to throw flour at a man who she thinks kills cats. She throws flour at him and is declared "The Most Horrible". Later that night Tootie comes home but she is injured and she claims that John hit her. So Esther does what any sensible person would and goes to beat up John. Because you know, you would listen to a little girl who builds a cemetery for her dolls. When Esther gets home it turns out that she was only telling part of the truth. Agnes and Tootie stuffed an old dress with cotton so that it would look like a person and they would put it on the trolley track so that the engineer would put on the breaks and make the trolley crash (that is so messed up...). So Esther yells at Tootie but they make up. She also apologies to John for biting him. John accepts the apology. Meanwhile Alonzo gets home and tells the family that they are moving to New York because he got a good deal for a job there. The family is rather upset by this news. Alonzo is angry because he is trying to help them. So they cheer up by singing a song. So they all come to an agreement.

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We cut to a few months later where it is Christmas and the family is planning to leave after new years. There is a Christmas dance and Esther is going with John. But John says his tuxedo is at the dry cleaner and it closed early. Esther is upset and goes to her room. Esther ends up going to the dance with her grandfather (Harry Devenport). But grandpa manages to sneak John in. After they dance John proposes to Esther but since she is moving Esther doesn't know how to feel. But John says he will move there with her. When Esther gets home Tootie is still up waiting for Santa to come. Esther sing the famous song "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". After the song ends Tootie gets upset and doesn't want to go to New York. She gets put back to sleep but this make Alonzo realize that he should stay in Saint Louis. Then we cut to a few months later where the family is enjoying the St Louis Worlds Fair. The End.

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Meet Me In Saint Louis is a classic movie. The songs are very good and well performed. The romance between Esther and John feels real. It is also really funny every character has at least one funny line. The funniest characters are Tootie and Grandpa. The only problem I have is that it did feel a bit cliched at times and I think Esther fell in love way too fast. But this is still a very good very classic movie that you should watch. See you next time.

"LISTEN THE MASTERS LAST WORDS WHERE BUILD A HOUSE OUT OF BUTTER. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. GOT IT CHARLES?"