who plays john in meet me in st louis
Tom Drake
title: Meet Me in St. Louis text: Meet Me in St. Louis Meet Me in St. Louis is a 1944 American Technicolor musical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 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. Louis, leading up to the opening of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (more commonly referred to as the World's Fair) in the spring of 1904. The picture stars Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Tom Drake, Leon Ames, Marjorie Main, June Lockhart, and Joan Carroll. The film was adapted by Irving Brecher title: Tom Drake text: (billed as Richard Alden), he got his break after starring in the 1942 Broadway smash "Janie", after which he was signed to a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He began his film career using the name Richard Alden. After a number of films, Drake co-starred with Judy Garland in "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944) as John Truett, the boy next door. He appeared in more than forty films in all, including "Mrs. Parkington" (1944), "The Green Years" (1946), "Cass Timberlane" (1947), as composer Richard Rodgers in the loosely-based biography "Words and Music" (1948) and, in a role at the opposite end title: Meet Me in St. Louis text: Jr. (Henry H. Daniels, Jr.). Esther, the second eldest daughter, is in love with the boy next door, John Truett (Tom Drake), although he does not notice her at first. Rose is expecting a phone call during which she hopes to be proposed to by Warren Sheffield (Robert Sully), and is embarrassed when not only does Warren fail to propose, but the entire family is present as she takes the call during dinner. Esther finally gets to meet John properly when he is a guest at the Smiths' house party, although her chances of romancing him don't go as planned title: Meet Me in St. Louis (musical) text: in July 2009, with Lewis J. Stadlen as Grandpa Prophater, Brynn O'Malley as Esther Smith, Max von Essen as John Truitt and Stephen Bogardus as Mr. Alonzo Smith. The musical has also had its UK professional premiere at the Landor Theatre, in Clapham, London. The show ran from 11 December 2013 to 18 January 2014. The musical opens in the summer of 1903. The family is going about their daily businesses – Tootie is playing with her dolls, Agnes is practicing her stilt walking, Esther is playing tennis, Rose is relaxing, Lon received his Princeton catalog in the mail, Mrs. title: Meet Me in St. Louis text: not to tell you what kind of pictures to make. " [It] was the biggest grosser Metro had up to that time, except for "Gone With the Wind"." The film currently holds a 100% "Fresh" rating on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 30 critical reviews with an average score of 8.7/10. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Color, Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture, and Best Music, Song (Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin for "The Trolley Song"). Margaret O'Brien received an Academy Juvenile Award for her work that