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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
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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
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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
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be less than successful, because he was only calling to ask how she was, and he said if his parents knew he was calling, they would kill him. Katie tries to lighten the mood ("Meet Me in St. Louis" (Reprise)). A few months later, we are at Lon's going-away party, right before he leaves for Princeton. Warren tries to apologize to Rose, but she refuses to accept ("Raving Beauty"). At the party, Esther is formally introduced to John Truitt, pretending not to know who he is. She takes his hat and hides it in the piano. The guests then participate
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room when he called. Soon Rose enters and tells Esther that John Truitt, their neighbor and the boy that Esther has a crush on, is outside with his friend. They pretend to want to go to the pool, and try to attract the boys' attention. However, Agnes enters looking for her cat, and John leaves, causing Esther to lament about how John Truitt never notices her ("The Boy Next Door"). A little later that day, Mr. Smith comes home in a bad mood, because he lost his case. He refuses to eat an hour earlier and storms offstage to go
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trolley to the fairgrounds, where John Truitt just barely makes it on ("The Trolley Song"). Act II opens on Halloween, where Tootie and Agnes are getting ready to go trick or treating. After they leave, Katie asks the older sisters why they won't go out to the Halloween Social. They both respond that men are too bothersome and they'd rather not. Katie gives them some advice ("Touch of the Irish"). Immediately following the number, a scream is heard offstage. Tootie comes in with a bloody lip, saying John Truitt hit her. When he comes by to ask if she's alright,
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the dance, so he decided to go with Lucille Ballard who is Lon's girlfriend. Esther and Katie persuade them to go with each other, and Rose and Esther make a plan to fill out Lucille's dance card with the worst people imaginable. Unfortunately, John Truitt comes by and tells Esther that he can't take her to the dance because his tuxedo is locked up in the tailor's. Grandpa comes to the rescue, inviting Esther to the dance with him. At the ball, Lucille suggests that Warren and Rose and she and Lon be partners for the evening. Esther doesn't realize
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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.
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the first two verses but varies in verses three through six, which are essentially jokes with the punch line in the chorus. The song was also featured in the film "The Strawberry Blonde" with James Cagney and Olivia de Havilland, some four years prior to "Meet Me in St. Louis". The chorus was sung by Jimmy and Jerry Gourd in the "Veggie Tales" episode "Are You My Neighbor?" The song is played at the home games of the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Blues. Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis", better known as
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Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis", better known as just "Meet Me in St. Louis", is a popular song from 1904 which celebrated the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the St. Louis World's Fair. The words were by Andrew B. Sterling; the music, by Kerry Mills. The song was published in 1904 in New York by Mills's firm operating under the name F. A. Mills. It was recorded that year by many artists, including William F. Denny, Billy Murray and Arthur Collins. The song and the fair were focal points of the Judy
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Meet Me in St. Louis (band) Meet Me in St. Louis are a post-hardcore band from Guildford, Surrey, formed in 2005 and disbanded in 2008. Meet Me in St. Louis first formed in 2005. They were signed to Function Records & BSM Records in England and Denovali Records in Germany, the band's name originates from the 1944 film of the same name. In 2005 they recorded a three-track demo, "Promise me that we'll never be like them. I don't want to wind up like that. Relax, baby. We're going to end up like us." The next year they made their
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and featured on the Secondsmile album "Years". It was announced as of 11 September 2009 that Reynolds and Knowles would join Paul Philips to play alongside former Bullet Union singer and guitar player Jodie Cox in their new band Tropics. Tropics changed their name to Exes in mid-2014 and released their debut album 'Phantasmaboring' on 28 July 2014. Meet Me in St. Louis (band) Meet Me in St. Louis are a post-hardcore band from Guildford, Surrey, formed in 2005 and disbanded in 2008. Meet Me in St. Louis first formed in 2005. They were signed to Function Records & BSM
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then in the very early stages of scripting. At MGM, Benson wrote an early draft of the screenplay, but it was not used. Meet Me in St. Louis (novel) Meet Me in St. Louis is a 1942 novel by Sally Benson. It is the basis for the 1944 film "Meet Me in St. Louis". The stories were first written as short vignettes in a series, "5135 Kensington", which "The New Yorker" published from June 14, 1941 to May 23, 1942. Benson took her original eight vignettes and added four more stories for a book compilation with each chapter representing a
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Meet Me in St. Louis (novel) Meet Me in St. Louis is a 1942 novel by Sally Benson. It is the basis for the 1944 film "Meet Me in St. Louis". The stories were first written as short vignettes in a series, "5135 Kensington", which "The New Yorker" published from June 14, 1941 to May 23, 1942. Benson took her original eight vignettes and added four more stories for a book compilation with each chapter representing a month of a year (from 1903 to 1904). When the book was published by Random House, it was titled after the MGM film,
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that, and ends up taking Lucille's dances. Lon leads everyone in a dance he learned at college ("The Banjo"). John comes, in his tuxedo, after calling every Jones in St. Louis until he found who ran the shop. After the dance, John proposes to Esther, but she feels bad about it because he would have to give up going to college to be with her in New York ("You Are for Loving"). Esther enters the house to find Tootie sitting on the couch. She's upset about leaving St. Louis, and has been waiting for Santa to come so she can
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of regional business news. St. Louis was served by an online newspaper, the "St. Louis Beacon", but that publication merged with KWMU in 2013. Many books and movies have been written about St. Louis. A few of the most influential and prominent films are "Meet Me in St. Louis" and "American flyers", and novels include "The Killing Dance", "Meet Me in St. Louis", "The Runaway Soul" (novel), "The Rose of Old St. Louis", and "Circus of the Damned". As St. Louis was a prime location for immigrants to move to, much of the early social work depicting immigrant life was
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late-19th century vintage carousel in this movie could be found at Bob-Lo Amusement Park in Amherstburg, Ontario until the park closed in September 1993. It was dismantled and sold to private collectors. 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
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90's the order of songs was changed, some were removed and some added. The current version is as follows: Meet Me in St. Louis (musical) Meet Me in St. Louis is a 1989 musical based on the 1944 film of the same title, about a family living in St. Louis, Missouri on the eve of the 1904 World's Fair. The musical varied from the film with additional songs and some additional character development; the focus is not primarily on the character of Esther, as in the film. The musical ran on Broadway in 1989. The musical opened on Broadway at
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Meet Me in St. Louis (musical) Meet Me in St. Louis is a 1989 musical based on the 1944 film of the same title, about a family living in St. Louis, Missouri on the eve of the 1904 World's Fair. The musical varied from the film with additional songs and some additional character development; the focus is not primarily on the character of Esther, as in the film. The musical ran on Broadway in 1989. The musical opened on Broadway at the George Gershwin Theatre on November 2, 1989 and closed on June 10, 1990, after 252 performances. It was
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the request of Garland as there was a lack of chemistry between the two and early footage was disappointing. When Freed asked who Garland wanted to direct the film, she requested Vincente Minnelli who had just directed Garland the previous year in "Meet Me in St. Louis", which was a tremendous success. Moreover, she and Minnelli had become romantically involved during the principal photography of "Meet Me In St. Louis". During production of "The Clock", they rekindled their romance, and were engaged by the end of shooting. Minnelli discarded most of the footage shot by Zinnemann and reshaped the film.
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opportunity. On or after April 30, 1904, the family take two horse drawn buggies to the World's Fair. The film ends that night with the entire family (including John, Lucille, and Warren) overlooking the Grand Lagoon at the center of the World's Fair just as thousands of lights illuminate the grand pavilions. The musical score for the film was adapted by Roger Edens, who also served as an uncredited associate producer. Georgie Stoll conducted the orchestrations of Conrad Salinger. Some of the songs in the film are from around the time of the St Louis Exposition. Others were written for
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and Fred F. Finklehoffe from a series of short stories by Sally Benson, originally published in "The New Yorker" magazine under the title "5135 Kensington", and later in novel form as "Meet Me in St. Louis". The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, who met Garland on the set and later married her. It was the second-highest grossing picture of the year, only behind "Going My Way". In 1994, the film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Garland debuted the standards "The Trolley Song", "The
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Rose's rival Lucille Ballard (played by June Lockhart) by filling up her dance card with losers. But when Lucille turns out to be interested in Lon, leaving Rose and Warren together, Esther switches her dance card with Lucille's and instead dances in Lucille's place with the clumsy and awkward partners. After being rescued by Grandpa, Esther is overjoyed when John unexpectedly turns up after somehow managing to obtain a tuxedo, and the pair dance together for the rest of the evening. Later on, John proposes to Esther and she accepts, but their future is uncertain because she must still move
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Me Out to the Ball Game" has been played in the middle of 7th inning, with "Here Comes The King" at the top of the 8th. Often, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is followed by an instrumental rendition of "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis". The Clydesdales still appear on Opening Day and during the playoffs. The Toronto Blue Jays take the term "seventh-inning "stretch"" literally, as Health Canada officials lead fans at Rogers Centre in stretching exercises while the club's song "OK Blue Jays" plays before "Take Me Out to the Ball Game". The Miami Marlins, attempting
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Boy Next Door", and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", all of which became hits after the film was released. Arthur Freed, the producer of the film, also wrote and performed one of the songs. The backdrop for "Meet Me in St. Louis" is St. Louis, Missouri in the year leading up to the 1904 World's Fair. It is summer 1903. The Smith family leads a comfortable upper-middle class life. Alonzo Smith (Leon Ames) and his wife Anna (Mary Astor) have four daughters: Rose (Lucille Bremer), Esther (Judy Garland), Agnes (Joan Carroll), and Tootie (Margaret O'Brien); and a son, Lon
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Joan Brickhill Joan Brickhill (6 March 1924 – 15 January 2014) was a South African actress who worked in radio, theatre, film, and television. Together with her husband, Louis Burke, she founded Brickhill-Burke Productions, which produced "Meet Me in St. Louis" on Broadway in 1990 and received four Tony Award nominations, including Best Choreography for Brickhill. Brickhill was a child prodigy, making her stage debut at two. She later worked as a drama teacher. Her first feature film was "Nor the Moon by Night" (1958), in which she played the leading role, Harriet Carver. "Follow That Rainbow" (1979) was her
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Garland movie, "Meet Me in St. Louis". Garland recorded the song in 1944. Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album "Join Bing and Sing Along " (1959) "Louis" in the song is pronounced "LOO-ee", akin to the French. The song is one of the few instances of pronouncing the city's name that way. It is normally pronounced "LOO-is". The song, which is generally styled in the form of a limerick, has many and varied verses, few of which are remembered today — unlike the chorus. In the original sheet music, the chorus is the same for
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going on strong. Toby formed Shoes and Socks Off who released several albums with Big Scary Monsters, and was a founding member of Shield Your Eyes and Love Among The Mannequins. He now writes using the moniker Eugene Quell. Bassist Lewis Reynolds went on to play in the Kingston "math-pop" band Colour (who played their final show on 18 September 2009), whilst Toby Hayes began a solo project called Shoes and Socks Off (and played his final show on 24 September 2012). In early 2009 Oliver Knowles filled in for Daniel Neal, violinist of Yndi Halda on their American tour
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she needs six. Aged just nineteen, she marries composer David Rose, but the marriage lasts only nine months. 1944: Judy (now played by Judy Davis) meets Vincente Minnelli (Hugh Laurie), who is the director of her next film, "Meet Me in St. Louis". She is then shown filming "The Trolley Song" sequence. She and Vincente marry in 1945. On their honeymoon, she tells him she plans to quit MGM when her contract expires and that she is pregnant. She then throws away a bottle of her pills and vows never to take them again. 1947: Now mother to Liza, Judy
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Allyson and Janet Leigh to MGM. She was one of the first women to reach a position of executive power in the old Hollywood studio system. At MGM, she met John Carroll, a successful actor who had appeared in movies such as "Flying Tigers" with John Wayne and "Go West" with the Marx Brothers. They were married in 1947. He died in 1979. Movies made at MGM while Lucille Carroll ran its training department included "Singin' in the Rain", "Show Boat," "Gaslight" and "Meet Me in St. Louis". While she was there, MGM garnered 16 Academy Award nominations for best
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grandfather was John Coates Lockhart, "a concert-singer." She attended the Westlake School for Girls in Beverly Hills, California. Lockhart made her film debut opposite her parents in a film version of "A Christmas Carol", in 1938. She also played supporting parts in films including "Meet Me in St. Louis", "Sergeant York", "All This, and Heaven Too" and "The Yearling". She starred in "She-Wolf of London" (1946). Lockhart debuted on stage at the age of eight, playing Mimsey in "Peter Ibbetson", presented by the Metropolitan Opera. In 1947, her acting in "For Love or Money" brought her out of her parents'
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By 1943, she was considered a big enough star to have a cameo appearance in the all-star military show finale of "Thousands Cheer". Also In 1943, at the age of seven, Margaret co-starred in "You, John Jones," a "War Bond/Effort," short film, with James Cagney and Ann Sothern (playing their daughter), in which she dramatically recited President Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address." She played Adèle, a young French girl, and spoke and sang all her dialogue with a French accent in "Jane Eyre" (1943). Arguably her most memorable role was as "Tootie" in "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944), opposite Judy Garland.
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the movie. Garland's pre-recording of "Boys and Girls Like You and Me" survives today, but the cut film footage has been lost. This song was originally composed by Rodgers & Hammerstein for their Broadway musical "Oklahoma!" but cut prior to its opening. Upon its 1944 release, "Meet Me in St. Louis" was a massive critical and commercial success. During its initial theatrical release, it earned a then-massive $5,016,000 in the US and Canada and $1,550,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $2,359,000. "Time" called it "one of the year's prettiest pictures"; "Technicolor has seldom been more affectionately used than in
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of times, she is not included on the St. Louis Walk of Fame. She died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, aged 74. Sally Benson Sally Benson (September 3, 1897 – July 19, 1972) was an American screenwriter, who was also a prolific short story author, best known for her semi-autobiographical stories collected in "Junior Miss" and "Meet Me in St. Louis". Benson was born in St. Louis, the youngest of five children of Alonzo Redway and Anna Prophater Smith. She attended the Mary Institute until she moved with her family to New York. She attended the Horace Mann School,
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to play a similar role in 1965 melodrama "Once a Thief", as the daughter of Ann-Margret and Alain Delon and niece of Jack Palance, and early the following year played Tootie Smith in the ABC television comedy pilot "Meet me in St. Louis". In the 26-episode ABC television series "The Monroes", which screened in 1966 and 1967, Locke, aged six, played Amy Monroe, the youngest of a group of siblings who had to care for themselves in northwestern Wyoming in the Wild West. She was described by the "Christian Science Monitor" as "an especially endearing little dumpling" for her performance
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Esther beats him up for hurting her little sister. Agnes enters soon after, telling what happened. They stuffed one of Katie's dresses so it looked like a body, then put it on the trolley tracks so when the motorman had to put on the brakes, the trolley would come off the tracks. Tootie then reveals that it was not John who hurt her, but she fell. Esther is ashamed and goes to apologize to John. He forgives her ("The Boy Next Door" (Reprise)). Mr. Smith comes home and breaks the news to the family that they are moving to New
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Barbara Whiting, was broadcast weekly on CBS in 1949. MGM's "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944) was one of the most popular movies made during World War II. The stories in Sally Benson's book, "Meet Me in St. Louis", were first written as short vignettes in a series, "5135 Kensington", which "The New Yorker" published from June 14, 1941 to May 23, 1942. Benson took her original eight vignettes and added four more stories for a book compilation with each chapter representing a month of a year (from 1903 to 1904). When the book was published by Random House as
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tell him that they're moving. Esther tries to convince Tootie that New York will be fun ("Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"). Mr. Smith sees how upset Tootie is and decides that they can't move to New York. After hearing the good news, the family goes to the fair and everything works out well ("Trolley Song" (Reprise) / "Meet Me in St. Louis" (Reprise II) / "Finale"). The Broadway production also included Tony Award winner Rachel Bay Jones in the ensemble. It was her Broadway debut. "* Songs from the film also in the stage version" As of the late
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year, in which she appeared in several movies along with "Meet Me in St. Louis". In 1994, the film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. The American Film Institute ranked the film 10th on AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals; two songs from the film made AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs ("The Trolley Song" at #26 and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" at #76). Gerald Kaufman wrote a study of the film, with the same title, which was published by the British Film Institute in 1994. The
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as claimed, the fair offered what was essentially America's first food court. Visitors could sample a variety of fast foods, dine in dozens of restaurants, or just stroll through the mile-long pike where food was celebrated. As one historian said of the fair, "one could breakfast in France, take a mid-morning snack in the Philippines, lunch in Italy, and dine in Japan." The fair inspired the song "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis", which was recorded by many artists, including Billy Murray. Both the fair and the song are focal points of the 1944 feature film "Meet Me in St.
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an annual event with the math-rock fraternity paying their respects and helping the band's memory live on. In January 2016, three shows were announced for Leeds and two in London in June after 8 years of silence. Further shows in Kingston-upon-Thames, Guildford and at ArcTanGent festival were announced, with the latter proving to be the final show of their reunion phase. On 30 October 2007 the band announced through its official website that vocalist Toby Hayes had decided to leave Meet Me in St. Louis but assured that the rest of the band would find a new vocalist and continue
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the film as "extremely attractive" and called the dialogue "funny in a sense rather rare in the movies," although he thought it was too long. In 2005, Richard Schickel included the film on Time.com's ALL-TIME 100 best films, saying "It had wonderful songs [and] a sweetly unneurotic performance by Judy Garland...Despite its nostalgic charm, Minnelli infused the piece with a dreamy, occasionally surreal, darkness and it remains, for some of us, the greatest of American movie musicals." Arthur Freed: ""Meet Me in St. Louis" is my personal favourite. I got along wonderfully with Judy, but the only time we were
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streets, and the rusty confabulations of fallen leaves, bring this section of the film very near the first-rate." The film is a "New York Times" Critics' Pick: after seeing it at the Astor Theatre, Bosley Crowther called it "a warm and beguiling picturization based on Sally Benson's memoirs of her folks." Crowther concludes: "As a comparable screen companion to "Life With Father", we would confidently predict that "Meet Me in St. Louis" has a future that is equally bright. In the words of one of the gentlemen, it is a ginger-peachy show." Writing in "The New Yorker", Wolcott Gibbs praised
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"The Trolley Song" but lost to "Swinging on a Star" from "Going My Way". "The Trolley Song" was ranked #26 by the American Film Institute in 2004 on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs list. The song as conducted by Georgie Stoll for "Meet Me in St. Louis" has a very complex, evocative arrangement by Conrad Salinger featuring harmonized choruses, wordless vocals, and short highlights or flourishes from a wide range of orchestral instruments. When the song was recorded on the set of "Meet Me in St Louis", it was done in a single shot. The Trolley Song "The Trolley Song"
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Smith and Katie, their maid, went shopping, Grandpa is playing with Agnes, and Mr. Smith was at work ("Opening" / "Meet Me in St. Louis"). Upon request from Esther, Katie asks Mrs. Smith if they could have dinner an hour earlier because her sister is having trouble with her husband. We soon learn that the real reason is that Warren Sheffield, a Yale scholar and heir to a grand fortune, is calling Rose long-distance at 6:30, when they usually eat dinner. Esther was trying to get dinner to be an hour earlier so the family would be out of the
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they were planning a break after 3 years continual touring. But on 6 February 2008, the band confirmed that they were no more. This comes after claims made by the band at their final show at the Queen Charlotte, Norwich the previous night (4 February 2008) The first ever 'Meet Me in St Louis Day' – an unofficial bank holiday invented by the bands label, Big Scary Monsters Recording Company – took place on Wednesday 24 September 2008, with fans all over the world paying their respects. The date (which marked the anniversary of their debut's release) has since become
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freshmen, Truitt was "responsible [for helping] them adjust to college life." Said Taylor, "[Frank] gave the kids the most precious gift one person can give another: he gave them time. He really cared about the players, and they knew that." Said Hosket, "Frank was the best teacher of individual skills I've ever been around. Also during this time, Truitt earned a master’s degree in physical education from Ohio State in 1962. His office in St. John Arena was just down the hall from the office of Woody Hayes, the longtime coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team. During the
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Rogers. Born in Washington, D.C., he began acting in his late teens. He was a pioneering radio announcer in the early 1920s, first in Washington, later in New York City, and then in Chicago. Subsequently, he appeared on numerous radio programs in various roles. He played Fred Andrews on "Archie Andrews", was an announcer on "Chaplain Jim", played Philip Roberts on "It's Higgins, Sir", played Port on "Lone Journey", played Alonzo Smith on "Meet Me in St. Louis", and played Jack Arnold on "Myrt and Marge". He entered movies in 1933, under the stage name Jack Arnold and made appearances
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Broderick Crawford in "The Fastest Gun Alive" directed by Russell Rouse. It was a big hit. At Universal, she was in the thriller "The Tattered Dress" (1957). In 1957, she played a socialite who helps a floundering singer and comedian (Frank Sinatra) redeem himself in "The Joker Is Wild". She was working extensively in TV, including an adaptation of "The Great Gatsby". In 1959, Crain appeared in a television production of "Meet Me in St. Louis". Also starring in the broadcast were Loy, Walter Pidgeon, Jane Powell, and Ed Wynn, with top billing going to Tab Hunter. Film roles became
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Jack Gleason John Day "Jack" Gleason (July 14, 1854 in St. Louis, Missouri – September 4, 1944 in St. Louis, Missouri) was a 19th-century professional baseball player who primarily played third base. His younger brother, Bill Gleason, also was a ballplayer. Gleason appeared in one game for the St. Louis Brown Stockings of the National League in 1877, that team's last season. He then played in the American Association for the St. Louis Browns in 1882 and the beginning of 1883 and the Louisville Eclipse for the majority of 1883. From 1884–1885 Gleason played for the St. Louis Maroons during
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Harry Davenport (actor) Harold George Bryant Davenport (January 19, 1866August 9, 1949) was an American film and stage actor who worked in show business from the age of six until his death. After a long and prolific Broadway career, he came to Hollywood in the 1930s, where he often played grandfathers, judges, doctors, and ministers. His roles include Dr. Meade in "Gone with the Wind" (1939) and Grandpa in "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944). Bette Davis once called Davenport "without a doubt [. . .] the greatest character actor of all time." Harry Davenport was born in Canton, Pennsylvania,
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asking why these expenses were being queried. Kaufman wrote many books and articles. Some are political: "How to be a Minister" (1980) is an irreverent look at the difficulties faced by ministers trying to control the civil service. Some are cultural: "Meet Me in St Louis" is a study of the 1944 Judy Garland film. He contributed a chapter about John Hodge, the Labour MP for Manchester Gorton elected in 1906, to "Men Who Made Labour", edited by Alan Haworth and Diane Hayter. Kaufman was an outspoken opponent of hunting with hounds. In 2004 he was assaulted by a group
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Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent; "The Swimmer" (1968), starring Burt Lancaster, based on a John Cheever short story from "The New Yorker"; "In Cold Blood" (1967), the widely nominated adaptation of the 1965 non-fiction serial written for "The New Yorker" by Truman Capote; "Pal Joey" (1957), based on a series of stories by John O'Hara; "Mister 880" (1950), starring Edmund Gwenn, based on a story by longtime editor St. Clair McKelway; "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1947), which began as a story by longtime "New Yorker" contributor James Thurber; and "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944), adapted from Sally
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became RKO Radio Pictures' resident juvenile personality in both "A" and "B" pictures. RKO starred Carroll in the leading role with Ruth Warrick in two zany comedy vehicles, "Obliging Young Lady" (1941) and "Petticoat Larceny" (1943). She continued to work in films as an adolescent, but less frequently. Two of her best-remembered pictures came from this period: "Meet Me In St. Louis" (1944) as Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien's sister, and "The Bells of St. Mary's" (1945), in which she played a troubled teenager. After "The Bells of St. Mary's" in 1945, Carroll retired. She married in 1951 to James
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deal for the players beside Templeton and Smith went through, Herzog flew to San Diego to meet with Smith and Gottlieb over the Christmas holiday. Smith later recalled that, "Whitey told me that with me playing shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals, we could win the pennant. He made me feel wanted, which was a feeling I was quickly losing from the Padres. The mere fact that Whitey would come all the way out there to talk to us was more than enough to convince me that St. Louis was the place I wanted to be." On December 10, 1981,
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John Pisani John Pisani is a retired American soccer midfielder who played professionally in the North American Soccer League. Pisani graduated from Christian Brothers College High School. Between 1963 and 1966, he scored 138 goals in 122 games. He then attended St. Louis University where he played on the men's soccer team from 1967 to 1969. He was a member of the 1967 and 1969 NCAA championship teams and is a member of the Billikens Soccer Hall of Fame. In 1999, he was inducted into the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame. In 1970, he signed with the St. Louis
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Face" in 1941, and played minor roles in such popular films as "Heaven Can Wait" (1943), "Gaslight" (1944) and "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944). In the 1944 short feature "I Am an American" he played Thomas Jefferson Kanowski, son of fictional Polish immigrant Fydor Kanowski. He played more substantial roles in films such as "Return of the Bad Men" (1948) with Randolph Scott, "Gun Smugglers" (1948) with Tim Holt, "Rachel and the Stranger" (also 1948) with Robert Mitchum, "The Next Voice You Hear" (1950) with Nancy Reagan and James Whitmore, and "Wild Heritage" (1958) with Maureen O'Sullivan. On April
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Busch Gardens S.C. before moving to St. Louis Kutis S.C. in 1979. He has also coached extensively on the youth level in the St. Louis area. He was inducted into the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame in 2008. John Roeslein John Roeslein is a retired American soccer player who was a member of championship teams at the high school, junior college, NCAA Division I and professional levels. He played two seasons in the American Soccer League where he was the 1976 Rookie of the Year. Roeslein grew up in St. Louis, Missouri playing for numerous notable youth teams. He
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John Traina John Traina is a retired American soccer player who spent most of his career playing in the St. Louis, Missouri leagues from 1950 to 1960. Traina earned five caps with the U.S. national team. He was inducted into the St Louis Hall Of fame in 1983, together with his brother Peter. During his career, Traina played either defense or defensive midfielder. Growing up in St. Louis, Missouri, Traina joined the SECO Boys Club. In 1951, SECO won the National Youth Challenge Cup, also known as the McGuire Cup. In 1951, he also signed with St. Louis Simpkins-Ford of
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edition through the Warner Archive Collection. The Strawberry Blonde The Strawberry Blonde is a 1941 American romantic comedy film directed by Raoul Walsh, starring James Cagney and Olivia de Havilland, and featuring Rita Hayworth, Alan Hale, Jack Carson, and George Tobias. The picture was nominated for an Academy Award in 1941 for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture and features songs such as "The Band Played On", "Bill Bailey", "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louie," "Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie," and "Love Me and the World Is Mine." The title is most often listed beginning with the word The,
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The Strawberry Blonde The Strawberry Blonde is a 1941 American romantic comedy film directed by Raoul Walsh, starring James Cagney and Olivia de Havilland, and featuring Rita Hayworth, Alan Hale, Jack Carson, and George Tobias. The picture was nominated for an Academy Award in 1941 for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture and features songs such as "The Band Played On", "Bill Bailey", "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louie," "Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie," and "Love Me and the World Is Mine." The title is most often listed beginning with the word The, but the film's posters and promotional
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Sally Benson Sally Benson (September 3, 1897 – July 19, 1972) was an American screenwriter, who was also a prolific short story author, best known for her semi-autobiographical stories collected in "Junior Miss" and "Meet Me in St. Louis". Benson was born in St. Louis, the youngest of five children of Alonzo Redway and Anna Prophater Smith. She attended the Mary Institute until she moved with her family to New York. She attended the Horace Mann School, studied dance and then started working when she was 17 years old. At age 19, she married Reynolds "Buck" Benson. The couple had
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lone resident in a ghost town in "The Bride Came C.O.D." (1942), filmed on location in Death Valley, and the aged Louis XI of France in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1939) with Charles Laughton , Maureen O'Hara and Cedric Hardwicke. He also had supporting roles in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller "Foreign Correspondent" (1940), William A. Wellman's western "The Ox-Bow Incident" (1942) and in "Kings Row" (1943) with Ronald Reagan. Davenport also played the grandfather of Judy Garland in Vincente Minnelli's classic "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944) and the great-uncle of Myrna Loy and Shirley Temple in "The Bachelor and
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when, after all the guests are gone and he is helping her turn off the gas lamps throughout the house, he tells her she uses the same perfume as his grandmother and that she has "a mighty strong grip for a girl." Esther hopes to meet John again the following Friday on a trolley ride from the city to the construction site of the World Fair. Esther is sad when the trolley sets off without any sign of him, but cheers up when she sees him running to catch the trolley mid journey. On Halloween, Tootie returns home injured, claiming
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John Klein John Klein is a retired American soccer midfielder who played professionally in the American Professional Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League and National Professional Soccer League. He currently coaches the Columbia College men's soccer team. Klein graduated from Saint Louis Priory School in 1983. In 1983, Klein began his collegiate career with the Duke Blue Devils. He then transferred to St. Louis University after the 1984 season where he finished his college career. He was inducted into the St. Louis Billikens Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1987, Klein played for the independent F.C. Washington. Klein also
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that John Truett attacked her. Without bothering to investigate, Esther confronts John, physically attacking him and scolding him for being a "bully." When Esther returns home, Tootie confesses that what really happened was that John was trying to protect Tootie and Agnes from the police after a dangerous prank they pulled went wrong. Upon learning the truth, Esther immediately dashes to John's house next door to apologize, and they share their first kiss. Mr. Smith announces to the family that he is to be sent to New York City on business and they will all move after Christmas. The family
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second feature film. She directed and presented, with her husband, Louis Burke, the first South African play in KwaZulu-Natal to be performed for multiracial audiences. She also worked as an executive entertainment producer at Sun City. Joan Brickhill died at age 89 in Johannesburg on 15 January 2014 from undisclosed causes. Joan Brickhill Joan Brickhill (6 March 1924 – 15 January 2014) was a South African actress who worked in radio, theatre, film, and television. Together with her husband, Louis Burke, she founded Brickhill-Burke Productions, which produced "Meet Me in St. Louis" on Broadway in 1990 and received four Tony
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relations; foreign investment in developing countries; and foreign investment by firms from developing countries." Louis T. Wells Louis Truitt Wells, Jr. (born Oct. 19, 1937) is an American organizational theorist, principal consultant and Emeritus Professor of International Management at the Harvard Business School, known for his work on management of multinationals, and their economic environment. Born in Nashville, Tennessee to Louis Truitt Wells and Lila Wilson (Conner) Wells, Wells obtained his BA in Physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and his MBA in 1963 and his DBA in 1966 from the Harvard Business School. After graduation Wells started his
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Louis T. Wells Louis Truitt Wells, Jr. (born Oct. 19, 1937) is an American organizational theorist, principal consultant and Emeritus Professor of International Management at the Harvard Business School, known for his work on management of multinationals, and their economic environment. Born in Nashville, Tennessee to Louis Truitt Wells and Lila Wilson (Conner) Wells, Wells obtained his BA in Physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and his MBA in 1963 and his DBA in 1966 from the Harvard Business School. After graduation Wells started his academic career as Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and eventually
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Joseph Erxleben Joseph John Erxleben (September 15, 1889 – August 29, 1973) was an American long-distance runner who competed in the marathon at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. Erxleben was from St. Louis, Missouri and competed for the Missouri Athletic Club. He had a younger brother, Hermann, who was reported to have won a five-mile "junior marathon" at the age of 16. Erxleben won a 15-mile race at a meet in the St. Louis Coliseum hosted by Saint Louis University on February 13, 1909. On May 1, 1909 running "against a cold head wind", he finished over six minutes
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To Work" (1932), Jubilo (Will Rogers) sings the song to his daughter Rose (Marion Nixon). In "The Telegraph Trail" (1933), John Trent (John Wayne) whistles this tune. It is instrumental background music in "The Horse Soldiers" (1959) (also starring Wayne). (Hear the second piece in the trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knQahiIpwYw). In "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944), Esther Smith (Judy Garland) sings new lyrics, written for the movie, to the tune of "Year of Jubilo". The lyrics are in standard English and are inoffensive, with no reference to slavery, the Civil War, or any other controversial subject. "The Year of Jubilo"
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five straight Big Ten titles during Truitt's tenure as an assistant coach, which concluded with the 1964-65 season. Truitt resigned from his position at Ohio State University in 1965 to become the head coach of the LSU Tigers men's basketball team. He coached the Tigers for one year, during which his Tigers played against John Wooden's UCLA Bruins in Los Angeles and Adolph Rupp's Kentucky Wildcats in Lexington, among other teams. Future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Pat Riley played on that Kentucky Wildcat team and won the Southeastern Conference's Player of the Year Award that season. The
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season, Truitt, who Taylor deemed to have "an extremely keen analytical basketball mind" often traveled around to scout other teams. In 2010, Bob Knight echoed Taylor's appraisal of Truitt's scouting abilities by claiming that Truitt was better at scouting than "anyone [he has] ever seen in [his] time in college basketball." Truitt's scouting of the California Golden Bears played an instrumental role in Ohio State's victory in the 1960 NCAA Championship game: in the words of Knight, California . . . had a little guard named Bobby Wendell, who was not a good shooter. We just didn't guard him. Mel
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"Bright Honor" (1936). Ames made his film debut in "Quick Millions" (1931). During the 1940s, he was under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He played the important role of Mr. Smith in 1944's massive hit and subsequent classic "Meet Me in St. Louis". Ames appeared in a featured role in "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1946) as district attorney Kyle Sackett. He also appeared in the Doris Day-Gordon MacRae film "On Moonlight Bay", its sequel, "By the Light of the Silvery Moon", and "Peyton Place" (1957). He played the role of Samuel Eaton, Alfred Eaton's (Paul Newman) father, in "From the Terrace"
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Farm" (1957) Each film grossed Universal about $3 million, which helped save the troubled studio from a financial collapse. In addition to acting in the films, Main wrote some of the dialogue for her memorable character and created her costumes and make-up. Main appeared in several MGM musicals during the 1940s and early 1950s, including, "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944) and "The Belle of New York" (1952). She played Mrs. Wrenley in the studio's all-star film "It's a Big Country" (1951). Main played her last roles for MGM as Mrs. Hittaway in "The Long, Long Trailer" (1954) and as
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organization. Ten other physicians included: Benjamin Shumard, who assisted in Missouri's first exhaustive geological survey; Simon Pollak, who helped found the Missouri School for the Blind; Moses Linton, a St. Louis University Medical School teacher, who first published the "St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal"; William M. McPheeters (1815-1905), a St. Louis Medical College and Missouri Medical College teacher; Moses M. Pallen, a St. Louis University teacher who served as St. Louis' health officer; Charles A. Pope, a St. Louis Medical College Dean, who allowed Academy members to meet and house their collections and library in one of the college's
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this World Series was played the same year Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released the musical film "Meet Me in St. Louis". It remains one of two World Series played that featured two teams from the same city other than New York; the other was the 1906 World Series between the two Chicago teams. The 1989 World Series featured two teams from the same metropolitan area, but not the same city. This is the only world series to date to not have either team credited with a stolen base. Many of the game's best players were called away for World War II, and the
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"Singin' in the Rain" and "Meet Me in St. Louis" said to the writing duo that "this has to be more universal in its story. It has to be about people who want something and fight for it." The song fulfilled the writers' desire "to try and make each song somehow mirror what was going on in the episode." The song makes contextual sense in regards to the lives of both auditionees, and Marilyn Monroe herself. "Let Me Be Your Star", along with other pilot songs "The National Pastime" and "Beautiful", "fit into the storyline in a realist manner and
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Packy Dillon Patrick Dillon (January 2, 1853 – July 27, 1902) was an American professional catcher who played for the 1875 St. Louis Red Stockings of the National Association. Dillon was born in Saint Louis, Missouri. His brother, John Dillon, also played for the Red Stockings in the same season. The Red Stockings were an amateur baseball team from Saint Louis that decided to turn professional in 1875. But the Red Stockings survived only part of the season (18 games), as the club played its final game on July 4. In his only season for St. Louis Dillon shared catching
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in his native St. Louis at the age of 75. John Schulze (baseball) John H. Schulze (April 4, 1866 – May 19, 1941) was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns of the American Association. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Batting side and throwing arm are unknown. Schulze was a major league player whose career, statistically speaking, was only slightly different from that of Eddie Gaedel or Moonlight Graham. On August 7, 1891, he debuted with the Browns and went hit-less in two at-bats. He did not have a fielding chance, and
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Willie Sudhoff John William (Wee Willie) Sudhoff (September 17, 1874 – May 25, 1917) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in the National League for the St. Louis Browns (1897–1898), Cleveland Spiders (1899), St. Louis Perfectos (1899) and St. Louis Cardinals (1900–1901), and with the St. Louis Browns (1902–1905) and Washington Senators (1906) of the American League. Sudhoff batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Saint Louis, Missouri. Predictably, Sudhoff created a controversy when he jumped from the National League Cardinals to the American League Browns, becoming the first to play for all St. Louis
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for me and allowed me to meet contacts and other lifelong friends." Her new priority, however, would be to complete her degree in media productions at Florida State and venture into the business world. Trotter was selected in the second round (14th overall pick) of the 2008 WPS General Draft by Saint Louis Athletica. She was the first player selected by St. Louis in the draft. On March 16, 2010, she was named to Saint Louis' 23 player roster. She made her first appearance for the club on April 25 against the Boston Breakers. She made three appearances for the
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Baltimore. Stremlau moved to the St. Louis Steamers where he played three more seasons before being traded to the Kansas City Comets. In 1975, Stremlau was part of the U.S. Olympic soccer team which attempted, but failed to qualify for the 1976 Summer Olympics. On April 20, 1975, he scored a goal in a 3-2 loss to Bermuda. Stremlau coaches youth soccer in St.Louis with the Busch Soccer Club. In 2005, he was inducted into the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame. John Stremlau John Stremlau is a retired U.S. soccer player who played five seasons in the North American
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in 2086-1/3 innings. Sudhoff died in Saint Louis, Missouri, at age 42. Willie Sudhoff John William (Wee Willie) Sudhoff (September 17, 1874 – May 25, 1917) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in the National League for the St. Louis Browns (1897–1898), Cleveland Spiders (1899), St. Louis Perfectos (1899) and St. Louis Cardinals (1900–1901), and with the St. Louis Browns (1902–1905) and Washington Senators (1906) of the American League. Sudhoff batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Saint Louis, Missouri. Predictably, Sudhoff created a controversy when he jumped from the National League Cardinals to the
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John Marre John Marre was an early twentieth century U.S. soccer wing forward, team owner and executive who is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Marre, a native of St. Louis, Missouri and brother of Harry “Hap” Marre, may have begun playing in the late nineteenth century, but current records are inconclusive. However, he is recorded as having played for both St. Leo's and St. Teresa’s in the St. Louis Soccer League. He gained his greatest fame as a team owner and executive. In 1927, he purchased Ratican’s from Harry Ratican and renamed it Tablers, winning three
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their only season in the Union Association and their first in the National League. He played his last season in 1886 for the Philadelphia Athletics back in the American Association. He later managed the San Francisco club in the Pacific Coast League in 1906, 1907 and 1909. Jack Gleason John Day "Jack" Gleason (July 14, 1854 in St. Louis, Missouri – September 4, 1944 in St. Louis, Missouri) was a 19th-century professional baseball player who primarily played third base. His younger brother, Bill Gleason, also was a ballplayer. Gleason appeared in one game for the St. Louis Brown Stockings of
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John Leary John Louis "Jack" Leary (May 2, 1891 – August 18, 1961) was a Major League Baseball first baseman and catcher who played with the St. Louis Browns in and . Star Right Halfback for Waltham High School. He was the greatest individual player during his five years of football for Waltham. Jack was also a first baseman for the Baltimore Orioles/St. Louis Browns in 1914 and 1915. He was their regular first baseman in 1914 but lost his job to George Sisler the next year. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War I. He coached football,
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Freedom. In 1992, he joined the St. Louis Ambush of the National Professional Soccer League. Klein is a member of the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame. On February 11, 2000, Columbia College hired Klein as head coach of the men's soccer team. John Klein John Klein is a retired American soccer midfielder who played professionally in the American Professional Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League and National Professional Soccer League. He currently coaches the Columbia College men's soccer team. Klein graduated from Saint Louis Priory School in 1983. In 1983, Klein began his collegiate career with the Duke Blue
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Goulet's first U.S. bookings were in summer stock theatre with the Kenley Players. He appeared in eight productions, including "Pajama Game" (1959), "Bells Are Ringing" (1959), "Dream Girl" (1959), "South Pacific" (1960), "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1960) and "Carousel" (1960). John Kenley came to his dressing room after the opening of "Pajama Game" and gave him a raise, saying it was "because he knew he could never afford to again", Goulet said in 2006. "He was right." Goulet repeated his role in "South Pacific" for Kenley in a 1995 production. In 1959, Goulet was introduced to librettist Alan Jay
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first Broadway role was as an understudy for the lead in "Meet Me in St. Louis". In the early 1990s, she was in the touring company of "Grand Hotel", as well as other national and international tours, performing "Rent" in German and "Evita" in Spanish. She performed in the 2009 revival of "Hair", then became one of the original cast members starring in the revival of "Pippin"; she played Catherine, Pippin's lover, during the entire run. Jones has portrayed Evan's mother Heidi in the musical "Dear Evan Hansen", which premiered at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. in July 2015.
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she practice daily. Her piano talents came in handy when she played piano in her films "The Great Lie" and "Meet Me in St. Louis". In 1919, Astor sent a photograph of herself to a beauty contest in "Motion Picture Magazine", becoming a semifinalist. When Astor was 15, the family moved to Chicago, Illinois, with her father teaching German in public schools. Astor took drama lessons and appeared in various amateur stage productions. The following year, she sent another photograph to "Motion Picture Magazine", this time becoming a finalist and then runner-up in the national contest. Her father then moved
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Newark, New Jersey, at age 65. Lenny Pearson, who played with and for Suttles, recalled in John Holway's book "Blackball Stars": "He told us, 'When I die, have a little thought for my memory, but don't mourn me too much.'" Suttles was interred in Glendale Cemetery in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Mule Suttles George "Mule" Suttles (March 31, 1901 – July 9, 1966) was an American first baseman and outfielder in Negro league baseball, most prominently with the Birmingham Black Barons, St. Louis Stars and Newark Eagles. Best known for his power hitting, Suttles was elected to the Baseball Hall of
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on the CD Baby (distributor) label. The formal name of the band was JCO (Johnny Crawford Orchestra). The JCO logo appeared on Crawford's drums when the band played in Las Vegas. In the early seventies Crawford dated Debra Tate, sister of the late actress Sharon Tate. Crawford reconnected with his high school sweetheart, Charlotte Samco, in 1990, and they married in 1995. Crawford had a key role in the early career of entertainer Victoria Jackson, of "Saturday Night Live" fame. After the two appeared together in a summer stock production of "Meet Me in St. Louis", he presented her with
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two network radio programs. He was Jim Curtis in the soap opera "Brenda Curtis", and he played the title character in the first radio version of "The Adventures of Ellery Queen". Marlowe was usually a secondary lead or supporting actor in the films he appeared in. His first film was "Brilliant Marriage" (1936). His films included "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944). For a time, he worked regularly for 20th Century Fox, appearing in "Twelve O'Clock High" (1949), "All About Eve" (1950), "Night and the City" (1950), "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951), "Rawhide" (1951), and Howard Hawks' "Monkey
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"Arrest and Trial", and "The Twilight Zone" ("Black Leather Jackets"). Fabares was one of the female leads in the surf film "Ride the Wild Surf" (1964). She was Elvis Presley's leading lady in "Girl Happy" (1965) for MGM and played the love interest of Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits in "Hold On!" at the same studio. MGM made a pilot for a TV series based on "Meet Me in St. Louis" with Fabares in the lead but it was not picked up. She was reunited with Elvis for "Spinout" (1966) at MGM and "Clambake" (1967), at United Artists. Sam Katzman
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2 bands, one called "Vietwow!" with Toby Hayes (Meet Me In St. Louis, Shield Your Eyes, Shoes And Socks Off), Alex Wiezak (Youves) and Bob D'Mello (Super Tennis) and a 2-piece named "†Hymns†" with former SOS drummer Peter Reisner. †Hymns† released their debut double album 'Cardinal Sins/Contrary Virtues' in January 2012 on Big Scary Monsters . He also continues to work on his solo project "Greatest Hits". In 2010, Rob played drums on a project with On The Might Of Princes guitarist and singer, Jason Rosenthal. Following Rosenthal's death in August 2013, plans were made to finish and release the
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who was a founder, Philip Graham who was a founder, David K.E. Bruce who was a founder, James Truitt, Clark Clifford, Walt Rostow who was a founder, Eugene Rostow, Charles "Chip" Bohlen, Cord Meyer, James Angleton, William Averell Harriman, John McCloy, Felix Frankfurter, John Sherman Cooper, James Reston, Allen W. Dulles, and Paul Nitze. Many wives accompanied their husbands to these gatherings. Members of what was later called the Georgetown Ladies' Social Club included Katharine Meyer Graham, Mary Pinchot Meyer, Antoinette Pinchot, Anne Truitt, Sally Reston, Polly Wisner, Joan Braden, Lorraine Cooper, Evangeline Bruce, Avis Bohlen, Janet Barnes, Tish Alsop,
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John Carenza John Carenza (born January 3, 1950 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a former U.S. soccer player who was a member of the U.S. Olympic soccer team. He also spent five seasons in the North American Soccer League. Carenza graduated from St. Mary’s High School in St. Louis, Missouri in 1968. He is a member of the school’s Hall of Fame. After high school, he attended Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) where he played as a forward on the SIUE Cougars men’s soccer team from 1968 to 1971. SIUE had established its soccer program in 1967, but Carenza carried
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directed by Louis Burke with choreography by Joan Brickhill. The show was performed Off-Broadway by the Irish Repertory Theater in December 2006 through February 2007, with direction by Charlotte Moore (the mother in the Broadway production), choreography by Barry McNabb and sets by Tony Straiges. The cast featured George S. Irving as Grandpa Prophater. The musical has been produced by Musicals Tonight! (New York), in October 2004 the Paper Mill Playhouse Millburn, New Jersey in November to December 2007, with Brynn O'Malley as Esther, Gregg Edelman as Alonso Smith, and Donna English as Anna Smith, and The Muny, St. Louis
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in 1619 games played. Tobin died in Saint Louis, Missouri, at age of 77. Jack Tobin John Thomas (Jack) Tobin (May 4, 1892 – December 10, 1969) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played in the Federal League with the St. Louis Terriers (1914–1915), and for the St. Louis Browns (1916, 1918–1925), Washington Senators (1926) and Boston Red Sox (1926–1927) of the American League. Tobin batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Saint Louis, Missouri. Tobin collected 200 or more hits each season from 1920-1923, batting .335 in that timespan. In 1921 he set a career
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Vicki Truitt Vicki Truitt (born February 18, 1954) from Keller, Texas is a Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 98. First elected in 1998, she served for fourteen years until she was defeated in the Republican primary election in 2012. Truitt is now a lobbyist and represents various clients including retired teachers, mental health providers, law enforcement, and various business interests. In 1984, Truitt established and still owns a small health care consulting company operated by her husband which focuses on medical staff development. She has worked for the medical staff of John Peter Smith
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