If you've never seen Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), for shame. It's a little too slow for me at the beginning, but it has some great moments full of great ways to get a guy (turning down lamps and snuffing candles, amiright?) and culturally sensitive musical numbers (during a wild teen party, obvs). Anyway, at one point the well-intentioned, but totally out of touch father plans to move the family from St. Louis for a better paying job--and just when Judy Garland's character was getting together with the boy next door! But she puts on a brave face for her little sister and sings "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" the night before their moving date.
Here's the original version of the song with our love-stricken girl still dressed up for the dance:
I love the film, but the song makes me cry. My beloved aunt passed six years ago on Thanksgiving and the line "...we all will be together, if the Fates allow..." I just sob, because we'll never be together again. That said, it's gorgeous and one of my favorites. Thanks for this.
ReplyDeleteI love the film, but the song makes me cry. My beloved aunt passed six years ago on Thanksgiving and the line "...we all will be together, if the Fates allow..." I just sob, because we'll never be together again. That said, it's gorgeous and one of my favorites. Thanks for this.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the movies I would watch over and over at my grandma's house when I was little...I always related to Margaret O'Brien except that I thought she was creepy and weird in wanting to bury her "dead" dolls...something that I would never do. I love it, though.
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