Modern Screen (Jan-Jun 1945)

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Before coming to Hollywood, Nosseck directed films in Central Europe and England and enjoys the distinction of having at one time directed Buster Keaton in a French film for which the famous frozen-faced comedian was forced to learn French. MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS It is 1903, and a pretty high school girl is sitting on the front porch humming "Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis." The rest of St. Louis is singing the same song, for it won't be long now before the Worlds Fair opens there. But Esther Smith (Judy Garland) happens to be humming it extra loud, as out of the corner of her eye she glimpses the boy next door. He's a very handsome boy who has just moved in there, and so far he has shown no signs of knowing Esther is alive. "What's he doing now?" she says under her breath to her sister, Rose (Lucille Bremer). "Lighting his pipe," Rose tells her. Esther sighs ecstatically. "I love a man that smokes a pipe." Rose isn't much interested. She's worried about how she can get the rest of the family out of the dining room by the time her long distance phone call comes through from New York, at six-thirty. Her Yale beau, Warren (Robert Sully) , has said he would call her then. Maybe he's going to propose at last! She can't bear it if she has to talk to him in front of Mother (Mary Astor) and Dad (Leon Ames) and her little sisters. The little Smith girls, Tootie (Margaret O'Brien) and Agnes (Joan Carroll), are usually considered "adorable children," but Rose knows how devastating their comments can be. Rose gets her call, but it's not a proposal. Warren asks her how she is and reports on the weather in New York and inquires about the weather in St. Louis. Then the time's up! Very discouraging! Esther is discouraged, too. John (Tom Drake), the boy next door, continues to ignore her. In fact it takes her all that summer to get him to the point where he calls her Esther instead of Miss Smith. Then one day they go out with a crowd to look over the site of the Fair which will open soon, and somehow they get separated from the rest. Esther makes with the eyelashes, and— at long last— love blooms. Mr. Smith picks this awkward time to decide to move the family to New York. Just when everything is exciting, with Warren coming to St. Louis, and Tootie almost getting arrested, and Esther going around with stardust in her eyes. Do they go? Well, I'll leave you to find out. Given Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien, supported by a fine cast, any picture would be good. This one has the additional advantages of an amusing story, and Technicolor.— M-G-M. P. S. Gang on the set learned about Judy's famous Thursday, maids -nightout fried chicken dinners. Flocked over to share the fun of helping toss salad and open the Pepsis. Itfs a free for all, make-it-yourself dinner where everyone, especially the cook, has fun. . . . Margaret O'Brien, becoming famous for her recitation of the Gettysburg Address, is asked to recite at most every party she attends. Went to Mama with a weighty new problem (they arise daily) . She wanted to know why she never did an encore when everyone^ else on the program did encores. "There's no encore to the Gettysburg Address, dear,' explained her mother. "Then," decided the young actress, "let's write one!" (Continued on page 12) AUTOGRAPHS! Yours, yours, all yours — and all for a quarter each! Twenty-five cents nets you Turner or Gable or Bey or Miranda or Sinatra — one dollar gets you all five.' Yup, we've got an extra, five-forthe-price-of-four-special, a cut rate cut-down which gives you a bonus of one signature free for every four you buy. 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