As one of the premiere MGM musicals of all time, it is amazing that a definitive Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) had never been available prior to this 1995 single CD. Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin's complete score is included, as are the oft-overlooked orchestrations from Conrad Salinger. Even though the role seems to have been written specifically for Judy Garland, the actress purportedly fought the studio, as she had grown weary of portraying children onscreen. As fate would have it, her performance not only stole the show, but became one of Garland's most critically and commercially successful performances. The plot deals with the Smith family during the winter of 1903, as they eagerly await the opening of the World's Fair in their hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. However, when the father is offered a substantial job in the Big Apple, their hopes of attending the event are dashed. Simply put, Garland -- who plays the second oldest female of five siblings -- is splendid from tip to tail. Especially notable are her solos on the yearning 'The Boy Next Door,' the holiday standard 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,' the career-defining 'Trolley Song,' and on this edition, an outtake titled 'Boys and Girls Like You and Me.' She is joined by Lucille Bremer on the familiar reprise of the theme 'Meet Me in St. Louis' and on the high-energy square dance routine 'Skip to My Lou.' Tom Drake -- the object of Garland's affections in the film -- pairs up for the poignant waltz ballad 'Over the Banister.' Although it tends to be eclipsed somewhat by the other luminous entries in the songbook, the vaudevillian 'Under the Bamboo Tree' is a great production number with a very young Margaret O'Brien accompanying Garland. The liner notes are extensive, housing plenty of eye candy, as well as a detailed essay by George Feltenstein.
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Kerry Mills / Conrad Salinger / Andrew B. Sterling
feat: MGM Studio Chorus
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Public Domain / Kerry Mills / Andrew B. Sterling
feat: Joan Carroll / MGM Studio Chorus / Harry Davenport
01:24
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Ralph Blane / Hugh Martin
03:28
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01:56
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01:36
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Ralph Blane / Hugh Martin / Traditional
feat: Lucille Brenner
02:25
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Bob Cole / Public Domain
feat: Margaret O'Brien
01:37
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Ralph Blane / Roger Edens / Hugh Martin
03:31
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01:26
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04:04
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02:16
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Roger Edens / Conrad Salinger
04:19
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04:25
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Nacio Herb Brown / Arthur Freed
feat: Arthur Freed / Denny Markas
02:40
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Roger Edens / Calvin Jackson
00:44
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03:24
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01:40
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03:51
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01:46
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02:37
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01:57
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Written by Sally Benson in 1941, this book tells the story of the Smith family in 1903, who were looking forward to the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.
Published May 1st 2004 by Virginia Publishing (first published 1942)
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Dec 30, 2011Katherine rated it liked it · review of another edition
Recommends it for: film musical fans and those interested in America circa 1903
There are times when a film does a more enjoyable job with a book than the book does for itself. 'Meet Me in Saint Louis' is one of the great old movie musicals, and probably provided the best performance ever given by Judy Garland. The book, on the other hand, is nothing extraordinary in the genre of happy-old-time-family books that aimed to assuage the anxieties of war time America. But it does provide one of the most authentic film formats for people believably bursting into song. People did...more
Aug 18, 2018Elisabeth rated it really liked it
Ah, this is charming. Anyone who knows the movie will find most of the familiar incidents from it, though they were switched around and condensed somewhat for the screenplay; but I felt like the book had a much more authentic, homey feel to it. Nothing seems so glossy and expensive as it looked in the movie. Rose and Esther are no glamorous movie stars, but a couple of boy-crazy teenagers. In the book you get a much clearer sense that, in spite of living in a three-story house with a maid, the S...more
Jan 01, 2018Stephanie rated it liked it · review of another edition
This was a light and enjoyable read for the most part. The book is divided into the months between June 1903 and May 1904. The 'chapter' months are very episodic, almost like a series of short stories, as there aren't any strong arcs to speak of. The characters are consistent but a little shallow; Esther and Rose, especially, don't ever move past their boy-crazed silliness; but at least they keep us entertained. Grandpa Prophater was my favorite, as he is the most 'aware' of the hilarity of this...more
Jun 27, 2011Ginny Messina rated it it was amazing
So charming! I’ve loved the movie for as long as I can remember so don’t know why I never got around to reading the book until now. The movie captured all of the characters in the book so perfectly and I didn’t mind at all that the plot was different. This is a wonderful comfort read.
Many of the stories in 'Meet Me in St. Louis' were originally published in the New Yorker (Sally Benson - often writing under a pen name - was a regular contributor) before being compiled into a book. The novel, written in 1944, takes place from June 1903 to May 1904, the opening of the St. Louis World's Fair. The book is out-of-print, not available as an e-book, and not at any of the libraries in my area, but it's easy to find a used copy online. Personally, I like the book better than the movi...more
The book is very different from the movie, yet there remains a lot of the same scenes including the cake walk scene where Tootie sings 'I was hmm last night dear mother.' This is my favorite movie of all time so it was great to see these characters expanded and a few additional stories. The movie is actually better than the book, which is rare but the movie is so epically good and I mean..... What beats Judy Garland and Tom Drake? I pictured Margret O'Brien speaking the dialogue of Tootie all th...more
Aug 02, 2013QNPoohBear rated it really liked it
Like me, you may know and love the 1944 movie starring Judy Garland. The movie was based on short stories by Sally Benson about her childhood in St. Louis. In 1942 the stories were compiled and published in book form as Meet Me in St. Louis. The book follows the lives of the various members of the Smith family, a well-to-do family in St. Louis in 1903-1904. There's Mother (Anna), Father (Lonnie), Lon (18), Rose (17), Esther/Judy Garland (16), Agnes (12), Tootie (6), Grandpa, Katie the cook and a...more
I think most people pick up this book because they enjoyed the 1940s film adaptation. And I was among those people. I was pleasantly surprised to see a lot of familiar scenes and characters, and happy that my favorite of the Smith family (Agnes) was still enjoyable. But there was a certain flightiness to the characters and plot that surprised me; Esther and Rose, in particular, were far more shallow in the book. I loved the format. Little vignettes focusing on every month up to the fair was a de...more
Jul 19, 2012Robin rated it liked it
Another book that Hollywood improved. Like most everyone else, I read this book after seeing the '44 classic starring Judy Garland. I fell in love with the movie, and wanted to fall in love with the book. Unfortunately, the book really needs the movie's added glamor and allure and whole better ending. (view spoiler)[Whether or not the family moves to New York is brought up and decided against in one chapter! Agnes and not Tootie is 'the most horrible' at Halloween. John Truitt (Esther's love inte...more
Aug 09, 2016Lizzie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Love this book, which is nothing like the movie. Reading it again for the nth time and still charmed by it. Amusing family stories but occasionally there's something that gives it a little more edge - I know when I first read it in junior high, I didn't notice the paragraph where the grandfather remembers his time in Andersonville prison. Which makes you see him as more than the quirky grandpa who enjoys teasing his granddaughters.
May 09, 2013Victoria Blacke rated it it was ok
Oh my! It is not often I say I prefer the movie but...this novel lacked the warmth and endearing family feeling the movie conveyed. I was startled at how down-right nasty they could be to one another! While it was interesting to finally read it and experience it I cannot necessarily recommend it to anyone. If you love the movie, keep that love and warmth close...and skip the book!
Jul 01, 2015Normal Deviant rated it did not like it
It was a struggle to like the characters in this novel. They were insipid, selfish, mean, rude, and incredibly shallow. It seemed an early verion of 'Mean Girls'; but without the cathartic bus deus ex machina to deliver a sense of satisfaction.
Nov 27, 2015Ann rated it it was ok
Disclaimer : I have never seen the Judy Garland movie. So I approached this book without that prior knowledge. The book reads as a series of vignettes about the life of the Smith family, and I believe it was originally serialized in a magazine. That would explain the absence of story arc and the essentially iterative nature of the stories. Really what it comes down to is this : the Smith family are a middle-class family in St Louis in 1903-1904. Apart from the parents, there is a grandfather, a m...more
It seems as though, looking at other reviews, because I have never seen the movie I have an advantage when it comes to how much I enjoyed Meet Me in St. Louis. It's a sharp and funny book with just a touch of sentimentality, mostly geared at how much the Smiths like their home city. Just like Junior Miss, Meet Me in St. Luis depicts vignettes from what can be deduced to be an upper middle class family in the city. The city is different and the family larger but it retains a lot that made Junior...more
I was thrilled to find this because I have been an avid fan of the movie ever since I can remember. Usually it stands that the original source is better than the movie but oddly that is not the case here. While I can definitely see how the book informed the screenplay (actually I could see word-for-word dialog pulled from it!), It simply did not have the charm and heart that the movie brings to the story. The characters were not given the depth and warmth that I expected they would. Certain part...more
This was a really fun book following the lives of the Smiths in St Louis leading up to the World's Fair. It sets the tone by opening with an absolutely hysterical prank involving magic ponies that makes me wish I had a daughter just so I could pull it on her. But my favorite part of the whole book is in the editor's note from 1941 which chides 'the younger generation' (that's 'the greatest generation who saved western civilization' for us Xers and Millennials) for being cynical jerks who need to...more
This was a reprint - originally written in 1941 about the 1904 World's Fair held in St. Louis. It is loosely based on the author's own family and since I live it St. Louis and have seen the movie many times and so have my grandchildren, I thought I would read the book and give it to them. It is written somewhat amateurishly and doesn't explain very well what is going on. It is mostly dialogue and it always seems as if the reader is coming in on a conversation that has already started. The movie...more
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Jun 28, 2011Shelley rated it really liked it
Series of vignettes about the Smith family, one per month in the year leading up to the opening of the 1904 St. Louis World Fair. Charming, funny, sweet; I love how teenage girls are just always teenage girls, whenever they lived. I never knew the movie was based on a book before this week, and I'm glad I read it, but really - movie is better.
This was a darling book and just as cute as the movie or vice versa. I 'borrowed' this off my Grandpa's shelf when I was there this summer and was delighted to find my Grandma Dorothy Louise's name hand written inside. She has been gone for 20 years this year and my baby girl Polly Lou shares a middle nickname with her.
Jun 21, 2013Kathy Petersen rated it really liked it
It's by no means my first time reading Meet Me in St. Louis, but having dealt with the 1904 World's Fair in many permutations in my work at the History Museum, I come to it now with a greater appreciation of Benson's skill at evoking a time and a place.
This book is an easy breezy enjoyable read! I have always loved older movies, they are pretty much all I watch. Having not been able to see this movie the book has given me enough satisfaction until I can find the film.
Dec 25, 2015Julie Jesernik rated it really liked it
'Right here where we live. Right here in St. Louis.'
Aug 02, 2012Melissa Shmish rated it really liked it
Sweet and charming with glimpses of Edwardian life. Sadly, out of print but not difficult to scrounge up a copy a d worth the effort of doing so.
Loved the movie since I was a little kid. I was thrilled to find this beat up old paperback at a book sale. Tootie is even funnier in the book.
Lovely! I will surely want to reread this book once a year. Possible once a season!
Jul 15, 2012Trish rated it it was amazing
This book was the basis for the Judy Garland musical. It's a charming look at family life in the early 1900's - a wonderful read. Highly recommended!
I don't say this very often, but the movie was much better than the book.
Mar 10, 2018twice_baked✌️ rated it liked it · review of another edition
I started this a year ago and just finished this month. Yayyyeee. This book is kind of weird. Tootie's really weird. Lon's funny. The end.
This book was charming. I have always loved the film, but I have always wanted to read the book as well, and it was well worth it.
Completely charming!
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Sally Benson was an American author of short stories and screenplays. She was born Sara Smith in St. Louis, Missouri, but moved to New York City late in her childhood. After graduating from Horace Mann School, she married Reynolds 'Babe' Benson and began publishing short stories. She is best known for her semi-autobiographical collections Meet Me in St. Louis and Junior Miss, each first published...more
