Meet Me in St. Louis

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Description: FIRST EDITION. FIRST PRINTING. Two toned black and red coth with gilt lettering on spine with gilting a bit muted otherwise excellent condition with just the lightest of wear. Top edge red. The jacket is not priceclipped and in very good plus condition with light wear to the corners, head and tail of spine. Small chip to back in side panel. Spine slightly darkened. Rare book to find in this condition. Meet Me in St. Louis is a 1944 romantic musical from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer which tells the story of four sisters living in St. Louis at the time of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair in 1904. It stars Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Leon Ames, Tom Drake, June Lockhart, and Marjorie Main. The move was directed by Vincente Minnelli, who met his future wife, Judy Garland, on the set. In the film, Garland debuted the standards "The Trolley Song" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" which were written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane (along with several other original songs). The backdrop for Meet Me in St. Louis is St. Louis, Missouri on the brink of the 1904 World's Fair. The story centers on the middle-class Smith family, who lead a comfortable and happy life. The family has four daughters, Rose, Esther, Agnes and Tootie and a son, Lon. Esther, the 2nd eldest daughter (Garland), is taken aback by the boy next door, John Truitt (Drake), although he does not notice her at first. Life seems perfect for the family until Mr. Smith (Ames) reveals that he has earned a position at a law firm in New York and the whole family will have to leave St. Louis before the Fair. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Color, Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Music, Song (Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin for "The Trolley Song") and Best Writing, Screenplay. Margaret O'Brien received an Academy Award for Best Juvenile Performance for her work that year, in which she appeared in several movies along with Meet Me in St. Louis. The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. In 2005, named it one of the 100 best movies of the last 80 years.

Status: Sold	Reference#: B6959
Condition: Near New	Year: 1942
Country: USA
Height: 8.25 in. (20.95 cm)
Width: 5.50 in. (13.97 cm)
Title: Meet Me in St. Louis ,First Edition, First Printing
Type: Hardcover

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