Meet Me in Saint Louis (1944)
This is another of those postcard-picture, year-long, slice of life musicals centered around a holiday or a yearly event (Like Easter Parade , but the World’s Fair, in this case,) in which we go around the year, see some holidays (Halloween, Christmas, etc.) then come back round to the same event which started it all. In this case the slice of life portion refers to a couple (Leon Ames, Mary Astor,) with two daughters just on the verge of marriage who are seeking to get either a fiancĆ©, or a proposal from their current fiancĆ©. The elder daughter (Lucille Bremer) is expecting a long distance call from her boyfriend, and much reorganizing is done about the time when dinner will be server in order to have the dining area free for her; all the while attempting to keep the affair from becoming known by the father (although everyone else is aware of the significance of the event,) who comes home tired, ready for a relaxing bath, and expects dinner to be served at the family’s usual time...