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Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis. I want to say that Judy Garland has sparkle, but that sounds paltry: the imagery of her life has always been more like a shooting star, burning out fast but brilliant. This movie lies at the zenith of her arc, anyway, and she's a wonder, starched and rosy-cheeked and singing Trolley Song with an energy that makes her creditable daughter Liza Minelli look like a radiator. The 1944 color in this Vincente Minelli (the same) period piece is gaudy, sumptuous and eerie-looking relative to the hushed or sheeny tones...
...quite rightly disliked the Munchkin production number and preferred Judy Garland in front of a simple backdrop singing "Over the Rainbow" and Bert Lahr chewing on his tail. The Crimson review in 1939 also went for Gone With the Wind (which has recently had a big revival) and for The Roaring Twenties (which still comes around now and again), "a saga of liquor and love that rolls through that fabulous decade into the gloom of the thirties." And the review highly recommends Bachelor Mother, in which Ginger Rogers, David Niven, and a jitterbug contest "all add up to delightful fare...
...recommendation will be sent to Dean Rosovsky who will make the final decision on the size and sex ratio of next year's freshman class, Merrick B. Garland '74, chairman of CHUL's subcommittee on admissions, said yesterday...
...Garland said the recommendation met some opposition from CHUL members who felt there should be some reduction in the size of the female freshman class at the same time the male freshman class is reduced. The recommendation proposes that there be 475 women and 1,050 men in next year's freshman class, and 475 women and 975 men in the following year's class...
...MERRICK GARLAND...