Starting in 1944 with Meet Me in St. Louis, the Freed Unit worked somewhat independently of its own studio to produce some of the most popular and well-known examples of the genre.

Hoffs married film director Jay Roach ( Austin Powers and Meet the Parents ), and their union led to the Bangles ' reunion of 2000, after Roach asked Hoffs and Vicki Peterson to write a song for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.

In 1978, Waits also appeared in his first film role, in Paradise Alley as Mumbles the pianist, and contributed the original compositions "( Meet Me in ) Paradise Alley " and " Annie's Back in Town " to the film's soundtrack.

* " The Trolley Song " in the film Meet Me in St. Louis received an Academy Award nomination.

Green Day vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong recalled seeing The Replacements live after the release of Pleased to Meet Me: " It was amazing.

* Pleased to Meet Me ( 1987 )

* Some of Hollywood's most notable blockbuster films of the 1940s include: The Maltese Falcon directed by John Huston ( 1941 ), It's a Wonderful Life directed by Frank Capra ( 1946 ), Double Indemnity directed by Billy Wilder ( 1944 ), Meet Me in St. Louis directed by Vincente Minnelli ( 1944 ), Casablanca directed by Michael Curtiz ( 1942 ), Citizen Kane directed by Orson Welles ( 1941 )," The Great Dictator directed by Charlie Chaplin ( 1940 ).

The fair inspired the song " Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis ", which was recorded by many artists, including Billy Murray.

Both the fair and the song are focal points of the 1944 feature film Meet Me in St. Louis starring Judy Garland, which also inspired a Broadway musical version.

* Meet Me In St. Louis

", recorded by Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra in 1933 and released on Vocalion, " Reefer Man " for Cab Calloway in 1932, " Dynamite Rag ", " Meet Me at No Special Place ", recorded by Nat King Cole, " Alhambra Syncopated Waltzes ", " Te-na-na ( From New Orleans )", " Beale Street Mama ", recorded by Bessie Smith and Cab Calloway, and " Palesteena ( Lena from Palesteena )".

* Meet Me in Las Vegas ( 1956 ) ( uncredited )

Crothers made his official debut in the movie Meet Me at the Fair ( 1953 ).

* Meet Me at the Fair ( 1953 )

Meet Me in St. Louis is a 1944 musical film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer which tells the story of an American family living in St. Louis at the time of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair in 1904.

The backdrop for Meet Me in St. Louis is St. Louis, Missouri on the brink of the 1904 World's Fair.

* " Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis " Kerry Mills and Andrew B.

" Crowther concludes: " As a comparable screen companion to Life With Father, we would confidently predict that Meet Me in St. Louis has a future that is equally bright.

Arthur Freed: " Meet Me in St. Louis is my personal favourite.

Margaret O ' Brien received an Academy Juvenile Award for her work that year, in which she appeared in several movies along with Meet Me in St. Louis.

* Meet Me in St. Louis was remade in 1959 for television, starring Jane Powell, Jeanne Crain, Patty Duke, Walter Pidgeon, Ed Wynn, Tab Hunter and Myrna Loy.

* Meet Me in St. Louis was remade again for television in 1966.

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* Meet Me in St. Louis at the Museum of Modern Art.

Day of the Dead: When Two Worlds Meet in Oaxaca.

* Strangers When We Meet ( 1960 )

Garson starred with Joan Crawford in When Ladies Meet in 1941, and that same year became a major box office star with the sentimental Technicolor drama, Blossoms in the Dust, which brought her the first of five consecutive Best Actress Oscar nominations, tying Bette Davis ' 1938-42 record, a record that still stands.

* When Ladies Meet ( 1933 )

When his school attended the 1910 Los Angeles International Air Meet at Dominguez Field Doolittle saw his first airplane.

* " Meet Me When The Sun Goes Down " w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Harry von Tilzer

The Hermits appeared in several MGM movies, including When the Boys Meet the Girls ( 1965 ) and Hold On!

* 1965 — When the Boys Meet the Girls

Her films during her peak include The Animal Kingdom, Peter Ibbetson, When Ladies Meet, The Flame Within, and Biography of a Bachelor Girl.

In 1923, she stopped appearing in films to concentrate on stage acting, and did not appear on the screen again until 1933, when she made the move to Hollywood and M-G-M's When Ladies Meet become her first talking picture.

* When Ladies Meet ( 1933 MGM )

On May 27, 1928, Peer had the group travel to the Victor Camden, New Jersey studios, where they recorded many of what would become their signature songs, including: " Meet me by the Moonlight Alone "; " Keep On the Sunny Side "; " Can the Circle be Unbroken "; " Little Darling, Pal of Mine "; " Forsaken Love "; " Anchored in Love "; " I Ain't Goin ' to Work Tomorrow "; " Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone "; " Wildwood Flower "; " River of Jordan "; " Chewing Gum "; and " John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man ".

* When Species Meet, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 2008.

In 1960, she co-starred with Kirk Douglas in Strangers When We Meet also featuring Walter Matthau and Ernie Kovacs.

* Strangers When We Meet ( 1960 )

* When Ladies Meet ( 1941 ; screenplay )

*" When I Grow Too Old to Dream " ( Jo Stafford album " Meet Jo Stafford ")

His " The Knave of Clubbs: Tis Merry When Knaves Meet ," was first published in 1600, then again in 1609 and 1611.

His other popular-song compositions include " Meet Me Under the Wisteria ", " By the Light of the Silvery Moon ", " I Can't Tell You Why I Love You but I Do ", " Goodbye, Little Girl, Goodbye ", " I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave ", " I'll Be With You When the Roses Bloom Again ", " He's My Pal ", " Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield ", " In Zanzibar ", " If a Girl Like You Loved a Boy Like Me ", " Jimmy Valentine ", " If I Were a Millionaire ", " Laddie Boy " and " In My Merry Oldsmobile ".

During this time, Montgomery appeared in the original pre-Code film version of When Ladies Meet ( 1933 ), which starred Ann Harding and Myrna Loy.

** Richardson, who is Hispanic, was widely regarded as a leading contender for the vice-presidential slot before he denied interest during a March 7, 2004, appearance on Meet the Press ; When elected governor, he promised the citizens of New Mexico that he would serve his entire term.

* When Ladies Meet ( 1933 )

He starred in two films in 1965: portraying Sol Rogers, a cavalry scout, in The Glory Guys and Danny Churchill, the romantic lead, in the musical film When the Boys Meet the Girls.

* When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet ( 1912 )