JUDY GARLAND: 'THE TROLLEY SONG'. A CLOSEUP.

Performed by Judy Garland and Chorus in the film 'Meet Me in St. Louis', 1944. A High Quality, Full Screen Close video was a pleasure to make. ...'The Trolley Song' is such a well known song of Judy's - from MMISL concert tours - that I didn't expect to find anything new or fresh about it. But I did! As a close up, I can see the intricacies of Judy's face, her eyes ... of all the close up videos I've done, this was the most surprising gift. I hadn't seen the movement facial expressions of Judy as clearly. She's glowing ... Some interesting facts: Ralph Blaine wrote the lyrics. He was told to write a song about trolleys for the movie, and was having a hard time coming up with inspiration. He finally came up with some lyrics when he went to the library and found a children's book with a picture of a St. Louis trolley car with the caption: “Clang, clang, clang went the jolly little trolley.“ In 2004, the American Film Institute ranked thi