Movie Review‚ Meet me in St. Louis (1945) Although we have yet to learn about this specific time period‚ I could not resist the urge of writing a review about a timeless film that is centered on the one-hundredth years anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. Meet Me in St. Louis take place in the year of 1903 in St. Louis‚ Missouri. The main historical significance was the World’s Fair that celebrated the Centennial of the Louisiana Purchase‚ a territory sold by France to the US in 1803 comprising
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The Aspect of Sound in Meet Me In St. Louis In 1904 Eugene Lauste successfully recorded sound onto a piece of photographic film. This invention was known as a "Sound Grate" the results where still far to crude to be used to public display. The cameras used to film "The Talkies" as they where known‚ had to be kept in enormous soundproof casing. This immediately hindered directors creativity and made movies such as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) much more rigid. Because of the fascination with
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2013 they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals ending their amazing playoff season. In their last playoff game in St. Louis the Pirates lost 6-1 to the Cardinals‚ ending the season. In the second inning the Cardinals scored two runs taking the lead over the pirates. There was no more scoring until the sixth inning when the Cardinals scored yet another run‚ now having a three point lead over the Pirates. In the next inning the Pirates scored their first run. And sadly‚ the Cardinals scored three more runs
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of Birth: Donora‚ Pennsylvania‚ United States of America Nationality: American Gender: Male Occupations: baseball player Stan Musial Stan Musial (born 1920)‚ one of baseball’s greatest hitters‚ enjoyed an extraordinary career with the St. Louis Cardinals from 1941 through 1963. Called "Stan the Man" because of his intimidating presence at the plate‚ Musial won seven batting championships and three Most Valuable Player awards. Accommodating to fans and the media both during and after his playing
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Stan Musial Stan Musial was a great hitter in baseball. People also call him “Stan the Man”. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals for 22 seasons from 1941 to 1963. He missed the 1945 baseball season because he was in the Navy fighting in World War II. He was voted Most Valuable Player of the National Baseball League three times. Stan is 86 years old. Stan was born near Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania on November 21‚ 1920. His father was a Polish immigrant. When he was 17 years
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Pujols because of uncertainty about his age‚ which position he would play‚ and his build. Thus‚ he was not drafted until the 13th round of the 1999 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft‚ when the St. Louis Cardinals selected him with the 402nd overall pick. During spring training in 2001‚ Mark McGwire told Cardinals ’ manager Tony La Russa "If you don ’t put Pujols on the roster for the 2001 season‚ it might be one of the worst moves you make in your career. As a baseball player Albert accomplished a lot
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Albert Pujols Gage Hart English I 12/17/12 Odd 4th In Robert Frost’s poem‚ “The Road Not Taken‚” Frost implies that in life a person can choose to take one of two roads. One of those roads is the simple‚ easy path with few complications or trials while the other road is “less traveled” and proves to be the more difficult‚ winding road of life. Both roads provide a course through life; however‚ the less traveled one often makes the biggest difference. It is obvious that Albert Pujols‚ when
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World Series the scouting report on Albert Pujols said it was better to put him on base than to pitch to him. Even though they did not pitch to him anymore the Major league teams had seen enough. Among the teams watching him was the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals had been watching the hard hitting infielder the closest out of all the
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Aaron Sobieszczyk 9/23/11 World Comp The goat vs. the Bambino Chicago‚ also known as the Windy City‚ has a population of about 2 million people and is located in Illinois. There they are home to the beloved Chicago Cubs. Boston‚ also known as Beantown‚ consists of a population of nearly 600‚000 people and is located in Massachusetts. They are home to the beloved Boston Red Sox. Both these cities have interesting nicknames but other interesting similarities as well. Not only are these
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Curtis Flood’s Free Agency Scandal The 1960’s was a pivotal decade in the history of baseball. In the middle of all of this social change was one man‚ St. Louis Cardinal’s centerfielder Curt Flood. Influenced by the chaos of his times‚ Flood started his own social movement‚ a single ball player’s struggle for freedom on the baseball diamond. Flood‚ an accomplished baseball player‚ had experienced twelve years in the Major Leagues‚ a victim of discrimination in a country that was still racist.
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