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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 271934" data-attributes="member: 7"><p style="text-align: justify">Someone, somewhere, possibly in this thread, mentioned Lucille Bremer. I must confess that I had never heard of her before. I know she was featured in MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944), which is generally regarded as an iconic musical, but I did not recollect that it was Bremer who played Judy Garland's sister in that film. </p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify">Bremer was noticed by producer Arthur Freed and brought to Hollywood in the early 1940s. Her screen test for Warner Brothers was apparently so bad that she later said "she knew why nothing happened" about she filmed it. She eventually caught the eye of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film mogul Louis B. Mayer, who offered her a contract. Bremer was also offered a contract with Goldwyn Studios, under the watchful supervision of Samuel Goldwyn, but she ultimately decided to go with MGM in hopes to showcase her dancing abilities. Her screen debut came in MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, in which she played Rose, receiving excellent reviews. The film was one of the biggest successes of the year, and MGM heralded Bremer as a new find. </p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify">MGM then cast Bremer in YOLANDA AND THE THIEF, a musical fable co-starring Fred Astaire. The film was given a large, prestigious production, but it was eventually a box office failure when it opened in November 1945. The film's surrealist fantasy slant was not popular with war-weary audiences, and a fair about of the film's disappointing outcome was placed on Bremer. Her career never recovered. She was then showcased in two other films: ZIEGFELD FOLLIES (1946) and TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY (1946), two star-studded musicals that featured her in dance numbers. Her final film for MGM was DARK DELUSION (1947), a minor film noir that was the studio's brief attempt to broaden her audience appeal. </p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify">Deciding not continue to waste time and money on Bremer's films, MGM loaned her to Eagle-Lion, a British film studio, in 1948. She appeared in three films for the studio that year: ADVENTURES OF CASANOVA, RUTHLESS, and BEHIND LOCKED DOORS. After filming was completed on the latter, her MGM contract was terminated. Bremer thereafter retreated out of the limelight, apparently dissatisfied with her movie career. </p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]27306[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 271934, member: 7"] [JUSTIFY]Someone, somewhere, possibly in this thread, mentioned Lucille Bremer. I must confess that I had never heard of her before. I know she was featured in MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944), which is generally regarded as an iconic musical, but I did not recollect that it was Bremer who played Judy Garland's sister in that film. Bremer was noticed by producer Arthur Freed and brought to Hollywood in the early 1940s. Her screen test for Warner Brothers was apparently so bad that she later said "she knew why nothing happened" about she filmed it. She eventually caught the eye of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film mogul Louis B. Mayer, who offered her a contract. Bremer was also offered a contract with Goldwyn Studios, under the watchful supervision of Samuel Goldwyn, but she ultimately decided to go with MGM in hopes to showcase her dancing abilities. Her screen debut came in MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, in which she played Rose, receiving excellent reviews. The film was one of the biggest successes of the year, and MGM heralded Bremer as a new find. MGM then cast Bremer in YOLANDA AND THE THIEF, a musical fable co-starring Fred Astaire. The film was given a large, prestigious production, but it was eventually a box office failure when it opened in November 1945. The film's surrealist fantasy slant was not popular with war-weary audiences, and a fair about of the film's disappointing outcome was placed on Bremer. Her career never recovered. She was then showcased in two other films: ZIEGFELD FOLLIES (1946) and TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY (1946), two star-studded musicals that featured her in dance numbers. Her final film for MGM was DARK DELUSION (1947), a minor film noir that was the studio's brief attempt to broaden her audience appeal. Deciding not continue to waste time and money on Bremer's films, MGM loaned her to Eagle-Lion, a British film studio, in 1948. She appeared in three films for the studio that year: ADVENTURES OF CASANOVA, RUTHLESS, and BEHIND LOCKED DOORS. After filming was completed on the latter, her MGM contract was terminated. Bremer thereafter retreated out of the limelight, apparently dissatisfied with her movie career. [/JUSTIFY] [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" width="328px"]27306[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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