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Meet Me in St. Louis

1944 ★ 113 min
Starring: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Writer: Irving Brecher, Fred F. Finklehoffe, Sally Benson
Producer: Arthur Freed

Meet Me in St. Louis is a 1944 American musical film in Technicolor made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Divided into a series of seasonal vignettes, starting with Summer 1903, it relates the story of a year in the life of the Smith family in St. Louis leading up to the opening of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (most commonly referred to as the World's Fair) in the spring of 1904.

Trivia

  • Selected for the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films.
  • Also nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color; Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay; Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score.
  • Based on Meet Me in St. Louis (1942 novel by Sally Benson).
  • The film is based on "The Kensington Stories", a series of sentimental family stories by Sally Benson that appeared in The New Yorker in 1942 and later in novel form as Meet Me in St. Louis.
  • Shortly after the publication of the stories, Arthur Freed, who had enjoyed previous success with Judy Garland in MGM musicals, convinced studio head Louis B. Mayer to purchase the film rights for $25,000, and Benson was also hired to work on the screen adaptation.
  • The idea for the film was also inspired by Life with Father, a nostalgic family play that had been running on Broadway to great success and acclaim since 1939.

Filming Locations

  • Los Angeles

Previous Showings

25 Runs • 20 Festivals

Original Billings: 1 run (March 11, 1945)

Original Run: March 11, 1945 (Sunday - Saturday)

All runs on record (25):

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