Meet Me in St. Louis
| Meet Me in St. Louis | |
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| Directed by | Vincente Minnelli |
| Produced by | Arthur Freed |
| Screenplay by |
Irving Brecher Fred F. Finklehoffe |
| Based on |
Meet Me in St. Louis by Sally Benson |
| Starring |
Judy Garland Margaret O'Brien Mary Astor Lucille Bremer Tom Drake Marjorie Main |
| Cinematography | George J. Folsey |
| Edited by | Albert Akst |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time
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113 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,885,000 |
| Box office | $6,566,000 (original release) $12,800,000 |
Meet Me in St. Louis is a musical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and released in 1944. 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 (more commonly referred to as the World's Fair) in the spring of 1904. The picture stars Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Tom Drake, Leon Ames, Marjorie Main, June Lockhart, and Joan Carroll.
The movie was adapted by Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe from a series of short stories by Sally Benson, originally published in The New Yorker magazine under the title "5135 Kensington", and later in novel form as Meet Me in St. Louis. The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, who met Garland on the set and later married her. It was the second-highest grossing picture of the year, only behind Going My Way.
Garland debuted the standards "The Trolley Song", "The Boy Next Door", and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", all of which became hits after the film was released. Arthur Freed, the producer of the film, also wrote and performed one of the songs.
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