MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS is a captivating musical about a St. Louis family at the time of the 1903 World's Fair. Tunes include "Trolley Song," "Boy Next Door," "Have Yourself a Merry Christmas," and others. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Screenplay, Best Song ("The Trolley Song").
Vincente Minnelli's classic romantic musical about a St. Louis family at the turn of the century. As the two oldest girls fret about boys and love, a darker, more serious cloud appears on the horizon: their father has been offered a job in New York City -- just as the World's Fair is coming to town and making St. Louis the "center of the world". Will they have to leave the home and town they love -- and their new boyfriends?
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1994.
The inspiration for MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, Sally Smith Benson's childhood home, was demolished in December 1994, after falling into decay. Five hundred bricks were saved from the site.
Color by Technicolor.
DVD Features:
2-Disc Set
Region 1
Snap Case
Special Edition
Full Frame - 1.37
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Mono - English
Cinematographer
George J. Folsey: American Director of Photography
Music Director
George Stoll: Music Director/Conductor
Writer
Fred F. Finklehoffe: American Writer/Producer
Writer
Irving Brecher: American Screenwriter/Director
Production Designer
Cedric Gibbons: Art Director/In USA
Review 1:
"One of the great musicals; and as a movie about childhood, it's up there with THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER..."
Source: Uncut
p.139 07/01/2004
Review 2:
"...Garland is stunning as the girl in love with the boy next door..."
Source: USA Today
p.10D 10/19/1994
Review 3:
"The ultimate family musical, full of laughs and heartbreaks and scares..."
Source: Premiere
p.98 05/01/2004
Review 4:
"[A] Technicolor marvel....The film's warmth comes from its depictions of the minutiae of everyday family life..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.74 08/01/2004
Review 5:
"[Garland is] beautifully made-up and costumed, subtle for once, and often very funny."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.70 04/09/2004