Meet Me in St. Louis [1944 film]

by Vincente Minnelli (Director), Irving Brecher (Screenwriter), Fred F. Finklehoffe (Screenwriter)

Other authors: Leon Ames (Actor), Mary Astor (Actor), Sally Benson (Original book), Lucille Bremer (Actor), Tom Drake (Actor) — 8 more, Arthur Freed (Producer), Judy Garland (Actor), Mary Jane Gumm (Actor), Virginia Gumm (Actor), Hugh Martin (Composer), Marjorie Main (Actor), Margaret O'Brien (Actor), Ralph Blane (Composer)

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In Saint Louis before the 1904 World's Fair, Alonzo Smith threatens to uproot his family and move to New York, which greatly upsets his wife and four daughters.

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In the year before the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York. (source: TMDb)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Minnelli, Vincente	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Brecher, Irving	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Finklehoffe, Fred F.	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Ames, Leon	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Astor, Mary	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Benson, Sally	Original book	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bremer, Lucille	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Drake, Tom	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Freed, Arthur	Producer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Garland, Judy	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gumm, Mary Jane	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gumm, Virginia	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hugh Martin	Composer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Main, Marjorie	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
O'Brien, Margaret	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ralph Blane	Composer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: American Musicals by Vincente Minnelli

Essential Classics: American Musicals by Stanley Donen

A Star Is Born / Meet Me in St Louis by George Cukor

Musicals: The Collection by Charles Walters

Essential Classics - American Musicals (The Music Man / Meet Me in St. Louis / Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) by Morton DaCosta

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Meet Me in St. Louis by Sally Benson

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Meet Me in St. Louis: Classic Movies on the Radio by Lux Radio Theatre

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Meet Me in St. Louis: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Nacio Herb Brown

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Meet Me in St Louis [BFI Film Classics] by Gerald Kaufman

▾Awards and Honors

Awards

National Board of Review Award (Best English Language Films – 1943)

National Film Registry (1994)

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501 Must-See Movies (Emma Beare, 2004) (Musical)

AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals

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Canonical title

Meet Me in St. Louis [1944 film]

Original title

Meet Me in St. Louis

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Original publication date

1944-11-22

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St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 | IMDb)

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English

Canonical DDC/MDS

791.4372

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PN1997

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In Saint Louis before the 1904 World's Fair, Alonzo Smith threatens to uproot his family and move to New York, which greatly upsets his wife and four daughters.

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