Meet Me in St. Louis [Blu-ray]

Meet Me in St. Louis [Blu-ray]

 Cast: Judy Garland
Judy Garland
, Margaret O'Brien
Margaret O'Brien
, Lucille Bremer
Lucille Bremer
, Mary Astor
Mary Astor
, Leon Ames
Leon Ames
Meet Me in St. Louis [Blu-ray]

Meet Me in St. Louis [Blu-ray]

 Cast: Judy Garland
Judy Garland
, Margaret O'Brien
Margaret O'Brien
, Lucille Bremer
Lucille Bremer
, Mary Astor
Mary Astor
, Leon Ames
Leon Ames

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Overview

Sally Benson's short stories about the turn-of-the-century Smith family of St. Louis were tackled by a battalion of MGM screenwriters, who hoped to find a throughline to connect the anecdotal tales. After several false starts (one of which proposed that the eldest Smith daughter be kidnapped and held for ransom), the result was the charming valentine-card musical Meet Me in St. Louis. The plot hinges on the possibility that Alonzo Smith (Leon Ames), the family's banker father, might uproot the Smiths to New York, scuttling his daughter Esther (Judy Garland)'s romance with boy-next-door John Truett (Tom Drake) and causing similar emotional trauma for the rest of the household. In a cast that includes Mary Astor as Ames' wife, Lucille Bremer as another Ames daughter, and Marjorie Main as the housekeeper, the most fascinating character is played by 6-year-old Margaret O'Brien. As kid sister Tootie, O'Brien seems morbidly obsessed with death and murder, burying her dolls, "killing" a neighbor at Halloween (she throws flour in the flustered man's face on a dare), and maniacally bludgeoning her snowmen when Papa announces his plans to move to New York. Margaret O'Brien won a special Oscar for her remarkable performance, prompting Lionel Barrymore to grumble "Two hundred years ago, she would have been burned at the stake!" The songs are a heady combination of period tunes and newly minted numbers by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin, the best of which are "The Boy Next Door," "The Trolley Song," and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." As a bonus, Meet Me in St. Louis is lensed in rich Technicolor, shown to best advantage in the climactic scenes at the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904.

Product Details

Release Date: 04/24/2018
UPC: 0888574678906
Original Release: 1944
Source: Warner Archives
Language: English
Sales rank: 757

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Judy Garland Esther Smith
Margaret O'Brien Tootie Smith
Lucille Bremer Rose Smith
Mary Astor Mrs. Smith
Leon Ames Alonzo Smith
Joan Caroll Agnes Smith
Tom Drake John Truett
June Lockhart Lucille Ballard
Marjorie Main Katie
Henry Daniels Jr. Lon Smith Jr.,Lon Smith Jr.
Chill Wills Mr. Neely
Hugh Marlowe Col. Darby
Harry Davenport Grandpa
Robert Sully Warren Sheffield
Donald Curtis Dr. Terry
Mary Jo Ellis Ida Boothby
Ken Wilson Quentin,Quentin
Robert Emmett O'Connor Motorman,Conductor
Darryl Hickman Johnny Tevis
Leonard Walker Conductor
Victor Kilian Baggage Man
John Phipps Mailman
Major Sam Harris Mr. March
Mayo Newhall Mr. Braukoff
Belle Mitchell Mrs. Braukoff
Sidney Barnes Hugo Borvis
Myron Tobias George
Victor Cox Driver
Kenneth Donner Clinton Badger
Buddy Gorman Clinton Badger
Joe Cobbs Clinton Badger
Helen Gilbert Girl on Trolley
Gary Gray Boy at Pavilion
Joan Carroll Agnes Smith
Sid Newman Boy on Trolley
Dorothy Tuttle Girl on Trolley
Roger Edens Composer
Conrad Salinger Composer
Ralph Blane Composer
Hugh Martin Composer
George Stoll Composer

Technical Credits
Vincente Minnelli Director
Irving Brecher Screenwriter
Fred Finklehoffe Screenwriter
Arthur Freed Producer
Victor Heerman Screenwriter
William Ludwig Screenwriter
Sarah Y. Mason Screenwriter
Douglas Shearer Sound Effects
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