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Meet me in St. Louis [videorecording] / [presented by] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; screen play by Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe ; produced by Arthur Freed ; directed by Vincente Minnelli.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 65089 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English Summary language: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2004.Edition: Two-disc special ed. ; Standard versionDescription: 2 videodiscs (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0790744767
  • 9780790744766
Other title:
  • Meet me in Saint Louis
Uniform titles:
  • Meet me in St. Louis (Motion picture : 1944).
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Disc 1. Main feature with introduction by Liza Minnelli -- Disc 2. Bonus materials.
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, George Folsey ; film editor, Albert Akst ; songs, Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane.
Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Leon Ames, Tom Drake, Marjorie Main, Harry Davenport.Summary: 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.Summary: Story of a family at the 1903 World's Fair.
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD MUSIC Meet me Available 33111006847442
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Based on the book by Sally Benson.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1944.

Region 1; full screen presentation; Dolby digital surround 5.1 or mono.

Special features include: introduction by Liza Minnelli; music-only audio track; audio commentary by Garland biographer John Fricke with Margaret O'Brien, composer Hugh Martin, screenwriter Irving Brecher, and Barbara Freed-Saltzman; The making of an American classic (behind-the scenes documentary); Hollywood : the dream factory (behind-the scenes documentary); Becoming attractions : Judy Garland (Turner classic movies special); vintage musical shorts; photo recreation of deleted song Boys and girls like you and me; TV series pilot episode; radio show; Vincente Minnelli trailer gallery.

Disc 1. Main feature with introduction by Liza Minnelli -- Disc 2. Bonus materials.

Director of photography, George Folsey ; film editor, Albert Akst ; songs, Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane.

Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Leon Ames, Tom Drake, Marjorie Main, Harry Davenport.

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.

Story of a family at the 1903 World's Fair.

Not rated.

DVD.

Closed-captioned. English soundtrack; optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.

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