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Director:
Writers:
Irving Brecher (screenplay) and
Fred F. Finklehoffe (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
January 1945 (USA) more
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A cast of favorites in the Charming . . . Romantic . . . Tuneful Love Story of the Early 1900s ! more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination more
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Judy Garland never looked better more (115 total)

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Runtime:
113 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Canada:G (Ontario) | UK:U | USA:Approved (certificate #10050) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

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"The Trolley Song" was inspired by a children's picture book. The book had a page with a picture of a trolleycar, captioned "Clang! Clang! Clang! went the jolly little trolley." more
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Continuity: In an early scene you can see feathers and down floating all over the set, left over from the upcoming winter scenes. more
Quotes:
Rose Smith, Esther Smith: [singing] Meet me in St. Louie, Louie, meet me at...
Mr. Alonzo Smith: For heaven's sake, stop that screeching!
Rose Smith: We're sorry, Papa.
Mr. Alonzo Smith: The fair won't open for seven months, and that's all anybody ever sings about or talks about. I wish they would all meet at the fair and leave me alone.
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Referenced in Sex and the City (2008) more
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Did Margaret O'Brien have good crying skills in this movie and performance?
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24 out of 28 people found the following review useful.
Judy Garland never looked better, 28 October 2000
9/10
Author: k_jasmine_99 from Nebraska

This is such a sweet, wonderful movie - a slice of 1900's America that probably was never so perfect, but we would like to think that it was. The storyline is not a love story between Esther (Garland) and "The Boy Next Door" (one of the three timeless classic songs found in this movie). The storyline is really about the whole Smith family, based on an actual family who lived in St. Louis at the turn of the century. The real-life "Tootie" Smith (played by Margaret O'Brien) wrote stories of her life for the NewYorker. These stories were bought and compiled into this classic musical.

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" originated here, and has become a classic yuletide song. It has been sung a thousand times by a thousand artists, but no one could ever capture the heartfelt emotion expressed by Judy Garland. If it doesn't bring a tear to your eye as you listen to her sing the song to little Tootie, I would have to wonder if you have a heart at all.

The most fun song is "The Trolley Song" - you can even see that Judy herself had a ball singing it. That scene was done in one take.

Judy Garland never looked better in any of her films as she did in this one. Perhaps it was one of the happiest times in her life? It is well-known that she married director Vincent Minelli after this picture.

Beautifully directed, depicting with accuracy the passing of the seasons of one year in the life of the Smiths of St. Louis. What a fun, charming, movie. I could never tire of it.

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