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Release Date:
January 1945 (USA)
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A cast of favorites in the Charming . . . Romantic . . . Tuneful Love Story of the Early 1900s ! more
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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. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 4 Oscars.
Another 2 wins
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1 nomination
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(16 articles)
Four Must-See Christmas Movies of the 1940s
(From Huffington Post. 21 December 2009, 3:18 PM, PST)
Oscar Talk Episode Fifteen: Avatar, Nine, It’s Complicated, Crazy Heart, Top Ten
(From Thompson on Hollywood. 18 December 2009, 12:30 PM, PST)
(From Huffington Post. 21 December 2009, 3:18 PM, PST)
Oscar Talk Episode Fifteen: Avatar, Nine, It’s Complicated, Crazy Heart, Top Ten
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Judy Garland never looked better
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Judy Garland | ... | Esther Smith |
 | Margaret O'Brien | ... | 'Tootie' Smith |
| Mary Astor | ... | Mrs. Anna Smith |
| Lucille Bremer | ... | Rose Smith |
| Leon Ames | ... | Mr. Alonzo Smith |
| Tom Drake | ... | John Truett |
| Marjorie Main | ... | Katie - Maid |
| Harry Davenport | ... | Grandpa |
| June Lockhart | ... | Lucille Ballard |
| Henry H. Daniels Jr. | ... | Lon Smith Jr. |
| Joan Carroll | ... | Agnes Smith |
| Hugh Marlowe | ... | Colonel Darly |
| Robert Sully | ... | Warren Sheffield |
| Chill Wills | ... | Mr. Neely |
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113 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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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."
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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.
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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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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)
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You and I
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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.