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Cast
- Judy GarlandEsther Smith
- Margaret O'Brien"Tootie" Smith
- Mary AstorMrs. Anna Smith
- Lucille BremerRose Smith
- Leon AmesMr. Alonzo Smith
- Tom DrakeJohn Truett
- Marjorie MainKatie (Maid)
- Harry DavenportGrandpa
- June LockhartLucille Ballard
- Henry H. Daniels Jr.Lon Smith Jr.
Recommendations
- 100
BBC
Combining some wonderful song and dance routines with a cast of memorable characters, Meet Me in St Louis is certainly one the best Hollywood musicals ever. It's also one of the least ostentatious. - 100
CineVue
Meet Me in St. Louis, made when Garland was still on a career high from the phenomenal success of 1939’s The Wizard of Oz, despite being a product of its time still manages to feel as fresh as when it first aired over sixty years ago. - 100
The Guardian
An unmissable big-screen experience. - 100
The Observer (UK)
It's a film whose four parts cover the seasons from summer to spring but is truly a film for all seasons and all time. - 100
Time Out
A heavenly slice of brassy Hollywood romanticism that’ll still have you swooning all the way to the trolley stop. - 100
TV Guide Magazine
Minnelli proves his eye for detail and captures the era and its values in richly colored, gentle images, displaying a startling balance of emotions from scene to scene, song to song. - 88
Slant Magazine
Vincente Minnelli’s most acclaimed musical, Meet Me in St. Louis is a fresh breath of stale air, a tart ode to nostalgia. - 83
The A.V. Club
An ambitious nostalgia piece with a broad emotional palette.
