Meet Me in St. Louis

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American film film musical film

Meet Me in St. Louis is a classic 1944 American musical film set in early 20th-century St. Louis, following the lives and romances of the Smith family in the lead-up to the 1904 World's Fair.

Aliases (1)

Meet Me in St. Louis (novel) ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → film → musical film →
basedOn	Meet Me in St. Louis (novel) →
basedOnAuthor	Sally Benson →
castMember	Judy Garland → Leon Ames → Lucille Bremer → Margaret O'Brien → Marjorie Main → Mary Astor → Tom Drake →
cinematographyBy	George J. Folsey →
colorProcess	Technicolor →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Vincente Minnelli →
distributor	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer →
editedBy	Albert Akst →
filmStudioEra	Golden Age of Hollywood →
genre	drama film → musical film → romantic film →
leadActor	Judy Garland →
mainCharacter	Esther Smith → Mr. Alonzo Smith → Mrs. Anna Smith → Rose Smith → Tootie Smith →
musicBy	Hugh Martin → Ralph Blane →
narrativeFocus	Smith family →
notableSong	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas → The Boy Next Door → The Trolley Song →
originalLanguage	English →
producer	Arthur Freed →
productionCompany	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer →
publicationDate	1944 →
releaseYear	1944 →
runningTime	113 minutes →
screenwriter	Fred F. Finklehoffe → Irving Brecher →
setBefore	Louisiana Purchase Exposition →
settingEvent	1904 World's Fair →
settingLocation	St. Louis, Missouri →
settingTime	1903 → early 20th century →
theme	coming of age → family life → romance →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arthur Freed → Judy Garland → Vincente Minnelli →	notableWork
Meet Me in St. Louis ("Meet Me in St. Louis (novel)") →	basedOn
Vincente Minnelli →	directed
The Trolley Song →	featuredIn
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas →	introducedInFilm
The Trolley Song →	originalFilm