Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

Timing: 1:53 (113 min)

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Video 8

Photo 43

Actors and characters

Release date

1944-11-28

Country

United States

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's Incorporated, MGM

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Romance, Family

Budget

$1 700 000

Revenue

$7 566 000

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Director

Vincente Minnelli

Actors

Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Leon Ames, Tom Drake, Marjorie Main, Harry Davenport, June Lockhart, Henry H. Daniels Jr.
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Arthur Freed, Roger Edens

Operator

George J. Folsey

Composer

George Stoll

Artist

Audition

Editing

Albert Akst
All team (29)

• Margaret O'Brien's mother demanded a larger fee for her daughter's role as Tutti. The studio shrugged it off and decided to cast the daughter of a lighting technician in the role. The costumes had already been altered for her when someone changed their mind, and the role was returned to Margaret O'Brien. At some point during filming, the lighting technician deliberately dropped a heavy spotlight onto the set, nearly crushing the young actress. He subsequently spent some time in a mental institution.
• In the novella “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” Judy Garland (1922-1969) flatly refused to sing the first line, “Have yourself a merry little Christmas, it may be your last,” to Margaret O’Brien.