Meet Me in St Louis (Blu-ray) (1944)

"In the words of one of the gentlemen, it is a ginger-peachy show.  Bosley Crowther, New York Times
"An unmissable big-screen experience.  Peter Bradshaw,Guardian [UK]

Editor's Note MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS is a captivating musical about a St. Louis family at the time of the 1903 World's Fair. Tunes include "Trolley Song," "Boy Next Door," "Have Yourself a Merry Christmas," and others. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Screenplay, Best Song ("The Trolley Song").

	Tom Drake
	Harry Davenport
	Marjorie Main
	Leon Ames
	Mary Astor
	Judy Garland
	Lucille Bremer
	June Lockhart
	Margaret O'Brien
	Fred F. Finklehoffe - Writer
	Edwin B. Willis - Set Designer
	Arthur Freed - Producer
	Irving Brecher - Writer
	Cedric Gibbons - Production Designer
	George Stoll - Music Director
	Albert Akst - Editor
	George J. Folsey - Cinematographer
	Vincente Minnelli - Director

Vincente Minnelli's classic romantic musical about a St. Louis family at the turn of the century. As the two oldest girls fret about boys and love, a darker, more serious cloud appears on the horizon: their father has been offered a job in New York City -- just as the World's Fair is coming to town and making St. Louis the "center of the world". Will they have to leave the home and town they love -- and their new boyfriends? USA Today
"...Garland is stunning as the girl in love with the boy next door..." 10/19/1994 p.10D

Entertainment Weekly
"[Garland is] beautifully made-up and costumed, subtle for once, and often very funny." 04/09/2004 p.70

Premiere
"The ultimate family musical, full of laughs and heartbreaks and scares..." 05/01/2004 p.98

Uncut
"One of the great musicals; and as a movie about childhood, it's up there with THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER..." 07/01/2004 p.139

Sight and Sound
"[A] Technicolor marvel....The film's warmth comes from its depictions of the minutiae of everyday family life..." 08/01/2004 p.74

Total Film
5 stars out of 5 -- "A poignant Judy Garland blazes like a bauble singing 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' in MGM's first musical to interweave songs and plot." 01/01/2012