Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis is a 1944 romantic musical comedy[?] which tells the story of four sisters enjoying life in St. Louis at the time of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's fair. It stars Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien[?], Mary Astor[?], Lucille Bremer[?], Leon Ames[?], Tom Drake[?] and Marjorie Main[?].

The movie was adapted by Irving Brecher[?] and Fred F. Finklehoffe[?] from the novel by Sally Benson[?]. It was directed by Vincente Minnelli[?]. Minnelli and Garland married the next year.

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Color, Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Music, Song (Ralph Blane[?] and Hugh Martin[?] for The Trolley Song[?]) and Best Writing, Screenplay.

Meet Me in St. Louis was remade in 1959 for television, starring Kelly Brown[?], Jeanne Crain, Patty Duke[?], Tab Hunter[?] and Myrna Loy. It was directed by George Schaefer[?] from the original Brecher and Finklehoffe screenplay.

It was remade again for television in 1966. This was a non-musical version starring Shelley Fabares[?], Celeste Holm[?], Larry Merrill[?], Judy Land[?], Rita Shaw[?] and Tommy Locke[?]. It was directed by Alan D. Courtney[?] from a script written by Sally Benson herself.

The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.