Brentwood Community Cinema

Meet Me in St Louis

“Have yourself a merry little Christmas…”

Meet Me in St. Louis is a 1944 Christmas MGM musical film starring the iconic Judy Garland. Divided into a series of seasonal vignettes, starting with Summer 1903, it relates the story of a year in the life of the Smith family in St. Louis, leading up to the opening of the World’s Fair in the spring of 1904. Garland debuted the standards “The Trolley Song”, “The Boy Next Door”, and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, all of which became hits after the film was released.

The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, who met Garland on the set and later married her. Upon its release, Meet Me in St. Louis was both a critical and a commercial success. It became the second-highest grossing film of 1944 and was also MGM’s most successful musical of the 1940s.

Rating: U

Running time: 113 mins