Meet Me in St. Louis
1944, NR, 113 min.
Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer.

Set during the St. Louis World’s Fair of 1904, this musical is heavy on the Americana but loaded with great songs and performances. Margaret O’Brien received a special Oscar for best performance by a child actor.

This article appears in June 22 • 2001.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.