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Meet me in St. Louis / produced by Arthur Freed ; directed by Vincente Minnelli ; screenplay by Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe.
LIBRA VHS PN1997 .M42932 2000
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Classic musicals collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Benson, Sally, 1897-1972--Film adaptations.
- Benson, Sally.
- Benson, Sally, 1897-1972.
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
- Families.
- Missouri--Saint Louis.
- Love in motion pictures.
- Families--Missouri--Saint Louis--Drama.
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)--Drama.
- Saint Louis (Mo.)--Drama.
- Saint Louis (Mo.).
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Feature films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (113 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Meet me in Saint Louis
- Place of Publication:
- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2000]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- VHS ; stereo.
- analog
- magnetic
- stereo
- VHS
- Summary:
- A musical set in St. Louis in 1903. The well-off Smith family has four beautiful daughters, including Esther and little Tootie. Seventeen-year-old Esther has fallen in love with the boy next door, John, who has just moved in. He, however, barely notices her at first. The family is shocked when Mr. Smith reveals that he has been transferred to a nice position in New York, which means that the family has to leave St. Louis and the St. Louis Fair.
- Participant:
- Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Tom Drake, Marjorie Main, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, George Folsey; editor, Albert Akst; songs by Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane.
- Notes:
- Based upon the book by Sally Benson.
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1944.
- Special features after the movie: behind-the-scenes documentary Meet me in St. Louis: the making of an American classic, narrated by Roddy McDowall; a photo recreation of the deleted musical number Boys and girls like you and me; and the reissue theatrical trailor (38 min.).
- ISBN:
- 0790744759
- OCLC:
- 44129310
- Publisher Number:
- 65089 Warner Home Video
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