Two songs from the movie made AFI's 100 Years.100 Songs ('The Trolley Song' at #26 and 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas' at #76). The American Film Institute ranked the movie 10th on AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals. Louis Hardcover Januby Sally Benson (Author) 9 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover from 300.00 4 Collectible from 300. In 1994, the movie was chosen for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Louis was directed by Vincente Minnelli and starred his future wife, Judy Garland, along with Mary Astor, Margaret OBrien, Leon Ames, Lucille Bremer, Tom Drake, and Marjorie Main. The movie was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Color, Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Music, Song ('The Trolley Song') and Best Writing, Screenplay. A classic 1944 musical film adapted from the stories of Sally Benson, Meet Me in St. Despite its nostalgic charm, Minnelli infused the piece with a dreamy, occasionally surreal, darkness and it remains, for some of us, the greatest of American movie musicals.' In 2005, Richard Schickel wrote, 'It had wonderful songs a sweetly unneurotic performance by Judy Garland. The movie was directed by Vincente Minnelli. Later, they were published in the novel 5135 Kensington. These stories were first published in The New Yorker magazine.

The movie was based on a series of short stories by Sally Benson. Indeed, Sally Bensons screenplay-libretto. Garland sang 'The Trolley Song' and ' Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'. Customers under 30 may wonder if people really once lived like this or even wrote musicals like this one. It stars Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien. Louis, Missouri at the time of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair in 1904. It tells the story of a family living in St.

Meet Me in St. Louis by Sally Benson