Family Film: MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS

A well-to-do family in St. Louis receives news that the patriarch is being transferred to New York, just as his daughters are falling in love and everyone is looking forward to opening day of the 1904 World’s Fair.  Directed by Vincente Minnelli, this classic introduced the Garland standards “The Trolley Song,” “The Boy Next Door” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” The 1944 film is in color and stars Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer.