FEB. 15 AT 3:00 PM & FEB. 23 AT 4:00 PM
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS on NITRATE
Print from the collection of the Library of Congress | ‘American Cinematheque’s Nitrate Film Festival 2025’
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DIRECTOR
Vincente Minnelli
FORMAT
NITRATE
RUNTIME
1h 53m
RATING
NR
CAST
Judy Garland,
Margaret O'Brien,
Mary Astor,
Lucille Bremer,
Tom Drake,
Marjorie Main
SYNOPSIS
The well-off Smith family leads a comfortable, happy existence in St. Louis, a city set to welcome the 1904 World’s Fair. Seventeen-year-old Esther Smith has fallen in love with the boy who has just moved next door, though he hardly notices her at first. When Mr. Alonzo Smith announces that he has been transferred to New York for business and that his family must follow him, Esther and her siblings are distraught at the thought of leaving St. Louis, their lives and the World’s Fair behind.
CAST
Judy Garland,
Margaret O'Brien,
Mary Astor,
Lucille Bremer,
Tom Drake,
Marjorie Main
SYNOPSIS
The well-off Smith family leads a comfortable, happy existence in St. Louis, a city set to welcome the 1904 World’s Fair. Seventeen-year-old Esther Smith has fallen in love with the boy who has just moved next door, though he hardly notices her at first. When Mr. Alonzo Smith announces that he has been transferred to New York for business and that his family must follow him, Esther and her siblings are distraught at the thought of leaving St. Louis, their lives and the World’s Fair behind.