Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis is a 1944 romantic musical from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer which tells the story of four sisters living in St. Louis at the time of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair in 1904. It stars Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Leon Ames, Tom Drake, June Lockhart, and Marjorie Main.

Remakes

Meet Me in St. Louis was remade in 1959 for television, starring Jane Powell, Jeanne Crain, Patty Duke, Walter Pidgeon, Ed Wynn, Tab Hunter and Myrna Loy. It was directed by George Schaefer from the original Brecher and Finklehoffe screenplay.

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Remade - 1959 - Television - Jane Powell - Jeanne Crain - Patty Duke - Walter Pidgeon - Ed Wynn - Tab Hunter - Myrna Loy - George Schaefer - Screenplay

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It was remade again for television in 1966. This was a non-musical version starring Shelley Fabares, Celeste Holm, Larry Merrill, Judy Land, Rita Shaw and Morgan Brittany. It was directed by Alan D. Courtney from a script written by Sally Benson herself. This was to be a pilot for a TV series, but no network picked it up.

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Remade - 1966 - Shelley Fabares - Celeste Holm - Larry Merrill - Judy Land - Rita Shaw - Morgan Brittany - Alan D. Courtney

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