DVD Review: Meet Me in St. Louis

(1944, Color, 113 min.)
Director: Vincente Minnelli

"Charming. Warm and Beguiling. Miss Garland is full of exuberance and sings with a rich voice that grows riper and more expressive in each new film. A ginger peachy show." (Bosley Crowther, The New York Times)

"Minnelli's captivating musical still comes up fresh as paint with each successive viewing, as charmingly, romantically nostalgic as an old valentine." (Tom Milne, Time Out Film Guide)

"Wonderful. A warm, unsentimental tribute to family, home and tree-lined America. Garland and O'Brien give lovely performances." (Danny Peary, Guide for the Film Fanatic)

"Enchanting. No musical since Swing Time had been handled with such grace and sensitivity." (David Shipman, The Story of Cinema)

"113 minutes of unalloyed delight. Directed by Vincente Minnelli with a lingering eye for period detail and a marvelous sense of nostalgia for the good old days." (Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical)


A Trolley Full of Joyful Delights!

All-new 60th-anniversary digital transfer from restored picture and audio elements

Introduction by Liza Minnelli

Soundtrack remastered in Dolby digital 5.0 as well as original mono

Music only audio track

Behind-the-scenes documentary Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic, hosted by Roddy McDowall

Behind-the-scenes documentary Hollywood: The Dream Factory, hosted by Dick Cavett

Turner Classic Movies special Becoming Attractions: Judy Garland

Audio commentary by Garland biographer John Fricke with Margaret O'Brien, composer Hugh Martin, screenwriter Irving Brecher and Barbara Freed-Saltzman

Vintage soundie Skip to My Lou, featuring songwriters Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane

Vintage Vitaphone Varieties musical short Bubbles, showcasing Judy Garland as one of the three Gumm Sisters

Photo recreation of deleted song "Boys and Girls Like You and Me"

1966 Meet Me in St. Louis TV series pilot starring Shelley Fabares, Celeste Holm and Reta Shaw

December 2, 1946 Lux Radio Theater broadcast, starring Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien and Tom Drake

Vincente Minnelli trailer gallery

Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)
Presented in original theatrical aspect ratio
Film Studio: MGM
DVD Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Release Date: April 6, 2004
UPC: 012569508927