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Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family up to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Language
Budget$1,707,561
Revenue $7,566,000
English
Budget$1,707,561
Revenue $7,566,000
Keywords
holiday
musical
sister
family relationships
trolley
boy next door
americana
fiddle
straw hat
st. louis, missouri
christmas
world's fair
1900s
christmas romance
cheerful
Casts

Judy Garland
Esther Smith

Margaret O'Brien
"Tootie" Smith

Mary Astor
Anna Smith

Lucille Bremer
Rose Smith

Leon Ames
Alonzo Smith

Tom Drake
John Truett

Marjorie Main
Katie

Harry Davenport
Grandpa

June Lockhart
Lucille Ballard

Henry H. Daniels Jr.
Lon Smith Jr.

Joan Carroll
Agnes Smith

Hugh Marlowe
Colonel Darly

Robert Sully
Warren Sheffield

Chill Wills
Mr. Neely
Sidney Barnes
Hugo Borvis (uncredited)
Judi Blacque
Girl on Trolley (uncredited)
Victor Cox
Driver (uncredited)

Donald Curtis
Dr. Girard (uncredited)
Danny Daniels
Boy at Party (uncredited)
Kenneth Donner
Hugo Gorman (uncredited)
Mary Jo Ellis
Ida Boothby (uncredited)

Helen Gilbert
Girl on Trolley (uncredited)
Buddy Gorman
Sidney Gorcey (uncredited)

Gary Gray
Boy at Pavilion (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Mr. March (uncredited)

Darryl Hickman
Johnny Tevis (uncredited)
Charlotte Hunter
Girl in Blue on Trolley (uncredited)

Victor Kilian
Baggage Man (uncredited)
Beverly Luff
Girl on the Trolley / Singer (uncredited)

Matt Mattox
Boy at Party (uncredited)
Bert May
Boy at Party (uncredited)

Belle Mitchell
Mrs. Braukoff (uncredited)
Mayo Newhall
Mr. Braukoff (uncredited)
Sid Newman
Boy on Trolley (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'Connor
Motorman (uncredited)
John Phipps
Mailman (uncredited)
Ellen Ray
Girl on Trolley (uncredited)
Dorothy Raye
Girl at Party (uncredited)
Beth Renner
Girl on Trolley (uncredited)

William Smith
Little Boy (uncredited)
Myron Tobias
George (uncredited)
Dorothy Tuttle
Girl on Trolley (uncredited)
Leonard Walker
Conductor (uncredited)
Kenneth Wilson
Quentin (uncredited)
Tom Batten
Trolley Song Performer (uncredited)
Dale Lefler
Boy at Party (uncredited)
Crews
Albert Akst
Editor
Irving Brecher
Screenplay

Irene Sharaff
Costume Design

Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Jack Martin Smith
Art Direction
Arthur Freed
Producer

Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration

Vincente Minnelli
Director
George J. Folsey
Director of Photography
Lemuel Ayers
Art Direction
Fred F. Finklehoffe
Screenplay

Sally Benson
Novel

Irene
Costume Supervisor
Jack Dawn
Makeup Designer

Charles Walters
Choreographer

George Stoll
Music Director

Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Paul Huldschinsky
Assistant Set Decoration
Ralph Blane
Songs
Hugh Martin
Songs
Conrad Salinger
Orchestrator

Victor Heerman
Additional Writing
William Ludwig
Additional Writing

Sarah Y. Mason
Additional Writing
Doris Gilbert
Additional Writing
Roger Edens
Associate Producer
Roger Edens
Original Music Composer
Conrad Salinger
Original Music Composer
Dorothy Ponedel
Makeup Artist
Dave Friedman
Unit Manager
Wallace Worsley Jr.
Assistant Director
William H. Cunningham
Greensman
Clarence J. Falk
Greensman
Joe Edmondson
Sound Mixer
Standish J. Lambert
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Frank McKenzie
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert Shirley
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Newell Sparks
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
William Steinkamp
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Steinore
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John A. Williams
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Donald Jahraus
Special Effects

A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Mark Davis
Special Effects
Robert J. Bronner
Second Assistant Camera

Eugene Joseff
Other

Natalie Kalmus
Colorist
Henri Jaffa
Color Assistant
David Crocov
Musician

Sidney Cutner
Orchestrator
Robert Franklyn
Orchestrator
Lennie Hayton
Additional Music
Wally Heglin
Orchestrator
Frederick Herbert
Scoring Mixer
Calvin Jackson
Additional Music
M.J. McLaughlin
Scoring Mixer
Joseph Nussbaum
Orchestrator

George Stoll
Additional Music
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