HOLIDAY 2019: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

Judy. Freaking. Garland.

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CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of racism and antisemitism, along with problematic elements of this film.

It’s been so, so long since we watched a solidly good movie, and this week we’re back on track. Vincente Minnelli Found a muse in Judy Garland and took her from cute little girl roles to powerhouse talent over the making of this movie. Not that Judy didn’t act like the star she was, but it doesn’t hurt the performance on screen. But it’s not just Judy we’re obsessed with - Margaret O’Brien’s adorably twisted performance as the death-obsessed Tootie was genuinely hilarious, and the supporting cast is phenomenal. It’s no wonder this film has a perfect critical score on Rotten Tomatoes and was one of the biggest successes of the 1940’s. And even though it’s not completely set at Christmas, it qualifies by launching “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” right into the Christmas canon. We review the classic Meet Me in St. Louis on this week’s Macintosh & Maud!

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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.