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Overview

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7.7/10   6,106 votes
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Director:
Vincente Minnelli
Writers:
Irving Brecher (screenplay) and
Fred F. Finklehoffe (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
January 1945 (USA) more
Genre:
Family | Musical | Romance more
Tagline:
A cast of favorites in the Charming . . . Romantic . . . Tuneful Love Story of the Early 1900s ! more
Plot:
In the year before the 1904 St Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
Comedy Scriptwriter Brecher Dies
 (From WENN. 19 November 2008, 8:14 AM, PST)

A Christmas Tale (Un Conte de Noel) Review
 (From Spout. 11 November 2008, 8:32 AM, PST)

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A Feel Good Movie if Ever There Was One more

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Additional Details

Runtime:
113 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Canada:G (Ontario) | UK:U | USA:Approved (certificate #10050) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

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Director Vincente Minnelli worked hard to make the movie as accurate to the times as possible. Not only did its novelist, Sally Benson, give explicit directions as to the decor of her home down to the last detail, but the movie's costume designer took inspiration for many of the movies costumes right out of the Sears & Roebuck catalog from the time period. more
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Anachronisms: Although set at the turn of the century, and with very authentic sets and costumes, all of the women inexplicably have mid-'40s hairstyles. more
Quotes:
[When the family finds out that they are moving to New York City permanently]
'Tootie' Smith: It'll take me at least a week to dig up all my dolls in the cemetery.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Family Stone (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Under the Bamboo Tree more

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Did Margaret O'Brien have good crying skills in this movie and performance?
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17 out of 18 people found the following comment useful:-
A Feel Good Movie if Ever There Was One, 21 November 1999
10/10
Author: FANatic-10 from Las Vegas, NV

This movie is sheer delight from start to finish. I'm sure St. Louis in 1904 wasn't really the same as its depicted here...but it should have been! Only the most jaded cynic imaginable could not be charmed by this film.

The songs are perfect, the cinematography, the set direction, costumes, everything really - MGM movie magic at its best! Vincente Minelli did a superlative job of direction, and the cast simply could not be bettered. Judy Garland gives what I feel is the most relaxed and charming performance of her career, and sings like an angel, not like the jittery bundle of nerves she would become in later life. Tom Drake is very winning as the "Boy Next Door" we should all be so lucky to have. But Margaret O'Brien absolutely steals the picture as the adorable but irrepressibly morbid Tootie, a refreshing change from the normally saccharine moppets of Hollywood's golden years. Marjorie Main also swipes a scene or two as the mouthy cook, and Mary Astor and Leon Ames give sterling support as the parents. Their "make-up" scene at the piano is beautifully done.

What a wonderful antidote this movie is when you need to retreat from the harsh world and have your spirits lifted for a while.

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