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The movie was adapted by Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe from the novel by Sally Benson . It was directed by Vincente Minnelli. Minnelli and Garland married the next year.

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, ColorThe Academy Award for Best Cinematography is awarded each year to a cinematographer for his or her work in one particular motion picture. 1920s 1928 Sunrise 1929 White Shadows in the South Seas 1930s 1930 With Byrd at the South Pole 1931 Tabu: A Story of, Best Music, Scoring of a Musical PictureFrom "Rule Sixteen" of the "Special Rules for The Music Awards Original Score An original score is a substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. The years shown are the produ, Best Music, SongAcademy Award for Best Song 1930s 1934 Con Conrad (music), Herb Magidson (lyrics) "The Continental" from The Gay Divorcee Vincent Youmans (music), Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn (lyrics) "Carioca" from Flying Down to Rio Ralph Rainger (music), Leo Robin (lyrics) ( Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin for The Trolley Song ) and Best Writing, ScreenplayThe Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. It is awarded each year to the writer of a screenplay adapted from another source (usually a novel or play). See also the A.

Meet Me in St. Louis was remadeIn cinema, a remake is a work that has the same story, and often the same title, as a work that was made earlier. In the history of cinema, remakes have generally been considered inferior to the earlier versions by film critics and cinema-goers alike, but in 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac for televisionSee TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. The term has come to refer to all the aspects of television p, starring Kelly Brown , Jeanne CrainJeanne Crain ( May 25, 1925 December 14, 2003) was an American actress. Born in Barstow, California, she moved to Los Angeles as a young child. While still in high school, she was asked to make a screen test opposite Orson Welles. She did not get the part, Patty Duke, Tab Hunter and Myrna Loy. It was directed by George Schaefer from the original Brecher and Finklehoffe screenplay.

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 Tommy Locke . 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.

The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.