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from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
which tells the story of an American family living in St. Louis
at the time of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
World's Fair
in 1904. It stars Judy Garland
, Margaret O'Brien
, Mary Astor
, Lucille Bremer
, Tom Drake
, Leon Ames
, Marjorie Main
, June Lockhart
, and Joan Carroll
.
The movie was adapted by Irving Brecher
and Fred F. Finklehoffe
from a series of short stories by Sally Benson
, originally published in The New Yorker magazine, and later in the novel 5135 Kensington. The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli
, who met Garland, on the set, and later married her.
[singing] The moment I saw him smileI knew he was just my style.My only regret is we've never met,Though I dream of him all the while.
[singing] How can I ignore the Boy Next Door?I love him more than I can say.Doesn't try to please me, doesn't even tease me.And he never sees me glance his way.And though I'm heartsore, the Boy Next Door,Affection for me won't display.I just adore him, so I can't ignore him,The Boy Next Door.
[to Mr. Smith] Well, Papa, if losing a case depresses you so, why don't you quit practicing law and go into another line of business?
[to Mr. Smith, after he hangs up on a caller] You've just ruined Rose's chance to get married, that's all...That was Warren Sheffield calling long-distance to propose.
Well, I'll bet there isn't another girl in St. Louis who's had a Yale man call her long-distance just to inquire about her health.
[singing] Clang, clang, clang went the trolley,Ding, ding, ding went the bell.Zing, zing, zing went my heartstrings,As we started for Huntingdon dell.
[singing] I went to lose a jolly, hour on the trolley, and lost my heart insteadWith his light brown derby and his bright green tieHe was quite the handsomest of menI started to yen, then I counted to ten, then I counted to ten again.
John Truett. I've come here to ask you something...What do you mean hitting a nine-year-old child?...The next time you want to hit somebody, pick on somebody your own size. If there's anything I hate, loathe, despise, and abominate, it's a bully.
[after finding out that Tootie had lied about John Truett] You're the most deceitful, horrible, sinful creature I ever saw, and I don't ever want to have anything to do with you again.
[to her Grandpa] You're the first human being I've danced with all evening. It's our last dance in St. Louis. I feel like I'm going to cry.