What is White Christmas / Meet Me in St. Louis about?

WHITE CHRISTMAS, 1954, Paramount, 120 min. Director Michael Curtiz’s (CASABLANCA) Christmas classic was Paramount’s first film shot in widescreen Vistavision. Army buddies turned post-war song-and-dance team Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye find romance with Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen while rescuing their former commanding officer (Dean Jagger) from financial ruin. MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, 1944, Warner Bros., 113 min. Dir. Vincente Minnelli. Life seems perfect in St. Louis on the brink of the 1904 World’s Fair for the four daughters of a working-class family, until their father reveals that they have to leave for New York. Adapted from a series of short stories by Sally Benson, this gem of picture-postcard Americana and youthful romance marked the beginning of the golden age of MGM musicals. The songs became standards (remember "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"?), and the feature was one of MGM’s biggest successes after GONE WITH THE WIND.

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What is White Christmas / Meet Me in St. Louis about?: WHITE CHRISTMAS, 1954, Paramount, 120 min. Director Michael Curtiz’s (CASABLANCA) Christmas classic was Paramount’s first film shot in widescreen Vistavision. Army buddies turned post-war song-and-dance team Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye find romance with Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen while rescuing their former commanding officer (Dean Jagger) from financial ruin.
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, 1944, Warner Bros., 113 min. Dir. Vincente Minnelli. Life seems perfect in St. Louis on the brink of the 1904 World’s Fair for the four daughters of a working-class family, until their father reveals that they have to leave for New York. Adapted from a series of short stories by Sally Benson, this gem of picture-postcard Americana and youthful romance marked the beginning of the golden age of MGM musicals. The songs became standards (remember "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"?), and the feature was one of MGM’s biggest successes after GONE WITH THE WIND.