MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS
TCM, 10:00 p.m. ET
This 1944 film musical is noteworthy for several reasons. On screen, it stars Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien and Mary Astor in a musical that launched two pop standards: “The Trolley Song” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” And offscreen, it’s directed by Vincente Minnelli. This is the film on which he met Garland, whom he later married. One result of their later collaborations: daughter Liza Minnelli.