 The picture stars Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Tom Drake, Leon Ames, Marjorie Main, June Lockhart, and Joan Carroll.The film 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 under the title "5135 Kensington", and later in novel form as "Meet Me in St. Louis".The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, who met Garland on the set and later married her.