"Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family up to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair."
Judy Garland
as Esther Smith
Margaret O'Brien
as 'Tootie' Smith
Mary Astor
as Anna Smith
Lucille Bremer
as Rose Smith
Leon Ames
as Alonzo Smith
Tom Drake
as John Truett
Marjorie Main
as Katie
Harry Davenport
as Grandpa
June Lockhart
as Lucille Ballard
Henry H. Daniels Jr.
as Lon Smith Jr.
Joan Carroll
as Agnes Smith
Hugh Marlowe
as Colonel Darly
Robert Sully
as Warren Sheffield
Chill Wills
as Mr. Neely
Sidney Barnes
as Hugo Borvis (uncredited)
Judi Blacque
as Girl on Trolley (uncredited)
Victor Cox
as Driver (uncredited)
Donald Curtis
as Dr. Girard (uncredited)
Danny Daniels
as Boy at Party (uncredited)
Kenneth Donner
as Hugo Gorman (uncredited)
Mary Jo Ellis
as Ida Boothby (uncredited)
Helen Gilbert
Buddy Gorman
as Sidney Gorcey (uncredited)
Gary Gray
as Boy at Pavilion (uncredited)
Sam Harris
as Mr. March (uncredited)
Darryl Hickman
as Johnny Tevis (uncredited)
Charlotte Hunter
as Girl in Blue on Trolley (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
as Baggage Man (uncredited)
Beverly Luff
as Girl on the Trolley / Singer (uncredited)
Matt Mattox
Bert May
Belle Mitchell
as Mrs. Braukoff (uncredited)
Mayo Newhall
as Mr. Braukoff (uncredited)
Sid Newman
as Boy on Trolley (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
as Motorman (uncredited)
John Phipps
as Mailman (uncredited)
Ellen Ray
Dorothy Raye
as Girl at Party (uncredited)
Beth Renner
William Smith
as Little Boy (uncredited)
Myron Tobias
as George (uncredited)
Dorothy Tuttle
Leonard Walker
as Conductor (uncredited)
Kenneth Wilson
as Quentin (uncredited)
Tom Batten
as Trolley Song Performer (uncredited)
Dale Lefler
Albert Akst
Editor
Irving Brecher
Screenplay
Irene Sharaff
Costume Design
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Jack Martin Smith
Arthur Freed
Producer
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Vincente Minnelli
Director
George J. Folsey
Director of Photography
Lemuel Ayers
Fred F. Finklehoffe
Sally Benson
Novel
Irene
Costume Supervisor
Jack Dawn
Makeup Designer
Charles Walters
Choreographer
George Stoll
Music Director
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Paul Huldschinsky
Assistant Set Decoration
Ralph Blane
Songs
Hugh Martin
Conrad Salinger
Orchestrator
Victor Heerman
Additional Writing
William Ludwig
Sarah Y. Mason
Doris Gilbert
Roger Edens
Associate Producer
Original Music Composer
Dorothy Ponedel
Makeup Artist
Dave Friedman
Unit Manager
Wallace Worsley Jr.
Assistant Director
William H. Cunningham
Greensman
Clarence J. Falk
Joe Edmondson
Sound Mixer
Standish J. Lambert
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Frank McKenzie
Robert Shirley
Newell Sparks
William Steinkamp
Michael Steinore
John A. Williams
Donald Jahraus
Special Effects
A. Arnold Gillespie
Warren Newcombe
Mark Davis
Robert J. Bronner
Second Assistant Camera
Eugene Joseff
Other
Natalie Kalmus
Colorist
Henri Jaffa
Color Assistant
David Crocov
Musician
Sidney Cutner
Robert Franklyn
Lennie Hayton
Additional Music
Wally Heglin
Frederick Herbert
Scoring Mixer
Calvin Jackson
M.J. McLaughlin
Joseph Nussbaum