`Meet Me in St. Louis' leads Judy Garland home-theater releases.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: April 7, 2004| Author: Nye, Doug | Copyright information

Byline: Doug Nye

A marvelous piece of nostalgic Americana, "Meet Me in St. Louis" (Warner, 1944, $29.98) arrives this week in a knockout of a two-disc DVD set.

With a radiant Judy Garland as its star, the film is blessed with a terrific cast and is a cavalcade of wonderful early-20th-century vignettes. Making it even better is that the movie has been restored to its original Technicolor brilliance.

This is the showpiece of five Garland films _ each...

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