November 28, 1944 –
Vincente Minnelli’s gift to his future wife, Judy Garland, the musical film Meet Me In St. Louis, opened in NYC on this date.
In Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Judy Garland refused to sing the grim original lyric, “Have yourself a merry little Christmas, it may be your last” to little Margaret O’Brien. The star’s creative opposition inspired songwriters Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane to form the more optimistic lyric, “let your heart be light.”
The Haus of Dcaligari 