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