How did Vincente Minnelli and Judy Garland meet?

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Vincente Minnelli, seated at right, discusses a storyboard with actress Lana Turner, seated at left in costume, on the set of The Bad and the Beautiful. — Vincente Minnelli Vincente Minnelli (right) with Lana Turner (left) during the filming of *The Bad and the Beautiful* (1952).

Vincente Minnelli and Judy Garland met on the set of the 1944 musical film Meet Me in St. Louis.

Garland was initially reluctant to take the role, as she wanted to move beyond the juvenile parts she had been playing at MGM. However, Minnelli convinced her that the film would be a significant highlight of her career. During the production, an on-set romance blossomed between the director and his star, leading to their marriage in 1945.12