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State Fair
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| State Fair (1933) | |
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| Directed by | Henry King |
| Produced by | Henry King |
| Written by | Sonya Levien Paul Green |
| Starring | Janet Gaynor Will Rogers Lew Ayres |
| Cinematography | Hal Mohr |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
| Running time | 97 min |
| IMDb profile | |
State Fair is the title of a 1933 movie directed by Henry King and starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew Ayres. There is also an even more famous 1945 musical remake in Technicolor, directed by Walter Lang and starring Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine, and Charles Winninger, as well as a financially and critically unsuccessful 1962 film version of the musical starring Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, Ann-Margret, Tom Ewell, and Alice Faye. In 1996 it was adapted for a Broadway musical of the same name, with additional songs taken from other Rodgers and Hammerstein shows.
The 1933 version was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture; it has some scenes that would be censored a few years later. The 1945 version won an Academy Award for Best Song for "It Might As Well Be Spring" by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. It is the only musical that Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote directly for films. Jeanne Crain's singing voice was dubbed by Louanne Hogan.
While the first two versions were set at the Iowa State Fair, the 1962 version was filmed in Dallas, Texas, where the State Fair of Texas takes place every year in Fair Park. The Tilt-A-Whirl that was used in the movie is currently at a small theme park in Golden, Colorado.
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- Janet Gaynor as Margy Frake
- Will Rogers as Abel Frake
- Lew Ayres as Pat Gilbert
- Sally Eilers as Emily Joyce
- Norman Foster as Wayne Frake
- Louise Dresser as Melissa Frake
- Frank Craven as Storekeeper
- Victor Jory as Hoop Toss Barker
- Frank Melton as Harry Ware
- Jeanne Crain as Margy Frake
- Dana Andrews as Pat Gilbert
- Dick Haymes as Wayne Frake
- Vivian Blaine as Emily Edwards
- Charles Winninger as Abel Frake
- Fay Bainter as Melissa Frake
- Donald Meek as Hippenstahl
- Frank McHugh as McGee
- Percy Kilbride as Dave Miller
- Harry Morgan as Barker
- Pat Boone as Wayne Frake
- Bobby Darin as Jerry Dundee
- Pamela Tiffin as Margy Frake
- Ann-Margret as Emily Porter
- Tom Ewell as Abel Frake
- Alice Faye as Melissa Frake
- Wally Cox as Hipplewaite
- State Fair at the Internet Movie Database (1933 version)
- State Fair at the Internet Movie Database (1945 version)
- State Fair at the Internet Movie Database (1962 version)
- Flyrope.com page (stage version)
| Musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein |
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| Oklahoma! • Carousel • Allegro • South Pacific • The King and I • Me and Juliet • Pipe Dream • Cinderella • Flower Drum Song • The Sound of Music • State Fair |
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