State Fair
State Fair is a 1945 American Technicolor musical film directed by Walter Lang, with original music by Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is a musical adaptation of the 1933 film of the same name starring Janet Gaynor and Will Rogers. The 1933 film is an adaptation of the 1932 novel by Phil Stong. This 1945 musical film stars Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine, Fay Bainter, and Charles Winninger. State Fair was remade in 1962, starring Pat Boone and Ann-Margret.
Plot
The Frake family prepares for the Iowa State Fair. Frake patriarch, Abel, bets his neighbor, Dave Miller, five dollars that his boar, Blue Boy, will win first prize, and that the entire Frake family will enjoy themselves with no bad experiences.
More details
| author | Oscar Hammerstein II Paul Green Sonya Levien |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Iowa |
| director | Walter Lang |
| editor | J. Watson Webb Jr. |
| keywords | band singer birthday party chief of police cook cry dance band drink even farm life help hug iowa state iowa state fair married meet morning police chief pretty girl sing state fair syndicate wait walk work out |
| musicBy | Richard Rodgers |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score |
| producer | William Perlberg |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| theme | musical |