State Fair (1945)

Directed by

Walter Lang

Genre

musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 72 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A farm family attends the Iowa State Fair. Two siblings each find romance during their visit.

whimsicalromanticupbeatlightheartednostalgicsunnyeasygoing

What happens

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. State Fair is the only Rodgers and Hammerstein musical written directly for film. The movie introduces such popular songs as "It's a Grand Night for Singing" and "It Might as Well Be Spring", which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Joint musical direction by Alfred Newman and Charles E. Henderson is of orchestral arrangements principally composed by Edward B. Powell. This Rodgers and Hammerstein's original musical film was later adapted for the stage in 1969, for a production at The Muny (St. Louis Municipal Opera Theatre), a landmark amphitheatre in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1996, it was adapted again for a Broadway musical of the same name, with additional songs taken from other Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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