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Meet Me at the Fair (1952)

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Despite its ebullient title and the presence of lightweight dancing star Dan Dailey, Meet Me at the Fair has a lot more meat on its bones than most musicals of the early 1950s. Dailey plays an early-1900s medicine show huckster who finds himself the reluctant guardian of orphanage escapee Chet Allen. As he grows fond of the boy, Dailey becomes determined to thwart the corrupt system that allows substandard orphan asylums to operate while political hacks get rich on government funding. Dailey

Unrated, 1 hr. 27 min.

Drama, Romance, Musical & Performing Arts

Directed By: Douglas Sirk

Written By: Martin Berkeley, Gene Markey, Irving Wallace

Cast

Dan Dailey
"Doc" Tilbee
Diana Lynn
Zerelda Wing
Chet Allen
"Tad" Bayliss
Scatman Crothers
Enoch Jones
Hugh O'Brian
Chilton Corr
Carole Mathews
Clara Brink
Rhys Williams
Pete McCoy
Thomas E. Jackson
Billy Gray
Russell Simpson
Sheriff Evans
George Chandler
Deputy Sheriff Leach
Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Spooner
John Maxwell
Mr. Spooner
Doris Packer
Mrs. Swaile
Edna Holland
Miss Burghey
George Spaulding
Governor
Paul Gordon
Cyclist
Iron Eyes Cody
Chief Rain-in-the-Face
Franklin Farnum
Wall Street Tycoon
Jack Gargan
District Attorney's Sec...
Donald Kerr
Stage manager
Sam Pierce
Party stooge
Max Wagner
Iceman
Harte Wayne
George Riley
M.C.
James Brick Sullivan
Cop
George Arglen
Howie
Dante DiPaolo
Specialty dancer
Jon Gardner
Ed
Roger Moore
Wall Street Tycoon

Critic Reviews for Meet Me at the Fair

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Like the other small musicals Douglas Sirk directed at Universal in the early 50s, this is better than it was supposed to have been at the time.

March 24, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

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Sirk averaged two films a year, in all the principle genres. Several are masterworks, while others, such as this 20th-century-set musical comedy, are charming programmers enhanced by unpretentious professionalism.

March 24, 2007 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

Sirk's customary concern with hypocrisy and intolerance is, given the genre and overall tone of the piece, surprisingly to the fore in a subplot about corrupt politicians.

March 24, 2007 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Gets its energy by the inspired performance from Dan Dailey.

March 22, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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