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      State Fair

      1945, Musical, 1h 40m

      6 Reviews 5,000+ Ratings

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      Movie Info

      The small-town Frake family attend the Iowa State Fair, the annual highlight of their summer. Son Wayne (Dick Haymes) plots revenge on a midway barker (Henry Morgan) who had embarrassed him the summer before and falls for the beautiful singer Emily (Vivian Blaine), while his melancholy sister Margie (Jeanne Crain) becomes smitten with slick city-boy reporter Pat (Dana Andrews). Meanwhile, mother Melissa (Fay Bainter) and father Abel (Charles Winninger) plot to win their respective competitions.

      • Genre: Musical

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Walter Lang

      • Producer: William Perlberg

      • Release Date (Theaters):  original

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      • Distributor: 20th Century Fox

      Cast & Crew

      Jeanne Crain
      Dana Andrews
      Dick Haymes
      Vivian Blaine
      Fay Bainter
      Donald Meek
      Phil Brown
      Paul E. Burns
      Tom Fadden
      William Frambes
      Josephine Whittell
      John Dehner

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      • Nov 20, 2015

        There are legitimately good songs here (even a great one or two), but for the most part it's a little dull as the plot lacks any real conflict.

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      • Feb 09, 2007

        Rodgers' and Hammerstein's least creative lyrics "Our state fair is a great state fair...it's the greatest state fair in our state."

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