State Fair (1945)
August 29, 1945Release Date
State Fair (1945)
August 29, 1945Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jeanne Crain
Margy Frake
Dana Andrews
Pat Gilbert
Dick Haymes
Wayne Frake
Vivian Blaine
Emily Edwards
Charles Winninger
Abel Frake
Fay Bainter
Melissa Frake
Donald Meek
Hippenstahl
Frank McHugh
McGee
Percy Kilbride
Dave Miller
Harry Morgan
Barker
Jane Nigh
Eleanor
William Marshall
Tommy Thomas
Phil Brown
Harry Ware
John Dehner
Hog Contest Announcer (uncredited)
Adele Jergens
Girl on Rollercoaster (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Hog Calling Contest Spectator (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
Will Wright
Hog Judge (uncredited)
Walter Lang
Director
Philip Stong
Novel
Paul Green
Adaptation
William Perlberg
Producer
Oscar Hammerstein II
Screenplay / Lyricist
J. Watson Webb Jr.
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 29, 1945
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
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, itself an adaptation of the 1932 novel by Phil Stong. The 1945 film stars Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine, Fay Bainter, and Charles Winninger. State Fair was remade in 1962, that time starring Pat Boone and Ann-Margret.
State Fair was the only Rodgers and Hammerstein musical written directly for film. The movie introduced 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 was by Alfred Newman and Charles E. Henderson of orchestral arrangements principally by Edward B. Powell.
This Rodgers and Hammerstein's original musical film was first adapted for the stage in 1969, for a production at The Muny in St. Louis. In 1996, it was adapted again for a Broadway musical of the same name, with additional songs taken from other Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals.