State Fair (1933)
February 10, 1933Release Date
State Fair (1933)
February 10, 1933Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Janet Gaynor
Margy Frake
Will Rogers
Abel Frake
Lew Ayres
Pat Gilbert
Sally Eilers
Emily Joyce
Norman Foster
Wayne Frake
Louise Dresser
Melissa Frake
Frank Craven
Storekeeper
Victor Jory
Hoop Toss Barker
Hobart Cavanaugh
Professor Fred Coin (Uncredited)
Frank Melton
Harry Ware
Erville Alderson
Martin - Hog Breeder
Doro Merande
Mrs. Metcalfe's Acquaintance at Food Contest (Uncredited)
Henry King
Director
Sonya Levien
Writer
Joe Caits
Baker A. Noblemable (Uncredited)
Judge Dike
Contest Judge (Uncredited)
Paul Green
Writer
Philip Strong
Writer
Harry Holman
Professor Tyler Cramp (Uncredited)
Philip Stong
Writer
Edward Mundy
Barker (Uncredited)
Hal Mohr
Cinematographer
John Sheehan
Barker at Aerial Act (Uncredited)
Lucille Ward
Woman in Cranapple Contest (Uncredited)
Ruth Warren
Mrs. Edwin Metcalfe (Uncredited)
Robert Bischoff
Editor
Winfield R. Sheehan
Producer
Ray Flynn
Assistant Director
Joseph A. Valentine
Director of Photography / Still Photographer
William V. Skall
Camera Operator
Edward Butcher
Production Manager
Milton Gold
Assistant Camera
Irving Rosenberg
Camera Operator
Edwin Hammeras
Still Photographer
Robert Mayo
Casting Assistant
R.C. Moore
Location Manager
Henry Wales
Additional Writing
Jack Gains
Casting
Robert Surtees
Assistant Camera
Robert Palmer
Casting Assistant
Arthur von Kirbach
Sound Recordist
Cliff Maupin
Still Photographer
Julien Josephson
Additional Writing
Rita Kaufman
Costume Design
Louis De Francesco
Original Music Composer / Music Director
Phil M. Friedman
Casting Associate
Sam Benson
Costume Design
Charles E. McCarthy
Publicist
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 10, 1933
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
Content RatingNR
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This Movie Is About.
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State Fair (1933) is an American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Henry King and starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew Ayres. The film tells the story of a farm family's multi-day visit to the Iowa State Fair, where the parents seek to win prizes in agricultural and cooking competitions, and their teenage daughter and son each find unexpected romance. Based on the bestselling 1932 novel by Phil Stong, this was the first of three film versions of the novel released to theaters, the others being the movie musicals State Fair (1945) starring Jeanne Crain and Dana Andrews, and State Fair (1962) starring Ann-Margret and Pat Boone. The 1933 version was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and another for Best Adapted Screenplay, losing to Cavalcade and Little Women respectively.
Though the adaptation deleted a storyline about a sexual relationship between the daughter and a journalist, it retained a similar storyline about the seduction of the son (Norman Foster) by a trapeze artist (Sally Eilers). This caused trouble with the Hays Commission when Fox re-released the film in 1935. The censors insisted on the deletion of a scene where Foster and Eilers are heard talking off screen while the camera shows a rumpled bed and a discarded negligee. The cut scene has never been restored.Rogers was accorded top billing on some posters, but Gaynor was billed above Rogers in the film itself. In 2014, State Fair was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.