History Film / StateFair

The first was a 1933 version, directed by Henry King, starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew Ayres. In 1945 there was a musical version directed by Walter Lang, starring Jeanne Crain and Creator/DanaAndrews. This version has music by Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein, and it was their only movie not based a Broadway musical, although it spawned a ScreenToStageAdaptation in the mid-1990s. A remake of the musical version, starring Pat Boone and Ann-Margret, was released in 1962.

The first was a 1933 version, directed by Henry King, starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew Ayres. In 1945 there was a musical version directed by Walter Lang, starring Jeanne Crain and Dana Andrews. This version has music by Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein, and it was their only movie not based a Broadway musical, although it spawned a ScreenToStageAdaptation in the mid-1990s. A remake of the musical version, starring Pat Boone and Ann-Margret, was released in 1962.

The first was a 1933 version, directed by Henry King, starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew Ayres. In 1945 there was a musical version directed by Walter Lang, starring Jeanne Crain and Dana Andrews. This version has music by Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein, and it was their only movie not based a Broadway musical, although it spawned a ScreenToStageAdaptation in the mid-1990s. A remake of the musical version, starring Pat Boone and Ann Margaret, was released in 1962.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: The 1962 version's Pat Boone and Ann-Marget as Wayne and Emily, respectively. This has to do in part with the fact Pamela Tiffin acts so bland as Margy. (Pat Gilbert's actor, Bobby Darin, has a tendency to steal the spotlight from her as well.)

As the Frake family prepares for a trip to Iowa's annual state fair, Abel Frake bets a friend that he and his family will achieve all the goals they set for the occasion. Abel has raised his pig, Blueboy, to become a contender for a blue ribbon. His wife, Melissa, has made mincemeat and pickles for cooking contests. Their son, Wayne, has brushed up his ring-tossing skills. Finally, Abel's and Melissa's daughter, Margy, hopes to find love during her temporary escape from mundane life on the farm. At the fair, Margy's dreams seem to start coming true when she meets a worldly reporter named Pat Gilbert. Wayne, meanwhile, has become attracted to a singer named Emily Edwards. As Abel, Melissa, and Wayne rack up prizes, an issue rises: can these new couples maintain their relationships after Iowa's state fair ends for another year?

In the 1962 film, the Frakes attend Texas' state fair, where Wayne plans to win a car race, and Emily works as a showgirl with the last name Porter. This version also boasts six additional songs, written by Richard Rodgers.

* MusicalWorldHypotheses:
** Unusually for Rodgers and Hammerstein, the 1945 version has four of its six songs performed diegetically. Three of those four ("That's For Me", "It's a Grand Night For Singing", and "All I Owe Ioway") are sung as part of [[ShowWithinAShow Shows Within the Show]], while the singers of the fourth ("Isn't It Kinda Fun?") clearly have sheet music in front of them. Only "Our State Fair" and "It Might as Well Be Spring" seem to receive non-diegetic numbers.
** The 1962 version incorporates "Isn't It Kinda Fun?" and "It's a Grand Night For Singing" into Shows Within the Show, and has the other songs performed non-diegetically.

** Unusually for Rodgers and Hammerstein, the 1945 version has four of its six songs performed diegetically. Three of those four ("That's For Me", "It's a Grand Night For Singing", and "All I Owe Ioway") are sung as part of a ShowWithinAShow, while the singers of the fourth ("Isn't It Kinda Fun?") clearly have sheet music in front of them. Only "Our State Fair" and "It Might as Well Be Spring" seem to receive non-diegetic numbers.

* JukeboxMusical: The Broadway version bolsters the soundtrack with songs taken from R&H's most obscure musicals, as well as some {{Cut Song}}s from ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}''
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: "It's the best state fair in our state!"
** Could have been TruthInTelevision if only it had been set in Illinois, which has ''two'' state fairs.

* ShowWithinAShow: In a move unusual for Rodgers and Hammerstein, half of the songs in the 1945 version are performed on a stage in front of fair-goers, like how people would sing them in real life.

** In 1962, a billboard worker applies a "The End" banner over an ad for the fair.

->''Is the best [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment state fair in our state!]]"''

* TheEnd: The RomanticRain and wind at the end of the 1933 movie causes portions of the "State Fair" poster to peel away. The peeled-off portions reveal another poster below that says "The End".

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->''is the best [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment state fair in our state!]]"''

* VerbalIrony: "You two don't seem like the same youngsters that came to the fair with us." Margy has fallen in love and Wayne has been de-virginated.

There have been three films released with the title ''State Fair'', all based on a novel by Philip Strong. The first was a 1933 version, directed by Henry King, starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew Ayres. In 1945 there was a musical version directed by Walter Lang, starring Jeanne Crain and Dana Andrews. This version has music by Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein, and it was their only movie not based a Broadway musical, although it spawned a ScreenToStageAdaptation in the mid-1990s. A remake of the musical version, starring Pat Boone and Ann Margaret, was released in 1962.

* HaveAGayOldTime: "I feel so gay/in a melancholy way/that it might as well be Spring."
* HeroesWantRedheads: Emily has red hair in both versions.

* TheCastShowoff: Ann-Margret as Emily Porter, to the extent where Wayne's and Emily's subplot threatens to overshadow Margy's and Pat's.

* CutSong: The Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein songs "When I Go Out Walking With My Baby" and "Boys And Girls Like You And Me" were both cut from ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}!'' and recycled over 50 years later in the ScreenToStageAdaptation of ''State Fair''. "Boys and Girls Like You and Me" is also sung by the King and Queen in the ScreenToStageAdaptation of ''Film/{{Cinderella}}''; it was also recorded but cut from the movie ''Meet Me in St. Louis'' (of all things).

* [[spoiler:FirstGirlWins]]: Wayne ends up [[spoiler:getting dumped by Emily. After the fair ends, he returns to his previous girlfriend, Eleanor.]]

* SealedWithAKiss: [[spoiler:Margy and Pat kiss during their final scene together.]]

A remake came out in 1962. The Frakes in this version attend Texas' state fair, where Wayne plans to win a car race, and Emily works as a showgirl with the last name Porter. This version also boasts six additional songs, written by Richard Rodgers.

This 1945 movie musical, adapted from a novel by Philip Stong, bears the distinction of being Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein's only movie not based a Broadway musical, although it spawned a ScreenToStageAdaptation in the mid-1990s.

->''Our state fair is a great state fair,''

->''is the best [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment state fair in our state!]]''

This 1945 movie musical, adapted from a novel by Philip Stong, bears the distinction of being RodgersAndHammerstein's only movie not based a Broadway musical, although it spawned a ScreenToStageAdaptation in the mid-1990s.

* CutSong: The RodgersAndHammerstein songs "When I Go Out Walking With My Baby" and "Boys And Girls Like You And Me" were both cut from ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}!'' and recycled over 50 years later in the ScreenToStageAdaptation of ''State Fair''. "Boys and Girls Like You and Me" is also sung by the King and Queen in the ScreenToStageAdaptation of ''Film/{{Cinderella}}''; it was also recorded but cut from the movie ''Meet Me in St. Louis'' (of all things).

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Since the 1945 movie predates the advent of widescreen film, it became Rodgers' and Hammerstein's only live-action movie filmed in neither [=CinemaScope=], TODD-AO, nor Panavision.