Filme ''State Fair'', de 1945, estrelado por Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes e Vivian Blaine. Dirigido por Walter Lang. www.imdb.com/title/tt0038116/
i was born in '49......i saw this at the drive in when i was a child.....we all wore pj's in case we fell asleep.....it was $1 a car load....mother brought our popcorn and bottles of soda....sandwiches.....never went to the concession stand....we were too poor.....we went every weekend picked up soda bottles people threw out on the side of the road & them returned for the deposit....that paid for the movie for all of us............memories......two movies and cartoons in between......
I'm remembering our drive in theaters as well.very young this time early 1960s.or late 50s. We too in p,j.s they had swings we loved that.great movie...and yes two movies and cartoons. Great way for young families to be safe.
That is funny I was born 47 and remember drive in and only paying children under 12 were able to come in for free while adults paid what was required for adults. I recalled watching, "Mary Poppins" which was delightful. Those were the good old days.
What I love about these old movies is the fact that they glamorize normal life. Not with special camera affects, not by making one person secretly a witch, but in the way the characters interact. Their sense of decency in the way that they deal with eachother- even through conflict- is what makes their normal lives so captivating and definitely worth watching.
You’re way ahead of most people your age by your very statement. I don’t think people glamorized normal life, but, if I might add appreciated life, skills and kindness more for lack of a better word. They were kinder, more caring and just more honest in their lives and appreciation of others.
Heather Stanley I am 42 and I loved these old movies at your age and still. I've been referred to as an old soul. I've never had a better compliment. God bless you child. I hope you have a good life.
I’m 15 and I’m definitely an old soul too😂 I’ve always loved the clothes, the music, and the films. I recently started collecting vintage items mostly from 1950!
Watched this movie with my mom decades ago, it brought her so much joy. Not much interest myself in musicals, boy gets girl, girl gets boy, but the joy I saw in my mother's face was priceless ... I never said anything to spoil it for her. She's passed away since and watching it alone now makes me long for those days of watching her movies with her by my side.
I loved watching these old movies I loved setting with my mom and watching the reruns on tv when I was growing up. Mom was a 16 year old waiting for my dad to come home from the Navy during WWII, he had mailed her an engagement ring. There song was “They Tried to tell us we’re too young.” They got married when she was 17 almost 18. They were married 73 years then dad passed away. Mom just had her 94th birthday.
I love this movie!! I'm 81-years- old and I have to move to home for seniors... As I'm packing and breaking my back... I'm playing this movie and Bells of St. Mary... and My Man Godfrey over and over again... they are my only company... as I do what I have to do to get out by Aug. 1st.
Like all the other commenters, I’ve watched this movie hundreds of times and sing every word, never get tired of it! The music is divine, the acting is great and the story is uplifting! Gee I love it!
My mother was a teenager when this musical came out and she loved Dana Andrews. I found a VHS version of it in a Goodwill years ago. I love how clean it is and there is nothing offensive about it. Dick Haymes was a singer my Mom liked too. I never tire of watching it when I can.
@@praestant8 you realize it is black people who want segregation today, right? Let's keep going back to the past that has no effect on today. Now you have to worry about your safety when you go to the movies or watch woke propaganda. No propaganda and you can watch from the safety of your home
you should be really happy with yourself. most kids your age spend hours watching pointless, desensitising rubbish on tik tok. these old classics, on the other hand, are timeless
I found myself smiling and singing along through the entire film, even though I've seen it probably 50 times, it NEVER gets old! Thank you Vivian Blaine for posting it!
I remember when life was simpler as it was in 1946, At the age of 15 I fell in love. The year was 1949, This movie conjures up those warm feelings. Too bad they no longer make movies like this.
marmndc It sure was. We were respected by men. Treated with regard and respect. Men didnt even swear around women and girls, it was un acceptable in front of a lady or a young girl. Men opened doors for us, pulled out chairs, protected us and treated us as Precious and Imprortant. Rich or Poor, Men defended a womans honor and worked hard to care for her and their children. Those days are gone. When a woman looses her honor, for acting like a man, she ends up where we are now....Disrespected as most of the women now a days HAVE NO MORALS OR DECENTCY OR HONOR, spreading their legs for any Dick or Harry. Talking filthy like drunken sailors. Men havent a clue how to NOT treat the females of today, because the progressive females of today meerly have vaginas and boobs, nothing of characture that justifies respect, protection and/or respect...they dont need men anymore, only use them for financial assistance, or a bed warmer, until they find the next dick or harry that looks better or has more. Now, because of womans libers, two incomes are a must, children are being raised in daycare centers, the family has gone down the tubes. Way to go females, youve fckd up our entire existance. Way to go. Fools, so focused on self, they cant see past their cell phone cameras or mirrors.
Please don't characterize those of us who identify as feminists as being a bunch of tramps and sluts. And don't make the mistake of thinking that the way a person dresses is a solid way to define who they are and what they think. If you honestly believe that men never behaved badly until today, then you've lived an extremely sheltered--and lucky--life. While I personally wouldn't be comfortable with tattoos or wearing miniskirts and halter tops, that doesn't mean that every woman who does so is fair game, or that she's "asking" to be treated badly. Just as you like to dress in the style of the 1950s, she may enjoy being more up-to-date. What I consider being a feminist is simply this: I want to be considered more than a collection of body parts to be used as men see fit. I want to have my ideas given the same consideration as the ideas put forth by men. I don't want to have to fight every day for the simple respect men accord each other, nor do I want to be relegated to an inferior, lower-paying position because of the totally irrelevant fact of my gender. I want the same pay a man gets if I'm doing exactly the same job. I don't ask for or desire special treatment, I only ask that I not have extra obstacles put in my way. If I fail, I fail, but let it be because I was given a fair chance to try. I don't believe my thinking or my desires are in any way unusual or a threat to anyone, nor will I accept your condemnation of everyone who thinks the way I do. You can't blame women for the fact that it's now necessary for both parents to work to survive--if you want to place blame, take a look at the income inequality in this nation that is fed and perpetuated by a political system that places corporations above people, scoring political points above helping ordinary Americans, and money above all. It has absolutely nothing to do with women's desire for equal treatment under the law.
Every time I drive past Jeanne Crain's childhood home here in L.A. (the house is still there believe it or not and you can tell that the house has not changed very much at all ) I think of her and this movie. If you want to free your mind of the troubles of today, watch this movie.
As a sixteen year old in 1946 l first saw this classic musical and rate it as one of the best movies of its type ever made..Now it's pure nostalgia of an era that really was a very happy time with the two wars with Germany and Japan over.Times were much slower but we seemed to enjoy ourselves much better in those days and also the musicals. T .Heslop.
This was made in an era when movies were real movies. This is and has been one of my favorite movies. Takes me back to my younger years in the 40's. An era that my daughters or grand kids will never know. When times were so much simpler. A time when the war was on but back then people pulled together.
Jeanne Crain was so beautiful....a superb actress with a fresh, innocent quality but also dignified and strong. She gave so many great performances over the years, especially in "Pinky" and "People Will Talk" opposite Cary Grant. I remember being a child and my family bought this tape (back when video stores were a thing), and I would WEAR IT OUT playing it so much! The music entranced me, the mid-20th century setting, the clothes, the hairstyles, and colorful fairgrounds. The music! It's what made me fall in love with the work of Rodgers & Hammerstein. Ironically, the decade of the 1990s, the era of my childhood, is when I became obsessed with old 1940s and 50s films, and the golden era musicals.
Love that this 15 year old girl is into these movies. I am in my 80s and never get tired of watching them. May I recommend to her the wonderful Betty Grable musicals. I think she will love them, as I do.❤️
This movie is a TechniColor dream. The saturated colors, idealized surroundings and beauty of the stars- pure fantasy. Love “That’s For Me” as it plays in background and we see Vivian Blaine with the band.
This brings me back so many memories of watching this movie with my Gigi and singing along to it. My heart feels like it’s in the 40s even though I wasn’t even born. Love that I can watch these movies and makes me feel that I’m in another era.
I know how you feel, Allia. I was born two years after this film came out, so I was raised in the rock and roll era, yet my heart has always been in the Big Band Era because of the orchestral sound. So, when I first heard the music above the titles with the saxophones with Alfred Newman's Fox orchestra, I knew I was in for a treat.
Grew in this time period and loved this movie as a teen and I still love it. Thank you for posting it. It is a great movie without swearing, sex and is just a wholesome movie for entertainment. Thanks again!!!!
Yes, a great time. When colored people and women knew their place, no deodorant or antiperspirant, no AC, the cars didn't even have seat belt! No civil rights and the ever present threat of war with the Soviets. Yep, a great time to be alive, it was a white man's world for sure.
This is one of those feel good musicals of the 1940's! It makes you think of how fun the State Fair is! Full of family, fun, rides, friends and lots of musical numbers with wonderful actors!
This is one of my favorite movies ♥ I saw it in early summer here for the first time, on a Greyhound ride home and I said to myself "Where has this movie been all my life??" I know I would have loved this movie even as a child! Love the characters, the singing, the song numbers, and the acting! I could go on for a while but I'm going to leave it by saying I'm a HUGE fan of this movie and I'm going to make sure everyone I love knows about this when I get back home to my family. If I ever have kids they will see this, and my future husband WILL watch this movie with me! xD
I really like this movie 2 i work at the fair in my town year round i have shared it with my employees at work it is truly one of the best Fair movies to watch
One of favs too. I saw it on the Big Screen when it played back when I was a 7-year old youngster. I'm 80-years-old now... and, I still love it. I've admired Jeanne Crain ever since...and, I always loved Dick Haymes' voice. Dana Andrews was a very fine actor as well as handsome. I LOVED Movie Stars. That what we called them: "Movie Stars".... sigh!! We kids went to the movies every Saturday and Sunday... for 25 cent!
I grew up watching this wonderful movies. I was the baby of the family and my three older sisters took me to the Saturday matinees. If you look at Dick Haymes in "State Fair," who was 22 years of age at the time, he should remind you of the young Bobby Driscroll, who at the time that this movie was made was just 8 years old. They look like they could have been brothers. Interesting that the wonderful Jeanne Crain and Dana Andrews were not musical comedy stars, but straight actors. The Rodgers and Hammerstein score is not their greatest, but it's hard not to sing along with "It's A Grand Night for Singing." "It Might As Well Be Spring" won the Academy Award for best original song that year. I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm, I'm as jumpy as a puppet on a string, I'd say that I had spring fever, But I know it isn't spring. I'm as starry eyed and gravely discontented, Like a nightingale without a song to sing. Oh, why should I have spring fever, When it isn't even spring? I keep wishing I were somewhere else, Walking down a strange new street, Hearing words I have never never heard, From a man I've yet to meet. I'm as busy as a spider spinning daydreams, I'm as giddy as a baby on a swing, I haven't seen a crocus or a rosebud, Or a robin or a bluebird on the wing, But I feel so gay in a melancholy way, That it might as well be spring, It might as well be, might as well be, It might as well be spring.
Dana Andrews was actually a trained operatic singer but was interested in not getting type cast as the new Nelson Eddy, so he turned down a lot of musicals to star in dramas like Laura and Best Years of Our Lives, though fortunately not this one.
@@charlesstuart7290 As you may know, Andrews' singing was dubbed in *State Fair,* and when asked why he permitted this, despite being a trained singer himself, he reportedly said that he didn't want to guy who was being paid to dub him to lose his job.
@@oliverbrownlow5615 In his book, the opera star Robert Merrill tells the story of how he witnessed an older Dana Andrews, not quite sober, approach Met chief Rudolph Bing and spontaneously start singing the Prologue from 'Pagliacci'. Bing was not impressed.
My mind had a much needed break from my stressful present while enjoying this fun film from the past. I love watching old movies that show fairs or carnivals. I would love to see more! Thank you!😀
The ONLY movie Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote music for, on the heels of their Broadway musical, Carousel. Always enjoyable, always worth watching. Everyone sparkles in the cast. Love it immensely.
I love this movie! I wish I lived back in those innocent days. Wonderful piece of life in the mid 40's. Makes me nostalgic for an era that I never got to live in.
(26:04) Girls wearng cardigan sweaters buttoned up in the back.....that was an extremely popular fad that held on for many years....even into the early 1950s.
Loved Jeannie Craine since I was a kid and now fell in love with her all over again! Great cast too with wonderful music and songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein.
This was the first movie musical for R&H. If you want to catch someone in a fun trivia question, ask who were the first three people to sing in a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. They'll think and think and think, maybe try Jeanne Crain (She was dubbed.) or Dick Haymes or Vivian Blaine. "No," you'll say, "It was those well-known singers, Percy Kilbride, Charles Winninger and Fay Bainter ("Our state fair is a great state fair...")."
Clean, decent movies. Yes, they might seem a bit "corny" today but they're movies a family can watch. No filthy language, nudity or "over-the-top" violence. Some things about the "good old days" we're just that... GOOD!
In addition to the Disney classics like : The Reluctant Dragon (1941), Fun Fancy Free (1947), Song of the South (1946), The Three Caballeros (1945), Melody Time (1948), So dear to my Heart (1949), Saludos Amigos (1943) and Victory Through Air Power (1943) Natalie Kalmus did all kinds of color films: Mgm Pictures, 20th Century Fox and many others.
Yes it really was "Glorious Technicolor" and such a delight to see such bright clean colours. BTW, Technicolor was developed by Natalie Kalmus' husband, took him about 20 years to perfect it.
The picture is great, but R & H weren't happy with the sound quality. Film technology had not yet caught up with the ability to do the wonderful score justice. It would be another decade before R & H would trust Hollywood with their masterpiece Oklahoma. Finally in the mid fifties Hollywood was able to.reproduce stereophonic sound in high fidelity. When they were.finally convinced R & H finally allowed Hollywood.a crack at Oklahoma.
I live in the Farm Lands of S.Dakota. This is what it looks like in the Summer when the Hills an Valleys are all green an lush. Blessed be i love it so!
Amazing! Yes from what I seen 40s and 50s seemed to be the best eras. Everyone was well balanced 😁 You must be happy to have experienced the first fruits of each decade 👍
Our State Fair is the best. In Kentucky, this year it runs from Thursday, August 20 thru Sunday, August 30. The weather has been perfect. I have been every day, and hum the song on my way into the Fair. I just love the State Fair.
Love these old movies. I have watched this one along with "Carousel" from my library a number of times. They were all wonderfully done; by human hands and minds. Now, computers do all the thinking and creating for movies. The only requirement for movie making is to be able to click a computer.
Thank you SOOO much for sharing this GREAT old movie with us! I always remembered it in the back of my head as a 80's re run, but what a movie!! Many thanks once again!!
Great movie. It was the year of my parents. Ladies got dressed up for the fair in those days. Great days too. Thank you for posting this wonderful movie!
+MyLady MyLady: Love seeing these old movies and seeing the women 'dressed up', as well as the MEN!! Back in those days... women looked like ladies and men were 'gentlemen'! Ohhh, how our children/grandchildren these days have no clue....
This reminds me of the state fairs of my childhood. Being from the South, Agriculture was big. The livestock competition was a huge part, as was the judging for cakes, pies, sewing, needlework, crafts, art, you name it There was the midway, the rides, shows, Bingo, exhibits, you name it. Some years we would go back three or four times. This makes me so very nostalgic for the fairs of my childhood.
Some of her dresses are perfect!❤ I was a tomboy, but appreciated that my Mom was a master seamstress, & came up with many gorgeous creations! She made me this plaid wool skirt, not normally my thing, but it was black, white, brown & thin red stripes. You could mix & match the tops & jackets, & I usually wore in the winter, with tall black boots. The lines all lined up all the way around, & I got many compliments! She made this long train wedding dress for my aunt that was head to toe shimmering beads, hand sewn of course! It was breathtaking! Everyone loved anything she made! It ended up a big coup in the family if she made you something! Lol The last things I have 40 yrs later are 2 adorable dresses she made for my daughter's. My grandaughters enjoyed wearing them also!❤ In her 80s now, her sewing days are long past! The neck can only bend over so long! Lol She kept taking grandkids hiking into her 70s though!But at least 1 of the great granddaughters is carrying the sewing creations on! I was more into hand sewing/painting/creating all around 😍 In this movie the white w/red cherries she is wearing when her Mom wins first with mincemeat was delightful, also the black & white, later! Someone had alot of fun with this films costumes! A+ Having so much fun with most of her dresses! Though I didn't tend to like dresses, I did like dressing up in cute ones! Lol
Would be very difficult to not love this movie! Have seen it many times over the years and never tire of it. Brilliant and beautifully acted, romantic and exciting. Love love love it 👍
I have never seen this. My mom was 16 when this came out. After watching it I can bet "dollars to doughnuts" that she saw it in the little theater in Nitro, WV back then. It reminded me of her so much!!!! Thank you for posting it!
Excellent wonderful movie and the commenter that said few yrs back they don’t make movies like this anymore is SO right. I was born in 1957’ I loved the 70’s - 80’s especially, but forsure enjoy older wonderful movies like this and sitcoms such as I LO💗E LUCY, ANDY GRIFFITH, DENNIS THE MENACE, GREEN ACRES, GILLIGAN ISLAND, LEAVE IT TO BEAVER, DICK VAN DYKE, FATHER KNOWS BEST, (+ VARIETY SHOWS like BOB HOPE, RED SKELETON, CAROL BRUNETTE, HEE-HAW, etc.,. (and SO many of favs we, my brothers and family loved and enjoyed SO much) I still do, I love RU-vid SO much, am able to find, watch and enjoy so many of these ALL-TIME Favorites here. I watched one of myFavs few days ago, a True Classic “The Long, Long Trailer” 🌟starring Lucille Ball + Desi Arnaz, Love it! Yeaahh, it’s true they surely don’t make Classics like this anymore. And is SO sad’d because lots of Our ALL-TIME FAV Talents, Actors, Actresses + Artists/Musicians we’ve sadly lost. May they all 🫶🏻🙏🤍🕊R.I.P.🕊🤍🙏🫶🏻 [Just to name a few > ] Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, Andy Griffith, Robin Williams, Bob Hope, SO SO many 💕🤍💕🤍💕🤍💕♥️💕🤍💕🤍💕🤍💕
This is a wonderful piece of Americana. Dana Andrews made some top notch movies. He was outstanding as Fred Derry in 1946's THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES. One year Andrews partnered with Jeanne Crain and the following year with Teresa Wright. Great Rodgers & Hammerstein score written for the movies. Rodgers in 1932 with Lorenz Hart wrote for the movies the score to LOVE ME TONIGHT, directed by Rouben Mamoulian, a wonderful and enjoyable film. Don't miss it!
+Murray Aronson I just saw Dana Andrews and Susan Hayward on TCM "Canyon Passage" it's never mentioned but I really like the chemistry between Dana and Susan in this movie, but I like these two actors anyways. The disappointing thing about this movie is that i found out that Jeanne Crain doesn't do her own singing and i always thought she did, besides Judy Garland, etc..who's done their own singing in these movies. Such a disappointment for me.
+Murray Aronson Ironic that 22 yrs later Andrews and Crain would play husband and wife in the Campy B Movie "Hotrods to Hell" - 1967 Probably a film they wouldn't have wanted to be remembered for, although it has acquired somewhat of a Cult Following in the last 20 yrs
This was the first of four movies in which Dana Andrews and Jeanne Crain appeared together - the others were "Duel In The Jungle" (1954), "Madison Avenue" (1961) and as you mentioned, "Hod Rods To Hell" (1967)
The Iowa State Fair starts today in Des Moines. I got a kick out of 'Harry' wanting to buy farm ground near Davenport and 'Margy' meeting a reporter from the Des Moines Register! Yes, I'm going!
I was raised old movies that make sense and you understand all the words and singing. I love them. Judy garland, Debbie Reynolds, gene Kelly, Fred Astaire.
This Film like a lot of Fox's Musicals of the 40's & 50's was shot in 3 strip Technicolor or whats known in the industry as Dye Transfer. Complicated, time consuming, and expensive, but you get what you pay for. Movies like this and Classics like MGM's "Wizard of Oz" and "Gone with the Wind" still maintain that Rich vivid color balance even 70 yrs after they were made. They didn't fade and turn pink like Eastman Color Movies. These films were also filmed with Dangerous Nitrate Film stock back in the day but most Film Studios have transferred the Original Camera Negatives to Safety film, although MGM's titles I mentioned above still have their Original Nitrate Negatives in Climate controlled film vaults. The Technicolor Company never sold any of their Cameras to Film Studios. They were always leased and returned to the Company after each days shooting. In 1938 when filming Wizard of Oz was taking place,Technicolor had as long as a 2 year wait on their Cameras from Studios wanting to shoot their productions in 3 strip Technicolor...
But Fox made quick, careless Eastman internegs of all their Technicolor films, and junked the original negatives. The subsequent DVDs are cleaned up to make the most of the less-than-stellar color that's left.
Technicolour lasted better than things like Eastman colour which went blue in time. It was a bit gaudy but in musicals like this, it didn't seem to matter. All part of the fantasy.
My parents were just married in 45, as I was in progress 😅 They loved musicals as they both had a thrill for evergreens. So I was raised up in a singing atmosphere, luckily for me I will say. Now I am still a young soul of 75 years, enjoying everything about this film. Love from Norway 🇳🇴
I got hooked on old movies when I had my baby sitting jobs .that as in late 60s and thru the 70s.in high school I dressed like Bette Davis and Katherine Hepburn for a year. I'm 66 and everything vintage,retro calls me. I can't help it.
I'm the same way and I'm 25, I was raised on TCM and old music. I began to discover vintage things on my own in my teens and have been going ever since! ♥️
I have loved this movie for years! Thank you very much for uploading it. Such a wonderful time to live, but I’d still be happier today. I couldn’t handle those days, I know it looks better, but the truth is it wasn’t really. Come on now, how many of you would REALLY love that pink and blue dress.
❤️Iowan born & raised. This was on my tv when I woke up today and I’m so glad I decided to watch it. One of my new favorites! I love the fair!😍Thank you for sharing❤️❤️❤️🍿🍭🍩🎢🎡🎠🌽🐄🐷🥰
A Complete film- good plot, fantastic actors, beautiful music and above all gives positive vibes with every viewing! I love this film and I've been watching everytime I feel I need that "feel good and happy " vibes. Old is absolutely gold and this movie is an absolute Oldie Goldie 😍 👌 🙌 ✨ 👏 ❤
Same here! My parents grew up in the 40s and they often spoke of it. There was a lot more enthusiasm. There were no cell phones or computers and most people didn't own TVs until the 60s so people found creative ways to amuse themselves. Mom said lots of homes had radios in huge wooden cabinets like a piece of furniture in the living room. After the chores were done she would relax with some needlework and listen to the radio. She often said things weren't as complicated with most folks as it is today and most folks were happier overall.
Sweden here and hello everyone! Nowadays, when I know what is happening in this film, I often let the film go on in the background when I am working - and life feels better.
Dana Andrews was a trained singer but had only appeared in dramatic roles, so on the assumption he and fellow Twentieth Century-Fox contract player Jeanne Crain couldn't sing the studio enlisted ghost singers to pre-record their vocal parts, which the actors then lip-synced to a playback while the cameras rolled. When Andrews learned he was being dubbed he kept quiet not wanting his voice double to lose the job. Dick Haymes and Vivian Blaine were well-known singers attempting to transition to movie stardom but they also pre-recorded their songs because it would have been impossible to continually replicate the same exact vocal performance through multiple camera set-ups and endless retakes. Pre-recording the soundtracks to elaborate musical numbers became standard Hollywood practice as soon as technology allowed. Had "State Fair" been made at another studio, a genuine singing star such as Judy Garland (MGM) or Deanna Durbin (Universal) would have been cast as the female lead but Crain was Fox's resident ingenue and so she got the part pretty much by default.
Thanks for all the info. You know, Jeanne Crain was just so dang charming she could carry off the lip syncing very well, I thought. She was as cute as a bug in this! Andrews a magnificent screen presence no matter what he was in.
This is our movie tonight: We never have watched before but while visiting Iowa State Museum this was one of the movies being promo'ed. Looked great and thankful for great entertainment! Thank you very much :-)
As a youngster back in the 1970's I was familiar with the 1962 remake before I saw this one. I can't say I don't enjoy the remake because it is after all a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, but it cannot touch this version.
I like this movie. As a 13 year old in 1974, I liked a variety of movies from the silents to 1950. This is on TCM sometimes. Dana Andrews, the newspaper reporter was cute. I like the Frakes' house. They have a nice house and the daughter dresses nice for being farmers, they aren't rich. I kept hoping she'd marry Dana Andrews.She accepted his proposal on the phone, but it never showed them marry.The Frake parents look like grandparents to the 2 Frake kids. What'd they do, marry at 40? LOL. I have been to many fairs, and rode the rides.
I grew up watching tbese movies. My parents liked their old movies and the time period. I grew up on state fair. Oklahoma. King and I. Carousel. Lassie come home. Shirley temple movies. All those movies that danced and sang.
It was odd I just thought of this movie today, later scrolled through RU-vid and it was on my feed. When I was a kid in the 50's and 60's my grandparents and I always watched this. I hated musicals when I was a kid but seeing it now I wish I could go back to that time. This movie is great nostalgia for me.
I totally agree! This is a beautifully done movie. Enjoyable to watch with the gorgeous sceenary. One of my favorite! Who else is watching State Fair in 2019? 😍
Excuse me? so all the movies of SAW, Shark movies, IT 1 and 2, Paddington 1and 2, Christopher Robin, Sonic, Racing the wind, and so much more good movies you say aren't good? Ok boomer :)
Oh how I love this movie!! And, the music! I grew up playing piano, classical mostly, but also a lot of Oscar y Hammerstein.... So very wonderful!! Thank you Vivian Blaine for posting such a treasure for so many people to enjoy!! besos y abraos!!
Dick Haymes was quite a heart throb in his own right. I can't find a video of him singing Pennies From Heaven as a romantic ballad, but the girls of the day screamed and swooned all through it.
Thanks STEVE for that FILM Lesson! Movies like this one and Classics like MGM's "Wizard of Oz" and "Gone with the Wind" still maintain that Rich vivid color balance even 70 yrs after they were made AND that's WHY I never tire of watching them! Dye Transfer. though Complicated, time consuming, and expensive was worth it!
I remember my mom showing me this movie. Good film. Probably my favorite movie that is about a Fair. The ring scene still cracks me up. You can tell the guy had been training for that very moment.
“The guy” throwing the rings is Dick Haynes, very, very popular singer in the 40’s; once married to Rita Hayworth, I believe. The “Barker” (?) egging him on is Harry Morgan, who starred in M*A*S*H*.
