State Fair
- 1962
- 2h
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
1.3K
YOUR RATING
A brother and sister find romance and good clean fun at the state fair in Dallas.A brother and sister find romance and good clean fun at the state fair in Dallas.A brother and sister find romance and good clean fun at the state fair in Dallas.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Tap Canutt
- Red Hoertert
- (as Edward 'Tap' Canutt)
Bebe Allen
- Usherette
- (uncredited)
Sheila Allen
- Hipplewaite's Girl
- (uncredited)
Leon Alton
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Don Anderson
- Audience Member
- (uncredited)
Al Beaudine
- Contest Spectator
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis was Ann-Margret's very first feature film; it was shot before Pocketful of Miracles (1961), which is generally considered her debut because it was released before State Fair (1962) and thus trumpeted an 'introducing' credit for her in the main titles.
- GoofsThe Frake family arrives at the fair in early morning, and skip breakfast to go right to the fairgrounds. Margy heads for the Midway, where the clock tower shows the time as 4:27 in the afternoon.
- Quotes
Margy Frake: What had gotten into me, anyway? The things I used to like, I don't like anymore. I want a lot of things I've never had before.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies (1996)
- SoundtracksOverture (Main Title and 'Our State Fair')
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
Performed by Pat Boone, Tom Ewell, Alice Faye, and Chorus
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State Fair 1962
I see the reviews, I see the number ratings, I don't understand.
In my opinion this is an excellent movie. I'm not a movie critic, I don't have a degree in film arts or even drama. I'm just a retired high school math teacher. That said, I find so many things about this film to be so positive and endearing.
Pat Boone is great, Ann Margaret is beautiful and the the rest of the actors were so enjoyable. The songs and music are outstanding and best of all you can understand every word of every song. Yep, you guessed it, I'm an old guy, I'm 63 and I had the pleasure of seeing this film on its first run in the theater in Nashville, Tennessee. I loved it then and I loved it tonight after watching it for the first time in 40 years on the new DVD widescreen Cinemascope release. I still have the LP vinyl 33 1/3 RPM original movie soundtrack. Love it too.
Some critics seem to feel that everything is too polite, too sweet, too clean to be realistic, but I'll tell you, that's the way it was where I grew up 40 years ago. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did tonight. 10/10
In my opinion this is an excellent movie. I'm not a movie critic, I don't have a degree in film arts or even drama. I'm just a retired high school math teacher. That said, I find so many things about this film to be so positive and endearing.
Pat Boone is great, Ann Margaret is beautiful and the the rest of the actors were so enjoyable. The songs and music are outstanding and best of all you can understand every word of every song. Yep, you guessed it, I'm an old guy, I'm 63 and I had the pleasure of seeing this film on its first run in the theater in Nashville, Tennessee. I loved it then and I loved it tonight after watching it for the first time in 40 years on the new DVD widescreen Cinemascope release. I still have the LP vinyl 33 1/3 RPM original movie soundtrack. Love it too.
Some critics seem to feel that everything is too polite, too sweet, too clean to be realistic, but I'll tell you, that's the way it was where I grew up 40 years ago. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did tonight. 10/10
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- Budget
- $4,500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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