State Fair
Summary:
This is the third time around for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. The action takes place in urban Texas instead of the traditional setting in rural Iowa. This film version contains five extra songs written exclusively by Richard Rodgers. Box office results were adequate at best, and movie going public deemed this version the least interesting of the three. The youth audience was lur... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Pat Boone - (Wayne Frake)
Bobby Darin - (Jerry Dundee)
Pamela Tiffin - (Margie Frake)
Ann-Margret - (Emily Porter)
Tom Ewell - (Abel Frake)
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Review:
State Fair, in all its three cinematic incarnations (and for that matter in its original book form), is pretty thin stuff. The first two versions got by on charm and atmosphere (and, in 1945, on the strength of the Rodgers and Hammerstein score). The third is not so lucky and begs the question of why remake material that was so obviously d... Continue >>
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