State Fair
Summary:
Twentieth Century-Fox couldn't make a film version of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's Oklahoma in 1945--that particular Broadway musical would remain a "hot ticket" until the end of the decade--so the studio did the next best thing by hiring Rodgers & Hammerstein to pen the score for the Technicolorful State Fair. Fox had previously made a non-singing movie of Philip ... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Jeanne Crain - (Margy Frake)
Dana Andrews - (Pat Gilberg)
Dick Haymes - (Wayne Frake)
Vivian Blaine - (Emily Joyce)
Charles Winninger - (Abel Frake)
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Review:
20th Century Fox knew how to use Technicolor better than anyone else, and the Iowa sky in State Fair is breathtakingly blue -- almost as breathtaking, in fact, as Vivian Blaine's crimson tresses. But the vibrant color scheme isn't the only ingredient that separates the Fox musical tradition from, say, MGM's. Could anyone imagine t... Continue >>
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