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State Fair [Region 2]
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5039036010290
Format: PAL
Languages: English (Original Language),
Number Of Discs: 1
Region Code: 2
Theatrical Release Date: August 30, 1945
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Editorial Review:
"I've got that nice, tired old feeling," says Pa Frake near the end of the gentle, sunny 1945 film, State Fair. The Rodgers and Hammerstein music, commissioned while Oklahoma was still making musical-theater history, feels tired too, like the result of a hastily written score. The state of Iowa just can't seem to inspire the same quality music as its more memorable, southern cousin. Remember that State Fair gem "All I Owe Iowa"? Still, it is R and H, and "It Might as Well Be Spring" is here as well as some other decent ditties. There's a country-mouse feeling as the Frake family journeys to the big city for the annual harvest celebration. Young daughter Margy (Jeanne Crain) has her eye on something more exciting than her bore of a fiancé, while her brother meets a lovely big-band singer with a secret. But the bucolic, Old Farmer's Almanac feel is genuine, and it's most obviously a picture of a bygone era when someone expostulates gleefully, "You're gonna be the wife of a journalist!" Not a "don't miss" but not a dismiss either. --Keith Simanton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - 1945--5; 1962--1
Pairing the 1945 and 1962 versions of "State Fair," as this edition does, serves to accentuate how inferior the remake is.
Plotwise, the story does not move; it just happens.
Take, for example, Margy's love interest at the fair. With Pat, in 1945, we see the romance growing; and it is believable that he will come back for her. Sure, he was a cad in the beginning; but we see that change as to story progresses. In the 1962, Larry is a cad at the beginning clear through to the end. ... Read More
Rating:  - State Fair is fair
As much as I love Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals this one is not my favorite. I saw it a few years ago and bought it recently. I like the subtitles and the singalong. Also, in this dvd case, there are 2 movies: the 1945 version and the 1960 version. They are both good, but for me the first one is better and has the same "flavor" as the other musicals. The latest version is more upbeat and it loses some of its appeal (to me). If you love musicals, you'll watch this one for the sake of it's writers. ... Read More
Rating:  - State Fair DVD
Don't like it. Very slow. Can i return it once it has been opened?
Rating:  - Not the best Rogers and Hammerstein movie...
I didnt think that R and H could put out anything bad but in all honesty I wasnt impressed with this movie. I am still banging my head against the wall with the main song "State Fair". They sang it so many times in this movie, you cant help but wonder what R and H were thinking... The movie was predictable...Its clean..wholesome...but very very predictable and monotonous..
Rating: - Two for the Price of One
This 2-disk set comes with two versions of State Fair, 1945 and 1963. Both were entertaining and had great music, but we preferred the 1946 version. Both versions had commentaries and making-of bonus materials. The 1963 remake updates the story with Wayne trying to beat a rival with a race car rather than throwing hoops and sister falling for a TV reporter rather than a print reporter. All together, they were entertaining and it was interesting to see the two versions compared and contrasted.
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