State Fair (1962 film)
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Director Jose Ferrer Duration Country United States | 6/10 IMDb Genre Musical Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date March 9, 1962 (1962-03-09) Songs Overture / Main Title: Our State Fair Cast (Wayne Frake), (Jerry Dundee), (Margy Frake), (Emily Porter), (Abel Frake), (Melissa Frake) Similar movies Carousel (1956) |
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State Fair is a 1962 American musical film directed by José Ferrer. The film is a remake of the 1933 film State Fair and the 1945 State Fair films. It was considered to be a financially and critically unsuccessful film. It starred Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, Ann-Margret, Tom Ewell, Pamela Tiffin and Alice Faye.
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Richard Rodgers wrote additional songs, both music and lyrics, for this version. His partner Oscar Hammerstein had died in 1960.

While the stage musical, 1933 and 1945 film were set at the Iowa State Fair, this 1962 version was set in Texas (the family drives through Dallas). It was filmed in Visalia, California at Mooney's Grove park. The Tilt-A-Whirl that was used in the film is currently at a small theme park in Golden, Colorado.

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Production

Buddy Adler head of production of Fox announced the film in January 1960 saying Rodgers and Hammerstein would write new songs for it. Adler died later that year as did Hammerstein. Rodgers decided to write the lyrics himself.

José Ferrer had just made Return to Peyton Place for Fox and was signed to direct.
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References
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