STATE FAIR 1962

State Fair


20th Century-Fox, 1962, Color, 118 minutes, ***

Released March, 1962



This is the third 20th Century-Fox production of "State Fair" (based on the book by Phil Stong). This one is a remake of the second one, made in 1945, which uses a Rodgers and Hammerstein song score. This one isn't quite as good as the 1945 version, but it's still a lot of fun. Ann-Margret is wonderful, and it's good to see Alice Faye again after nearly 20 years away from the screen. This was Miss Faye's last musical, and her next-to-last film.



This version of the film was shot at the Texas State Fair in Dallas.


Produced by: Charles Brackett

Directed by: José Ferrer

Assistant Director: Ad Schaumer

Screenplay by: Richard Breen

Adaptation by: Oscar Hammerstein II, Sonya Levien, and Paul Green

From a Novel by: Philip Stong

Music By: Richard Rodgers

Lyrics By: Oscar Hammerstein II

Additional Songs By: Richard Rodgers

Music Supervised and Conducted by: Alfred Newman

Associate: Ken Darby

Orchestration: George Bassman, Henry Beau, Bennett Carter, Pete King, Gus Levene, Bernard Mayers

Choreography: Nick Castle

Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Walter M. Simonds

Set Decorations: Walter M. Scott, Lou Hafley

Costumes Designed by: Marjorie Best

Makeup by: Ben Nye

Hair Styles by: Helen Turpin

Sound: Alfred Bruzlin, Warren B. Delaplain

Special Photographic Effects: L. B. Abbott; Emil Kosa, Jr.

Director of Photography: William C. Mellor

Film Editor: David Bretherton



Cast: Pat Boone [Wayne Frake], Bobby Darin [Jerry Dundee], Pamela Tiffin [Margie Frake], Ann-Margret [Emily Porter], Tom Ewell [Able Frake], Alice Faye [Melissa Frake], Wally Cox [Hipplewaite], David Brandon [Harry], Clem Harvey [Doc Cramer], Robert Foulk [Squat Judge], Linda Henrich [Betty Jean], Tap Canutt [Red Hoerter], Margaret Deramee [Lilya], Albert Harris [Jim], Bebe Allen [Usherette], George Russell [George Hoffer], Edwin McClure [Announcer], Walter Beilbey [Swine Judge], Tom Loughney [Dick Burdick], Claude Hall [Sime], Tony Zoppi [The Masher], Mary Durant [Woman Judge], Sheila Mathews [Hipplewaite's Girl], Anita Gordon [singing voice of Pamela Tiffin]



Musical Program: [0:00] Our State Fair (sung by Chorus, then Pat Boone, then Tom Ewell, then Alice Faye, then Chorus); [0:06] It Might as Well Be Spring (sung by Anita Gordon dubbing for Pamela Tiffin); [0:17] Our State Fair (reprised by Alice Faye, Tom Ewell, Pat Boone and Anita Gordon dubbing for Pamela Tiffin); [0:29] That's for Me (sung by Pat Boone in the bleachers at the racetrack); [0:35] More Than Just a Friend (sung by Tom Ewell to his hog Blueboy); [0:47] Isn't It Kinda Fun (sung by Ann-Margret with David Street); [0:49] Isn't It Kinda Fun (hot arrangement sung by Ann-Margret, danced by Ann-Margret with Chorus Boys); [0:59] Never Say No (To a Man) (sung by Alice Faye to Pamela Tiffin); [1:02] Willing and Eager (sung by Ann-Margret and Pat Boone); [1:15] It's a Grand Night for Singing (sung by Ann-Margret, Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, David Street, Anita Gordon dubbing for Pamela Tiffin, and Chorus); [1:20] This Isn't Heaven (sung by Bobby Darin to Pamela Tiffin); [1:42] The Little Things in Texas (sung by Tom Ewell, Alice Faye and Childrens Chorus); [1:57] Our State Fair / It's a Grand Night for Singing (reprised by Chorus)