| Description |
2 videodisc (218 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD ; full screen (1945 version) or widescreen (1962 version); Dolby Digital (stereo. or mono. 1945 version; 4.0 surround 1962 version); region 1; dual layer. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned ; subtitle in English and Spanish. |
| Cast |
Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, Pamela Tiffin, Ann-Margret, Tom Ewell and Alice Faye. |
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Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine, Charles Winninger, Fay Bainter, Donald Meek, Frank McHugh. |
| Credits |
Lyrics, Oscar Hammerstein II ; 1945 screenplay by Oscar Hammerstein II ; music, Richard Rodgers -- 1962 screenplay, Richard Breen ; music, Richard Rodgers. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962. |
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Two-disc set. Disc one of the set is the 1945 version of State Fair (Full screen) ; Disc two is the 1962 version of State Fair (Widescreen). |
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Special features: Audio commentary by Pat Boone ; Vintage stage excerpt from a 1954 television tribute to Rogers and Hammerstein ; Raw "State Fair" television pilot ; Theatrical trailer. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
A small-town family travels to the Iowa State Fair. The father is looking for a blue ribbon for his prize hog, Blue Boy; mom is looking for glory in her cooking and the kids are looking for love. |
| Awards |
Academy Award winner, 1945: best song "It Might As Well Be Spring". |
| Subject |
Agricultural exhibitions -- Iowa -- Videodiscs.
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Country life -- Videodiscs.
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Families -- Videodiscs.
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Musicals -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS, 1945.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Musical films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960.
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Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.
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Brackett, Charles, 1892-1969.
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Ferrer, José, 1912-1992.
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Boone, Pat.
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Darin, Bobby.
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Tiffin, Pamela.
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Ann-Margret, 1941-
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Added Title |
Rodgers & Hammerstein'sState fair |
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State fair (Motion picture : 1945)
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State fair (Motion picture : 1962)
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| Standard No. |
024543208464 |
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