State fair [videorecording] / Twentieth Century-Fox ; music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; screen play by Oscar Hammerstein II ; from a novel by Philip Stong adapted by Sonya Levien, Paul Green ; produced by William Perlberg ; directed by Walter Lang.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Edition:
[60th anniversary ed.].
Publisher:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
c2006
Description:
2 videodiscs (100, 118 min. + extras) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Musical films originally released as motion pictures in 1945 (1st film) and 1962 (2nd film). Based on the novel State fair by Philip Stong. Special features: Disc 1. Audio commentary by film historian Richard Barrios and Tom Briggs (co-author of the State fair Broadway musical); "From page to screen to stage" featurette; singalong Karaoke subtitles (English); still galleries: set design and wardrobe; behind-the-scenes photos; lobby cards and posters; disc 2. Audio commentary by Pat Boone; vintage stage excerpt from a 1954 television tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein; rare "State fair" television plot; theatrical trailer. Originally part of a boxed set entitled: The Rodgers & Hammerstein collection. At head of title: Rodgers and Hammerstein's. "A CinemaScope picture." (2nd film). Dolby, digital, mono.; full frame aspect ratio 1.33:1 (1st film); anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio 2.35:1 (2nd film); dual-layer. 1945 version (disc 1.). Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine, Charles Winninger; 1962 version (disc 2). Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, Pamela Tiffin, Ann-Margret, Tom Ewell.
Contents:
State fair (1945 version) -- State fair (1962 version) / Twentieth Century-Fox ; music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; additional songs by Richard Rodgers ; screenplay by Richard Breen ; adaptation by Oscar Hammerstein II, Sonya Levien and Paul Green ; from a novel by Philip Stong ; produced by Charles Brackett ; directed by José Ferrer.
Summary:
On the first day of the Iowa State Fair, both Margy Frake and her brother Wayne find romance. Will their new-found relationships continue after the fair is over? (1945 version). The story shifts from Iowa to Texas in the 1962 version.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.