Edition |
60th anniversary edition, 1945: full frame ; 1962: widescreen. |
Description |
2 videodiscs (218 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD (dual layer); 1945: full frame aspect ratio 1.33:1; 1962: anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio 2.35:1. |
Note |
Title from container. |
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From a novel by Philip Stong; adapted by Sonya Levien and Paul Green. |
Performer |
1945: Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine, Charles Winninger, Fay Bainter, Donald Meek, Frank McHugh. |
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1962: Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, Pamela Tiffin, Ann-Margret, Tom Ewell, Alice Faye, Wally Cox, David Brandon, Clem Harvey, Rovert Foulk, Linda Henrich, Edward "Tap" Canutt. |
Credits |
Music, Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein. |
Note |
Originally released as motion pictures in the U.S. in 1945 and 1962. |
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. |
Note |
Special features: 1945. audio commentary by film historian Richard Barrios and Tom Briggs; "From page to screen to stage" (featurette); singalong karaoke; still galleries; theatrical trailer. |
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Special features: 1962. audio commentary by Pat Boone; vintage stage excerpt from a 1954 television tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein; rare "State fair" television pilot; theatrical trailer. |
Contents |
Disc 1. 1945 / screenplay by Oscar Hammerstein II ; produced by William Perlberg; directed by Walter Lang -- Disc 2. 1962 / screenplay by Richard Breen; produced by Charles Brackett; directed by José Ferrer. |
Language |
In English ; with English and Spanish subtitles (1945 and 1962). |
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Closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Musicals.
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Agricultural exhibitions -- Iowa -- Drama.
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Country life -- Drama.
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Families -- Drama.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Breen, Richard L.
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Stong, Phil, 1899-1957.
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Lang, Walter, 1898-1972.
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Ferrer, José, 1912-1992.
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Crain, Jeanne.
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Andrews, Dana, 1909-1992.
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Haymes, Dick.
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Blaine, Vivian, 1921-1995.
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Winninger, Charles, 1884-1969.
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Bainter, Fay, 1892-1968.
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Meek, Donald, 1878-1946.
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McHugh, Frank, 1899-1981.
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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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Ewell, Tom, 1909-1994.
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Faye, Alice, 1915-1998.
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Cox, Wally, 1924-1973.
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Brandon, David, 1960-
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Harvey, Clem.
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Foulk, Robert.
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Henrich, Linda.
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Canutt, Edward.
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Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.
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Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960.
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Stong, Phil, 1899-1957.
State fair.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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Added Title |
State fair |
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Rodgers and Hammerstein's State fair |
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State fair (Motion picture : 1945)
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State fair (Motion picture : 1962)
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