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Posted by Dave in Toronto on 07/04/06 18:38
> > And a viewing of "State Fair" will continue the debate about whether
> > FDS really *IS* the lamest and least immortal Rodgers & Hammerstein
> > ever filmed.
> > Derek Janssen (it's the "I Enjoy Being a Girl" one...How good could
> > it BE??) djanss@comcast.net
>
> Tastes very. I enjoy the 1945 version quite a lot. The only thing about the
> 1962 version that I prefer is Wally Cox as the mince meat judge over Donald
> Meek but both are terrific.
>
> In 1945 MGM came up with a cast that featured the lovely Jeanne Crain, the
> lovely Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine, Charles Wininger, Fay
> Bainter, Percy Kilbride, and Harry Morgan inter alios.
>
> The songs are sweet and sentimental and schmaltzy and cheesy and tuneful
> delights, whether it's "It's Might As Well Be Spring" or "It's a Grand Night
> For Singing", "Isn't It Kinda Fun?" or "All I Owe I-O-Way."
>
> And It's gorgeously photographed and produced. I just wish Haymes had run
> off with Vivian Blaine instead of settling for that simpy girl friend back
> home.
>
> BTW, _State Fair_ is based a novel by Philip Strong. It was also the source
> of a non-musical version from 1933 with Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew
> Ayres. I'd love to see it.
>
> --
> Frank in Seattle
> ____
>
I'm very fond of the 1945 "State Fair" as well - Another very pleasant
song from it is "That's for Me" which became sort of a standard. If you
haven't already heard it you should try and catch Louis Armstrong's
version of it.
Dave in Toronto
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