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State Fair is a american film of genre Drama directed by Henry King released in USA on 10 february 1933 with Janet Gaynor

State Fair (1933)

State Fair
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Released in USA 10 february 1933
Length 1h40
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama,    Musical,    Romance
Rating66% 3.343143.343143.343143.343143.34314

State Fair (1933) is an American Pre-Code musical film directed by Henry King and starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew Ayres. The film was based on a novel by Phil Stong, was the first of three film versions of the Phillip Stong bestseller, others being musicals State Fair (1945) starring Jeanne Crain and Dana Andrews; and the State Fair (1962) starring Ann-Margret and Pat Boone.

The 1933 version was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. This pre-Code film has some scenes that would be censored a few years later due to the Production Code that took effect in 1934, i.e. although the writers had cut the novel's depiction of a sexual affair between the daughter and the reporter, they had kept the son's seduction by the trapeze artist. Moralists were particularly outraged by a scene in which Foster and Eiler's dialogue is heard off-screen while the camera reveals a rumpled bed and a negligee on the floor.

Rogers was accorded top billing on some posters but Gaynor was billed above Rogers in the film itself.

A very young Victor Jory also appears as the hoop toss barker at the carnival, at the beginning of a screen career spanning 57 years.

In 2014, State Fair was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Synopsis

Un fermier de l'Iowa et sa famille se rendent à la foire annuelle de Des Moines, la capitale de l'Iowa. Ses enfants y trouveront l'amour, avec plus ou moins de bonheur.

Actors

Janet Gaynor

(Margy Frake)Will Rogers

(Abel Frake)Lew Ayres

(Pat Gilbert)Sally Eilers

(Emily Joyce)Louise Dresser

(Melissa Frake)
And :
Norman Foster
Victor Jory
Erville Alderson
Frank Craven
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