State Fair

State Fair

100 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Music | Aug. 29, 1945

During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud patriarch Abel has high hopes for his champion swine Blueboy; and his wife Melissa enters the mincemeat and pickles contest...with hilarious results.

State Fair

100 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Music | Aug. 29, 1945

State Fair
During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud patriarch Abel has high hopes for his champion swine Blueboy; and his wife Melissa enters the mincemeat and pickles contest...with hilarious results.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title State Fair
Directors Walter Lang
Writers Philip Stong, Paul Green, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sonya Levien

Cast

Jeanne Crain

as Margy Frake

Dana Andrews

as Pat Gilbert

Dick Haymes

as Wayne Frake

Vivian Blaine

as Emily Edwards

Charles Winninger

as Abel Frake

Fay Bainter

as Melissa Frake

Donald Meek

as Hippenstahl

Frank McHugh

as McGee

Percy Kilbride

as Dave Miller

Harry Morgan

as Barker

Jane Nigh

as Eleanor

William Marshall

as Tommy Thomas

Phil Brown

as Harry Ware

John Dehner

as Hog Contest Announcer (uncredited)

Adele Jergens

as Girl on Rollercoaster (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

as Hog Calling Contest Spectator (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal

as Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)

Will Wright

as Hog Judge (uncredited)