State Fair (1933 film)
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Fox Film Corporation | |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Budget | $600,000[1] |
Box office | $1,208,000 (rentals)[2] |
State Fair (1933) is an American
Though the adaptation deleted a storyline about a sexual relationship between the daughter and a journalist, it retained a similar storyline about the seduction of the son (Norman Foster) by a trapeze artist (Sally Eilers). This caused trouble with the Hays Commission when Fox re-released the film in 1935. The censors insisted on the deletion of a scene where Foster and Eilers are heard talking off screen while the camera shows a rumpled bed and a discarded negligee. The cut scene has never been restored.[5]
Rogers was accorded top billing on some posters, but Gaynor was billed above Rogers in the film itself. 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.[6][7]
Cast
- Janet Gaynor as Margy Frake
- Will Rogers as Abel Frake
- Lew Ayres as Pat Gilbert
- Sally Eilers as Emily Joyce
- Norman Foster as Wayne Frake
- Louise Dresser as Melissa Frake
- Frank Craven as Storekeeper
- Victor Jory as Hoop Toss Barker
- Frank Melton as Harry Ware
- Erville Alderson as Martin (uncredited)
- Hobart Cavanaugh as Professor Fred Coin (uncredited)
- Harry Holman as Professor Tyler Cramp (uncredited)
References
- ^ "Film Costs Hit Both Extremes: Poverty Row Spends Less, Big Studios More Million-dollar Features 'Shoot the Works' Inexpensive 'Arty' Hit Due to Make Appearance" Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times, October 16, 1932: B13.
- ^ "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M150.
- ^ a b Filmfacts: 1962. Vol. 5. 1962. p. 75.
- ISBN 9781467143455.
- ^ "State Fair (1933)". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ "Cinematic Treasures Named to National Film Registry". Loc.gov. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
External links
- State Fair is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- State Fair essay [1] by Aubrey Solomon at National Film Registry
- Flyrope.com page (stage version)
- State Fair at IMDb(1933 version)
- State Fair at AllMovie
- State Fair at the TCM Movie Database
- State Fair at the American Film Institute Catalog
- State Fair at Rotten Tomatoes
- State Fair on Theatre Guild on the Air: January 4, 1953
- State Fair at Theatre Guild on the Air December 31, 1950