Fairground hype

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Movie
German title Fairground hype
Original title State Fair
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1933
length 97 minutes
Rod
Director Henry King
script Sonya Levien ,
Paul Green
production Winfield R. Sheehan
music Louis De Francesco
camera Hal Mohr
cut Robert Bischoff
occupation

Fun fair (original title: State Fair ) is an American comedy film directed by Henry King from 1933. The screenplay is based on the novel State Fair by Philip Stong . The film premiered on January 26, 1933 in New York. In Germany, the film was not shown in cinemas or on television after the Second World War. In 2014 the film was entered into the National Film Registry .

action

Abel Frake, a farmer from Iowa, wants to go to a fair with his family over the weekend. He makes a bet with shop owner Fred Cramer that his boar Blue Boy will win first prize and that everyone in his family will have a nice weekend, that nothing bad will happen and that everyone will come home safely. Abel's wife Melissa wants to present a meatloaf at a cooking competition. Abel secretly refines it with a dash of brandy. Melissa feels like there's something missing in the meatloaf. When no one is around, she adds a good shot of brandy. Daughter Margy is upset that her long-time friend Harry Ware is only busy with his dairy business. She goes to the fair and mocks her brother Wayne that his friend Eleanor will find a more interesting man.

At the fair, Abel's boar appears apathetic and listless. Wayne shows great talent in throwing rings, which annoys the stall owner Barker and meets the trapeze artist Emily Joyce. On the other hand, lonely Margy meets reporter Pat Gilbert on the roller coaster. The next day, Blue Boy becomes active when the sow Esmeralda is led past. Margy and Pat don't want to enter into a relationship, they want to stay friends. After Pat speaks to one of the judges, Melissa wins the cooking contest. The juror later becomes ill after enjoying the roast. After attending a carriage race, Margy and Pat walk through the woods and confess their love for one another. At the same time, Wayne is seduced by Emily. At the start of the pig breeding show, Blue Boy is still listless, but when he sees Esmeralda he becomes vital and wins the first prize.

Wayne spent three nights with Emily. He has fallen in love with her and wants to marry her, but she tells him that they would not see each other anymore. Pat has changed his mind and wants to marry Margy. She refuses because she believes that Pat will not be happy with a woman alone. She prefers a less exciting but fuller life with Harry. On the way back Margy cries, Wayne is in a bad mood. Wayne visits Eleanor at home to comfort himself. Fred Cramer notices the brooding Margy and asks her about the fair. At the same time, Pat calls nearby. Overjoyed, she rushes out of the house. Abel wins his bet because everyone is happy now. Margy is looking for Pat on the street. They hug each other happily in the rain.

background

The original title of the film State Fair is a name for the annual agricultural shows of the US states, which gradually developed into annual fairs .

The Fox Film Corporation film was shot largely in Des Moines , Iowa . Only the farm scenes were filmed in California . For the "role" of the Blue Boy, the winner of the pig race of the Des Moines State Fair 1932, Dike of Rosedale, was hired.

The studio produced two remakes of the film with the same original title, which are more like film musicals. In 1945 Walter Lang directed the film Love Fair with Jeanne Crain and Dana Andrews . 1962 followed by José Ferrer's Texas Show with Ann-Margret and Pat Boone .

Reviews

The industry journal Variety said that Henry King "captured the spirit of simple story in a pleasant way". The production has "natural charm" and the "virtue of sincerity".

Awards

In 1934 the film received two Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay .

literature

  • Philip Stong: State Fair . University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 1996, 266 pp., ISBN 0-87745-569-4 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Susan King: 25 titles added to the National Film Registry . In: Los Angeles Times , December 17, 2014, accessed June 4, 2019.
  2. ↑ See State Fair . In: Variety , 1933.