State Fair

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American film feature film musical film

State Fair is a 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical film (adapted from the 1933 movie and novel) that follows an Iowa farm family’s romantic and personal adventures at their annual state fair.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
State Fair (1945 film)	0
Our State Fair	1
State Fair (novel)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ feature film ⓘ musical film ⓘ
adaptationOf	earlier non-musical State Fair (1933 film) ⓘ
authorOfSourceMaterial	Phil Stong ⓘ
awardWinningSong	It Might as Well Be Spring ⓘ
basedOn	State Fair (1933 film) ⓘ State Fair self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: State Fair (novel)
chronology	first Rodgers and Hammerstein film musical written directly for screen ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Leon Shamroy ⓘ
colorProcess	Technicolor ⓘ
composerLyricistTeam	Rodgers and Hammerstein ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
directedBy	Walter Lang ⓘ
distributedBy	20th Century Fox ⓘ
distributorRegion	theatrical ⓘ
editedBy	J. Watson Webb Jr. ⓘ
featuresSong	Isn’t It Kinda Fun ⓘ It Might as Well Be Spring ⓘ It’s a Grand Night for Singing ⓘ State Fair self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Our State Fair That’s for Me ⓘ
follows	personal adventures of an Iowa farm family ⓘ romantic adventures at a state fair ⓘ
genre	musical ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ
lyricsBy	Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSetting	state fair ⓘ
musicBy	Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFocus	Iowa farm family ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
producedBy	William Perlberg ⓘ
productionCompany	20th Century Fox ⓘ
releaseYear	1945 ⓘ
runtime	approximately 100 minutes ⓘ
screenplayBy	Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonya Levien ⓘ
setIn	Iowa ⓘ
stars	Charles Winninger ⓘ Dana Andrews ⓘ Dick Haymes ⓘ Fay Bainter ⓘ Jeanne Crain ⓘ Percy Kilbride ⓘ Vivian Blaine ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	contemporary to 1940s production ⓘ
title	State Fair self-linksurface differs ⓘ
won	Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ

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State Fair → basedOn → State Fair self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: State Fair (1945 film)

this entity surface form: State Fair (novel)

It Might as Well Be Spring → featuredInFilm → State Fair ⓘ

State Fair → featuresSong → State Fair self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: State Fair (1945 film)

this entity surface form: Our State Fair

Lew Ayres → notableWork → State Fair ⓘ

Richard Rodgers → notableWork → State Fair ⓘ

Rodgers and Hammerstein → notableWork → State Fair ⓘ

It’s a Grand Night for Singing → partOfWork → State Fair ⓘ

subject surface form: It's a Grand Night for Singing

State Fair → title → State Fair self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: State Fair (1945 film)

It Might as Well Be Spring → writtenFor → State Fair ⓘ