Thursday, December 26, 2013

"State Fair" (1945)

Sweet, sweet story.  Light and fluffy.  Any lighter and fluffier and it would be whip cream.  Nice music, except for the "Iowa" song--that was just corny (for lack of a better word).  One scene I kept going, "Something familiar about that character."  Good grief, it was a very young Harry Morgan (MASH);  all the more interesting since State Fair is a film one of the MASH episodes centers around.  Dick Haymes (as "Wayne Frake") reminds me of the strong features of face of the men on my mother's side of the family.

Overall, very much enjoyed this musical.  (Still puzzling over that Iowa song, though)

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