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''State Fair'' is the title of a 1933 movie directed by Henry King and starring Janet Gaynor , Will Rogers , and Lew Ayres . It is also a 1945 Musical Remake , directed by Walter Lang and starring Jeanne Crain , Dana Andrews , and Charles Winninger , and a 1962 version of the musical starring Pat Boone , Bobby Darin , Ann-Margret , and Alice Faye . In 1996 it was made into a Broadway musical, with additional songs taken from other Rodgers and Hammerstein shows.

The 1933 version was nominated for an Academy Award For Best Picture ; it has some scenes that would be Censored out a few years later. The 1945 version won an Academy Award For Best Song for "It Might As Well Be Spring" by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II . Jeanne Crain's singing voice was dubbed by Louanne Hogan .

The 1962 version was filmed in Dallas, Texas , where the State Fair Of Texas takes place every year in Fair Park .


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