![]() ![]() ![]() It's the sort of nice old fashioned tale that Hollywood did so well in the old days-and the sort of picture they just don't make any more. Some might find the old fashion story and music a bit corny, but I felt it actually had a lot of charm. When she meets the newspaper man from the big city (Andrews), he offers the prospect of excitement which is wonderful and a bit scary at the same time. And the apparent star, Crain, is vaguely disaffected with her farm life and her fiancé. The son (Haymes) wants to get back at a carnie but ends up finding a beautiful girl (Blaine). Mom hopes to win the prize for her homemade recipes. Dad (Winninger) has a sow who he thinks can take the grand prize. Each has a story that is explored in the film. The film is about the adventures of a nice farm family, the Frakes, going to a fair in the Midwest United States. He is assisted by a fine cast including Jean Crain (who is simply radiant), Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine, Frank McHugh, Percy Kilbride, Charles Winninger, Harry Morgan, Donald Meek and Fay Bainter. He's a wonderful and mostly underrated actor and I try to see everything in which he appears. My reason for watching it was simple it had Dana Andrews in it. This film has been filmed many times (there's also a Will Rogers and a later Pat Boone version-and probably several others) and it's the Rogers and Hammerstein musical version of the story. ![]()
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