State Fair

1945 · 100 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 4,672 VOTES · DIR. Walter Lang

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Overview

During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud patriarch Abel has high hopes for his champion swine Blueboy; and his wife Melissa enters the mincemeat and pickles contest...with hilarious results.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,044 lines

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00:02:19 Take it easy, Blue Boy, your supper will be here any minute.
00:08:18 ...we go to the fair and Blue Boy will win the grand award.
00:10:55 "A third apple, molasses, binding sugar, lemons....
00:15:02 -lf I like it? -Well, sure.
00:18:35 -ls the top on tight? -Certainly it's on tight.
00:21:51 ...but I love the game.
00:24:22 I wouldn't have minded, but he kidded me in front of the crowd. So l--
00:26:56 I'm sorry.
00:30:01 -Maybe it'll be dull. -What do we do if it's dull?
00:33:00 -Hello, Hank. -Hello there, Frake. How are you?
00:35:47 Well, let's see. She's around here somewhere.
00:40:58 Well, I was just thinking about you practicing all that time...
00:48:31 Well, aren't they going to announce their decision?
00:52:20 ...is none other than Mrs. Melissa Frake of Brunswick.
00:55:33 I work on songs till they get popular.
00:59:12 No, I didn't. A fella gave it to me. Okay, bud.
01:04:56 Sounds kind of hopeless.
01:08:07 She ain't gonna be judged until after you win.
01:13:05 I have the honor to announce the winner of this year's Grand Championship:
01:20:24 It's as good as that French champagne any day.
01:23:04 They did a little dance in New York, but the police commissioner objected.
01:26:25 When you said that about taking Emily home with you, did you mean the works?
01:29:13 There's a redhead lives on the floor below me. What a dish.
01:33:22 Where you going?

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,044
Dialogue density10.4 lines / min
First line00:02:19
Final line01:33:22

Production Record

DirectorWalter Lang
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes4,672