State Fair (1933 film)

State Fair is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Henry King and starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew Ayres.

[3] The film tells the story of a farm family's multi-day visit to the Iowa State Fair, where the parents seek to win prizes in agricultural and cooking competitions, and their teenage daughter and son each find unexpected romance.

[3] The 1933 film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, losing to Cavalcade and Little Women respectively.

Confident he will win the first-place prize, and nothing bad will happen, Abel bets five dollars against his neighbor Fred Cramer.

Abel's wife Melissa, who is also competing in the state fair, is preparing a recipe for pickles and mincemeat.

Against his wife's insistence, Abel secretly adds a dose of apple brandy when she steps out of the kitchen.

After the Frakes arrive at the fair, Abel notices Blue Boy appears to be ill. At a carnival hoop game, Wayne throws the rings perfectly and meets Emily Joyce, a trapeze artist.

Professors Fred Coin and Tyler Cramp, the hog judges, both inspect Blue Boy and come away impressed.

The censors insisted on the deletion of a scene where Foster and Eilers are heard talking off screen while the camera shows a rumpled bed and a discarded negligee.