It Might as Well Be Spring - R&H's State Fair 1945

[Chelle8224]

I remember watching this movie over and over with my brother when I was kid...still one of my faves, and I know all the words to every song! This is definitely one of my faves! Thanks for posting <3

[010bobby]

i was enthralled by this gal's beauty in this movie...i almost fell off my couch when she appeared a blonde with Kirk Douglas on a western movie..i cannot recall the title....

[gandy74]

This has a bit of the "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" magic to it.

[DickieAnginson]

The lovely Jeanne Crain ... this scene looks like a pastel postcard. Fills my heart with nostalgia for a time when I wasn't even born.

[Lyn683]

So excited to sing this for musical this year!! :)

[icantfindanamex86]

It's god damned hilarious how people think this is "innocent" when they basically spend 4x the time they give to the other characters' scenes to show a perfect, obedient, ditzy blonde girl, skimpily dressed (seriously who the fuck actually thinks that farm girls wore that shit), whining about how she doesn't have a boy. I don't like feminists either, but this is utterly ridiculous.

[010bobby]

@icantfindanamex86 ..that is what Hollywood is all about...Put on screen our dreams of a perfect world...our fantasies...i don't mind having her for a neighbor in our farm...she would surely brighten our day especially mine...

[jestonevocalist]

Ahh the days when movies showed innocense......

[jestonevocalist]

Love this movie and song!!

[kimigurl11]

"In a minute mother. ... Pickles."

[010bobby]

what happened to her? did she married Kirk Douglas?

[hrauthor87]

@010bobby Ms. Crain lived until 2003 when she passed away at 78. She had been married with seven children.

[chevaliervaillant]

Thank you for this excerpt. Love R & H. State Fair is a like a time capsule from a more innocent America which is good to see...

[GooglFascists]

@chevaliervaillant Yeah and how about that FARM!

These days it wouldn't be 6 months til Homeland Security or FEMA

would figure out a way to STEAL IT for the World Banksters.

[annefrancissings]

Loved this film was in my teens when first saw it. I sang this song when in my sixties in a charity concert, and it was surprising how people had never heard it.

Now on youtube Anne Francis sings, Must buy DVD to bring back memories.

[SirRiehl]

Jeanne has the most perfect ivory skin I've ever seen <3 so much prettier than fake tans.

[biggerchemistry]

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[margotdarby]

About the hardest R&H song to sing. "I'm as jumpy as a puppet on a string." You can get that passage only by rote.

[amercovich]

Jeanne Crain was beauttiful ! And was such a good actress and singer <3

[Coronadogrl]

This scene, and the dubbed voice, reminds me of Lady and the Tramp. "Darling, oh Darling?" "Jim Dear!"

[themuge]

F those pickles!

[T2theTam]

This song...ugh.  Just perfect. <3

[brad04970]

I heard that Jeannie Crain lip sang this in State Fair. sorce TCM I can't remember who sang it. What a wonderful song and she's so Beautiful

[Sugarbehr1967]

@brad04970 Jeanne Crain's were provided by the talented Louann Hogan..a member of the vocal group the Pied Pipers..who's song' Dream' was a hit in the early 50's..

[Sugarbehr1967]

@brad04970 Jeanne Crain's were provided by the talented Louanne Hogan..a member of the vocal group the Pied Pipers..who's song' Dream' was a hit in the early 50's..

[southernrockfan1]

I kinda liked it

[TheNEWfilmfanatic99]

This is Rodger's and Hammerstein's worst movie.

[issurchaim]

Yes Jeanne Crain is incredibly beautiful in State Fair. I love this movie, especially Jeanne.

I am infatuated with her White high heels with the ankle straps.

Wow!

By the way, the dubbed voice is that of Louanne Hogan.

[laurarox01]

zero dislikes, amen.

[savvyntrue]

rodgers and hammerstein really did a beautiful job on this. a girl who comes from iowa i can just imagine the way it used to be. i am going to be 16 soon and i love singing songs like this. my grandmother has affected the reason to sing these songs and encourages me to sing loudly and proudly the songs that they keep telling me are fading. though to me they are alive and well in my family. in my heart they will never die and i will pass them onto my children in the future

[twilightrose13]

I love this movie so much. Im 15 going on 16. I love old movies like this. It's too bad that most of the people in my generation dont appreciate movies like this...or they dont even know about them. It's sad how classics anywhere from the 30s to the 60s are being lost. TCM and BRAVO are the best channels and i hope they never get discontinued. I love movies like this and Meet Me In St. Louis, White Christmas, Moonlight Bay..etc.

[FairyPrincessxoxo]

@twilightrose13 same here... totally agreed. 

[melaniehoover]

she is so beautiful and so talented and everything about her is wonderfull

[laurapie92]

This is my favorite movie ever, and I'm thats abnormal for an eighteen year old.

Why can't we dress like that anymore?! it would be so much fun!!

[zoidburg111]

women kinda suck now....its all about how much money you have and what you can give them.....i blame those dam tv shows.....

[TheCrystalMcG]

@zoidburg111 um excuse me i work for what i have--i dont need an asshole like you to put women down. grow a pair and quit your bitching. it's men like you that make the lesbian population go up everyday.

[Pruticle]

It's a damn shame women don't look like this anymore.

[zoidburg111]

@Pruticle its not even just that.....they dont act like that anymore...all they care about is how much money you have and how much you can give them........

[cirfrababy]

I actually heard it was Anita Gordon who dubbed her voice, so sayeth imdb.com.

Anita Gordon is also the voice of the singing harp in Mickey and the Beanstalk.

[CaliTrisha]

Louanne Hogan dubbed this song for Jeannie Crain in one take.  An amazing voice!

[minXpotinator2208]

I like the fim and this song :)

[recruit97]

I absolutely agree. She's gorgeous and adorable. I love all her movies :)

[nancyfloressantos]

This movie is a treasure. First movie (1945) and with a remake in 1962.

[walshamite]

The voice is Louanne Hogan's (1919-2006). She voiced much of Miss Craine's singing for her. It was all very carefully and brilliantly done. See classicimages-com for a review.

[EnchantedMind0]

I Love this picture...made you feel so good..:) it's just such a happy movie

[MrJham48]

The voice of Jeanne Crain is Louanne Hogan. A wonderful singer and a wonderful woman. She did all of Jeanne's singing.

[THB79]

The hair, the curls, the bow in the back.

So beautiful.

[Chelle8224]

LOVE IT!! Thanks for sharing :)

[inkenyo]

This song is so true of teenage life. I love it. The remake in '62 was a total mess.

[funnyheatmusicfreak]

luv this movie :) <3

[violentgum]

Jeannie Crain was so beautiful. This is my favorite song.

[Juliaflo]

It won the Best Song Oscar, and deservedly so.

[junkfacejessie]

I'm only fifteen and I love this movie.

[rturnerful]

@junkfacejessie--------Dear Jessie. That is excellent that you're 15 and enjoy this movie. I think some movies similar to this should be mandatory in schools. If they were, I think some kids ( teenagers) would turn out a little better in life. I"m going to send you a movie that is SO important for everyone to see. I hope that you will watch the entire movie and share it please... Please share it with all your friends. They'll THANK you for it later.

[steph42uk]

@rturnerful I do so agree with you I think they perhaps would., and a good introduction to the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein.

[topeka999hi]

I remember being in my middle school's production of State Fair. I played Hannah Munson. The part was originally Hank Munson, but apparently I fit the bill! I had such a great time, and I loved the "Ioway" musical number! I actually had a pretty big part in the end! Solos, dances, ahhh... so much fun! :D

[sophiequinn007]

The things I used to like I don't like anymore. I want a lot of other things I've never had before. It's just like mother says...I sit around and mope. Pretending I am wonderful. And knowing I'm a dope. I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm, I'm as jumpy as a puppet on a string. I'd say that I had spring fever,

But I know it isn't spring. I'm starry-eyed and vaguely discontented Like a

[dancingrulez01]

man, it's been ages since i've seen this movie... and listening to this song makes me want to see it 5/5

[luvpierrexo100]

state fair is my fav movie ive watched it since i was little

[Dulcinea131313]

I love this movie too..... *sigh*

[CoolRandomDude01]

i LOVE this film!!!

[lemonpeg]

I'm sending this to my darling granddaughter. I know she will love it. I remember just loving this song when it came out. Totally captures the feeling of wanting something you can't identify...yet.

[Readalwaysthelabel]

I watched this today with my gran. I really wished i could have been a young woman when she was instead of today :(

thanks for posting the vid :)

[Elemiriel]

I know exactly what you mean... everything was so much more polite... gentle... so much more respect

[starryeyeschick]

I totally agree! I really wish I could just time-travel back the '40s or earlier. I mean, I've been in love with this time period since I was a kid!

I haven't yet seen State Fair, though I've seen many other musicals. I think I should see it. I love this song/clip; the lyrics really define me.

[Readalwaysthelabel]

see it! im sure its on youtube somewhere in parts.

[starryeyeschick]

Oh yes, I did! I got the DVD right after I commented. I LOVE it!

[familygoddard]

Oh I'd have loved to be around at this time. It's so much nicer than today.

[laparejr]

Will somebody out there, please, post the Dick Haymes and Vivian Blaine duet of "Isn't it Kinda Fun". If I knew how to post it, i would do it myself!

[cendrillon325]

Your favorite tune? OK, laparejr. I'll do it.

[laparejr]

Thanks, I appreciate it! I'm really getting old! Haymes and Sinatra are two of my favorites! Thanks again!

[Hortonfan123]

@laparejr Would somebody put the movie up? lol, I have to take it back to the library soon, sad.

[theakins]

i love this movie

[CarolinaGurl99]

Her hair is so gorgeous, and she is an amazing singer!

[shebycoby]

i have to sing this song in chorus YAY!!!!

[bishopgeoffrey]

I absolutely love State Fair! This is one of my favorite songs from the musicals!

[Jessieboo1991]

definitely! I love it!

[JaquiPaige]

I haven't seen this since I was like 5 with my mom and grandma. I love this musical.