Meet Me at the Fair
| Meet Me at the Fair | |
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| Directed by | Douglas Sirk |
| Screenplay by | Irving Wallace Martin Berkeley (adaptation) |
| Based on | The Great Companions by Gene Markey |
| Starring | Dan Dailey |
| Cinematography | Maury Gertsman |
| Edited by | Russell F. Schoengarth |
| Distributed by | Universal-International |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.3 million (US rentals)[1] |
Meet Me at the Fair is a 1953 musical film directed by Douglas Sirk.
Plot[]
A boy named Tad flees from the orphanage and is given a ride by Doc Tilbee, a man with a traveling medicine show.
Meanwhile, Zerelda King is assigned to look into possible illegal and unethical activity at an orphanage, which may or may not involve her fiance.
Cast[]
- Dan Dailey as Doc
- Diana Lynn as Zerelda
- Hugh O'Brian as Chilton
- Carole Mathews as Clara Brink[2]
- Scatman Crothers as Enoch
- Chet Allen as Tad
Reviews[]
Movie critic Leonard Maltin considers this to be a "pleasant musical".[3]
References[]
- ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
- ^ Fitzgerald, Michael E. (1977). Universal Pictures: A Panoramic History in Words, Pictures, and Filmographies (Sixth Printing, December 1981 ed.). Westport, Connecticut: Arlington House Publishers. p. 599. ISBN 0-87000-366-6.
- ^ Maltin, Leonard. Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1965, p. 442 (Penguin, 2015).
External links[]
Categories:
- 1953 films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Douglas Sirk
- Films set in 1904
- Films set in St. Louis
- St. Louis World's Fair
- American films
- 1950s historical musical films
- American historical musical films
- Universal Pictures films