Texan farmers the Frake family head for the Texas State Fair in Dallas. The parents are focused on winning the competitions for livestock and cooking. However, their restless daughter Margy and her brother Wayne meet attractive new love interests.
Score
Rodgers & Hammerstein earworms that refuse to leave.
Costume
Ann-Margret's fair fashion is the real main character.
Acting
Bobby Darin smolders; Pat Boone... exists pleasantly.
Director
José Ferrer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Alice Faye's first film in 16 years after leaving Hollywood—she came back for a pig movie.
The 1962 version swapped the original 1945 Iowa setting for Texas, allegedly because everything's bigger there (including the plot holes).
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