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Meet Me at the Fair

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Wikipedia article




'Meet Me at the Fair' is a 1953 American musical film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Dan Dailey, Diana Lynn and Hugh O'Brian. Produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, it was shot in technicolor.

Synopsis



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 fianc.

Cast



* Dan Dailey as Doc

* Diana Lynn as Zerelda

* Hugh O'Brian as Chilton

* Carole Mathews as Clara Brink



* Scatman Crothers as Enoch

* Chet Allen as Tad

* Rhys Williams as Pete McCoy

* Thomas E. Jackson as Billy Gray

* Russell Simpson as Sheriff Evans

* George Chandler as Deputy Leach

* Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Spooner

* John Maxwell as Mr. Spooner

* Doris Packer as Mrs. Swaile

* Edna Holland as Miss Burghey

* George Spaulding as Governor

* Franklyn Farnum as Wall Street Tycoon

* Roger Moore as Wall Street Tycoon

* Max Wagner as Iceman

Reviews



Movie critic Leonard Maltin considers this to be a "pleasant musical".Maltin, Leonard. '[https://books.google.com/books?id=6MIBDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA442 Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1965]', p. 442 (Penguin, 2015).

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