Editing Rodgers and Hammerstein (section)

===''State Fair''===
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In 1945, a [[Technicolor]] [[State Fair (1945 film)|musical film version]] of [[Phil Stong]]'s novel ''State Fair'', with songs and script by Rodgers and Hammerstein, was released. The film, a remake of a 1933 non-musical [[Will Rogers]] film of the [[State Fair (1933 film)|same name]], starred [[Jeanne Crain]], [[Dana Andrews]], [[Dick Haymes]], and [[Vivian Blaine]]. This was the only time the pair ever wrote a score directly for film. It was a great success, winning Rodgers and Hammerstein their lone [[Academy Award|Oscar]] together, for the song "[[It Might as Well Be Spring]]",<ref>[http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/results "Oscar Hammerstein II"], Search Results – Academy Awards Database, accessed April 29, 2019</ref> but it was also unadventurous material for them, compared with several of their Broadway shows.  In 1962, an [[State Fair (1962 film)|unsuccessful remake]] of the musical film was released.

In 1969, the [[St. Louis Municipal Opera]] presented the world stage premiere of ''[[State Fair (musical)|State Fair]]'' starring [[Ozzie and Harriet]] Nelson.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19690605&id=RFpIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rQEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6983,3544219 "Dorothy Manners"] ''Toledo Blade'', June 5, 1969</ref> The production was directed by [[James Hammerstein]], supervised by Richard Rodgers and choreographed by Tommy Tune.  ''State Fair'' finally arrived on Broadway on March 27, 1996, with [[Donna McKechnie]] and [[Andrea McArdle]], produced by [[David Merrick]], and received five Tony Award nominations.