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.
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 fiancé.
Cast
- Dan Dailey as Doc
- Diana Lynn as Zerelda
- Hugh O'Brian as Chilton
- Carole Mathews as Clara Brink (songs dubbed by Jo Ann Greer)
- 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".
References
External links
- Meet Me at the Fair at IMDb
