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
Production The film was initially called The Great Companions and was due to feature Ann Blyth and Gloria Grahame. It was 12-year old singer Chet Allen's first role after signing a two-year contract with Universal-International.
Reviews Movie critic Leonard Maltin considers this to be a "pleasant musical".Maltin, Leonard. Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1965, p. 442 (Penguin, 2015).
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