State Fair
Drama
State Fair
1932 novel
by Phil Stong
Richard Fielder
Vera Miles
Tim O'Connor
Mitch Vogel
Julie Cobb
Jeff Cotler
Dennis Redfield
Linda Purl
Joel Stedman[1]
United States
English
Robert L. Jacks
55 minutes[1]
May 14, 1976 [2]
Plot[edit]
Melissa and Jim Bryant live on an Iowa farm with their adult son Chuck, their adult daughter Karen, and their teenage son Wayne, who is a high school sophomore. Wayne is a talented singer and guitarist who dreams of country music stardom. Karen, newly separated from her husband, has recently rejoined the family with her own young son Tommy, who misses his father.
The Bryants attend the Iowa State Fair, where Wayne enters the "Stars of Tomorrow" talent contest and falls in love with fellow competitor Bobbie Jean Shaw, who also aspires to a country music career in Nashville. Bobbie Jean, who may be using Wayne to further her own ambitions, pressures him to run away with her so they can pursue their musical dreams together. Meanwhile, Karen begins a new romance with her former classmate, David, after they run into each other at the fair.[3][4][5]