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State Fair (1933) - Hog Or No Hog!

Opening the hit original version of the novel by Philip Strong that would become the basis for the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein movie musical, farmer Frake (Will Rogers) deals with his hog, his wife (Louise Dresser) and daughter (Janet Gaynor), in State Fair, 1933.

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