Sun., May 21, 1933- Lydia went home with W. H. A. Wittlers this morning. I went to Sunday School and church. Slept most of the afternoon. I went to Wayne with Howard tonite to see "State Fair" with Will Rogers and Janet Gaynor.
Mon., May 22, 1933 - Ola, Annabelle, and Edwin came in this noon with the car. I took them home and then took the car to Koplin's to have the battery charged. This evening Mom and I put a quilt in the frame. We put it up in the west bedroom upstairs.
Tues., May 23, 1933 - Ray is 20 years old today. I went down town this a.m. I got my green figured silk dress from Sears. It surely fits fine. They wind was blowing hard all day. I made a quilting pattern for Mom's quilt. Washed and finger-waved my hair. Finger-waved Mom's too.
I would have liked to have seen a 22-year-old Marian Andersen in a green figured silk dress. Looks like Grandma is borrowing a car again. I think.
Our movie plot for today, from wikipedia:
State Fair (1933) is an American Pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Henry King and starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew Ayres. The picture tells the story of a farm family's visit to the Iowa State Fair, where the parents seek to win prizes in agricultural and cooking competitions, and their teenage daughter and son each find unexpected romance. Based on a bestselling novel by Phil Stong, this was the first of three film versions of the novel released to theaters, the others being the movie musicals State Fair (1945) starring Jeanne Crain and Dana Andrews, and State Fair (1962) starring Ann-Margret and Pat Boone.
The 1933 version was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. This pre-Code film has some scenes that would be censored a few years later due to the Production Code that took effect in 1934. Although the screenwriters cut the novel's depiction of a sexual affair between the daughter and a reporter, they kept the son's seduction by a trapeze artist. Moralists were particularly outraged by a scene in which Norman Foster and Sally Eilers' dialogue is heard off-screen while the camera reveals a rumpled bed and a negligee on the floor.
Rogers was accorded top billing on some posters, but Gaynor was billed above Rogers in the film itself.
A very young Victor Jory also appears as the hoop toss barker at the carnival, at the beginning of a screen career spanning 57 years.
In 2014, State Fair was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
And for good measure, here's some Will Rogers quotes:
“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
“Never miss a good chance to shut up.”
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”
“Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like.”
“There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by readin’. The few who learn by observation.
The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.”
“Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.”
“There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.”
“I never met a man that I didn't like.”
“All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.”
“Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth. ”
“Common sense ain't common.”
“Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.”
“Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects.”
“Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.”
“Don't let yesterday take up too much of today”
“When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.”
“Diplomacy is the art of saying ‘nice doggie’ until you can find a rock.”
“The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.”
“We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.”
“A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people. ”
I would have liked to have seen a 22-year-old Marian Andersen in a green figured silk dress. Looks like Grandma is borrowing a car again. I think.
Our movie plot for today, from wikipedia:
State Fair (1933) is an American Pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Henry King and starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew Ayres. The picture tells the story of a farm family's visit to the Iowa State Fair, where the parents seek to win prizes in agricultural and cooking competitions, and their teenage daughter and son each find unexpected romance. Based on a bestselling novel by Phil Stong, this was the first of three film versions of the novel released to theaters, the others being the movie musicals State Fair (1945) starring Jeanne Crain and Dana Andrews, and State Fair (1962) starring Ann-Margret and Pat Boone.
The 1933 version was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. This pre-Code film has some scenes that would be censored a few years later due to the Production Code that took effect in 1934. Although the screenwriters cut the novel's depiction of a sexual affair between the daughter and a reporter, they kept the son's seduction by a trapeze artist. Moralists were particularly outraged by a scene in which Norman Foster and Sally Eilers' dialogue is heard off-screen while the camera reveals a rumpled bed and a negligee on the floor.
Rogers was accorded top billing on some posters, but Gaynor was billed above Rogers in the film itself.
A very young Victor Jory also appears as the hoop toss barker at the carnival, at the beginning of a screen career spanning 57 years.
In 2014, State Fair was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
And for good measure, here's some Will Rogers quotes:
“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
“Never miss a good chance to shut up.”
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”
“Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like.”
“There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by readin’. The few who learn by observation.
The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.”
“Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.”
“There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.”
“I never met a man that I didn't like.”
“All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.”
“Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth. ”
“Common sense ain't common.”
“Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.”
“Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects.”
“Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.”
“Don't let yesterday take up too much of today”
“When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.”
“Diplomacy is the art of saying ‘nice doggie’ until you can find a rock.”
“The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.”
“We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.”
“A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people. ”
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