It Might As Well Be Spring

Jeanne Crain sings "It Might As Well Be Spring" from the 1945 film of STATE FAIR

[@jeffdawson2786]

In a world gone mad, these songs are a source of joy and comfort.

[@manuelorozco7760]

And the movie's postwar American setting couldn't be timelier

[@endercat1050]

Man, my grandma who's 86 and has memory problems has always been a walking jukebox, and he's always singing this song around the house and it sounds amazing

[@garyroberts3859]

Sounds like you have memory problems to, a grandma is usually a woman.

[@elizabethmcandrew4985]

I am 86 and this has been a favourite since I saw this film as a child

[@juliedeleon999]

She looks like a portrait come alive! ❤ so nostalgic, so mesmerising ❤

[@hollyidrucker6897]

One of my mothers fave songs. I lost her back in March of this year at the age of 96. I was brought up with these movies . I feel closer to her by watching them.

[@tonietoney5917]

I'm so very sorry about the loss of your mother. I think of mine every single day. Several of those terrific songs of her younger years are triggers that cause me to feel closer to my mother. Aren't we lucky to have such a wonderful way to escape into those fond memories!

[@judykoenn6080]

😂

[@patriciamccormick9321]

I losst my Mom recently and I miss her more each day.

[@12classics39]

When it zooms in on Harry’s message to her and she just rolls her eyes, that says it all about their relationship. Show don’t tell done right.

[@suziewhattley3917]

I love this movie. I always thought they had an awfully nice big well-decorated house for a farmhouse. But it's Hollywood, so just enjoy. My Mama used to sing this while she was dusting. And 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow'.

[@broadwaymelody33]

My dad always used to laugh at the fact that as she was draped lazily in the window, she was saying "I'm as jumpy as a puppet on a string"

[@sandraeckelhofer]

😊

[@mcveljo]

Hahahahha!!!! Sooo true!! 🤣😂 Aww 🥰 🤓🤪🙂😃 a smart dad you have!! ❤️ 🎞 🎷🎤🎹🎻🎺 🎼 🕷 😴 💤 😍 😴

[@kallen868]

Truth!😅

[@siribaimusic]

I think it’s more of an internal feeling she’s talking about

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Perhaps an animator should have dropped a spider down alongside "Miss Muffet" and had it sing that verse line ... .

[@mkeogh76]

1:02 The actor in the picture (Phil Brown) is the same one who would play "Uncle Owen" in the first Star Wars movie.

[@glenngallup5163]

Jeanne Crain was so beautiful.

[@cheneethompson5756]

I know right? Giving me judy garland vibes here!

[@daphneanson9587]

One of the best songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein

[@kallen868]

💯%

[@emilyhupp384]

I'm using this song for my school musical audtion Monday

[@majorbarbara1]

good choice!

[@ladytechie01]

No one ever asked you how it went. Did you get the part?

[@MrDougster37]

How did it go? Are you on Broadway yet? 😁😉

[@zondaketcham3141]

I know I’m 3 years late, but I hope it went well!

[@Sophia-ly3sf]

Did you get the part you wanted?

[@googleuser2874]

I like how the cows aren't moving at all. lol I love these old movies.

[@azismythe5428]

I like how the teats are sticking straight out. lol I love these old movies.

[@clauderebello2850]

Filmed in MILTON KEYNES..!!

[@brianbentley4386]

Perhaps the cows were not moo-ved by the song.

[@princeandrey]

Only bad old movies, and this one--despite the nice song--must have been abysmal. She's singing the lyric that she hasn't seen a crocus, etc., and yet it's clearly SUMMER!

[@spectrum10]

It looks like a painted backdrop to me, so of course they aren't moving.

[@michelboudot2882]

I,Ve been addicted to that song since 1945"""my number one of all song in a musical

[@pamtebelman2321]

It's a beautiful song, especially the lyrics. One of Hammerstein's best, I think.

[@NellieKAdaba]

Great 👍 movie 🎬 🎞 and song 🎵.

[@samosullivan1744]

Jeanne Crain was so enchanting!

[@frankieecanales8827]

Fantastic Career, pure class and charm. Soooo beautiful!!! ❤

[@darthstarkiller1912]

A beautifully done Oscar-winning song from a beautifully done musical film.

[@manuelorozco7760]

It's been a long time since I've seen it

[@FRANKTHRING1]

Lovely early technicolor and lighting.

[@George_Pueblo]

Such a beautiful music. That song became also a Jazz standart, thats why I came here :-) Greetings from germany. Stay healthy everybody!

[@Swimmer47]

I feel in love with Jeanne Crain at this point.

[@rosea2350]

I love this film and the outfits are to die for!

[@johnjarou2357]

this song has been covered by so many. and rightly so. great song.

[@bingefeller]

One of my favourite songs. Beautiful melody and lyrics.

[@bobbymcguyer]

I have never heard Jeanne Crain sing before; wonderful voice.

[@Sokx41]

According to Wikipedia, her voice was dubbed by Louanne Hogan in this picture and later ones where she was sbown singing.

[@tkdean3934]

Indeed--dubbed. Most of those old musicals have dubbed voices for the songs unless the actor/actress was known as a singer. Marni Nixon in particular was known for dubbing songs in film musicals. She sang for Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady," Deborah Kerr in "The King and I," and Natalie Wood in "West Side Story."

[@sh-tw3cp]

@@tkdean3934 Marnie Nixon sang for Audrey and Deborah.

[@songsconnect5229]

A great favourite song to sing in Care Homes. Music can aid memory recall for those with dementia.

[@hungfao]

A really lovely tune I'd first heard back in the mid-60s as a piano tune and never heard again, but never forgot.

[@princepeterwolf]

this is one of my fav movies ever

[@malcolmdale]

I was out for a walk this morning and for some reason this song suddenly came into my head so - KZbin search and here it is! Notice than in 1946 gay meant happy.

[@robdoubleyou4918]

This comment made me gay.

[@superguitarman727]

The things I used to like, I don't like any more, I want a lot of other things I've never had before, It's just like my mama says, I sit around and mourn Pretending that I am so wonderful and knowing I'm adored I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm, I'm as jumpy as a puppet on a string, I'd say that I had spring fever, But I know it isn't spring. I'm as starry eyed and gravely discontented, Like a nightingale without a song to sing. Oh, why should I have spring fever, When it isn't even spring? I keep wishing I were somewhere else, Walking down a strange new street, Hearing words I have never never heard, From a man I've yet to meet. I'm as busy as a spider spinning daydreams, I'm as giddy as a baby on a swing, I haven't seen a crocus or a rosebud, Or a robin or a bluebird on the wing, But I feel so gay in a melancholy way, That it might as well be spring, It might as well be, might as well be, It might as well be spring.

[@luciegundlach5075]

Like a nightingale without a song to sing

[@matrimcauthon123]

oh why should I have spring fever

[@bennyrobertson]

Correction: t's just like my mama says, I sit around and mope Pretending that I am so wonderful and knowing I'm a dope

[@kallen868]

You have so many lyrics incorrect. Nice effort tho.😊

[@trumpsahead]

@@matrimcauthon123 when it isn't even Spring.

[@stellalewis9273]

another wonderful song by the legendary R&H

[@stephenindc9102]

Great scene. Nicely done. I can't stay away.

[@Spy359]

This always reminds of my childhood, back in the Big Apple. Now I'm back in good old, tropical Philippines. And I'm 50.

[@StrawIceBerry]

shes so pretty omgg that dress is just 🤩

[@jackiemcmeekin6551]

Thank you for the romantic lyrics to this great song, “Suzanne c-j”. Most young people will never listen to songs from musicals. N☺️

[@silviacoturri7359]

What lovely decade!

[@stumpmtsr]

I love her. She is my all time favorite actress. Centennial summer is great as well.

[@frankieecanales8827]

Pure Class and grace, an amazing Career and woman! So beautiful!!!

[@marciapeak893]

I'm watching this movie right now on FXM channel. Free movies on demand. One thing great about movies on demand, the movies play for a period of time, any time you want. This one is showing till 8-1-2021. This is my 2nd time watching.

[@huntergraham702]

My choir is performing this along with other songs from musicals I've never heard of ((along with Sound of Music songs)) for our concert in a little less than a month...we just got the music not even a full 7 days ago.

[@ferdyrk]

One of my favourite standard song...

[@Rollich1]

Winner of the best song Academy Award for 1945

[@Tipledan]

Louann Hogan's voice is wonderful. Where else did you ever hear of her but here on KZbin? Thank Gog for KZbin!

[@lizaelliott6862]

This song really sums up my feelings toward spring. The best time of the year.

[@frankieecanales8827]

Agreed!!

[@1Lansing1]

In 1955 I was 5 years old, we lived near them on Outpost Cove Drive. When my mother was dying of cancer she used to take care of me.

[@davidallen508]

This beautiful song is so wistful and personal that it does not take to dubbing, as is the case with both versions of “State Fair”. Such a pity that Sandra Dee was not cast in 1962 ; she had a nice singing voice, as we heard in “Tammy, Tell Me True”.

[@jkbonine-burton3234]

I Love her! I just did an audition for Cabaret. I did get a callback.🎉🎉🎉

[@AnastasiaWarden]

Where did you find the sheet music to match this film? I'm planning on using this song as an audition for The Wizard of Oz.

[@jkbonine-burton3234]

@@AnastasiaWarden hello. I wrote the words and practiced myself. I did the physical movements and dressed similarly for my audition.

[@bingefeller]

Beautiful!

[@carolcrutchley5641]

My wife and I went to see LaLa Land, after 30 min my wife turned to me and asked ",Are you enjoying this"I said " No" . so we went home and put on a R and H musical.

[@manuelorozco7760]

I'm young, La La Land is a good movie but i love an ol' Rogers and Hammerstein musical myself. I've been a fan of them since Cinderella.

[@tangobango9653]

Good for the soul. Back when my mother was young, America too.

[@rommelembisan8824]

In my humble opinion...absolutely, hands down, the most beautiful actress in Hollywood at that time.

[@allison9615]

I sang this song for the Senior 4-H variety show at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia.

[@annefrancis9720]

Saw the film many moon ago - have also sung this song see what you think

[@allison9615]

Anne Francis It's a beautiful song. Too bad I didn't place.

[@jerriannshepard5585]

LOVED HER!!

[@yokoblue3208]

絵になる美しさです✨

[@jimchevallier528]

"In the 1945 film Jeanne Crain played Margy Frake, [1] Margy's singing voice being dubbed by Louanne Hogan". Dubbing was more the rule than the exception.

[@manuelorozco7760]

It's been a long time since i heard this ol' ditty. It's almost late on Easter Sunday. I thought i come here for a springlike tune. But I'm more of a summer fan as a SoCal native!

[@sonypaul5810]

So classy for me

[@gleziellymendes4814]

Amo essa música

[@jerriannshepard5585]

Wow! Remember the movie and love the song!!!

[@georgeblackwell9806]

I did not know she could sing. I just loved her in many western movies and also her act in the Paris Sisters song video "I Love How You Love Me"

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Here Jeanne Crain lip syncs to a dub by professional singer Louann Hogan.

[@user-xs8vy4nl6g]

스테이시 켄트 부터 여기까지 왔네요.. 타임머신이란 이런 것.. 좋다..

[@pattykuvshin]

Wonderful

[@ritahuston]

LOVELY!

[@pen64]

Actually, Miss Crain is lip syncing here - a woman named Louanne Hogan dubbed the Vocals for her...

[@devinblackwood5885]

pen64 Wrong! She was dubbed by a woman named Anita Gordon who also lent her voice to Micky and the Beanstalk as the harp, and the movie version of "Paint Your Wagon."

[@scobrado]

Anita Gordon, b. 1929, age 16 in 1945, dubbed the 1962 film. Louanne Hogan, b. 1919, age 26 in 1945 did the 1945 film dub heard here.

[@dianavictoriaaljadeff5302]

it was LOUANNE HOGAN NOT ANITA GORDON DEVIN!!! Anita Gordon dubbed Pamela Tiffin in the 1962 movie

[@kallen868]

Oh, crap...here's an idea. Hire actresses who can actually sing.

[@pen64]

@@kallen868 That wasn’t how Hollywood worked back then.

[@skaterdude14b]

This is wavy

[@MsBackstager]

This was one of my singing audition songs.

[@FoxyStealth]

Starts @1:19

[@tomgallowitz]

R and H ‘s answer to The Boy Next Door in Meet Me In St Louis and filmed in almost a similar style

[@kallen868]

I never thought of that ...but you are 💯%

[@manuelorozco7760]

@@kallen868 Neither did I

[@geoguitar1950]

Jeanne Crain was the most beautiful girl ever in movies. I'd love to have met her.

[@frankieecanales8827]

My dream woman!

[@kingpedlar3998]

Loved the movie and whole score, Grand night for singing, Isn’t it kind of fun…it was so 1945

[@margot2001]

Don't wanna rain on anyone's parade but Jeanne Crain, who played Margy Frake, was dubbed by Louanne Hogan :-)

[@bolax620]

Welcome Spring. 🌄

[@rainlori]

Colour by Technicolor!

[@ozfleming]

Beautifully sung by Ms Hogan and superbly lip synced by Jeanne Crain

[@windstorm1000]

No Iowa State Fair this year! :(

[@danoaks11]

Louanne Hogan Dubbed the singing for Jeanne Crain in Crain's musicals.

[@kennethjackson9330]

Wasn't she gorgeous when she mimed this song ? I was diso pointed when I found out that it wasn't her singing !

[@artistmac]

Then you'll really be disappointed. Even the ones who could sing, (Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jane Powell, et. al.) lip-synched to pre-recorded soundtracks during movie muscial numbers. Their singing with the orchestra was always recorded first, before they sang and danced either on a soundstage or on location. Then and today. They've done that since "The Jazz Singer".

[@Heidishereandthere]

Disappointed? Well, it might be a good thing she wasn't! LOL

[@JudgeJulieLit]

@@artistmac A key difference is that the professional singers (Sinatra, Day et al.) who prerecorded and then lip synced their songs were not dubbed by other singers, as Jeanne Crain was.

[@billpalik4612]

Ms Crain was 19 or 20 when she made State Fair, not in her 30s, and played a young lady of marriageable age - therefore nothing incongruous here. When she did get married, she stayed married to the same man and had 7 children.

[@bertmustin]

Not a happy marriage.

[@songplugger8330]

@Peter Francis They were both Roman Catholics.

[@valerieendyk2773]

😊

[@davidgartn3r]

I've only heard Astrud Gilberto sing this before.

[@monikamiklos5368]

Pretty soon I am going to start wheezing.

[@josephdockemeyer6782]

Why?

[@josereinoso4917]

Ahora entiendo a mi abuelo cuando decía "música era la de antes"...

[@Wolfganger]

Criss cross apple sauce

[@jamessullivan5090]

Little did Margie know that Harry would get his modern, scientific farm - complete with moisture vaporators on Planet Tattooine.

[@mari-bk5pe]

Wow she’s so pretty😍

[@frankieecanales8827]

Yes!!!!!

[@sharonpatterson2938]

"Soon as you finish, I need you to come downstairs and help me with the pickles!" "In a minute. I have to finish my song first."

[@stevezingerman6917]

I don't know who sang this but Jeanne did not. She said once you would not want to her my singing voice.

[@SanHannie]

But Jean Crane couldn’t sing that well…credit goes to Louanne Hogan, who’s voice you hear in the movie and this clip

[@lark7655]

Singing this for my audition for wizard of oz! I'm going for Dorothy what Yall think?

[@georgehetschinof97]

did you get the part

[@josefyohannes685]

Who is here from Instagram

[@Amelia_Larkin]

I love this song and the visual style but Louanne Hogan is the real hero here

[@nematoaddd]

I think this girl did a great job acting it though.

[@juliasegre7337]

Does anyone know what key this is in?

[@eddieburrelli]

Pickles!

[@frankieecanales8827]

Mincemeat!

[@christopherlyons5900]

Wonderful as Crain is here, she was no singer. Louanne Hogan dubbed for her. And does a very convincing job of it--you'd almost believe that's Crain's voice. But it's not.

[@rosemarysilva5697]

State Fair

[@tugginalong]

I doubt Jeanne Crain sang it. I’ll look it up. Louanne Hogan was the singer who dubbed the lovely Jeanne Crain’s voice.

[@stephenindc9102]

Good golly. She'a a cutie.

[@amyclarke41]

ook

[@jamesstuartbrice420]

The young girl reminds me of Judy Garland, very pretty. I wish she was in our time instead of the past time.

[@kayr805]

1:18

[@kallen868]

In the movie The Star...Bette Davis drunkly bitches about Jeanne Crain ...intimated by the next new young actress.

[@avrilday6659]

3:42 Lyrics "But I feel so Gay ..."

[@musicalgal7]

happy

[@amyclarke41]

Dont know it

[@amyclarke41]

know the song mind from the singing dectective

[@TheMcknz]

joan crawford ? whos that ?

[@KrisPhone12]

+alexandre mackenzie . Jeanne Crain

[@TheMcknz]

This is jeanne crain ? Well ok thank u dude

[@KrisPhone12]

Joan Crawford was the movie star in the biopic, "Mommie Dearest". She played the nice sister in, "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane".

[@benswindlehurst1857]

KrisKZbin was Blanche actually nice though? She tried to run over Jane and kept the truth for years only telling her the truth as she died.