So Long at the Fair
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So Long at the Fair

Year:
Duration:
Argentina:81 min | USA:86 min | UK:86 min
Genres:
Drama | Mystery
IMDB rate:
7.3
Director:
Antony Darnborough
Awards:
1 win
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1951-03-29
Filming Locations: Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Cast
Actor
Character
Jean Simmons
Vicky Barton
Dirk Bogarde
George Hathaway
Marcel Poncin
Narcisse
Cathleen Nesbitt
Madame Hervé
Honor Blackman
Rhoda O'Donovan
Betty Warren
Mrs. O'Donovan
Zena Marshall
Nina
Eugene Deckers
Day Porter
Felix Aylmer
British Consul
André Morell
Doctor Hart
Austin Trevor
Police Commissaire
Natasha Sokolova
Charlotte
Nelly Arno
Madame Verni
Michael Ward
Pilkington (uncredited)
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Trivia
Based upon an urban legend popular in America and Europe.
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The studio planned to dupe the public into thinking that the attractive pairing of Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde was mirrored in real life. This backfired suddenly however when Simmons ran off with Stewart Granger.
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Audiences in 1950 had no trouble identifying where the somewhat ungainly title came from. It's from the fourth line of a well-beloved folk song, not heard much anymore: "Oh, dear, what can the matter be?/ Dear, dear, what can the matter be?/ Oh, dear, what can the matter be?/ Johnny's so long at the fair." It's no stretch to understand who Johnny is in the movie: It's Jean Simmon's character's missing brother, Johnny, and he certainly seems to have overstayed his welcome at this Paris World's Fair.
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Goofs
At the end of the film at the hospital, there is a statue of St. Therese of Lisieux. The Exposition took place in 1889, eight years before Therese died, and she wasn't made a saint until about 1925.
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Photos from cast
David Tomlinson
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