It Happened At The World’s Fair (1963)
Directed by Norman Taurog · Cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg
Approved105 min37 frames
ComedyMusicRomance
Swinging higher than the space needle with the gals and the songs at the famous Worlds Fair!
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What is It Happened At The World’s Fair about?
Mike and Danny fly a cropduster, but because of Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes custody of it. Trying to earn money, they hitch-hike to the World's Fair in Seattle and, while Danny tries to earn money playing poker, Mike takes care of a small girl whose father has disappeared. Being a ladies' man, he also finds the time to court a young nurse.
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What does the cinematography of It Happened At The World’s Fair look like?
Across 37 sampled frames, It Happened At The World’s Fair builds its coverage from medium shots, with wide compositions carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg keeps most of it in soft, naturalistic light. Much of the film play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in most of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1960s.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of It Happened At The World’s Fair (1963) are #33312f, #141314, #d4d2ce, #f3f3f1, #92908c, #aaafae — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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