Production Stills of Big Tex in “STATE FAIR” (1962)

October 19, 2012

Today we lost a Texas icon. This morning Big Tex caught on fire and burned to the ground at the State Fair of Texas. No one was hurt in the fire. Big Tex was a movie star as he apperared in the 1962 Rodgers and Hammerstein film "STATE FAIR". Below are some producation stills that were provided to us by the State Fair of Texas last year when they celebrated the film.

1962
Big Tex
Big Tex Fire
Bobby Darin
Pamela Tiffin
Pat Boone
Rodgers and Hammerstein
State Fair
State Fair of Texas

Dev Shapiro http://seligpolyscope.com

Dev is the CEO and head of production at Selig Polyscope Co. He is also the technical brains behind Selig Film News. Often compared to Irving Thalberg he is a film historian and a Bollywood movie poster collector.

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Production Stills of Big Tex in “STATE FAIR” (1962)

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