Ice-Capades( 1941)

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IT'S DAZZLING! a thousand laughs...and thrills...as Hollywood's Gay Blades take to skates to "sleigh" the Blues!

Overview

Bob Clemens is a cameraman for newsreels. Assigned to shoot the Swiss ice skater Karen Vadja, he arrives too late, so decides to film a woman skating on a different New York rink and pass her off as Karen. The scheme backfires when promoter Larry Herman takes a look at Bob's film and decides to make the skater a star. Unfortunately, it's actually amateur (and illegal immigrant) Marie Bergin in the newsreel footage, not the great figure skater from Switzerland. Chaos ensues as Bob tries to straighten everybody out.

Top Billed Cast

James Ellison
Bob Clemens
Jerry Colonna
Colonna
Dorothy Lewis
Marie Bergin aka Anderson
Barbara Jo Allen
Vera Vague
Phil Taylor
Ice-Capades Skater
Alan Mowbray
Pete Ellis
Phil Silvers
Larry Herman
Gus Schilling
Dave
Tim Ryan
Jackson
Harry Clark
Reed
Renie Riano
Karen Vadja
Carol Adams
Helen
Lois Dworshak
Ice-Capades Skater
Megan Olwen Devenish Taylor
Ice-Capades Skater
Vera Ralston
Ice-Capades Skater
Red McCarthy
Ice-Capades Skater
Joe Jackson Jr.
Tramp Bicycle Act, Ice Capades
Al Surette
The Straw Man, Ice-Skating Comedian
Serge Flash
Ice-Skating Juggler
Jack Heasley
Twins Skating Act
Robert Heasley
Twins Skating Act
Rod Bacon
Audition Sign-Up Man
Belita
Ice Capades Skater
Sally Cairns
Audition Girl
Lois Collier
Audition Girl
Billy Curtis
George
George Davis
Waiter
Harry Depp
Reporter
Edward Gargan
Joe, the Bouncer
Robert Haines
Reporter
Marilyn Hare
Audition Girl
Howard Hickman
Lawyer
Lynn Merrick
Audition Girl
William Newell
Harry Stimson
Anne O'Neal
Landlady
Tom Quinn
Reporter
Cyril Ring
Photographer
Fred Santley
Reporter
Babs Savage
Skater
Bill Shirley
Reporter
Edwin Stanley
Lawyer
Joan Tours
Skater

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jul 26 2025

“Is that a moustache or are you wearing a squirrel?” … and that’s one of the better quips from this rather mixed up musical comedy. It centres around the cynical “Bob” (James Ellison) who was supposed to film some ice skaters, but missed the plane! Reckoning that one of those critters looks just like another, he heads to the local rink in Central Park where he encounters the versatile young “Marie” (Dorothy Lewis) whom he thinks will make perfect fodder for his film. Job done, he hopes to forget all about it but promoter “Larry” (Phil Silvers) sees the thing and reckons she has what it takes to...