Ice-Capades (1941)

Newsreel cameraman Bob Clemens, an avowed woman hater, is assigned to cover the Lake Placid exhibition of Karen Vadja, the Swiss ice Queen. He misses his plane and fails to get the footage ... See full summary »

Director:

Joseph Santley

Writers:

Isabel Dawn (story), Boyce DeGaw (story),

Stars:

James Ellison, Jerry Colonna, Dorothy Lewis

Nominated for 1 Oscar.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
James Ellison	...	Bob Clemens
Jerry Colonna	...	Colonna
Dorothy Lewis	...	Marie Bergin aka Anderson
Barbara Jo Allen	...	Vera Vague
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 Taylor	...	Ice-Capades Skater
Vera Ralston	...	Ice-Capades Skater (as Vera Hruba)
Red McCarthy	...	Ice-Capades Skater

Storyline

Newsreel cameraman Bob Clemens, an avowed woman hater, is assigned to cover the Lake Placid exhibition of Karen Vadja, the Swiss ice Queen. He misses his plane and fails to get the footage needed for a newsreel. Deciding that if you've seen one ice skater, you've seen them all, he goes to Central Park to film a skater picked at random. He selects Marie Bergin who is wanted by the immigration people for having over-stayed her visa. Bob does not adjust his newsreel camera for a long shot and she shows very clearly in close-ups. Promoter Larry Herman sees the newsreel and seeing that she is very talented and very pretty, decides to star her in an ice-spectacle to be called the "Ice-Capades." He sends for Karen Vadja's agent, since that is the name the skater is identified as in the newsreel, draws up and signs a contract and invites the press to join him when he meets her. Dismay mildly describes his feeling when he learns that he has obligated himself to build a show around a ...

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Plot Keywords:

newsreel | immigration | exhibition | american | candidate | 

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Taglines:

Let the show entICE you...you'll say "How nICE!"

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Genres:

Comedy | Music | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 August 1941 (USA)

Also Known As:

Music in the Moonlight

Company Credits

Production Co:

Republic Pictures (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min 67 min (1950 re-release)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Belita Dance"
(uncredited)
Music by Leo Shuken

User Reviews

Pleasant, innocuous skating musical using Capades stars

This is an innocuous, pleasant, run of the mill "B" musical - photographer discovers skater, mistakenly bills her as a famous star and must have her help him keep up the act to save his job. The scoring earned a deserved Oscar nom but the real joy here is seeing a number of stars of the Ice Capades perform. Lead James Ellison resembles Christopher Reeve at times and Barbara Jo Allen is a scream as Vera Vague. It passes the time.