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ICE FOLLIES OF 1939
CREDITS
1939, 82 minutes, B&W with Technicolor Sequence.
Producer: Harry Rapf
Director: Reinhold Schunzel
Screenplay: Leonard Praskins, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf
Cinematography: Joseph Ruttenberg, Oliver Marsh
Music: Roger Edens, Franz Waxman
CAST
Mary McKay............Joan Crawford
Larry Hall................James Stewart
Eddie Burgess........Lew Ayres
Douglas Tolliver......Lewis Stone
Mort Hodges...........Lionel Stander
Kitty Sherman.........Bess Ehrhardt
Barney....................Charles D. Brown
Themselves............Roy & Eddie Shipstad
Oscar Johnson
The International Ice Follies
SONGS
Loveland in Wintertime by Cliff Friend & Dave Franklin; Something's Gotta Happen Soon by Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown; It's All So NewTo Me by Bernice Petkere & Marty Symes; Cinderella Reel; Blackbirds by Roger Edens & Franz Waxman.PLOT SUMMARY
"Crawford marries James Stewart, and when he finds tough sledding in securing skating engagements, former conveniently nabs a stock contract. Crawford gains stardom in her first picture and Stewart goes east to generate interest and backing in his Ice Follies idea."- Variety
NOTES
"...a series of lavishly mounted skating sequences (in Technicolor)...certainly dazzled the eye. There was very little nourishment for the mind, however..."- Cliff Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical
"...as the title suggests, it's the ice show and spectacle that count, chockfull of specialties and decidedly eye-appealing. Story is only a framework. Rather light, it would have had trouble unfolding on its own for seven reels."
- Variety
Three songs for Joan Crawford were cut from the final print of the film.
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