''Ice-Capades Revue'' is a 1942 American

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directed by

Bernard Vorhaus Bernard Vorhaus (December 25, 1904 – November 23, 2000) was an American film director of Austrian descent, born in New York City. His father was born in Krakow, then part of Austria-Hungary. Vorhaus spent many decades living in the UK. Eearly ...

, and written by Bradford Ropes and

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. The film stars

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, Jerry Colonna,

Barbara Jo Allen Barbara Jo Allen (born Marian Barbara Henshall; September 2, 1906 – September 14, 1974) was an American actress. She was also known as Vera Vague, the spinster character she created and portrayed on radio and in films during the 1940s and 19 ...

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and Marilyn Hare. The film was released on December 24, 1942, by Republic Pictures.

Plot

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farm in debt, Ann Porter is amazed to hear a deceased uncle has bequeathed her his estate. When she and Aunt Nellie go to New York City to claim the inheritance, it turns out to be an ice-skating rink in rundown condition. Jeff Stewart advises her to sell to ice-follies owner Duke Baldwin, but since Duke is a gangster who put her uncle out of business, Ann's not interested. She takes her skating troupe back to her farm's frozen pond and stages a show outdoors for friends and neighbors to see. A nutty professor, Theophilus J. Twitchell, is encountered by Nellie and vows to finance Ann's next show. Jeff tries to make amends. He learns that Twitchell's "fortune" comes from a radio contest he intends to win. Jeff fixes it so that he secretly funds the professor's winnings. Duke tries to persuade Ann that he's still got Jeff in his pocket, but she sees through it and joins forces with Jeff to stage an all-new revue.

Cast

as Ann Porter *

as Jeff Stewart * Jerry Colonna as Theophilus J. Twitchell *

as Aunt Nellie *

as Duke Baldwin *Marilyn Hare as Bubbles *

Bill Shirley William Jesse Shirley (July 6, 1921 – August 27, 1989) was an American actor and tenor/lyric baritone singer who later became a Broadway theatre producer. He is perhaps best known as the speaking and singing voice of Prince Phillip in Walt Disn ...

as Denny * Pierre Watkin as Wiley Stone *Si Jenks as Homer * Sam Bernard as Snake Eyes *George Byron as Master of Ceremonies * Vera Ralston as Ice-Capades Skater * Megan Taylor as Ice-Capades Skater *Lola Dworshak as Ice-Capades Skater * Donna Atwood as Ice-Capades Skater *Robert Dench as Ice-Capades Skater * Rosemarie Stewart as Ice-Capades Skater *Larry Jackson as Ice-Capades Skater *Bernard Lynam as Ice-Capades Skater *Red McCarthy as Ice-Capades Skater *Phil Taylor as Ice-Capades Skater *Joe Jackson Jr. as Ice-Capades Skater *Eric Waite as Ice-Capades Skater *

Robin Lee Robin Huntington Lee (December 2, 1919 in Saint Paul, Minnesota – October 8, 1997 in Minneapolis) was an American figure skater. He was the 1935-1939 U.S. national champion. At age 12, he became the youngest skater to win the junior nationa ...

as Ice-Capades Skater *Babs Savage as Ice-Capades Skater

References

External links

* 1942 films American comedy films 1942 comedy films Republic Pictures films Films directed by Bernard Vorhaus American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films English-language comedy films {{1940s-comedy-film-stub