''On Thin Ice'' is a 1933 British crime film 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 starring

Ursula Jeans Ursula Jean McMinn (5 May 1906 – 21 April 1973), better known as Ursula Jeans, was an English film, stage, and television actress. Biography Jeans was born in Simla, British India, to English parents, and brought up and educated in London. S ...

, Kenneth Law and

Dorothy Bartlam Dorothy Ezard Bartlam (November 8, 1907 in Goole, Yorkshire – September, 1991 in Bournemouth, Hampshire) was an English actress. Filmography * '' A Woman Redeemed'' (1927) * '' The Fake'' (1927) * '' A Little Bit of Fluff'' (1928) * '' Not ...

. It was produced as a

quota quickie The Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 ('' 17 & 18 Geo. V'') was an act of the United Kingdom Parliament designed to stimulate the declining British film industry. It received Royal Assent on 20 December 1927 and came into force on 1 April 1928. D ...

.Chibnall p.268

Cast

as Lady Violet * Kenneth Law as Harry Newman *

as Unidentified Role * Viola Gault as Mabel * Stewart Thompson as Corry * Cameron Carr as Mr Newman

References

Bibliography

* Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

* 1933 films 1933 crime films British crime films Films directed by Bernard Vorhaus British black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films Quota quickies {{1930s-UK-film-stub