The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)
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Comedy, romance, and song hit the ice in this musical. Larry Hall (James Stewart) is a professional ice skater whose act with his friend Eddie Burgess (Lew Ayres) breaks up when Larry weds Mary McKay (Joan Crawford). Mary is also a skater, and she teams up with Larry to perform, but their on-stage… More Comedy, romance, and song hit the ice in this musical. Larry Hall (James Stewart) is a professional ice skater whose act with his friend Eddie Burgess (Lew Ayres) breaks up when Larry weds Mary McKay (Joan Crawford). Mary is also a skater, and she teams up with Larry to perform, but their on-stage (or, more accurately, on-ice) partnership proves short-lived when Mary is offered a contract to make movies in Hollywood. She quickly becomes a popular film star, but Larry does not have the same luck in California; in time, he decides to head to Canada, where he gets the idea of staging an elaborate ice revue. The producers of Ice Follies of 1939 worked with the Shipstad and Johnson Ice Follies troupe to stage the film's spectacular closing ice ballet, which was filmed in Technicolor (the remainder of the film was shot in black and white). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Reinhold Schünzel
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 10, 1939 Wide
- Studio
- Unknown
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Cast
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Joan Crawford
as Mary McKay
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James Stewart
as Larry Hall
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Lew Ayres
as Eddie Burgess
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Lewis Stone
as Douglas Tolliver
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Bess Ehrhardt
as Kitty Sherman
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Lionel Stander
as Mort Hodges
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Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer
as Small Boy
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Louis Adlon
as Dress Designer
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Marie Blake
as Effie Lane
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Wade Boteler
as Cop
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Truman Bradley
as Paul Rodney
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Charles D. Brown
as Barney
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Hal K. Dawson
as Publicity Man
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Edward Earle
as Man
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James Flavin
as Doorman
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Mary Forbes
as Lady Hilda
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Harrison Greene
as Agent
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Darla Hood
as Sister
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Charles Judels
as Makeup Man
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Eddie Kane
as Politician
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Arthur Loft
as Director
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James M. McNamara
as Politician
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Libby Taylor
as Maid
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Larry Jackson
as Skating Horse
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Charles Williams
as Max Norton
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Eddy Conrad
as Hal Gibbs
