Wintertime (1943)
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In her last 20th Century-Fox vehicle, skating star Sonja Henie plays, Nora, a Norwegian expatriate ice champion. Newly arrived in the U.S., Nora and her millionaire uncle Hjallmar (S. Z. Sakall) are sweet-talked into investing in a failing resort hotel, now a hostelry for showbiz folk. Unemployed… More In her last 20th Century-Fox vehicle, skating star Sonja Henie plays, Nora, a Norwegian expatriate ice champion. Newly arrived in the U.S., Nora and her millionaire uncle Hjallmar (S. Z. Sakall) are sweet-talked into investing in a failing resort hotel, now a hostelry for showbiz folk. Unemployed musician Brad Barton (Cesar Romero) makes a play for Nora, but she winds up with hotel manager Freddy Austin (Cornel Wilde), leaving Freddy's girlfriend Flossie (Lynn Bari) literally in the cold. The film's finale is the standard fund-raising ice show, with Nora as the center of attention. It is typical of early-1940s musicals that poor Flossie, a likeable character throughout most of the film, turns into a venomous virago in the final reel to "justify" her breakup with Freddy. No matter: the film is redeemed by the sweet sounds of Woody Herman and His Orchestra. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Brahm
- Written By
- E. Edwin Moran, Jack Jevne, Lynn Starling
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts
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Cast
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Sonja Henie
as Nora
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Jack Oakie
as Skip Hutton
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Cornel Wilde
as Freddy Austin
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Cesar Romero
as Brad Barton
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Carole Landis
as Flossie Fouchere
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S.Z. Sakall
as Hjalmar Ostgaard
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Helene Reynolds
as Mrs. Daly
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Matt Briggs
as Russell Caner
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Donald Douglas
as Jay Rogers
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Charles Trowbridge
as Mr. Prentice
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Nella Walker
as Mrs. Prentice
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Georges Renavent
as Bodreau
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Jean Del Val
as Constable
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Arthur Loft
as Advertising Man
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Charles Irwin
as Drunk
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Dick Elliott
as Husband
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Woody Herman & His Orchestra
as Themselves
- Eugene Borden
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Kate Harrington
as Bridge Players
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Kay Linaker
as Wife
- Leila McIntyre
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Anthony Steffen
as Jimmy skating partner
- Claire Whitney
- Betty Roadman
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Muni Seroff
as Working Man