Directed by:
Sidney LanfieldCast:
Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Arthur Treacher, Raymond Walburn, Joan Davis, Sig Ruman, Alan Hale, Melville Cooper, Maurice Cass, George Givot, Egon Brecher (more)Plots(1)
Norwegian skating star Sonja Henie reached an early pinnacle with this romantic comedy co-starring Tyrone Power as a Ruritanian prince impersonating an American reporter. They fall in love, of course, and the whirlwind romance threatens to interrupt an important treaty between three rival principalities. In between Henie's skating extravaganzas -- which reportedly involved more that 100 skaters and a rink 100 by 145 feet in length -- vocalist Leah Ray and the company perform "My Secret Love Affair," "Over Night," and "My Swiss Hilly Billy," all by Lew Pollack and Sidney D. Mitchell, while comedienne Joan Davis takes care of "I'm Olga From the Volga" by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel. Both Thin Ice and Paramount's simultaneous Easy Living were partially based on a 1922 Hungarian play, Der Komet, leading Fox to briefly entertain the idea of suing the rival company. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Sonja Henie
Norway
Best movies:
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
Tyrone Power
USA
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Love Is News (1937)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Arthur Treacher
UK
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
National Velvet (1944)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Raymond Walburn
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
State of the Union (1948)
Joan Davis
USA
Best movies:
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
Day-Time Wife (1939)
Sig Ruman
German Empire
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
One, Two, Three (1961)
Alan Hale
USA
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Melville Cooper
UK
Best movies:
Rebecca (1940)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Random Harvest (1942)
Maurice Cass
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
State of the Union (1948)
Syncopation (1942)
George Givot
USA
Best movies:
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
The Racers (1955)
Road to Morocco (1942)
Egon Brecher
Austria-Hungary
Torben Meyer
Denmark
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
The Viking (1928)
Lon Chaney Jr.
USA
Best movies:
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Of Mice and Men (1939)
Love Is News (1937)
Robert Parrish
USA
Best movies:
City Lights (1931)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
The Big Trail (1930)
Rolfe Sedan
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Ninotchka (1939)
Gino Corrado
Italy
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Sunrise (1927)
Fury (1936)
Jack Chefe
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
It Started with Eve (1941)
All About Eve (1950)
Alberto Morin
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
German Empire
Best movies:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Casablanca (1942)
Spies (1928)
Frank Puglia
Italy
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Casablanca (1942)