Iceland (1942)
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When the US marines land in Iceland during WW2, camp lothario John Payne wastes no time scoping out the local female population. He makes a casual pass at skating champ Sonja Henie, only to discover that she has taken his attentions as a marriage proposal! Unable to weasel out of his situation thanks to the rigidity of Icelandic customs, Payne conspires with his buddy Jack Oakie to discourage Henie from making any further wedding plans. By the film's 70-minute mark, of course, our hero is madly in love with our heroine and wants to skate down the aisle with her. Curiously, given the fact that there is plenty of natural ice in Iceland, most of Sonja Henie's musical numbers take place in a lavish Reykjavik nightclub. The tuneful Harry Warren-Mack Gordon musical score includes the popular "There Will Never Be Another You". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Sonja Henie - Katina Jonsdottir
- Jack Oakie - Slip Riggs
- Osa Massen - Helga
- Fritz Feld - Tegnar
- Sterling Holloway - Sverdrup Svensson
- Ludwig Stossel - Valtyr's father
- Ilka Gruning - Aunt Sophie
- William Haade - Sentry
- Sammy Kaye - With His Orchestra
- John Payne - Capt. James Murfin
- Felix Bressart - Papa
- Joan Merrill - Adele Wynn
- Sammy Kaye & Orchestra - Themselves
- Adeline Reynolds - Grandma
- Duke Adlon - Valtyr
- James Flavin - Sergeant
- James Bush - Master Sergeant
- Director(s):
- H. Bruce Humberstone
- Writer(s):
- Robert Ellis, Helen Logan, Robert Ellis
- Producer(s):
- William Le Baron
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