''I See Ice'' is a 1938 British

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directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring

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, Kay Walsh and Betty Stockfeld. The film depicts the adventures of a photographer working for a London newspaper. It features the songs "In My Little Snapshot Album", "Noughts And Crosses" and "Mother What'll I Do Now".

Plot

The farcical adventures of a prop man (George Formby) with a touring ice ballet. Inventing a new sort of candid camera in his spare time, and concealing it in a bow-tie, our hero gets into a mess of trouble when he takes an incriminating photo of an important man; pulls a communication cord; winds up in jail; referees a hockey match; finds himself in a stage show dressed as a cossack; woos an attractive young ice skater (Kay Walsh); and eventually wins a job on a newspaper.

Cast

as George Bright * Kay Walsh as Judy Gaye * Cyril Ritchard as Paul Martine * Betty Stockfeld as Mrs. Hunter * Garry Marsh as Galloway * Frederick Burtwell as Detective * Ernest Sefton as Outhwaite * Gavin Gordon as Night Club Singer * Ernest Jay as Theater Manager * Andreas Malandrinos as Lotus Club Manager * Gordon McLeod as Lord FeiMead * Archibald Batty as Colonel Hunter * Elliott Mason as Mother on Train *

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(age 9) uncredited - Child on train

Critical reception

* Hal Erickson wrote in

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that although the film is "well directed and exceptionally well cast (Kay Walsh and Cyril Ritchard appear in support), ''I See Ice'' wouldn't amount to a hill of beans without the presence of the ebullient Formby, who halts the action every once in a while for one of his unsubtly risque comic songs. Not surprisingly, the film was infinitely more popular as a "regional" than as a big-city attraction"/ * '' Halliwell's Film Guide'' wrote, "fair star comedy with good production". * ''

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'' wrote, " wild little comedy with Formby performing uproariously as usual."

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Perry, George. ''Forever Ealing''. Pavilion Books, 1994. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927–1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

* {{Anthony Kimmins 1938 films Films directed by Anthony Kimmins 1938 musical comedy films British musical comedy films Films set in London Associated Talking Pictures British black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films English-language musical comedy films Films scored by Ernest Irving