''Silver Skates'' is a 1943 American musical film directed by

Leslie Goodwins Leslie Goodwins (17 September 1899 – 8 January 1969) was an English film director and screenwriter. He directed nearly 100 films between 1926 and 1967, notably 27 features and shorts with Leon Errol, including the Mexican Spitfire series ...

and starring Kenny Baker,

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.Stephens, p. 219

Cast

* Kenny Baker as Danny Donovan *

as Claire Thomas *

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as Frick, Comedy Skating Act Frick and Frack *

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as Frack, Comedy Skating Act Frick and Frack *

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as Juvenile Skater Katrina *

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as Juvenile Skater Billy Baxter *

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as 1941 National Skating Champion *

Joyce Compton Olivia Joyce Compton (January 27, 1907 – October 13, 1997) was an American actress. Biography Compton was born in Lexington, Kentucky, the daughter of Henry and Golden Compton. (Despite frequent reports to the contrary, her name was not ...

as Lucille *

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as Eddie *

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as Roscoe Hayes * John Maxwell as Blake * Henry Wadsworth as Tom *George Stewart as Jitterbug Skater *

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as Jo Ann Dean, Jitterbug Skater * Ted Fio Rito Orchestra as Ted Fio Rito Orchestra *

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as Mrs. Martin

References

Bibliography

*Michael L. Stephens. ''Art Directors in Cinema: A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary''. McFarland, 1998.

External links

* 1943 films 1943 musical films American musical films Monogram Pictures films Films directed by Leslie Goodwins American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{Musical-film-stub