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Credits 20th Century-Fox, 1938 Black & White, 75 minutes Produced by: Darryl F. Zanuck Associate Producer: David Hempstead Directed by: Roy Del Ruth Screenplay by: Milton Sperling and Boris Ingster Music and Lyrics by: Sam Pokrass and Jack Yellen "You Appeal to Me" by Walter Bullock and Harold Spina "War Dance of the Wooden Indians" by Raymond Scott Dances Staged by: Harry Losee Photography: John Mescall, A.S.C. Art Direction: Bernard Herzbrun and Mark-Lee Kirk Set Decorations: Thomas Little Film Editor: Louis Loeffler Costumes: Royer Sound: Eugene Grossman and Roger Heman Musical director: Louis Silvers |
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Cast Sonja Henie ... Trudy Ericksen Don Ameche ... Jimmy Hall Jean Hersholt ... Herr Ericksen Ethel Merman ... Flo Kelly Cesar Romero ... Duke Sargent Billy Gilbert ... Counter Man Raymond Scott Quintet ... Themselves Wally Vernon ... Al Mahoney Leah Ray ... Specialty [singer] Condos Brothers ... Specialty [dancers] El Brendel ... Yonnie Marcelle Corday ... Gypsy Joseph Crehan ... Agent Eddie Conrad ... Waiter Ben Weldon ... Skating Rink Manager Alex Novinsky ... Count Robert Lowery ... Reporter Lon Chaney Jr. ... Reporter |
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Synopsis "Glitteringly performed," the third box-office hit of skating champion Sonja Henie "has just about everything...comedy, suspense, romance...action, music, dancing" and an "amusing story." (Variety). Trudy, a naive Norwegian girl (Henie), follows womanizing bandleader Duke Sargent (Cesar Romero) to America, thinking his flirtations are serious. When she catches him with another woman (Ethel Merman), she finds comfort in the arms of his manager (Don Ameche), who in turn launches her career as a skating star. A romantic mix-up follows that leads to scandalous front-page headlines. Sensational song-and-dance numbers and magnificently-staged ice ballets make Happy Landing an opulent showcase for its talented star. [from Fox Video videotape sleeve, ©1993] |
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Musical Program [0:24] Festival Scene from the Snow Maiden Ballet (?) (skated by Sonja Henie and Ensemble) [0:33] A Gypsy Told Me (sung by Leah Ray) [0:38] Hot and Happy (sung by Ethel Merman) [0:41] War Dance of the Wooden Indians (?) (instrumental by Raymond Scott Quintet, danced by Condos Bros.) [0:55] Yonnie and His Oompah (sung by El Brendel & Chorus, skated by Sonja Henie and Ensemble, Central Park scene) [1:09] A Gypsy Told Me (sung by Don Ameche while dancing with Sonja) [1:22] You Appeal to Me (sung by Ethel Merman, joined by Raymond Scott Quintet) [1:33] Medley: You Appeal to Me/A Gypsy Told Me/Hot and Happy (instrumental, skated by Sonja Henie & Ensemble on Carlton Roof) [1:40] Hot and Happy (sung by Chorus, skated by Henie, Ameche, Merman, Cesar and Ensemble) Time indexes are hours:minutes from beginning of tape, approx. |
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