Lake Placid Serenade
| Lake Placid Serenade | |
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| Directed by | Steve Sekely |
| Written by | Dick Irving Hyland Doris Gilbert Frederick Kohner |
| Produced by | Harry Grey |
| Starring | Vera Ralston Eugene Pallette Barbara Jo Allen |
| Cinematography | John Alton |
| Edited by | Arthur Roberts |
| Music by | Joseph Dubin Charles Maxwell Walter Scharf |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
Release date | December 23, 1944 |
Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Lake Placid Serenade is a 1944 American musical romance film directed by Steve Sekely and starring Vera Ralston, Eugene Pallette and Barbara Jo Allen.[1] Following the German invasion of Czechoslovakia a Czech ice-skating champion goes to stay with her Uncle in the United States.
It was made by Republic Pictures as a slightly higher-budget production than most of the studios' B Movies. The film's sets were designed by the art director Russell Kimball.
Cast
- Vera Ralston as Vera Haschek
- Eugene Pallette as Carl Cermak
- Barbara Jo Allen as Countess
- Robert Livingston as Paul Jordan
- Stephanie Bachelor as Irene Cermak
- Walter Catlett as Carlton Webb
- Lloyd Corrigan as Jaroslaw 'Papa' Haschek
- Ruth Terry as Susan Cermak
- William Frawley as Jiggers
- John Litel as Walter Benda
- Ludwig Stössel as Mayor of Lany
- Andrew Tombes as Skating Club Head
- Ray Noble as Orchestra Leader
- Harry Owens as Orchestra Leader
- Twinkle Watts as Twinkle - Young Ice Skater
- The Merry Meisters as Speciality Act
- Roy Rogers as Roy Rogers
- Ernie Adams as Reporter
- Eric Alden as Candidate
- Demetrius Alexis as Tourist
- Stanley Andrews as Executive
- Marietta Canty as Priscilla
- Virginia Carroll as Receptionist
- Chester Clute as Haines
- John Dehner as Radio Announcer
- Janna DeLoos as Friend at Lake
- Janina Frostova as Specialty Dancer
- Pat Gleason as Reporter
- Stuart Hall as Candidate
- John Hamilton as Hopkins
- Hans Herbert as Judge
- Geoffrey Ingham as Good-Looking Young Man
- Eddie Kane as Desk Clerk
- Ernö Király as Judge
- Nora Lane as Benda's Secretary
- Craig Lawrence as Candidate
- Mike Macey as Judge
- Janet Martin as Specialty Singer
- Frank Mayo as Reporter
- Bert Moorhouse as Photographer
- Ferdinand Munier as Kris Kringle
- Felix Sadovsky as Specialty Dancer
- Dick Scott as Reporter
- Sewell Shurtz as Apprentice Boy
- Trigger as Trigger
- Ruth Warren as Cleaning Woman
- Charles Williams as Reporter
See also
References
- ^ Martin p.103
Bibliography
- Len D. Martin. The Republic Pictures Checklist: Features, Serials, Cartoons, Short Subjects and Training Films of Republic Pictures Corporation, 1935-1959. McFarland, 1998.
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