10 minutes, 1939, and somehow Rita Hayworth AND Mickey Rooney share ice? Chaos.
Ice skating is the theme; at the Tropical Ice Garden, in Westwood Hills, are seen a flock of skating stars including Irene Dare and Phyllis Ann Thomoson, as well as Hollywood luminaries such as Franklyn Pangborn, Norma Shearer, Rita Hayworth, Mickey Rooney, Dick Purcell and Ann Sheridan.
Production
The sheer studio power to gather this cast for TEN MINUTES of ice skating.
Costume
Hollywood stars in full glam at a fake tropical ice rink. The commitment!
Director
Ralph Staub
Don Ameche
Don Ameche
Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford
Irene Dare
Irene Dare
Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas
Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth
Sonja Henie
Sonja Henie
Al Jolson
Al Jolson
Franklin Pangborn
Franklin Pangborn
Eleanor Powell
Eleanor Powell
Tyrone Power
Tyrone Power
Dick Purcell
Dick Purcell
Cesar Romero
Cesar Romero
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney
Norma Shearer
Norma Shearer
Ann Sheridan
Ann Sheridan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released the same year as 'The Wizard of Oz' and 'Gone with the Wind,' this short captures Hollywood's obsession with wholesome spectacle while Europe burned—pure escapism engineering.
Ralph Staub directed over 200 'Screen Snapshots' shorts; this was literally celebrity content farming before YouTube existed.
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