Movies about figure skating
Movies about the sport of figure skating
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- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsSonja HenieAdolphe MenjouDon AmecheAmerican theatrical manager (Menjou) discovers Henie preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden.
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsSonja HenieTyrone PowerArthur TreacherA Swiss hotel's ski instructor falls in love with a man who goes skiing every morning.
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsSonja HenieDon AmecheJean HersholtBandleader (Romero) and manager (Ameche) discover skater (Henie) in Norway. They become rivals after she returns with them to America.
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsSonja HenieRichard GreeneJoan DavisThe son (Romero) of a department store owner enrolls the store's sports clerk (Henie) at a university to use her as an advertisement for their fashion department. She falls for a teacher (Greene) and gets expelled.
- DirectorReinhold SchünzelStarsJoan CrawfordJames StewartLew AyresAn ice skater jeopardizes her marriage after she becomes a movie star.
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsIrene DareEdgar KennedyRoscoe KarnsA rascal turns his little niece into a skating star, but spends more money than she makes.
- DirectorJoseph SantleyStarsJames EllisonJerry ColonnaDorothy LewisNewsreel cameraman Bob Clemens, an avowed woman hater, is assigned to cover the Lake Placid exhibition of Karen Vadja, the Swiss ice Queen. He misses his plane and fails to get the footage needed for a newsreel. Deciding that if you've seen one ice skater, you've seen them all, he goes to Central Park to film a skater picked at random. He selects Marie Bergin who is wanted by the immigration people for having over-stayed her visa. Bob does not adjust his newsreel camera for a long shot and she shows very clearly in close-ups. Promoter Larry Herman sees the newsreel and seeing that she is very talented and very pretty, decides to star her in an ice-spectacle to be called the "Ice-Capades." He sends for Karen Vadja's agent, since that is the name the skater is identified as in the newsreel, draws up and signs a contract and invites the press to join him when he meets her. Dismay mildly describes his feeling when he learns that he has obligated himself to build a show around a horse-faced, eccentric woman whose ability to skate is her only saving grace. He calls off the show, and brings suit against the National Newsreel Company for this hoax. The boss, Ellis, blames Bob and his assistant Colonna, who propose that they find her and let Ellis "discover" and star her. She evades them as she thinks they are immigration agents trying to find and deport her, but they find her in the chorus of the ice show they want her to star in. Deportation looms with marriage to an American citizen being the only alternative. Bob, the only woman-hating confirmed bachelor in the cast, becomes the prime candidate.
- DirectorBernard VorhausStarsEllen DrewRichard DenningJerry ColonnaPromoter Ann Porter (Ellen Drew) decides to start her own ice show despite the efforts of ex-racketeer Duke Baldwin (Harold Huber) who owns a rival show. Jeff Stewart (Richard Denning), a rich, suave young Broadwayite, falls in love with Ann and aids her in her fight against Baldwin.
- DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsSonja HenieJohn PayneJack OakieMarine James Murfin, is unaware of Icelandic customs. When he flirts with Katina, her Icelandic family take his actions as a proposal of marriage to her. Desperately wanting out, James gets his buddy to help him. Good Luck.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsSonja HenieJack OakieCesar RomeroNora and her uncle get railroaded into spending the night at a broken-down hotel in Canada. After Nora falls for the handsome owner, she convinces her uncle to invest in the inn and modernize it. After the hotel opens, Nora's uncle faces financial ruin and her romance hits a snag in the form of pretty reporter.
- DirectorFrank WoodruffStarsBelitaJames EllisonWalter CatlettBelita is a refugee during WWII, working in a hotel. She stumbles into the room of a dancer seeking a new partner. She just happens to be a pro, and she skates too.
- DirectorSteve SekelyStarsVera RalstonEugene PalletteBarbara Jo AllenOn a peaceful, pre-war winter in Czechoslovakia, the genial godfather, Jaroslaw Haschek, of Vera Haschek, presents the young girl with her first pair of ice skates. Soon, she astonishes the warm-hearted people of her village with her skill and she is acclaimed a marvel on ice. She wins the ice-skating championship of her country and is invited to skate at the fabulous Lake Placid Carnival in the United States. Vera receives an offer of a contract from eager showman, Carlton Webb, and his press agent Jiggers - but she turns them down. The financial backer for the two men is a wealthy, gabby, man-chasing woman called "Countess". Vera is a sensation at Lake Placid when she learns of Germany's move on Czechoslovakia, and she immediately attempts to abandon her career and rejoin her people. The trip cannot be arranged and, alone in a strange country, she seeks an uncle, Carl Cermack, who has become a prosperous American citizen. The uncle welcomes her to his sumptuous Long Island home, where he lives with his spoiled débutante daughters Irene and Susan. Vera learns that the two sisters are fighting it out over the same man, Paul Jordan, Cermack's junior partner, who isn't overwhelmed by either sister. Vera invites her uncle and cousins to join her at Lake Placid, where she is to appear in the dazzling New Year's Eve ballet. She is named "queen" of the ballet, and Roy Rogers, a visiting movie-star cowboy is named "king." Paul begins to pick up interest in Vera, and she agrees to sign a contract with Webb, provided she can use an assumed name in his shows. Jiggers suggests they call her "Cinderella," because she has lost one of her famous skates. When Vera opens at Madison Square Garden, Jiggers plants the story that she refuses to appear until her skate is returned. Aware that Paul has kept her skate as a souvenir, Cermack telephones his partner in Texas. On the night of the opening, Webb and Jiggers are driven to desperation since Vera has taken their publicity gag in earnest and refuses to go on unless her skate is returned. None of the phony "Prince Charmings" Jiggers has hired has the right skate, of course. The weary Vera doesn't even look at the last applicant - but the skate is hers. She stares down and recognizes her godfather, Jaroslav, who has been brought to America by her uncle. He explains that her skate was given to him by a young man. He beckons into the crowd and Paul emerges. Vera finds herself in the arms of her own Prince Charming.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsSonja HenieMichael O'SheaMarie McDonaldDon Martin is a star hockey player with the Wildcats until he is barred from the game for hitting a referee. Through the actions of Chris, Don is able to get a job with Buzz Fletcher's ice-show as the novelty act. Chris trains with Don and he is a success, and they marry. But Gale is also interested in Don and when Don has a chance to leave and join Jack's premiere show, Gale takes him drinking. As an alcoholic, he is in no shape to skate for Jack, and Buzz has Chris do a routine. Her act is great and Jack wants her, without Don, for his ice-skating show. Don leaves her to allow her to go on to stardom.
- DirectorFrank TuttleStarsBelitaBarry SullivanBonita GranvilleIce revue owner promotes peanut vendor to manager. Vendor gets too close to owner's wife. Owner suspects vendor wants wife and business. Complications ensue amidst professional and personal entanglements.
- DirectorGeorg JacobyStarsEva PawlikHerta MayenHans Holt
- DirectorDonald WryeStarsLynn-Holly JohnsonRobby BensonColleen DewhurstAn inexperienced yet naturally gifted ice skater makes a spectacular debut in the skating world before encountering an event that could possibly derail her hopes and dreams.
- DirectorJohn A. AlonzoStarsShirley KnightTony Lo BiancoJimmy McNicholTwo teens become romantically involved as they train for a skating championship.
- DirectorZale DalenStarsRachael CrawfordCharlie StrattonDenise NicholasThe true story of Olympic champion figure skater Tai Babilonia, her rise to fame and her fall from grace.
- DirectorPaul Michael GlaserStarsD.B. SweeneyMoira KellyRoy DotriceA temperamental figure skater and an arrogant former hockey player attempt to win the Olympic Gold Medal as a figure skating pairs team.
- DirectorLarry ShawStarsAlexandra PowersJames WilderHeather LangenkampBased on the true story of Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, rivals for the USA Olympic Figure Skating team. When Kerrigan is savagely attacked, people begin to wonder if the intense rivalry between them was motivation for someone.
- DirectorCharles JarrottStarsMiguel FerrerSonja LanzenerSusanna ThompsonBased on the life of the Olympic figure skater.
- DirectorGeorge ErschbamerStarsNicholle TomTara LipinskiNancy KerriganA popular hockey player and an ice skater die on the same day. The soul of the skater goes to heaven but the hockey player is reborn in the body of the ice skater.
- DirectorTim FywellStarsMichelle TrachtenbergKim CattrallTrevor BlumasWith the help of her coach, her mom, and the boy who drives the Zamboni machine, nothing can stop Casey from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.
- DirectorFrancine McDougallStarsJordan DangerWhitney SloanCristine RoseA teenager who dreams of becoming a champion ice-skater discovers that a top Russian instructor is working at a nearby private school.
- DirectorSean McNamaraStarsChristy Carlson RomanoRoss ThomasScott Thompson BakerTwo ice skaters (Christy Carlson Romano, Ross Thomas) develop a love-hate relationship while dreaming of Olympic glory.