Movies

Everything's On Ice (1939) Offbeat low-budget showcase for the talents of seven-year-old ice skater Irene Dare. Irritating comic actor Roscoe Karns is the greedy mooching spendthrift uncle whose grandiose schemes threaten to ruin everything, Edgar Kennedy is the level-headed father who must save the day. Dare is not a particularly appealing child or skilled actress; she is kept out of the story line entirely except as a background/gimmick and her skate-dancing numbers are rather bizarrely staged. I got it here, and if the embedded player works for you, go to 51 minutes and you will see all that is really worth seeing, the deranged polar bear vocal quartet and baby penguin number which is the weird pinnacle of the film. 4/10