The Ice Follies of 1939

The Ice Follies of 1939 is a 1939 American musical drama film directed by Reinhold Schnzel, and starring Joan Crawford, James Stewart, Lew Ayres and Lewis Stone.

Larry Hall James Stewart and Eddie Burgess Lew Ayres have a successful skating act until Larry falls in love with Mary McKay Joan Crawford, an inept skater whom Larry insists upon including in the act. Fired from job after job because of Marys ineptitude, Larry keeps up his spirits by dreaming of producing a colossal ice show. Following their latest dismissal, the couple elope, and Mary, feeling guilty for damaging her husbands career, convinces Douglas Tolliver, Jr. Lewis Stone, the head of Monarch Studios, to offer her a movie contract.While reading the fine print of the contract, Mary discovers that she is forbidden to marry without the studios permission, and Larry convinces her to keep their marriage a secret. Meanwhile, Eddie is disappointed with how distracted Larry has become and leaves town. After his wifes first picture catapults her to stardom, Larry finds himself relegated to the position of househusband and leaves for New York in hopes of producing his ice extravaganza. ........

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