Happy Landing (1938)
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Genres - Musical, Music, Sports & Recreation |
Release Date - Jan 23, 1938 (USA - Unknown), Jan 23, 1938 (USA) |
Run Time - 102 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Happy Landing was another Sonja Henie moneyspinner from the 20th Century-Fox film factory. The story gets under way when skirt-chasing bandleader Duke Sargent (Cesar Romero) pitches woo to Trudy Ericksen (Sonja Henie) while on a tour of Norway. To Duke, it's just another harmless flirtation, but Trudy takes him seriously and trails him back to the USA, where she finds enormous success as an ice-skating star. When Duke's manager Jimmy Hall (Don Ameche) falls in love with Trudy himself, he cooks up a scheme to marry off Duke to vocalist Flo Kelly (Ethel Merman). As always, the plot takes a back seat to the skating, with Sonja Henie at her professional peak.
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barnstorming, dance [art], ice-skating, love, music, romance, songwriter