Fox carefully hedged their bets in their first attempt to showcase Sonja Henie by surrounding her with a fine supporting cast (although few - with the notable exception of Jean Hersholt giving a touching performance as her father - are seen to best advantage; and Ned Sparks is particularly underused) and padding out the proceedings with the egregious Ritz Brothers and Borrah Minevitch and His Harmonica Rascals (who make the Ritz Brothers look restrained).
Henie, however - although her dialogue is kept to a minimum as Don Ameche conducts a very perfunctory romance of her - remains the film's most memorable component. She beams like a hamster and proves incongruously athletic when let loose on the ice, as a bonus revealing a shapely rump when she performs her fast spins.
Henie, however - although her dialogue is kept to a minimum as Don Ameche conducts a very perfunctory romance of her - remains the film's most memorable component. She beams like a hamster and proves incongruously athletic when let loose on the ice, as a bonus revealing a shapely rump when she performs her fast spins.