Iceland (film)

1942 film by H. Bruce Humberstone

Iceland

Theatrical poster

Directed by| H. Bruce Humberstone
Written by| Robert Ellis
Helen Logan
Produced by| William LeBaron
Starring| Sonja Henie
John Payne
Jack Oakie
Felix Bressart
Eugene Turner
Cinematography| Arthur C. Miller
Edited by| James B. Clark
Distributed by| 20th Century-Fox

Release date

* August 12, 1942 (1942-08-12)

Running time

| 79 min.
Country| United States
Language| English
Box office| $1.7 million (US rentals)[1]

Iceland is a 1942 musical film released by 20th Century-Fox, directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and stars skater Sonja Henie and John Payne as a U.S. Marine posted in Iceland during World War II. The film was titled Katina in Great Britain and Marriage on Ice in Australia.[2]

Fox reteamed their two leads and director from the previous year's musical Sun Valley Serenade and set the story in the then contemporary American Marine landing and occupation of Iceland in 1941. Payne had previously played a Marine in Fox's To the Shores of Tripoli also directed by Humberstone. Among the songs are "There Will Never Be Another You" and "You Can't Say No to a Soldier".

Some Icelanders protested against the film for its depiction of Marines winning away the local women.[3][4] Henie's on-ice partner during the filmed skating sequences was 1940/41 U.S. Champion Eugene Turner.

## Cast

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* Sonja Henie as Katina Jonsdottir
* John Payne as Capt. James Murfin
* Jack Oakie as Slip Riggs
* Felix Bressart as Papa Jonsdottir
* Sterling Holloway as Sverdrup Svenssen
* Osa Massen as Helga Jonsdottir
* Joan Merrill as Adele Wynn
* Fritz Feld as Herr Tegnar
* Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra as Themselves
* Louis Adlon as Valtyr Olafson (credited as Duke Adlon)

## Reception

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Reviewer Dennis Schwartz gave the film a C+ rating, describing it as "entertaining but superficial" while giving credit to its direction and its songs.[5]

## Notes

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1. ^ "Variety (January 1943)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. March 25, 1943. Retrieved March 25, 2023 - via Internet Archive.
2. ^ p.91 Reid, John Howard These Films Won No Hollywood Awards 2005 Lulu
3. ^ Crowther, Bosley (October 15, 1942). "' Iceland,' Starring Sonja Henie, Romantic Film Picturing U.S. Expeditionary Troops, Opens at the Roxy Theatre". The New York Times.
4. ^ "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search".
5. ^ Iceland homepages.sover.net Archived March 1, 2018, at the Wayback Machine

## External links

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* Iceland at IMDB
* Iceland at the TCM Movie Database

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Films directed by H. Bruce Humberstone

* Strangers of the Evening (1932)
* The Crooked Circle (1932)
* If I Had a Million (segment "The Forger", 1932)
* King of the Jungle (1933)
* Goodbye Love (1933)
* The Dragon Murder Case (1934)
* Ladies Love Danger (1935)
* Silk Hat Kid (1935)
* Three Live Ghosts (1936)
* Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
* Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
* Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
* Checkers (1937)
* Rascals (1938)
* Time Out for Murder (1938)
* While New York Sleeps (1938)
* Pardon Our Nerve (1939)
* Pack Up Your Troubles (1939)
* Lucky Cisco Kid (1940)
* The Quarterback (1940)
* Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941)
* Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
* I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
* To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)
* Iceland (1942)
* Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
* Pin Up Girl (1944)
* Wonder Man (1945)
* Within These Walls (1945)
* Three Little Girls in Blue (1946)
* The Homestretch (1947)
* Fury at Furnace Creek (1948)
* South Sea Sinner (1950)
* Happy Go Lovely (1951)
* She's Working Her Way Through College (1952)
* The Desert Song (1953)
* Ten Wanted Men (1955)
* The Purple Mask (1955)
* Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957)
* Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958)
* Tarzan and the Trappers (1960)
* Madison Avenue (1961)

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