Silver Skates

1943 film by Leslie Goodwins

For the 2020 Russian movie, see The Silver Skates (film).

Silver Skates

Directed by| Leslie Goodwins
Written by| Jerome Cady
Produced by| Lindsley Parsons
Starring| Kenny Baker
Belita
Patricia Morison
Cinematography| Mack Stengler
Edited by| Richard C. Currier
Music by| Mahlon Merrick
Edward J. Kay

Production
company

Monogram Pictures

Distributed by| Monogram Pictures

Release date

* February 26, 1943 (1943-02-26)

Running time

| 78 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English
Budget| $300,000[1]

Silver Skates is a 1943 American musical film directed by Leslie Goodwins and starring Kenny Baker, Belita and Patricia Morison.[2]

## Plot

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## Cast

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* Kenny Baker as Danny Donovan
* Belita as Belita
* Patricia Morison as Claire Thomas
* Werner Groebli as Frick, Comedy Skating Act Frick and Frack
* Hans Mauch as Frack, Comedy Skating Act Frick and Frack
* Irene Dare as Juvenile Skater Katrina
* Danny Shaw as Juvenile Skater Billy Baxter
* Eugene Turner as 1941 National Skating Champion
* Joyce Compton as Lucille
* Frank Faylen as Eddie
* Paul McVey as Roscoe Hayes
* John Maxwell as Blake
* Henry Wadsworth as Tom
* George Eugene Stewart as Jitterbug Skater
* JoAnn Dean as Herself (Jitterbug Skater)
* Ted Fio Rito Orchestra as Themselves
* Ruth Lee as Mrs. Martin

## Reception

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The film was a box office success.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Mono Upping Film Budgets". Variety. 17 March 1943. p. 5.
2. ^ Stephens, p. 219

## Bibliography

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* Michael L. Stephens. Art Directors in Cinema: A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary. McFarland, 1998.

## External links

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* Silver Skates at IMDb

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Films directed by Leslie Goodwins

* Dummy Ache (1936)
* With Love and Kisses (1936)
* Headline Crasher (1936)
* The Devil Diamond (1937)
* Anything for a Thrill (1937)
* Should Wives Work? (1937)
* Deep South (1937)
* Crime Ring (1938)
* Fugitives for a Night (1938)
* Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938)
* Tarnished Angel (1938)
* Almost a Gentleman (1939)
* The Girl from Mexico (1939)
* Sued for Libel (1939)
* The Day the Bookies Wept (1939)
* Mexican Spitfire (1940)
* Pop Always Pays (1940)
* Men Against the Sky (1940)
* Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)
* Let's Make Music (1941)
* They Met in Argentina (1941)
* Parachute Battalion (1941)
* The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941)
* Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942)
* Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942)
* Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942)
* Ladies' Day (1943)
* Gals, Incorporated (1943)
* Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event (1943)
* The Adventures of a Rookie (1943)
* Silver Skates (1943)
* Rookies in Burma (1943)
* Casanova in Burlesque (1944)
* Goin' to Town (1944)
* The Singing Sheriff (1944)
* Hi, Beautiful (1944)
* The Mummy's Curse (1944)
* I'll Tell the World (1945)
* An Angel Comes to Brooklyn (1945)
* Riverboat Rhythm (1946)
* Genius at Work (1946)
* Vacation in Reno (1946)
* Dragnet (1947)
* The Lone Wolf in London (1947)
* Gold Fever (1952)
* Fireman Save My Child (1954)
* Paris Follies of 1956 (1955)
* The Go-Getter (1956)

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