Wintertime

Wintertime


20th Century-Fox, 1943, B/W, 82min, ***

Released September, 1943



Cornel Wilde and Jack Oakie run the Chateau Promenade, a hotel that is nearly bankrupt. When Oakie hears that the wealthy Mr. Ostgaard is arriving in the area and plans to stay at another hotel, he arranges to have them picked up at the train station and brought to the Chateau Promenade. They have heard a rumor that when staying at some other hotel, one of the bell boys made Ostgaard angry, and he bought a majority interest in the hotel just to fire the bell boy. So, they set out to make Ostgaard angry so that he will invest in the Chateau Promenade. Fun film with Oakie, Romero and Sakall providing the laughs. And, of course, Sonja does some fine skating!



Produced by: William Le Baron

Directed by: John Brahm

Screen Play by: E. Edwin Moran and Jack Jevne and Lynn Starling

Story by: Arthur Kober

Lyrics and Music: Leo Robin and Nacio Herb Brown

Musical Sequences:

Supervised by: Fanchon

Staged by: Kenny Williams

Stage Settings by: Joseph Wright

Photography: Glen MacWilliams

Musical Direction: Emil Newman, Charles Henderson

Art Direction: James Basevi, Maurice Ransford

Set Decorations: Thomas Little

Associate: Walter M. Scott

Costumes: Rene Hubert

Makeup Artist: Guy Pearce

Sound: Jesse Bastian, Roger Heman

Director of Photography: Joe MacDonald

Special Photographic Effects: Fred Sersen

Film Editor: Louis Loeffler



Cast: Sonja Henie [Nora Ostgaard], Jack Oakie [Skip Hutton], Cesar Romero [Brad Barton], Carole Landis [Marion Daly], S. Z. Sakall [Uncle Ostgaard], Cornel Wilde [Freddy Austin], Woody Herman and His Orchestra [Themselves], Helene Reynolds [Flossie], Don Douglas [Jay Rogers], Geary Steffen [Jimmy, the Skating Partner], Georges Renavent [Bodreau], Matt Briggs [Russell Carter], Jean Del Val [Constable], Arthur Loft [Advertising Man], Charles Irwin [Drunk], Eugene Borden [Working Man], Muni Seroff [Working Man], Kay Linaker [Wife], Dick Elliott [Husband], Charles Trowbridge [Mr. Prentice], Nella Walker [Mrs. Prentice], Claire Whitney, Betty Roadman, Leila McIntyre, Kate Harrington [Bridge Players]



Musical Program: [0:00] Overture: "Wintertime" (played by Woody Herman and His Orchestra behind titles); [0:03] I Like It Here (sung by Cesar Romero and Helene Reynolds with Woody Herman and His Orchestra); ]0:08] Jingle Bells (jazzy instrumental arrangement played by Woody Herman and His Orchestra); [0:13] Wintertime (sung and played by Woody Herman and His Orchestra); [0:35] We Always Get Our Girl (vocal intro, instrumental arrangement skated by Sonja Henie and Geary Steffen); [0:37] Dancing in the Dawn (sung by Chorus with Woody Herman and His Orchestra); [0:41] Dancing in the Dawn (instrumental arrangement played by Orchestra, skated by Sonja Henie); [0:46] Waltz of the Flowers (from The Nutcracker) (skated by Sonja Henie and two male partners); [0:50] Chattanooga Choo Choo and several other songs (played by Woody Herman and His Orchestra in background, danced by guests of the Chateau Promenande); [1:02] Later Tonight (sung by Woody Herman with His Orchestra, beautifully danced by Sonja Henie and Cesar Romero); [1:18] Wintertime (finale, part instrumental, part sung by chorus, Skated by Sonja Henie, Geary Steffen and Skating Chorus)