I See Ice

I See Ice is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring George Formby, Kay Walsh and Betty Stockfeld. The film depicts the adventures of a photographer working for a London newspaper. It features the songs "In My Little Snapshot Album", "Noughts And Crosses" and "Mother What'll I Do Now". Plot The farcical adventures of a prop man (George Formby) with a touring ice ballet. Inventing a new sort of candid camera in his spare time, and concealing it in a bow-tie, our hero gets into a mess of trouble when he takes an incriminating photo of an important man; pulls a communication cord; winds up in jail; referees a hockey match; finds himself in a stage show dressed as a cossack; woos an attractive young ice skater (Kay Walsh); and eventually wins a job on a newspaper. Cast George Formby as George Bright Kay Walsh as Judy Gaye Cyril Ritchard as Paul Martine Betty Stockfeld as Mrs. Hunter Garry Marsh as Galloway Frederick Burtwell as Detective Ernest Sefton as Outhwaite Gavin Gordon as Night Club Singer Ernest Jay as Theater Manager Andreas Malandrinos as Lotus Club Manager Gordon McLeod as Lord FeiMead Archibald Batty as Colonel Hunter Elliott Mason as Mother on Train Roddy McDowall (age 9) uncredited - Child on train Critical reception Hal Erickson wrote in Allmovie that although the film is "well directed and exceptionally well cast (Kay Walsh and Cyril Ritchard appear in support), I See Ice wouldn't amount to a hill of beans without the presence of the ebullient Formby, who halts the action every once in a while for one of his unsubtly risque comic songs. Not surprisingly, the film was infinitely more popular as a "regional" than as a big-city attraction"/ Halliwell's Film Guide wrote, "fair star comedy with good production". TV Guide wrote, " wild little comedy with Formby performing uproariously as usual."