2/22/11

last wintertime post?

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This latest blast of winter weather here in SF was startling and refreshing-
but in my mind I'm already jumping ahead towards springtime....

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More proof that 1939 was a banner year in film, especially for Art Deco ice skating rinks:

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Apparently they made ice skating movies without Sonja Henie - Joan Crawford and James Stewart lace up in her place. Despite the title, it appears this was not one of a series revisited year after year. Sadly. This was fun.

Ice Follies of 1939 (1939) (natch)
directed by Reinhold Schunzel
cinematography by Oliver T Marsh
and Joseph Ruttenberg
art direction by Cedric Gibbons

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