Main Cast: Sonja Henie, Michael O'Shea, Bill Johnson, Marie McDonald, Gus Schilling
Release Year: 1945
Country: US
Run Time: 90 minutes
Plot
It's a Pleasure was the third release from International Pictures, the feisty independent that would later merge with Universal. Skating sensation Sonja Henie does her usual as ice-show star Chris Linden, who falls in love with hockey champ Don Martin (Michael O'Shea). A combative, troublesome sort, Martin is barred from hockey for life thanks to his numerous brawls and drinking binges. Meanwhile, Chris rises ever higher in her chosen profession, driving a wedge between herself and Martin. Since there was never a Sonja Henie picture with an unhappy ending, audiences were assured that things would aright themselves shortly after the climactic music-and-ice ensemble number. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cheryl Walker - Loni; Peggy O'Neill - Cricket; Arthur Loft - Jack Weimer; Alice Fleming - Maid; George Brown - Hockey Referee; Jack Chefe - Canadian Hockey Star; Don Loper - Chris' Dancing Partner; Tom Hanlon - Announcer; Lane Watson - Photographer; Iris Adrian - Wilma; Jimmy Conlin - Messenger; Edward Earle - Manager of Jewelry Store; Donald Kerr - Hoofer; Nelson Leigh - Waiter
Credit
Wiard Ihnen - Art Director, Don Loper - Associate Producer, Don Loper - Choreography, Arthur S. Black, Jr. - First Assistant Director, William Seiter - Director, Ernest Nims - Editor, Art Lange - Composer (Music Score), Art Lange - Musical Direction/Supervision, Walter Donaldson - Songwriter, Edgar Leslie - Songwriter, Mel Berns - Makeup, Ray Rennahan - Cinematographer, David Lewis - Producer, Julia Heron - Set Designer, Arthur Johns - Sound/Sound Designer, Lynn Starling - Screenwriter, Elliot Paul - Screenwriter
