Cracked Ice (1938)
Overview
It's ice skating time. After a few generic ice-skating gags, we get to the main story. An animal falls through the ice, and a pig doing W.C. Fields (W.C. Squeals, apparently) calls for help from a Saint Bernard dog. The dog dispenses a drink, and Squeals begins scheming to get some himself. First he tries faking his own fall through the ice, but the dog sees through it and downs the drink himself. Then Squeals tries using a dish of bones and a magnet, but the magnet falls through the ice and gets stuck around a fish. The fish then swims through a liquor spill from the dog's casket; the drunken fish grabs an ax and, swimming in a circle, dunks another skater. He then latches onto Squeals' skates, and hauls him into an ice-skating contest, where the fish-induced antics win him first prize. Squeals fills the loving cup from the dog's cask, and the fish swims off with it.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.716 |
Directed By
Frank Tashlin
Crew
Leon Schlesinger
Carl W. Stalling
Jack Miller
Robert McKimson
Art Loomer
Frank Tashlin
Treg Brown
TOP CAST
Mel Blanc
Russian Dogs / Drowning Bird / Drunk Fish / Skating Judge
Tedd Pierce
W.C. Fields pig
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