Wintertime

Wintertime
Directed by	John Brahm
Produced by	William Le Baron
Written by	E. Edwin Moran Jack Jevne Lynn Starling Arthur Kober (story)
Starring	Sonja Henie Jack Oakie Cesar Romero
Music by	Leo Robin Nacio Herb Brown
Cinematography	Joseph MacDonald Glen MacWilliams
Edited by	Louis R. Loeffler
Distributed by	Twentieth Century-Fox
Release dates	September 17, 1943 (1943-09-17)
Running time	82 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

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Advertising display for Wintertime at an Australian conference of theatre managers in 1944

Wintertime is a 1943 Twentieth Century-Fox musical film starring Sonja Henie and Cesar Romero, and featuring Woody Herman and His Orchestra.

Plot

Norwegian millionaire Ostgaard (S.Z. Sakall) and his niece Nora (Sonja Henie) believe they will be staying at a posh resort in Canada, but it turns out owner Skip Hutton (Jack Oakie) and partner Freddy Austin (Cornel Wilde) are in debt and barely holding off foreclosure.

Nora schemes to get her uncle to invest in hotel improvements. She also falls for Freddy, although he's busy spending time with magazine photographer Marion Daly (Carole Landis), trying to gain publicity for the resort.

When more money is needed, Nora is offered a chance to skate in New York in a revue. But due to a legal technicality, she cannot enter the United States unless she is married to an American citizen, so handsome Brad Barton (Cesar Romero) gladly volunteers.

Cast

• Sonja Henie as Nora Ostgaard
• Jack Oakie as Skip Hutton
• Cesar Romero as Brad Barton
• Carole Landis as Flossie
• S.Z. Sakall as Uncle Ostgaard
• Cornel Wilde as Freddy Austin
• Woody Herman and His Orchestra as Themselves
• Helene Reynolds as Marian
• Don Douglas as Jay Rogers
• Geary Steffen as Jimmy, Sonja's Skating Partner

Songs

• "I Like It Here" ... (performed by Cesar Romero and Carole Landis)
• "Jingle Bells" ... (performed by Woody Herman and His Orchestra)
• "Wintertime" ... (performed by Woody Herman and His Orchestra)
• "We Always Get Our Girl" ... (performed by Woody Herman and His Orchestra)
• "Dancing in the Dawn" ... (performed by Woody Herman and His Orchestra)
• "Later Tonight" ... (performed by Woody Herman and His Orchestra)

External links

• Wintertime at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Wintertime at IMDb
• Wintertime at AllMovie
• Wintertime at the TCM Movie Database