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Plot

Happy Landing was another Sonja Henie moneyspinner from the 20th Century-Fox film factory. The story gets under way when skirt-chasing bandleader Duke Sargent (Cesar Romero) pitches woo to Trudy Ericksen (Sonja Henie) while on a tour of Norway. To Duke, it's just another harmless flirtation, but Trudy takes him seriously and trails him back to the USA, where she finds enormous success as an ice-skating star. When Duke's manager Jimmy Hall (Don Ameche) falls in love with Trudy himself, he cooks up a scheme to marry off Duke to vocalist Flo Kelly (Ethel Merman). As always, the plot takes a back seat to the skating, with Sonja Henie at her professional peak.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Family,Musicals,Romance
Run Time:
102min.
Distributor(s):
20th Century Fox
Director(s):
Themes:
Love Triangles
Tone:
Bright,Gentle,Light
Keywords:
barnstorming,dance [art],ice-skating,love,music,romance,songwriter