![]() ![]() A singing Don Ameche provides love interest, with the forgotten Leah Ray as the lead female singer (the future Mrs. ![]() The skating sequences were Oscar nominated in the short-lived dance direction category. Sidney Lanfield’s “One in a Million” (1936), her debut, is a charming quasi-autobiographical story in which Henie’s wide-eyed character nearly compromises her Olympic eligibility (as her trainer papa, Jean Hersholt, did long ago) at the behest of impresario Adolph Menjou. They showcase Henie’s dazzling skills on the ice and her limitations as an actress (who occasionally sang a chorus or two) as well as the extremely formulaic nature of that studio’s musicals during this era. ![]() Six of the nine films that the Norwegian skating superstar made for Twentieth Century Fox between 19 have finally turned up on DVD - from the Fox Cinema Archives manufacture-on-demand program in better-than-decent transfers. But these days she’s probably best known for “engagement” to Liberace, referenced as a quick joke in the TV movie “Behind the Candelabra.” Henie became a top box-office attraction whose films played in heavy rotation on TV for decades. The Winter Olympics seem an appropriate occasion to revisit the film career of Sonja Henie, who won Gold medals for ice skating in the 1928, 19 games before giving up her amateur status and pursuing a Hollywood career. ![]()
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