AGNES OF GOD *
(Meg Tilly, Jane Fonda, Ann Bancroft)
A scene where a bunch of nuns are skating on a pond at their convent;
this was Canada, remember.  You ever see nuns in their traditional
"uniforms"; OK, habits, SKIING?  The two I encountered at Heavenly
Valley one day knew what skiing is about - some Austrian order; blue
habits rather than black like most orders or the mostly white like the
Dominicans.  Flying veils as they wailed on down the slopes - an unusual
sight.

AIRBORNE
(Shane McDermott)
A rollerblader flick that contains a lengthy ice hockey scene.  Haven't
seen the whole thing; just stumbled across the hockey scene.

ALDRICH AMES: TRAITOR WITHIN
(Timothy Hutton, Elizabeth Pena)
A scene where Ames is teaching his son to skate and play hockey.

AMELIE (*)
(unknown)
SallyH [mashkg@aol.com (MASHKG)] reported seeing a French film
featuring Rudy Galindo.  I must assume that he is doing some skating.
<new>-oiseauxbleu writes: <<So, has anyone seen the movie Amelie (Le
Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain)? There's a 2-3 second snippet of
Rudy Galindo's On Golden Pond on a television - illustrating the
narrative about one of the character's enjoyment of figure skating
on TF1.

ANNE FRANK (*)
(unknown - ABC miniseries/movie)
Trudi Marrapodi reported that this title has a dream sequence in which
Ann Frank was dreaming of some skaters since she was supposed to have
had an ambition to be a champion skater.

APARTMENT FOR PEGGY (*)
(Jeanne Crain, William Holden, Edmund Gwen)
Several scenes, one long, that have an frozen pond at a college in
the background.  Caught one skater doing a Besti Squat; as ugly a
move then (~1950) as it is now.

AT FIRST SIGHT (*)
(Mira Sorvino, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer)
The principal regains his sight lost in childhood.  Two skating scenes
have him sort of playing hockey, one of them at night while still
blind.  There are also two scenes at hockey games while his sight is
restored.  The second movie I have seen Kilmer skating in; the other
was REAL GENIUS.

ATTACK OF THE 5'2" WOMEN
(Unknown)
A TV movie made for one of the comedy channels with Tonya Harding and
Lorena Bobbit as the subjects.  I vaguely recall this one as being
fairly gross.  Tonya Harding is pretty short; I still have a newspaper
photo on my wall of the U.S. figure skating team at Lillihammer and
she is the shortest person of the 12.  From a post about it: Yes, the
movie was a gross, crude, disgusting, and highly hilarious endeavor in
which "Tonya Hardly" gets the last laugh by getting plastic surgery
and coming back as an Asian-American skater from Hawaii, with the
USFSA none the wiser.  And the Lorena Bobbitt story was just as gross
out funny.

AUTUMN IN NEW YORK (*)
(Wynona Rider, Richard Gere)
Finally saw some of this release.  One of the principals, Ryder, is
seen ice skating at what appears to be the Rockefeller Center rink.
When you see this one, note the close-up of the feet doing the tiny
waltz jump, those look like a fairly decent set of skates; medium
grade stock boots at least and with a halfway decent set of blades.
Did Ryder shoplift these?  Tee hee.  Ryder last appeared skating in
the 1994 remake of LITTLE WOMEN.

BABYCAKES
(Ricki Lake)
Don't know anything out this one; both Olivia Olivares and Tracie
Bezerra posted notes about it.  Trudi Marrapodi fleshed this one out
a bit: "Fat girl" (the voice of Camryn Manheim is telling me to put
it this way, folks) with low self-esteem is dumbstruck by gorgeous
man she sees jumping and spinning at an ice rink, and plots to figure
out where he works (on the subway), meet him, and steal him away from
his skinny, bitchy fiancee while the fiancee is out of town.  And she
does.  In the process, she stops trying to hide her real self and
lets her true personality shine.

BAMBI
(Disney full-length animation)
Not really ice skating but the scene of Bambi and Thumper on the ice
implies ice skating.  Olivia Olivares reminded me of this one.

BATMAN & ROBIN
(George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenneger, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman,
Alicia Silverstone)
A surreal hockey scene near the beginning of the movie.  B & R have
blades that pop from their boots; wasn't that convenient?  They must
be encountering crooks on ice all the time.  Couldn't tell if Clooney
or O'Donnell did their own skating.  Trudi Marrapodi wrote that Robin
Cousins was originally supposed to be the skating consultant here but
this never happened.

BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
(Timothy Hutton, Matt Dillon)
One of the main characters is talking to a local teeny-bopper while
she is skating at a town pond.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: AN ENCHANTED CHRISTMAS (*)
(Robby Benson, Angela Lansbury, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers,
Jo Anne Worley)
I just saw a clip promoting this sequel.  We see Belle and the Beast
ice skating in one scene.

BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE
(Kim Navak, Jimmy Stewart, Jack Lemmon)
A short scene at a New York park rink where the characters portrayed
by Kim Novak and Jimmy Stewart are supposed to be skating.  In their
closeup during the scene, the skating had to be a rear projection
shot.

BELLE OF NEW YORK, THE
(Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen)
morag.carnie@archives.gov.on.ca posted ... The only movie (to my
knowledge) in which Fred Astaire donned ice skates.  It happens in
the "Winter" section of the "Currier and Ives" number and Fred and
Vera-Ellen re-create a rural skating on the pond scene.  There's
some decorous stroking (Fred could skate backwards, at least), and
Vera-Ellen does a spiral, but not much more than that.  (by JL -
Please do recall that Fred Astaire did a roller skating number with
Ginger Rogers in SWING TIME.  And wouldn't Vera-Ellen have been
delicious in some of the skating dresses we see today?  Ran across
some still photos from this movie on a website featuring Vera-Ellen)

BEST FRIENDS
(Goldie Hawn, Burt Reynolds)
A scene in a small snow covered town with Reynolds watching a kid's
league hockey game.

BEYOND SILENCE (JENSEITS DER STILLE) (*)
(unknown)
Johanna.Ehrmann@phschool.com wrote: I recently saw a German movie
made several years ago called Beyond Silence (Jenseits der Stille)
in German.  It opens with a scene of a woman skating and a young
girl watching her.  The woman is definitely a recreational skater,
but she knows how to do some turns and a jump--can't remember what
at the moment.--Johanna

BIG DADDY (*)
(Adam Sandler)
A seeming n'er-do-well takes care of a young orphan for a while.
There is a scene in his apartment with a number of views of a New
York Rangers hockey game on the TV set.

BIG FREEZE, THE (*)
(Ina Bauer, Tony Sailor)
No description available but the presence of Ina Bauer implies
skating.

BISHOP'S WIFE, THE
(Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven)
A scene where the Cary Grant and Loretta Young characters are ice
dancing on a simulated pond.  It was pointed out by Margaret Burwell
that these skaters were doing a part of the Kilian.  Looking at the
tape again, that was the case.  I also noted that Loretta Young and
Cary Grant did some of the skating themselves, although not the ice
dancing.

BLADES OF COURAGE
(Christianne Hirt)
Just saw a post regarding this one.  Haven't seen it.  As has been
mentioned in some previous periodic threads, this is simply a U.S.
home video release title for a CBC television film called SKATE! It
stars Christianne Hirt, who can really skate and who also appears
as Tai Babilonia's friend in Tai's biopic.  Plot: Canadian ladies'
skater who appears to be on her way to the top moves to Toronto to
take from famous Coach from Hell, following which her life begins
going to pot. Eventually, after dropping out of skating for a time,
she drops back in with a different coach, and wins Canadians.

BORROWED HEARTS (*)
(Hector Elizondo)
A scene with the principals at an ice rink; looked like it was a
fairly extensive outdoor skating scene.  TVG description: A wealthy
guy hires a single mom and her daughter to pose as a family to
impress a business asscociate (Elizondo) with an interest in family
values.  Still have not seen all of this one yet.

BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN, A (*)
(Full length Sparky Schultz Peanuts cartoon)
Dana Ginsberg <dpg123@mediaone.net> wrote: While following Linus
around New York City on a desperate search for his lost blanket,
Snoopy stops off at Rockefeller Center, first to skate a beautiful
four-minute routine and then to play hockey.  By JL: Please do recall
that Sparky Schultz was grooming Snoopy for the Grenoble Olympics;
he drew Snoopy doing double axels in some of the daily strips of
the time.

BREAKING THE ICE (*)
(Irene Dare, Margret Hamilton, Charlie Ruggles)
Plot has a boy running away to pursue a singing career.  Irene Dare
listed as a skater but I have never heard of her until recently.
Haven't seen it.

BROTHER'S PROMISE: DAN JANSEN (*)
(unknown)
Based on the life of US speedskater Dan Jansen.  Speed skating
scenes up to and including Lillihammer.

BRUNO (*)
(Shirley MacLaine, Gary Sinise, Kathy Bates, Gwen Verdon, Jennifer
Tilly)
Fable about a Catholic school spelling champ that is something of
a cross-dresser.  Ran across a hockey scene in this one.  This kid
appeared to be the kid from HOME ALONE THREE.

BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON
(Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Mary Wickes)
A scene where a lot of locals are skating on a simulated pond; D.
Day and G. MacRae are both actually skating here.  Once heard that
MacRae was a serious ice dancer but that wasn't obvious here.

CANADIAN BACON (*)
(Alan Alda, John Candy, Reha Perlman)
Saw a little more of this one recently.  There was a little skating
beyond the hockey scene I first reported, possibly on that canal in
Montreal.  There were also a couple of scenes in which skates appear;
one in which someone was sharpening some skates and one showing
someone throwing a pair of skates away.

CARMEN ON ICE
(HBO TV special - Katerina Witt, Brians Boitano, Brian Orser)
Joe & Mary Schirmer posted that this HBO event was also released as
a movie.

CARNAL KNOWLEDGE
(Jack Nicholson, Candace Bergen, Art Garfunkel)
Several netters (Janet, Trudi, Edie/Devon, Fred, Posterboy) posted
notes about this one.  While Nicholson is pondering the "ideal woman"
(There ain't no sech animal) an image is added of a woman dressed in
white skating at Rockefeller Center.  Trudi Marrapodi suggested that
the skater is none other than JoJo Starbuck.  Finally saw this movie;
a loser.  The skater in white did not really look good enough to me
be a former National pairs champion though she did, as Jack Nicholson
noted, posess "quite a pair".  Elite skaters tend not to be so well
endowed, though.  Ah, what a THIN WonderBra or it's equivalent can
do for a lady.

CHAMPIONS, A LOVE STORY
(unknown)
Margaret Burwell posted about this one originally.  Trudi sent the
following: Teenage American female skater with a Skate Mom From Hell
meets hockey-playing boy and persuades him to form a pair with her.
His dad and her mom are both against it but soon they both see how
much it means to the kids, and they get on board.  But just when the
pair is starting to get somewhere in national competition and, yes,
fall in love--the boy dies in a plane crash.  The girl now must find
the strength to continue with her singles career in his memory.

CHASING AMY
(unknown)
Ran across a short scene by the principals at a hockey game.  The
movie looked like a loser.

CHRISTMAS ANGEL, THE (*)
(Dorothy Hamill, Elvis Stojko, Rudy Galindo, Tonia Kwiatkowski)
Rebekah Branch wrote: excerpt from the back of th DVD: "The Christmas
Angel is a family story, hosted by Olivia Newton-John and Chip Davis.
This made-for-tv special is the most elaborate ice skating sho ever
produced.....The timeless Christmas music by Manheim Steamroller sets
the perfect background for this ice skating spectacular.  The
Christmas Angel is a classic tale of good triumphing over evil, told
in an enchanting way with ice skaters portraying the characters......"
The plot is rather thin, but that skating is absolutely superb.

COOL RUNNINGS
(John Candy)
A scene including figure skaters, speed skaters and hockey players
at the Calgary Olympics.  The Jamacian bobsled team was trying to
learn to run on ice in this scene.

COUNTESS OF MONTE CRISTO
(Sonja Henie)
Her last movie.  Typical Sonja Henie movie; skating featuring Henie;
minimal plot.

CUTTING EDGE, THE
(Moira Kelly, D.B. Sweeney, Terry O'Quinn, Roy Dotrice)
A lot of real skating; I assume you have all seen this one at least
once.  Kelly and Sweeney do some of the skating themselves.  In fact,
I saw a post some time ago from Timothy Mizerak suggesting that the
skater doing the rudimentary single axel as Kate entered her rink
late one morning was actually Sweeney; can't tell from the tape,
though.  Sweeney was reported to also play a little hockey.   Also,
I have been told that Moira Kelly was once a competitive skater.  I
have seen posts since that dispute this; that Kelly was just a fast
learner but according to Robin Cousins, might well have become a
first class competitor had she started early enough.  She certainly
could project the stereotypical competitor attitude.

D2: MIGHTY DUCKS, THE
(Emilio Estevez)
I've seen only pieces of this one.  Hockey, obviously.

D3: MIGHTY DUCKS, THE(Emilio Estevez)
Again, I've seen only pieces of this one.  Hockey, obviously.

DAD, THE ANGEL AND ME (*)
(unknown)
Susan Burr <SB131186@exchange.DaytonOH.ncr.com> posted: Last night,
did anyone watch "DAD, THE ANGEL AND ME" on Fox Family?  The little
girl whose mother died was a skater.  Some of it was kind of realistic
because she went to practices early every morning before school.  She
was supposed to be 10 years old and was working on her triple toe
though, and carried her skates tied together over her shoulder.  Why
do they always do that in movies?  Real skaters don't do that.  By
JL - I haven't seen this one and I have NEVER carried my skates
tied together over my shoulder in 50 year of skating.

DEATH TO SMOOCHY (*)
(Danny DiVito, Robin Williams, Catherine Keener)
A kiddie TV character is replaced by a character along the lines of
Barney and the older character wants to get even.  A promo clip showed
some of the characters ice skating a number of times.  Added 13-Apr-03
by JL: There is a character inspired ice show in this title with a lot
of show style skating.  Elvis Stojko had a piece of this one.  The two
principal characters do something of a head-to-head competition at the
end of the movie.  The Smoochy character does a pretty fair axel and
split jump - in costume.  The stand-ins had to be fair skaters.  This
title has not surfaced in close to a year and a half since I first
saw previews of it on a BA flight to London, 08-Sep-01. That date
sound near familiar?  I was in London when Osama's little garden
party went down in New York and DC.  We were walking by Parliament
to cross Westminster Bridge when we started hearing bits of talk on
the street about it; didn't see a telly until that evening, though.

DELIRIOUS
(Mariel Hemmingway, John Candy, Emma Samms, Raymond Burr)
This one is a soap opera fantasy.  The long closing scene has
Hemmingway and Candy skating alone on the Wollman rink in Central
Park.  I believe that this rink also appeared in the opening of MONEY
TRAIN and in other titles.  Triangular shape looked the same.
Hemmingway was wearing black figure skates and Candy was in hockey
skates.  Both appeared to be doing their own skating.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES? (*)
(unknown)
I have seen some promos for a new movie based on the U.S. hockey win
over the USSR at Lake Placid in 1980.  We are asked, "where were you"
when this game took place.  As it happened, I was driving on the
Pennsylvania Turnpike at the time.  A toll collector exitedly told
me that the U.S. hockey team had just beaten the Russians; as they
did at Squaw Valley in 1960.  The condition of the scoreboard at
Blyth Arena at Squaw was preserved until the arena roof was allowed
to accumulate so much snow one winter that it collapsed.  I skated
many times at Blyth Arena and always saw that score.  Oddly enough,
I worked several summers at the stock brokerage started by Charlie
Blyth, a onetime partner of Dean Witter; the 1960 Olympics arena at
Squaw Valley was named for Blyth.

DON KING: ONLY IN AMERICA (*)
(unknown)
A scene at an ice rink with the Don King character skating at some
rink in his white pimp suit.  Some skater in the background did a
couple of creditable spins.  Only saw pieces of this one.

DON'T SHOVE (*)
(Harold Lloyd)
A silent film where Lloyd's character tries to impress his date at
an ice rink.  Haven't seen it.

DOWNHILL RACER
(Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Dabney Coleman)
A speed skating shot at some imaginary Olympics.

DUCHESS OF IDAHO, THE
(Esther Williams, Van Johnson, Elanor Powell)
A short background scene of the ice rink at Sun Valley.  This movie
is sort of a swimming version of SUN VALLEY SERENADE.

DUMBO
The pink elephant scene in which Dumbo and his rodent pal are sloshed
contains some ice skating pink elephants.

ED TV
(Rob Reiner, Michael McConahghey)
Saw a short clip from this one that showed a rink with the movie
principal driving a Zam around on a hockey arena; there is some sort
of hockey team mascot skating in this scene.

ELLERY QUEEN: TOO MANY SUSPECTS
(Jim Hutton, David Wayne)
Julia Linthicum (janette@access.digex.net) posted a response about
the TV movie that served as the pilot for the short-lived "Ellery
Queen" TV show from the 1970s.  It had a short skating scene at the
Rockefeller Center ice rink with Ellery and his niece.  The niece
was doing her "Sonja Henie act" and Ellery had his nose in a book.

END OF DAYS (*)
(Arnold Schwarzwnegger, Kevin Pollak, Rod Stieger, Gabriel Byrne)
One of many end-of-millenium, end-of-the-world sagas.  There is a
short scene of skaters at the Rockefeller Center rink while Arnold
is wandering around New York.

EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT
(Sonja Henie, Robert Cummings, Ray Milland)
Typical Sonja Henie movie; skating featuring Henie; minimal plot.

FACE OFF (*)
(Trudy Young, Art Hindle)
Different lifestyles hamper the romance of a hockey player and a
singer.

FALLING IN LOVE (*)
(Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Dianne Weist)
Two people in separate boring marriages fall in love.  There is
a scene at the opening of the film at the Rockefeller Center ice
rink at Christmas; a real mob scene on that tiny rink. Another
Rockefeller Center Rink scene appears later in the movie; the
rink is mobbed again.

FAMILY MAN (*)
(Tea Leoni, Nicholas Cage)
A stock trader finds himself projected into the life of a married
blue collar worker.  There is a short background scene at an outdoor
ice rink near the beginning of the film.  A couple is shown doing a
pair sitspin.

FANTASIA
(Disney classic full-length animation)
The second music sequence in the film features some Tinkerbell
genre fairies, or pixies if you prefer, ice skating.  Fantasia has
to be the source of Tinkerbell for the Peter Pan feature; same pixie
dust, wings, flight motions, wand waving, etc.

FANTASIA 2000
(IMAX release of Disney's updated Fantasia)
The players in the Rhapsody in Blue piece all become skaters in part
of this piece.  Incidently, the best new sequence in this film is the
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance piece starring the one and only D. Duck;
that one alone is worth going to see it.

FARMER'S DAUGHTER, THE
(Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Charles Bickford)
A scene on a pond at the home of the political lead, probably a
senator, since the Loretta Young character ultimately ran for and won
a seat in the House; relatively daring premise for the late 40s.  One
of at least two movies Loretta Young has skated in.  Does anyone
remember her old TV series that opened with her making her signature
entrance opening a door swinging a different high roller dress around
each week?

FIELD OF DREAMS [1935] (*)
(John Mills)
"Saki Hajnal" <saki@hajnal.demon.co.uk> wrote: The movie was partly
filmed at Streatham Ice Rink (London).  The last part of the film
takes place at a carnival in the fictional ?Crystal Rink Hotel?.
All around the ice barrier are two-person dining tables, complete
with white tablecloths and lamps.  The diners are entertained watching
skaters in fancy dress, or being pushed round the ice themselves in
upholstered, carriage-like sledges.  In one sequence the ice is
cleared for a short ice show.  This features a male skater on stilts
and two free skaters, a woman and a child.

FLASHDANCE
(Jennifer Beals)
Steve Hazen posted a reminder of this one.  Two skating scenes.  One
where a friend of Beal's character is skating around her.  The other
scene is at some sort of local competition where the same friend
crashes in the competition several times.  (Note the non-skating scene
near the start of the movie using a CHAIR, troops.)

FOOLS RUSH IN
(Matthew Perry, Salma Hayek, Jill Clayburgh)
A scene of the Rockefeller Center Rink right at the beginning of
the movie.

FOR LOVE OF THE GAME
(Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston)
A 40 year old MLB pitcher recalls a romance while pitching a potential
perfect Series game.  One winter scene has him giving some ice skates
to this girlfriend.  She says she will use them in Central Park.  She
does a small amount of shaky skating on the spot, though.

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
(Roger Moore, Lynn Holly Johnson, Topol)
LHJ as an Olympic hopeful skater and resident jail-bait.  Skating
scenes were shot at Cortina along with the skiing.  Much of the
movie, including the obligatory car chase starring that absurd
little yellow Citroen C2V, supposedly in Spain, was shot on location
on the Greek island of Corfu; I recognize a lot of the backgrounds.
I've been on that road through the olive trees that the car chase
was staged on.  The location of Corfu is left as an exercise for
the reader; no ice rinks there, though.  The nearest rink is likely
in Athens.  My brother and sister-in-law were extras in the casino
scene in this title and I have been in that casino myself.

FRESH HORSES
(Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy)
"futurgard" <futurgard@email.msn.com> wrote: In the movie FRESH
HORSES made some time in the eighties, Andrew McCarthy and Molly
Ringwald are shown skating at (then) Kings Island Winterfest in
Cincinnati, Ohio when they would freeze the entire fountain for the
Christmas celebration.

FRESHMAN, THE (*)
(Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick)
Something of a Godfather spoof involving a Komoda Dragon and a rather
predictable ending.  Marlon Brando skates in this one at a "family"
skating outing, reportedly with Sandra Bezic; she is listed in the
credits prominently.

FROLICS ON ICE (*)
(Irene Dare)
The description read: 1940 musical about a barber.  There were ice
skating scenes featuring Irene Dare.  Haven't seen it.

FUNNY FARM
(Chevy Chase)
Caught a local background pond skating scene in passing through this
one

GAY BLADES (*)
(Paul Harvey, Alan "Rocky" Lane)
An old film and title; look who is in it...  A talent scout looks
for an athlete to star in a upcoming film.  She finds a hockey star
to fill the bill.  Skating implied.  Never heard of this one before.

GENIUS
(unknown)
A new Disney film where the premise is a 12 year old genius going to
college.  He attempts to join the college hockey team.  There are a
number of hockey scenes and one of a 12 year old girl the kid meets;
she's a figure skater.

GIGI
(Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevallier, Leslie Caron, Eva Gabor, Hermione
Gingold)
A scene where Gaston escorts Gigi to the Palais de Glace, a Paris
ice rink,  where Gaston's current girlfriend is taking a skating lesson.

How could they skate in such formal and heavy clothes?  And did Eva
Gabor do her own skating?

GLADIATORS
(unknown)
Just saw a promo for this new one.  There were some scenes involving
hockey. This was not the current Russel Crowe movie, GLADIATOR.

GOALKEEPER ALSO LIVES ON OUR STREET, THE (*)
(unknowns)
A Czech film of a long-standing rivalry between two hockey teams
composed of Prague pre-teens.  Haven't seen it.

GOLDFINGER
(Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Gerte Frobe)
A little skating by a pair on a small rink at the Fountainbleu Hotel
in Miami; background.  Anybody recall a similar small rink at the
Jack Tar Hotel in San Francisco; or the Jack Tar Hotel for that matter,
now known as Cathedral Hill Hotel?  The rink is history, though; it's
now a banquet room.

GOOD SON, THE
(Macauley Culkin)
Eda - (tseinyev@geocities.com) Replied that a previous post of hers
did not refer to HOME ALONE, but to this movie.  She said that she
happily watched and greatly enjoyed was THE GOOD SON.  It was about
an adorable little boy who is actually EVIL INCARNATE.  Don't know
about any skating here.  Lorimar263@aol.com wrote: There is a skating
scene where the characters played by MC and his sister are holding
hands skating round and round very fast.  He lets go of her hand and
she flies down the pond into the thin ice, falls through and nearly
drowns.

GORKY PARK
(John Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy)
This movie opens at a skating rink in a Moscow park with a closeup
of a pair of ladies' figure skates.  The scene is then zoomed out
to show a lot of the skaters.

GREMLINS (*)
(unknown)
The scene of the the gremlins partying at a bar has has several views
of an ongoing hockey game on the bar's TV set.  Yeah, a little lame,
but within the original list premise - ANY ice skating.  Not quite as
lame as the GRUMPY OLD MEN entry, though.

GRUMPY OLD MEN
(Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Daryl Hannah, Ossie Davis, Ann-Margret,
Burgess Meridith, Kevin Pollack)
This one is a little lame for skating content.  There is a hockey
game on a very snowy TV set in the ice-fishing shanty of Walter
Matthau's character.

HANS BRINKER
(Richard Basehart)
One of several Hans Brinker story versions.

HANS BRINKER OR THE SILVER SKATES
(unknown players)
A Disney version of the Dutch classic shown very recently on the Disney
channel.  This is not the one Tab Hunter (a onetime competitor) did.
There are a number of versions of this story floating around.

HAPPY GILMORE
(Adam Sandler)
A failed hockey player with a hairy slapshot becomes a golf pro.
Some hockey scenes shown.  One scene of the primary character on a
rink with a lady in figure skates.  Only saw parts of this one; looked
like a loser.

HAPPY LANDING
(Sonja Henie, Don Ameche)
Typical Sonja Henie movie; skating featuring Henie; minimal plot.

HEAT (*)
(Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore)
One scene has the thief that Robert DeNiro is playing wasting
someone who is watching a televised hockey game.

H-E-DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS (*)
(Rhea Perlman)
Satan, played by Perlman - who else?, sends an apprentice to steal
the soul of a promising hockey player.  Lots of hockey.  Satan loses,
as is common, in these soul-stealing yarns.

HELLO LONDON
(Sonja Henie, Robert Coote, Stanley Holloway)
Ran across a cast list for this title; Sonja Henie appears in this
list; a list of a buch of people playing themselves.  No description
for this title was available.

HIGH TIME
(Bing Crosby, Tuesday Weld, Yvonne Craig, Fabian, Gavin McLeod)
This one follows Crosby's character as he absorbs a college
education at age 53.  Two or three scenes of college students
skating on a pond; an obvious movie studio tank.  All of the
principals actually do skate, including Crosby and Fabian - none
very well; Fabian was possibly the best of the bunch.

HIT THE ICE (*)
(Ginny Simms, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello)
A lame bank robbery plot in which the comic pair is blamed.  The
real bank robbers, along with Abbott and Costello and a nurse and
doctor from the hospital across the street from the target bank
travel to Sun Valley, mostly to hide out.  So help me, that's the
base plot.  There is one long skating scene where you see four of
the principals skate.  The nurse and doctor (probably their skating
stand-ins) do opposing single lutz jumps similar to the CW lutz
that Sonja Henie did.  Lou Costello appears to have done some of
his own comic skating in this scene such as it was.  One funny
sequence has him being shoved over by a little girl about four
or five.  She later helps him stand up and then blows on him
causing him to crash again. Bud Abbott does a little shaky skating
here also.  The rink used does not look anything like the one at
Sun Valley, though; granted, this is a 1943 production.

HOCKEY NIGHT
(Rick Moranis)
A 14 year old girl becomes the new goalie for a boy's championship
hockey team.  Entry from the Banner Blue movie archive program.
Haven't seen it.

HOME ALONE (*)
(Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern)
A couple of netters (charisma@jadeinc.com and Eda -
tseinyev@geocities.com) posted reminders of this one.  Finally saw this
one again.  The kid swipes a toothbrush from some store and is chased
across an outdoor ice rink in a park.  This was a real put-up scene;
hockey "players" with their sticks among the mob.  There were a couple
of figure skaters; one doing a lame back sitspin.

HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK
(Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stearn)
Ran across this one again on the Fox Family Channel.  There was some
skating in this one at the Wollman Rink; that odd shaped outdoor rink
in Central Park.  Our two villains were planning their next caper
while skating at this rink.  Missed this scene the first time I saw
this title; must not have been paying much attention.  A few decent
skaters appeared briefly in the background.

HONEYSUCKLE ROSE
(Amy Irving, Willie Nelson, Dyan Cannon)
Tracy McCaffrey <tracym@cybertours.com> wrote: There's a scene where
two principals, Irving and Nelson, are sharing an ice cream cone and
watching skaters at a mall rink - anyone know which mall?.  The ice
cream scoops accidentally drop onto the ice, so they hastily leave.
By JL - Shots of some skaters in group and private lessons.  Did
anyone pick up on the harness being used by one skater and her coach
for a waltz jump?  Anyone know the rink?  I think the location was
supposed to be in Texas; didn'tlook like the Galaria, though; it's
the only rink name I know of in Texas. The nearest to Texas I have
skated personally was in Albuquerque, NM.

I SEE ICE
(Roddy McDowell, Cyril Ritchard)
A property man for an ice ballet troupe develops a new camera.  Skating
is implied.

ICE AGE (*)
(animation)
Computer animation of Ice Age animals skating.

ICE-CAPADES
(Jerry Colona, Alan Mowbray, Phil Silvers)
A 1941 movie; probably similar to the Henie movies. Entry from the
Banner Blue  movie archive program. Haven't seen it. Quick, what are
some other movies that Alan Mowbray appears in?

ICE ANGEL (*)
(Tara Lipinski, Nancy Kerrigan, Josee Chouinard,
Elvis Sjojko, Alan Thicke, Nicholle Tom)
A Family Channel, made-for-TV movie where an Olympics bound hockey
player croaks and is reincarnated as a teenage girl that was in a
coma from a skating injury; girl resumes figure skating, goes to the
Olympics.  A blatant rip-off of the 1978 HEAVEN CAN WAIT which was
a re-make of a 40s film about a reincarnated boxer, HERE COMES MR.
JORDAN.  The basic idea was passable but the execution was a bit
of a stinkeroo as were some of the characters.  Four or more
Olympics bound U.S. skaters with the same coach?  Couldn't Family
Channel have hired a consultant that knew something about how the
sport works?  Or the four prominent skaters in the film could have
even filled the producers in on some details.  All four have skated
in the Olympics and have five Olympic medals, seven Worlds medals
and a bunch of US Nationals, Canadian Nationals and Grand Prix
medals between them.  (02-May-03) The recent title, DOWN TO EARTH
is another variation of this same base storyline.

ICE CASTLES
(Lynn Holly Johnson, Tom Skerritt, Robby Benson, Collene Dewhurst)
One of the few "real" figure skating movies available; you've all
probably seen this one too.  If you haven't read the novelization,
Lexie was written as doing several triple axels which, of course,
LHJ could not begin to do.   LHJ did do several double axels in
this title though.

ICE FOLLIES 0F 1939, THE (*)
(Joan Crawford, James Stewart, Lew Ayres)
TCAXEL <tcaxel@aol.com> replied: What about that all time classic,
"The ice follies of 1939" starring Joan Crawford, James Stewart and
I believe Lew Ayres.  I believe it was one of the stinkers that
practically ended Crawford's MGM career.  And Jimmy Stewart was part
of a skating horse!  By JL - This one starts out in B & W and ends
in color.  Natalie Kalmus was the Technicolor director for the color
portion; hers was a common name in color movies of the 30s and 40s.
Crawford and Stewart both appear to do a small amount of skating
themselves.

ICE PAWN (*)
(unknowns)
A talented skater believes his only obstacle to a gold medal is his
Russian rival, Misha.

ICE PRINCESS (*)
(Katarina Witt, Toller Cranston, Roz Sumners)
Reportedly a Cinderella spin-off.

ICE RINK (*)
(Dolores Chaplin)
A foreign movie that is a "movie-within-a-movie" genre.  A director
is trying to make a sports movie at a French ice rink.

ICELAND
(Sonja Henie, John Payne)
Typical Sonja Henie movie; skating featuring Henie; minimal plot.

INTERNAL AFFAIRS (*)
(Richard Gere)
A couple of brief scenes of a hockey game on the tube; yeah, I know,
lame entry again.

INTO THE ARMS (*)
(unknown)
Saw a promo about a story of 10000 jews who left Germany for the UK
There was some B&W footage of skaters in Germany in the 30s.

IT'S A PLEASURE
(Sonja Henie, Michael O'Shea, Marie McDonald, Iris Adrian)
Typical Sonja Henie movie; skating featuring Henie; minimal plot.
This was Sonja Henie's only title in color.  Surprising that none
of the ten B&W Henie titles have been colorized; hear that, Ted?
I have no objection to colorizing unless a movie is shot in B&W
for effect or they are absolute classics such CASABLANCA.
motty@ix.netcom.com emailed me about this one; said his father
was in this movie.  This title also featured some hockey; few
players wore helmets, facemasks or padding.  Even the goalies
wore only the knee/leg padding; no helmets or facemasks.

I noted that the Technicolor director for this title was a woman,
Natalie Kalmus.  Remember, this is a 1945 film, not many women in
prominent production roles in those days other than costuming and
a little story and screenplay writing.  I have since found Natalie
Kalmus to be the Technicolor Director for almost every color movie
made until sometime in 1949, including GONE WITH THE WIND, THE
WIZARD OF OZ and the 1948 Gene Kelly version of THE THREE
MUSKETEERS.  I have identified 55 titles to date in which she
was the Technicolor director.  In 1949 to 1950, the names of Henry
Jaffa, Robert Brower, James Gooch and others, all men, start
appearing as Technicolor consultants and Natalie Kalmus' name
vanished.

JACK FROST (*)
(Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston)
A 12-year old's father re-incarnated as a snowman.  Only saw part of
this one; a number of hockey scenes.  Credits implied some other ice
skating also.

JANUARY MAN
(Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastranonio, Alan Rickman, Susan
Sarandon)
Some public skating in a NYC park.  The Mastranonio and Kline
characters appear to do their own skating.

JERSEY (*)
(unknown)
Saw a brief promo for a Disney movie on during Jan.  2001 based on
the premise that putting on "the Jersey" transforms you into a star
hockey player.  Hey, is there such a jersey for figure skaters?

LA PATINOIRE
(unknown)
simrane@hotmail.com posted about a French film... A director, the
technicians, the producer, and the actors are gathered. The filming
begins. Silence, they skate.... As the backdrop for this story about
love and about sport is an ice rink... An unsettled set, metaphor of
life, you fall, you get up, you start again.  Funny and poetic.  I
haven't seen it yet and they showed the trailer over and over again
during the Zamboni break at Miko Masters.

LADY, LET'S DANCE (*)
(Belita)
A skater is hired as a replacement for a dance team; becomes a
national star.  Oscar nominated score. Haven't seen it.

LAKE PLACID SERENADE (*)
(Vera Ralston, Belita, Roy Rogers)
Reportedly a blatant rip-off of SUN VALLEY SERENADE.  The title
certainly is.  The presence of Vera Ralston and Belita imply some
skating. Possibly also known as WINTER SERENADE.  But Roy Rogers,
skating?  Haven't seen this one,though.

LAST OF THE BLONDE BOMBSHELLS, THE (*)
(Judi Dench, Olympia Dukakis)
There is a short scene at an outdoor ice skating rink, presumably in
London (Annabel?), at which Judi Dench's character is playing a sax.

LES BOYS
(Unknown)
Just barely recall pieces of this one.  A bunch of kids learning to
play hockey, as I recall.

LET IT SNOW (*)
(Bernadette Peters)
Iffy teen romance.  This is a bit of ice skating in one scene.
Haven't seen much of it.

LETHAL WEAPON 3 (*)
(Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo)
There is a long scene at an LA Kings hockey game.  Three of the
principals run out on the ice during the game chasing someone.
Mel Gibson caught a few body checks from some King players and
Joe Pesci caught a bullet.  All three knew how to deal with
walking and running on ice or were taught how to do so.

LIFE AFTER HOCKEY (*)
(Kurt Browning)
Ran across a post about this one via another thread.  A Canadian
movie made in the late 80s/early 90s about a guy reminiscing and
fantasizing on his relationship with the game of hockey. Kurt
Browning is in it playing "Richard" who came to  the public skating
sessions and dazzled everyone with his "fancy skating"

LINEUP, THE (*)
(Warner Anderson, Richard Jaeckel, Eli Wallach)
This title is a movie version of the late 50s TV cop series.  The
movie had a scene that was shot at the old Sutro's rink in San
Francisco.  A number of people I know were skating extras for a
nighttime shoot. The night shoot didn't make it past the editor but
a fairly long scene that did make the final cut was shot in the
daytime with a lot of shots of the ice rink in the backround.  I
did a lot of skating at that rink until it closeed in 1966. A lot
of fairly good footage of the interior of the Sutro's building,
museums, the entrance stairs from the street and the rink; it gives
you a good feel for the size of the place.  If you ever see this
title (possibly on the Encore Mystery channel), please note that
the rink was about 20-30 feet above the level of the beach the
building was next to.  The foundations of the Sutro Baths buildings
can still be seen below and to the right of the Cliff House on
Pt. Lobos Blvd. in San Francisco.  The obligatory car chase scene
jumped all over the city as most such scenes will do in places like
San Francisco, Los Angeles (those always end up in the concrete
lined L.A. river, right?), Chicago, New York, London, Paris, etc.
Saw a movie shot in London that had someone driving over Westminster
Bridge toward Parliament; the next scene had him going around the
loop in front of Buckingham palace.  A car chase in London traffic
would seem to be something of an oxymoron, though.

LITTLE NICKY (*)
(Adam Sandler, Patricia Arquette, Haevey Keitel, Reese Witherspoon)
Typical Adam Sandler nonsense.  This time, he's one of Satan's sons
mixed up in a hostile take-over of Hell.  At the end, there is a
glimpse of the Wollman rink in Central Park.

LITTLE WOMEN [1994]
(Winona Ryder)
AlysFaire@aol.com wrote:  Pond scene has Ryder's Jo and Christian
Bale's Laurie racing on skates over the pond.  Kirsten Dunst's Amy,
Jo's  little sister, has tagged along and falls through the ice.
She's heroically  rescued by Laurie and Jo.

LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, THE
(Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson)
Two skating scenes.  One in which Geena Davis' character is challenging
her daughter to skate and a second where Davis' character crosses a
frozen lake to shoot up a car.  Geena Davis appears to have done some
and possibly all of her character's skating; she is supposed to be a
good all-around athlete.

LOOK WHO'S TALKING NOW
(Kirstie Alley, John Travolta)
A scene where the two featured dogs are wandering around New York
City; the scene has an outdoor skating rink in the background
(Rockefeller Center?)

LOVE STORY
(Ali McGraw, Ryan O'Neal, Ray Milland )
Joe & Mary Schirmer posted about the O'Neal character playing hockey.
I vaguely remember that.  And no, I don't see Weird Al Goreovic and
Tipper as the models for the principals in this pup.

MARGIE
(Jeanne Crain, June Allyson?)
Trudi Marrapodi <marrapodi@binghamton.edu> wrote: One movie you might
want to add is MARGIE. I can't remember who starred in it (possibly
June Allyson?)  I don't recall seeing it but I have heard of the title
before.  Possibly the old MY LITTLE MARGIE TV show was a spin-off?

ME AND ISAAC NEWTON (*)
(A documentary featuring profiles of seven scientists - Sandra
Loosemore reported on this one)
The skating connection is actually the source of the film's title.
Quote from the review: When the twinkling-eyed theoretical
physicist Michio Kaku, shown gliding on an ice rink, remarks that
here "it's just me and Isaac Newton," you practically want to hug
him.  By JL -  Saw a short clip of this title recently; Michio
Kaku seems to know what he is doing on skates.

MICE CAPADES
A Tom & Jerry cartoon or movie?  The rodent freezes the kitchen
floor with a pipe pulled off of the local refrigerator.

MIGHTY DUCKS, THE
(Emilio Estevez)
I have only seen bits and pieces of this one. There was a figure
skater on this team wearing figure skates; did a spin in a game, as
I recall.

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET (1994) (*)
(Richard Attenbourough)
This 1994 production includes a scene of skaters on the Wollman
Rink in Central Park; I just ran across this scene on the Family
Channel as I finished watching a tape of another movie.

MIRACLE ON ICE
(Karl Malden)
Made for TV movie about the 1980 U.S. hockey team at Lake Placid.

MOMS ON STRIKE (*)
(unknown)
An ABC Family channel produced movie.  A working mother goes on
strike against her family.  One of her sons is a hockey player.
Hockey skating appears a couple of times.

MONEY TRAIN
(Robert Blake, Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Lopez)
Several overhead shots of the Rockefeller Center rink and the
Wollman rink in Central Park.  These scenes were at the start of
the movie.

MURDER IN THE MUSIC HALL (*)
(Vera Ralston, Ann Rutherford)
A song and dance show includes some ice skating sequences; a lame
murder mystery also.  Aka MIDNIGHT MELODY.

MVP: MOST VALUABLE PRIMATE (*)
(unknown)
An chimp turns out to be able to play hockey.  A number of hockey
scenes.

MY LUCKY STAR
(Sonja Henie, Richard Greene)
Typical Sonja Henie movie; skating featuring Henie; minimal plot.

MYSTERY, ALASKA (*)
(Russell Crowe, Burt Reynolds)
AlysFaire@aol.com wrote: Small Alaska town is chosen as site of
a televised game with their local team against the NY Rangers.  The
town _is_ hockey, with the highlight being the weekly Saturday game
the team plays (against itself) to the delight of the locals. Lots of
skating in this one (both hockey and I believe some locals skating on
the pond).  Academy Award nominee (for THE INSIDER) Crowe, learned to
skate for the film (it's mostly an ensemble piece, but he's pretty
much the main character).  I remember reading that some of the NY
Rangers appeared as themselves, but I couldn't tell you who.  (By
JL - This movie also featured a very old Zamboni; one of those that
used a conveyer belt to transfer the ice removed into the snow bin.
Usta drive one of those for 06:00 patch MANY years ago while I was\
in college.

OMEN II, DAMIEN
(William Holden)
A bunch of kids and adults playing hockey on a rural lake.  One falls
through some thin ice and drowns, probably by design.

ONCE AROUND (*)
(Holly Hunter, Richard Dreyfus, Harvey Keitel)
There are two skating scenes in this one, on a lake in the movie
location area.  The first, an all-hands family outing and the second
with just Hunter and Dreyfus with him holding an infant; he croaks
(sorry, Sandra) in this scene.  All of the principals appear to do
their own skating, none very well.

ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
(George Lazenby, Dianna Rigg, Telly Savalas)
Diana Rigg's character (Contessa Traci di Vicenzo) skating at a New
Year festival in Switzerland as Bond skis off of the Piz Gloria to
escape Blofeld. Hard to tell if Rigg was actually the skater.

ON THIN ICE
(Ina Bauer, Tony Sailer)
Found a listing on ENCORE(TRUE sub-channel) for this 1961 movie.
Haven't seen it but with Ina Bauer in it, there has to be some
skating.

ON THIN ICE: THE TAI BABALONIA STORY
(Rachael Crawford, Christianne Hirt)
A TV movie based on Tai Babalonia; probably ignited by the drug
abuse story.

ONE IN A MILLION
(Sonja Henie, Adolph Menjou, Don Ameche)
Typical Sonja Henie movie; skating featuring Henie; minimal plot.
This one was her movie debut.

ONEGIN
(Ralph Fiennes)
Don't know anything about this one other that it is supposed to
contain some skating scenes.  I saw pieces of this one, though,
skating in 18th century Russia?

ONLY THRILL, THE
(Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard)
Haven't seen the seen the whole thing so I haven't a clue what it's
about; ran across a Toronto hockey rink scene.

ORLANDO (*)
(Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane)
The main character exists through about 450 years, once changing
gender, M to F, about halfway through the story and without having
aged.  One segment labeled 1610 took place in a icy climate.  A lot
of people were skating around on primitive skates which resembled
Jackson Haines blades.  Don't know how historically accurate this
was; don't know how far back general usage of metal skate blades
goes.  Watched only parts of this one.  Tilda Swinton was not very
convincing as a young man.  More convincing as a woman; surprise,
surprise.

PAPERBACK HERO
(Keir Dullea, Elizabeth Ashley)
Don't know if there is any actual skating.  The Banner Blue summary
mentioned hockey.  Haven't seen it.

PEOPLE VS. DR. KILDARE, THE
(Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Red Skelton)
A skater sues for mal practice.  Don't know if there is actually any
skating.  Entry from the Banner Blue movie archive program.  I do
recall hearing once that Red Skelton was supposed to be a good skater.
Haven't seen this show.

PLEDGE, THE (*)
(Jack Nicholson)
Haven't seen this one but ran across a scene that had some televised
ice hockey

PORTRAIT OF JENNY (*)
(Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten)
An artist meets a young teen in Central Park and and watches her grow
into a woman throughout the movie.  One scene has the principals skating

in Central Park.  This movie was in black & white except for the final
shot.  The artist's collected works are being shown and the "Portrait
of Jenny" appears in color; sort of a lame forerunner of the
PLEASANTVILLE production?

PREACHER'S WIFE, THE
(Whitney Houston, Denzel Washington, Gregory Hines)
A remake of THE BISHOP'S WIFE.  It has been reported here that Houston
and Washington do all of their own skating; can't say for sure since
there are  both close-ups and long shots.  It looked to me like they
did some of the skating.  Netter lupine159@aol.com reported that a
Portland, ME TV station showed tape of Houston and Washington; they
could barely stand up on their skates.

PROMISE KEPT: THE OKSANA BAIUL STORY, A (*)
(Oksana Baiul, Miguel Ferrer)
A 1994 made for TV movie.  Never saw this one.

RANDOM HEARTS (*)
(Kristin Scott Thomas, Harrison Ford)
There was a short background scene at an outdoor ice rink near the
end of the movie.  Is there some sort of tank set up near one of the
DC buildings on the Mall for the winter?  The building in the
background has that DC 30s WPA look.

REAL GENIUS
(Val Kilmer)
A scene in which a college "genius" dorm has people ice skating in
the hallways on genius-created ice that sublimed like CO2 rather
than melting.  The inventor said he hoped that the sublimating stuff
was not going to explode.

RHYTHM HITS THE ICE (*)
(Jerry Colona, Richard Denning)
New England farm girl tries to turn a local ice show into a commercial
success.  Aka ICE CAPADES REVUE. Haven't seen it.

ROCKY
(Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith)
Teresa (Traz66) posted that Rocky took his future wife ice skating
on an early date.  Never did see this one until I recently ran across
the skating scene; only Talia Shire was wearing skates, Sly was just
walking around on the ice with her.  Whatsamata, Sly, too chicken to
learn to skate?  Skating might upstage the ole macho image?

RONIN
(Jean Reno, Robert DeNiro, Katarina Witt)
Kat plays a Russian figure skater in this one; very little dialogue.
Obviously does all of her own skating.  She gets blown away on the
ice, however.

RONNIE AND JULIE
(Teri Garr)
A Showtime produced film that I just rolled to tape recently.  The
principals are both skaters; the girl, a figure skater and the guy,
a hockey player; what else?.  A fair amount of hockey scenes and a
number of figure skating scenes.  The feathered suit worn by the
girl in the last skating scene beats out any of Oksana Baiul's or
Sloot's feathered outfits.

RUNNING MAN, THE
(Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonzo, Richard Dawson, Jim
Brown)
If you have seen the movie, one of the "stalkers" is a hockey skater
using a metal hockey stick against the "runners" on an ice venue.
He was taken out by having barbed wire wrapped around his neck; a
good way to take care of those rude ersatz hockey players infecting
rinks these days, maybe?

SABOTAGE
(unknown players)
There is a scene involving a hockey game.  Saw only pieces of this
one.

SECOND FIDDLE
(Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Rudy Vallee)
Typical Sonja Henie movie; skating featuring Henie; minimal plot.

SENSELESS (*)
(unknowns)
A college student volunteers to take an experimental drug that
heightens all of the senses.  Among other things, he plays hockey
on his college team that has never won a game; he becomes an
unstoppable goalie.  The film has a number of related hockey scenes.

SERENDIPITY (*)
(John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale)
Does this one really qualify as "ice skating" by the list premise?
A website article on this one said that the production used one of
the plastic "ice" products over the concrete surface of the Central
Park Wollman rink for the two skating scenes in this movie.
The NY Post article was at:
http://www.nypostonline.com/entertainment/8310.htm  Haven't seen it
yet.

SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET (*)
(Brad Pitt)
"LADYC712" <LADYC712@email.msn.com> wrote: Ever see this film? It
was directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, released in 1997.  In it, a
Tibetan character initially thinks that an ice skate is something
you strap onto your foot to slice up meat.  Brad Pitt and David
Thewlis skate on a pond with some locals; Pitt does a little knee
slide and teaches some monks to skate after Thewlis takes off with
the woman they're both after.

SILVER SKATES (*)
(Belita, Frick and Frack [Ice Follies], Gene Turner, Irene Dare)
Rick Lanha posts: A movie from the 1940s.  The skating stars were
Belita (I think she was from England), and Frick and Frack. The
movie was shown about a year ago on TCM, and may be shown again.
The .jpg version of the movie poster for "Silver Skates" was posted
yesterday on: alt.binaries.pictures.movie-posters.

SIX WEEKS
(Mary Tyler Moore, Dudley Moore, Katherine Healy)
Joe & Mary Schirmer posted that that there was a ballet dancer in
this one that was supposed to be a good skater also but was actually
pathetic in the movie.  Dancer is reported to Katherine Healy.

SKI PARTY
(Frankie Avalon, Dwayne Hickman, Debora Walley, Yvonne Craig, Robert
Q. Lewis)
A spin-off of the Beach Party movies; staged at Sun Valley.  One
scene of three or four minutes has what looks like the outdoor rink
at Sun Valley in the background but the sunshade appears to be missing;
possibly shot on location closer to LA?  The rink railing looks like
the one at Sun Valley, though.

SLAP SHOT
(Paul Newman)
A minor league hockey team decides to increase ticket sales by
playing dirty.  Entry from the Banner Blue movie archive program.
Seen the trailers that appear to show Paul Newman to be a reasonably
competent skater.  Haven't seen the whole thing, though.

SNOW DAY
(Chevy Chase, Chris Elliot)
Saw an advertising clip from this new one that had some people
skating on a pond.   Looks like one of the formula National Lampoon-
Chevy Chase flicks.

SNOW QUEEN, THE (*)
(Sandra Bezic, Toller Cranston, John Curry, Dorothy
Hamill, Janet Lynn, Jojo Starbuck)
A Han Christian Andersen tale on the ice set to music.  Obsiously not
too new; never heard of this one.

SNOW WHITE AND THE THREE STOOGES
(Carol Heiss, The Three Stooges, Patricia Medina)
The Henie wanna-be movie.  Carol Heiss has to cringe every time
this one is mentioned although it now could be sort of a cult
classic seeing as how the Stooges are in it and in color, yet; one
of only two Stooge titles I know of in color.  Carol Heiss is
reported to have done axels in both directions in this one but I
have never found them.  Were the Stooges actually on skates in the
final scene? Stranger things can happen; few people are aware that
Laurel & Hardy both spoke fluent Spanish and made some of their
typical one-reelers in Spanish for the Latin market.

SOMETIMES A HERO
(unknown)
Touted an action drama that centers around an ice skating rink and
a promising female figure skater. "G.D." <number1@interlog.com> added:
The script was written by Elvis Stojko's martial arts coach Glen
Doyle. The actress who played the skater was Roselle Soussana.

SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER, AND UNCUT (*)
(full length SOUTH PARK cartoon)
I'm a little reluctant to list this trashy cartoon but it does
contain some ice skating that fits the premise.  Dana Ginsberg
<dpg123@mediaone.net> wrote: After the opening musical number,
the gang gathers at a frozen pond for skating; and Wendy shows
off some impressive maneuvers!

SPECIAL DELIVERY (*)
(unknown)
 An adoption agancy courier loses track of an infant while in
delivery to apoptive parents.  There was some sort of hockey in
this movie; only saw pieces of this one.

SPECIES
(Ben Kingsley)
A genetic engineering sort of horror movie.  There is a scene where
a principal character is watching a televised hockey game.  Yes Trudi,
a bit of a reach here as is the BIG DADDY, GREMLINS and GRUMPY OLD MEN
entries.

SPLASH
(Tom Hanks, Darryl Hannah, John Candy)
The Daryl Hannah and Tom Hanks characters are skating at what appears
to be some rink in New York City; not Rockefeller Center, however.  It
looked to me like they did all of their skating; no stand-ins.  Both
Kevin Anderson and Joe Jaucian posted reminders about SPLASH.

STARDOM
(Jessica Pare, Dan Aykroyd)
A female hockey player leaves the game to become a model.

STAY TUNED
(Pam Dawber, John Ritter, Jeffery Jones)
A fantasy where the Dawber and Ritter characters are drawn through
different worlds within TV. A scene where Ritter's character is
playing in a televised hockey game.

STEPMOM (*)
(Susan Sarandon, Julia Roberts, Ed Harris)
Finally saw this one.  The skating was at an outdoor rink.  Julia
Roberts' character was taking some family photographs of her potential
stepchildren and their mother at that outdoor rink.  Susan Sarandon
and the children were doing the skating.

STRANGE BREW
(Rick Moranis, Max Von Sydow)
A scene with hockey players in what appear similar to Star Wars
storm trooper suits, both black ones and white ones.  Saw only a
few scenes from this picture; appears to be a loser.

SUDDEN DEATH
(Jean-Claude VanDamme)
The location is a Stanley Cup final game arena. Terrorists threaten
to blow the place away during the game.  Lots of hockey and a juicy
chopper crash on the ice starring the terrorists at the end of the
movie.

SUN VALLEY SERENADE
(Sonja Henie, John Payne, Milton Berle)
Typical Sonja Henie movie; skating featuring Henie; minimal plot.
Probably the best known of her 11 movies.  Henie also skis in this
one; known to be a good all-around athlete.  Did you skiers note
the chairlifts?  All SINGLES; there are none left in operation that
I know of other than the one at Mad River Glen.  The last time I
rode a single chairlift was at Aspen in 1968; the single formerly
serving Ruthie's Run.  At some areas, there are some detachable
chairlifts now that can carry as many as six people.

SUNDAY IN NEW YORK
(Jane Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Rod Taylor, Jim Backus)
The rink at Rockefeller Center is in the background during a scene
at a Center restaurant next to the rink.

SUSPENSE (*)
(Belita, Bonita Granville, Billy Gray, Barry Sullivan)
No description found; skating content implied by the presence Belita.

SWEET HEARTS DANCE (*)
(Susan Sarandon, Jeff Daniels, Don Johnson, Elizabeth Perkins)
A movie racking two couples' relationships.  There is a scene of
four guys, including two of the principals skating and racing around
on a frozen lake.  All were wearing hockey skates.  One inevitably
falls through thin ice into the lake, Johnson in this case.  Johnson
and Daniels appear to have done their own skating.

TAI BABALONIA STORY, THE (*)
(unknown)
A story based on the life of Tai Babalonia of Tai and Randy, 1979
World pair figure skating champions.

TAXMAN, THE (*)
(Joe Pantoliano, Wade Dominguez)
Some sort of New York cop movie featuring some Russian speakers.
Caught a scene at an ice rink; a public session.  Someone comes in
and shoots up the place with what looks like an MP5; there is then
a long foot chase out of the rink to catch the shooter.

TELEFON
(Lee Remick, Charles Bronson, Tyne Daly, Sheree North, Donald
Pleasence)
A scene where Bronson's KGB character is coaching a boys' hockey
team in Moscow.

THIN ICE
(Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Alan Hale)
Typical Sonja Henie movie; skating featuring Henie; minimal plot.

THREE DAYS (*)
(Kristin Davis)
Saw pieces of this movie on the Family Channel.  A man's wife is
to die in an accident and an angel sets him back three days in time
in order to prove that he loves her.  The skating is a scene at a
local ice rink when they return to Boston.  Didn't look like SCOB,
though, one of the few rinks I know reasonably well in the Boston
area.

TIME MACHINE, THE (2002) (*)
(Jeremy Irons, Alan Young)
This incarnation of THE TIME MACHINE had some scenes of ice skating
on a NYC pond near the beginning of the film.  The skates shown were
of the clamp-on variety.  This title opens in NYC around 1900.

TO DIE FOR
(Nicole Kidman, Ileana Douglas)
Olivia Olivares posted about this one.  This one staged several
interviews at an ice rink; even saw someone in the background do
what looked like a triple sow.  There was a marginal skater, I
believe an above interviewee, skating on the frozen river into which
the Kidman character was disposed of.  Trudi reports: Ileana Douglas,
actually took lessons so she could do her own skating here, and
reportedly enjoyed it so much that she continued lessons after the
movie was in the can.

TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN (*)
(unknown)
A boy fantisizes about a previous occupant of his home.  There are
some pond skating scenes in which the principals are skating on
Jackson Haines style blades.

TONYA AND NANCY: THE INSIDE STORY (*)
(unknowns)
Ran across this "docudrama" on Lifetime Movie Network.  The familiar
Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan story.  Some skating is obviously
included.  Those playing Tonya and Nancy actually sort of resemble
the skaters; the same for some of the other players.  Some actual
footage from 1991 Nationals and 1994 Nationals is seen.

TOUCH AND GO
(Michael Keaton, Maria Conchita Alanzo)
A pro hockey player is hitting on the mother of a juvenile who
tried to mug him.  Entry from the Banner Blue movie archive program.
Haven't seen it.

TOWN & COUNTRY (*)
(Andie McDowell, Diane Keaton, Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Gary
Shandling, Charleton Heston)
Recently saw the skating clip from this one.  The skating was at
Sun Valley.  Two of the principals, Beatty and Shandling, were
sitting at rinkside and Andie MacDowell skates up to them; McDowell
appeared to have done her own skating.  A few decent skaters
appeared in the background; makes sense, Sun Valley after all.

UNMARRIED WOMAN, AN
(Jill Clayburgh)
The Jill Clayburgh character skates at the  Rockefeller Center
rink while "finding herself".

VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
(Patty Duke Astin, Lee Grant, Susan Hayward, Martin Milner,
Barbara Parkins, Sharon Tate)
A short small town pond scene at the start and an overhead view of
the Rockefeller Center rink later in the movie.

WARHEAD (*)
(unknowns)
A white separatist mob takes over a hokey missle launch site and
threatens to launch if demands are not met.  There is a long scene
of an agent/terrorist shoot-out during a hockey game.  The game
ridicuously goes on during the shoot-out; players and fans oblivious
to the shooting;full auto weapons, yet.  In one scene, one of the
shooters is pulled along on the ice on his street shoes in by a
player.

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
(Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal, Carrie Fisher)
Quick shot of someone doing a camel spin at the Rockefeller Center
rink and a shot of the Wollman rink in Central Park; both have been
in a number of movies.

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
(Sandra Bullock, Peter Boyle)
Public skating in a Chicago park - background. Joe Jaucian pointed
out that the location here was Chicago rather than NYC.  Ya gotta
pay attention all the time.

WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE
(Halle Berry, Vivicea Fox)
Ran across a hockey scene in the beginning of this movie; haven't
seen the whole thing.

WINTERTIME
(Sonja Henie)
Typical Sonja Henie movie; skating featuring Henie; minimal plot.

YOUNGBLOOD
(Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Ed Lauter)
A minor league hockey player has to prove himself to his teammates.
Entry from the Banner Blue movie archive program.  A lot of hockey
here.

Cartoon on Disney Channel (*)
Ran across a black and white Betty Boop cartoon featuring her skating
on a pond.  She was doing Sonja Henie style axels over holes in the
ice. The animators also had her doing camel spins, change sitspins,
spirals, etc.  The animators apparently knew something about skating
or learned about it.  Never learned the name of the cartoon, though.

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Quad Roller Skating In Movies:


BIG BRAWL, THE
(Jackie Cahn)
Typical Jackie Chan thing.  The roller skating is a scene of a bunch
of guys skating in alleys wearing what looked like jump suits.

BOOGIE NIGHTS
(Burt Reynolds)
A sleazy attempt at a prime time X-rated film.  One scene I ran
across surfing was a lady in shorts and quad skates working on
seducing someone.  This flick appears to be a definite loser.

EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS 2
(unknown)
Don't know anything about this one; saw a post about it in the past.

FIRST KID
(Sinbad)
Sinbad is a Secret Service agent assigned to the son of the president.
There is a scene at a roller skating rink in this one.

FLINTSTONES IN VIVA ROCK VEGAS
(Stephen Baldwin, Joan Collins)
Ran across a scene spoofing the drive-ins that had the waitresses
scooting around on roller skates.

FUNNY GIRL
(Barbara Striesand, Omar Sharif, Walter Pigeon, Anne Francis)
Many of you may remember this one.  Fannie Bryce does a roller
skating number in a vaudville show before Ziegfeld discovers her.

GLENN MILLER STORY, THE
(June Alyson, Jimmy Stewart)
Saw some sort of roller skating in this; don't remember it very
well, though.

GOLDMEMBER
(Mike Meyers, Robert Wagner)
More of the Austin Powers nonsense; can't see what people see in
this nutcake.  Saw a roller skating scene in some telly previews.

HEAVEN'S GATE
(unknown)
Don't know anything about this one; saw a post about it in the past.

IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER
(Cyd Charisse, Gene Kelly, J.C. Flippen, Lena Horne)
A scene of Gene Kelly skating in the street; possibly inspired by
the Singin' in the Rain street scene? What kind of ice skater would
Gene Kelly have made?  He reportedly really liked Kurt Browning's
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN number on ice.

JOE THE KING
(Val Kilmer, Camryn, Manhiem, Ethan Hawke)
Ran across a scene at a quad roller rink; havent't a clue what the
story is, though.

KANSAS CITY BOMBER
(Raquel Welch)
Roller Derby skater story; never saw it.

L.A. STORY
(Steve Martin)
Don't know anything about this one; saw a post about it in the past.

LAST MARRIED COUPLE IN AMERICA, THE
(George Segal, Natalie Wood, Dom Deluise)
A scene at a roller skating rink; the featured family is at a
family roler skating outing.

LIES OF THE HEART: THE STORY OF LAURIE KELLOGG
(Jennie Garth)
A woman is tried for arranging the murder of her abusive husband.
There is a scene at a roller skating rink.

MONKEY BUSINESS
(Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Cary Grant)
A scene at a roller skating rink with Marilyn Monroe and Cary Grant.
Do recall that Grant did some ice skating in a movie; THE BISHOP'S
WIFE, although not the ice dancing (part of the Kilian).

OFF BEAT
(Judge Reinhold)
Saw this movie but barely remember any roller skating.  I saw a
post about it in the past.

ONE IN A MILLION
(Sonja Henie, Ritz Brothers)
What's a Sonja Henie movie doing on this sublist of movies with
quad roller skating?  The Ritz Brothers did a number on an ice rink
while wearing what looked like roller skates.  Haven't figured out
yet how they worked this.

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
(unknown)
Don't know anything about this one; saw a post about it in the past.

PIN-UP GIRL
(Joe E. Brown, Betty Grable, Mantan Moreland,  Martha Raye, The
Skating Vanities)
WW2 musical inspired by the well known Betty Grable pinup poster.
A lengthy ensemble roller skating number appears in this film.  As
in the ice skating title, IT'S A PLEASURE, Natalie Kalmus was the
Technicolor director for this film.

POINT OF NO RETURN
(Bridget Fonda)
Bridget Fonda's character encounters roller skaters near the beach
in Venice, CA, on moving there.

PROMISES IN THE DARK
(Marsha Mason, Ned Beatty)
Don't remember much about this one.  Saw a description that mentioned
roller skating.

RACING WITH THE MOON
(Nicholas Cage, Sean Penn, Elizabeth McGovern)
Don't know anything about this one; saw a post about it in the past.

REMARKABLE MISTER PENNYPACKER, THE
(Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Charles Coburn, Jill St. John,
David Nelson)
Clifton Webb skating on the sidewalk on clamp type skates; testing
the product.

ROLLERBALL
(James Caan)
A future Roller Derby sort of game that also involves motorcycles
and mayhem.  Caan appears to have done most of his own skating; it's
supposed to be very tough to skate on a banked track like that, even
for experienced skaters.

THREE MEN AND A BABY
(Tom Sellik, Steve Guttenburg, Ted Danson)
The Central Park scene includes a roller skaker doing a two footed
spin.

RINK, THE
(Charlie Chaplin?)
Don't know anything about this one; saw a post about it in the past.

ROLLER BOOGIE
(Linda Blair)
Don't know anything about this one; saw a post about it in the past.

SHOOT TO KILL
(Kirstie Alley, Sidney Poitier, Tom Beringer)
A Northwest shoot-em-up that includes a scene with outdoor quad
skating.

SKATETOWN, USA
(Patrick Swayze)
Don't know anything about this one; saw a post about it in the past.

SOLARBABIES
(unknown)
Sort of a Mad Max road warrior flick where a lot of people roller
skate.

SWING TIME
(Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers)
Astaire and Rogers do a roller skating scene in a park.

TRUTH ABOUT CATS AND DOGS, THE
(Uma Thurman)
Don't know anything about this one; saw a post about it in the past.

XANADU
(Olivia Newton-John, Gene kelly)
Sort of a surreal movie; lots of disco roller skating. I liked the
main theme music.  Wendi reported the pair roller skating to her
liking; surprise, surprise.


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HONORABLE MENTION - Titles in which ice skating is mentioned, skates
are seen, known skaters are acting, etc; no actual skating, though:

AFFLICTION
(Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek)
A small town cop investigates a hunting death while events around him
cause him to freak out.  His daughter tells him she is taking figure
skating lessons.

CAST AWAY
(Helen Hunt, Tom Hanks)
The castaway finds a pair of ice skates in a Fedex package from the
crashed Fedex plane he was on.

CENTER STAGE
Ilia Kulik plays a dancer in this movie.

CHAPTER TWO
(James Caan, Valerie Harper, Joseph Bologna, Marsha Mason)
An ice skater in Las Vegas is mentioned several times at a softball
game.

COMRADES OF SUMMER
(Joe Mantegna)
One of the Russians that Mantegna's character is coaching for a
Soviet baseball team for the Olympic games was at one time a hockey
player.

CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION, THE
(Helen Hunt, Dan Aykroyd, Woody Allen, Charlize Theron, David Ogden
Stiers)
A detective/insurance spoof.  Frick and Frack, Ice Follies -
remember?, are mentioned.

FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF
(Matthew Broderik, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck, Jeffery Jones, Charlie Sheen)
Ferris' sidekick, Cameron, is seen wearing a #9 - Gordy Howe Detroit
Red Wings jersey in part of the movie.

FREEFALL: FLIGHT 174
(William Devane)
Two pilots were talking about one of them playing hockey.  The
pilot's wife was looking at CCM skate brochures.

GRACE KELLY
(Cheryl Ladd, Lloyd Brodges, Diane Ladd, Alejandro Rey)
A documdrama of Grace Kelly's life through her marrige has her
father mentioning that a nine year old daughter had just won a
junior figure skating championship.

HOME ALONE 3
(unknown)
Hockey posters in the kid's brother's bedroom; yeah, I know, a
bit lame.

JERRY MC GUIRE
(Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Katarina Witt)
Katarina Witt makes a cameo appearence in this one.  Don't know if
she skates, though; haven't seen it.

LITTLE WOMEN [1949]
(June Allyson, Mary Astor, Rossano Brazzi, Peter Lawford, Janet Leigh,
Margret O'Brien, Elizabeth Taylor)
The opening scene sees Jo carrying home some clamp type ice skates
and telling her sisters that the skating was wonderful.

MISS CONGENIALITY
(Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, William Shatner)
An FBI agent is entered in a beauty pageant to locate someone
threatening
the contestants. Ice skating/Ice Capades mentioned twice.

MR. PEABODY AND THE MERMAID
(Ann Blyth, Fred, Clark, William Powell)
A man in a mid-life crisis catches a mermaid.  A pshrink treating
Mr. Peabody told him that his mid-life crisis "mermaid" was an ice
skater.

NEVER LET ME GO
(Gene Tierney, Clark Gable, Belita)
Belita is in this title; don't know yet if she skates in this one,
though.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK
(Lisa Minelli, Robert DeNiro, Lionel Stander)
Skating rinks were mentioned in one scene.

ON THE TOWN
(Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Vera-Ellen, Ann Miller, Judy Holiday)
The three sailors on leave in New York are seen singing and dancing
on what appears to be slab for the Rockefeller Center Rink; no ice
on it though.

PRETTY WOMAN
(Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Hector Elizondo)
The Ice Capades is mentioned in one of the last scenes in the movie.

V.I. WARSHAWSKI
(Kathleen Turner, Charles Durning)
One of the principals was supposed to be a former hockey player for
the Chicago Blackhawks.  Skating was mentioned a number of times but
none was shown.

WAR OF THE ROSES
(Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, Danny DeVito)
Ran across a scene in which the rather chunky daughter of Kathleen
Turner's character had skates hanging over her shoulder and she was
wearing a skating dress at least two sizes too small for her.

WATCHER IN THE WOODS, THE
(Bette Davis, Lynn Holly Johnson, David McCallum, Carroll Baker)
One of a number of movies with no skating that Lynn Holly Johnson
(ICE CASTLES, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY) has appeared in.

WHAT'S THE WORST THAT CAN HAPPEN?
(Danny DeVito, Martin Lawrence, Larry Miller)
A professional thief runs many schemes to recover a ring stolen from
him by a white-collar criminal.  A somewhat swishy detective named
Tardio states at least twice that he is attracted to figure skating;
Ice Capades is mentioned at least twice.

WHITE NIGHTS
(Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Helen Mirren, Gearldine Page,
Isabella Rosselini)
A Russian ballet dancer who defected is on a plane that makes an
emergency landing on the Kamchatka Peninsula.  Ice skating is
mentioned in one scene between Baryshnikov and Hines involving
floor spins.

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I found it interesting that at least three James Bond titles have some
ice skating in them and that two of the ersatz Bonds, in the persons of
George Lazenby and Roger Moore, interact with the skaters in two of the
movies.  Quick, how many people have played the part of James Bond and
who are they?  Also, who has appeared in the greatest number of James
Bond movies (almost every one of them)?

Louis Epstein noted that something called the Figure Skating Historical
Society Journal documents ice skating in many movies.  I've never seen
or have been able to find this publication.
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-jl   John


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