Lake Placid Serenade

Lake Placid Serenade
Directed by	Steve Sekely
Produced by	Harry Grey
Written by	Dick Irving Hyland Doris Gilbert Frederick Kohner
Starring	Vera Ralston Eugene Pallette Barbara Jo Allen
Music by	Joseph Dubin Charles Maxwell Walter Scharf
Cinematography	John Alton
Edited by	Arthur Roberts
Production company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release dates	December 23, 1944
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Lake Placid Serenade is a 1944 American musical romance film directed by Steve Sekely and starring Vera Ralston, Eugene Pallette and Barbara Jo Allen. Following the German invasion of Czechoslovakia a Czech ice-skating champion goes to stay with her Uncle in the United States.

It was made by Republic Pictures as a slightly higher-budget production than most of the studios' B Movies. The film's sets were designed by the art director Russell Kimball.

Cast

• Vera Ralston as Vera Haschek
• Eugene Pallette as Carl Cermak
• Barbara Jo Allen as Countess
• Robert Livingston as Paul Jordan
• Stephanie Bachelor as Irene Cermak
• Walter Catlett as Carlton Webb
• Lloyd Corrigan as Jaroslaw 'Papa' Haschek
• Ruth Terry as Susan Cermak
• William Frawley as Jiggers
• John Litel as Walter Benda
• Ludwig Stössel as Mayor of Lany
• Andrew Tombes as Skating Club Head
• Ray Noble as Orchestra Leader
• Harry Owens as Orchestra Leader
• Twinkle Watts as Twinkle - Young Ice Skater
• The Merry Meisters as Speciality Act
• Roy Rogers as Roy Rogers
• Ernie Adams as Reporter
• Eric Alden as Candidate
• Demetrius Alexis as Tourist
• Stanley Andrews as Executive
• Marietta Canty as Priscilla
• Virginia Carroll as Receptionist
• Chester Clute as Haines
• John Dehner as Radio Announcer
• Janna DeLoos as Friend at Lake
• Janina Frostova as Specialty Dancer
• Pat Gleason as Reporter
• Stuart Hall as Candidate
• John Hamilton as Hopkins
• Hans Herbert as Judge
• Geoffrey Ingham as Good-Looking Young Man
• Eddie Kane as Desk Clerk
• Ernö Király as Judge
• Nora Lane as Benda's Secretary
• Craig Lawrence as Candidate
• Mike Macey as Judge
• Janet Martin as Specialty Singer
• Frank Mayo as Reporter
• Bert Moorhouse as Photographer
• Ferdinand Munier as Kris Kringle
• Felix Sadovsky as Specialty Dancer
• Dick Scott as Reporter
• Sewell Shurtz as Apprentice Boy
• Trigger as Trigger
• Ruth Warren as Cleaning Woman
• Charles Williams as Reporter

See also

• List of American films of 1944

Bibliography

• Len D. Martin. The Republic Pictures Checklist: Features, Serials, Cartoons, Short Subjects and Training Films of Republic Pictures Corporation, 1935-1959. McFarland, 1998.

External links

• Lake Placid Serenade at IMDb