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Just about all of George Formby's 1930's movies feature at least one of his greatest song successes."I See Ice" (1938) is no exception, as George strums his way through the Jimmy Harper, William Haines and Harry Parr Davies number, "In My Little Snapshot Album".

However, the plot itself is a little odd and was obviously concocted to cash in on the current ice-skating craze. It sometimes features George only incidentally while it concentrates on Cyril Ritchard (playing the villain, of course, but playing it straight for once) pursuing a somewhat colorless Kay Walsh; plus magazine editor Garry Marsh's efforts to "buy" an incriminating photograph; and assorted ice hockey "stars".

The most colorful of all the support players, the incredibly lovely Betty Stockfeld, doesn't have much of a role at all – but the movie is worth seeing on her account alone. Keen-eyed viewers will also recognize Roddy McDowall in his movie debut as the boy on the train.

George blunders his way through in his usual style, but is noticeably absent from the slapstick climax in which all his skating mishaps are performed by an obvious double. (Available on a 10/10 Optimum DVD).

This time he is a aspiring photographer.He has a unique invention, a mini camera disguises as a bow tie. As he is going on a train home to Birmingham, not Alabama, he meets professional ice skater Judy,played by British stalwart actress Kay Walsh, who is with skating partner Paul, played by Cyril Ritchard,who wants to get into her pants, on their way to the 1937 ice skating part of the Olympics. While he goes to the dining car, she meets George and end up sharing his supper as he shows her his photographs and his bow tie camera. By the time Cyril gets finished he finally confronts the visit and she goes back with him. George gets in trouble when he pull the emergency train breaks, when he discovers that he misses his stop. He 's chased cause he now has to pay a fine or go to jail. He ends up in Judy's compartment and she helps hiding him. Paul find put and threatened him, but give in to Judy. George is able to leave the train disguise as a women. He had agreed to take picture of the ice skate show then he can send it to the new paper and may be get famous.But the police are their and chases him on the stage messing up the skating act,She's fired. He ends up going to the Hotel where a famous explorer is incognito to take his picture. He chase him but does not catch him.He goes to the new paper to sell Annes photo plus the others. The head played by Tim, played by Garry Marsh, notices that the photo of the the explorer includes him and his married girl friend Diane Hunter, played by Betty Stockfield, the wife of Col,Stockfield play by Archibald Batty. He thinks that George is going to black mail him.So he states to meet him in the car later and he and his friend Judy is invited to eat. Both Tim and Diane are worried.They tell his Hench men to make trouble with him at the restaurant.But when he at the car he only tells him George to Tim that in return for the photos he want Tim to put the photos of Judy in the ice skate show in the newspaper.He's surprised and agrees but it's too late to stop his henchmen. Cyril is fed up with George taking his girl friend away .So calls the police against him , since Geroge is running away from the cops to avoid paying a fine for stopping the train,earlier the boss of the news appears, hire him to try to take a picture of the hockey team that is being forbidden. The police catches up with him and ends up being in jail for that charge.This makes Ann think that he doesn't love her anymore, as Cyril convinces her. But with the aid of Diane he shows up to sneak those picture of the hockey team. Judy is united with him and explains the situations. Cyrils makes trouble by taking the camera way but manages to have another sneaky Camera to take the hockey game.Funny production 11/19/11