Cracked Ice

Cracked Ice (1938)

It's ice skating time. After a few generic ice-skating gags, we get to the main story. An animal falls through the ice, and a pig doing W.C. Fields (W.C. Squeals, apparently) calls for help from a Saint Bernard dog. The dog dispenses a drink, and Squeals begins scheming to get some himself. First he tries faking his own fall through the ice, but the dog sees through it and downs the drink himself. Then Squeals tries using a dish of bones and a magnet, but the magnet falls through the ice and gets stuck around a fish. The fish then swims through a liquor spill from the dog's casket; the drunken fish grabs an ax and, swimming in a circle, dunks another skater. He then latches onto Squeals' skates, and hauls him into an ice-skating contest, where the fish-induced antics win him first prize. Squeals fills the loving cup from the dog's cask, and the fish swims off with it.

Date of release
1938-09-10
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (10)
Runtime
8m
Genres
Animation
Director
Frank Tashlin

Casting

  • Mel Blanc — Russian Dogs / Drowning Bird / Drunk Fish / Skating Judge
  • Tedd Pierce — W.C. Fields pig

Interesting facts

Cracked Ice is a 1938 American animated comedy short film directed by Frank Tashlin. The short was released on September 10, 1938. It is part of the Merrie Melodies series.

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