Wintertime

Wintertime (1943)

Songs...Laughs...and Sonja!

Nora and her uncle get railroaded into spending the night at a broken-down hotel in Canada. After Nora falls for the handsome owner, she convinces her uncle to invest in the inn and modernize it. After the hotel opens, Nora's uncle faces financial ruin and her romance hit a snag in the form of pretty reporter.

Date of release
1943-09-17
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Comedy, Music, Romance
Director
John Brahm

Casting

Interesting facts

Wintertime is a 1943 Twentieth Century-Fox musical film directed by John Brahm and starring Sonja Henie and Cesar Romero. It also features Woody Herman and His Orchestra.

Production

In December 1941 Fox announced that Felix Jackson was writing Quota Girl as a vehicle for Sonja Henie which was meant to be made before Iceland. It was about a Norwegian girl who wants to emigrate to the US. The intention was to film it after Henie's appearance at Madison Square Garden in January. Filming was pushed back. In July Fox announced it would be made in October with H Humbertson directing, in color from a script by Francis Wallace.

In October Woody Herman and His Orchestra were signed to appear in the film, replacing Glenn Miller who had joined the Army.

In November Cornel Wilde was cast as Henie's leading man.

In January 1943, the film was retitled Wintertime. William Goetz, who was running 20th Century Fox in the absence of Darryl F. Zanuck, announced the film would be made as part of a 13-picture slate.

Cornel Wilde was cast in February 1943. The following month Carole Landis joined the cast. Filming started 8 March.

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