{{Short description|1943 film by Leslie Goodwins}} {{For|the 2020 Russian movie|The Silver Skates (film)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film |name=Silver Skates |image= |caption= |director=Leslie Goodwins |producer=Lindsley Parsons |writer=Jerome Cady |narrator= |starring=Kenny Baker<br />Belita<br />Patricia Morison |music=Mahlon Merrick<br />Edward J. Kay |cinematography=Mack Stengler |editing=Richard C. Currier |studio=Monogram Pictures |distributor=Monogram Pictures |released={{Film date|1943|02|26}} |runtime=78 minutes |country=United States |language=English |budget=$300,000<ref name="var">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/variety149-1943-03/page/n100/mode/1up?q=costing|magazine=Variety|title=Mono Upping Film Budgets|date=17 March 1943|page=5}}</ref> |gross= }}

'''''Silver Skates''''' is a 1943 American musical film directed by Leslie Goodwins and starring Kenny Baker, Belita and Patricia Morison.<ref>Stephens, p.&nbsp;219</ref>

==Plot== {{no plot|date=January 2024}}

==Cast== *Kenny Baker as Danny Donovan *Belita as Belita *Patricia Morison as Claire Thomas *Werner Groebli as Frick, Comedy Skating Act Frick and Frack *Hans Mauch as Frack, Comedy Skating Act Frick and Frack *Irene Dare as Juvenile Skater Katrina *Danny Shaw as Juvenile Skater Billy Baxter *Eugene Turner as 1941 National Skating Champion *Joyce Compton as Lucille *Frank Faylen as Eddie *Paul McVey as Roscoe Hayes *John Maxwell as Blake *Henry Wadsworth as Tom *George Eugene Stewart as Jitterbug Skater *JoAnn Dean as Herself (Jitterbug Skater) *Ted Fio Rito Orchestra as Themselves *Ruth Lee as Mrs. Martin

==Reception== The film was a box office success.<ref name="var"/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== *Michael L. Stephens. ''Art Directors in Cinema: A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary''. McFarland, 1998.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0132513}}

{{Leslie Goodwins}}

Category:1943 films Category:1943 musical films Category:American musical films Category:Monogram Pictures films Category:Films directed by Leslie Goodwins Category:American black-and-white films Category:1943 English-language films Category:1943 American films Category:English-language musical films

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