Breaking the Ice (1938)

★★★★ · "Breaking the Ice" Is Still Entertaining · ERD · 2006-10-01

Ten year old Bobby Breen does an excellent job, both vocally and in his acting. While the story is highly improbable and dated, it has wonderful songs written by Young, Churchill, & Webster. There are many notable character actors supporting Bobby in this film (Originally released by RKO), and it is well directed by Mr.Cline. Sol Lesser was the producer of Bobby's films at RKO studios.

★★★★ · A menononite movie? · Dr Feel Rotten · 2011-02-16

You don't see many of those around these days and sure didn't see a bunch in the 30s and 40s, but I really enjoyed this one except the Irene Dare skating scenes.. Those were kind of well...yawn if you ask me, but i liked the rest of this flick immensely! To bad Tommy had to burn in hell for making a movie much less getting a harmonica without earning it. If he had just stayed on his uncles farm and taken his regular beatings.. By the way..Bobby Breen was on the album cover of Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club band..front row next to George Harrison The moral to the story: Don't sing and be…

Another button-pusher · Dark Moon · 2011-08-19

I know they're just fiction, but too many films are made (and novels and short stories written) on the premise that they will not be interesting unless they show us the darker aspects of human nature, and include plenty of conflict. When there is already so much of that in the daily news, I cannot understand why people want it in their entertainment, as well. In the beginning of this film, we are introduced to a crooked, glib antique dealer to whom scamming people comes as naturally as breathing. While both film and popular fiction literature portray sociopaths and psychopaths as…