Circus on Ice
Circus on Ice
| 18 September 1954 (USA)
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Based on the 40th Annual Carnival of the Toronto Skating Club.

Reviews
Jeanskynebu the audience applauded
Spoonixel Amateur movie with Big budget
Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict
Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.
gavin6942 Based on the 40th Annual Carnival of the Toronto Skating Club.Although perhaps unfair to judge a short film from 1954 sixty years later (November 2014), given that the creators probably never intended it to have a long life, this is nevertheless what a review must be.The showcase of talent is rather impressive, with some very nice synchronized routines. Again, but 2014 standards, these may not be the world's best skaters who might be racking up gold medals, but for its time it was not bad and far better than most people could ever achieve. (This film's star, Jacqueline du Bief, did win the bronze in 1952, though.) The confusing part is how this is a "circus" on ice. Other than the ringleader, who stands around doing nothing, and the women dressed up (poorly) as zebras, there seems to be no reason to call this a circus. Why can it not just be a figure skating exhibition?
WakenPayne I've just seen this short through the Monster A Go-Go episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (I only want to see Monster A Go-Go out of sheer utter morbid curiosity - I'm sure people know what I mean) and we have this boring short before it.This is basically walking through someone making a combination of a circus and an ice show. The movie never really moves beyond that. It really is a 9 minute long ineffective advertisement.So really it is watchable, with or without the MST3K. But it really is not worth your time unless you want to see an ineffective ad for a circus... on ice.
minormillikin This one gave me nightmares. Circus on Ice should actually be called horror on ice. Its a story about demonic ice dancers, fighting with Earth animals until their frozen deaths (loose interpretation). Only watch this for a dangerous nerve experiment.
icehole4 This is one of those short films that makes you wonder what they were trying to do. It's a mixture of being boring, some not-so-beautiful women as slabs of cheesecake, and stupid and fake looking costumes. The idea is an interesting one, but extremely poorly executed.Rightfully skewered on MST3K, this short should be avoided otherwise.