Hit the Ice

1943 film by Charles Lamont
Movie film Q2025326
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Hit the Ice

Summary

Hit the Ice is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hit the Ice's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Hit the Ice was directed by Charles Lamont[4].
  • True Boardman wrote the screenplay for Hit the Ice[5].
  • Hit the Ice's composer is recorded as Harry Revel[6].
  • Hit the Ice's genre is comedy film[7].
  • Hit the Ice's genre is crime film[8].
  • Hit the Ice's genre is musical film[9].
  • A cast member of Hit the Ice was Bud Abbott[10].
  • A cast member of Hit the Ice was Lou Costello[11].
  • A cast member of Hit the Ice was Ginny Simms[12].
  • A cast member of Hit the Ice was Patric Knowles[13].
  • A cast member of Hit the Ice was Elyse Knox[14].
  • A cast member of Hit the Ice was Sheldon Leonard[15].
  • A cast member of Hit the Ice was Marc Lawrence[16].
  • A cast member of Hit the Ice was Hank Bell[17].
  • A cast member of Hit the Ice was Joe Sawyer[18].
  • Hit the Ice was produced by Alex Gottlieb[19].
  • Hit the Ice's director of photography is recorded as Charles Van Enger[20].
  • The original language of Hit the Ice was English[21].
  • Hit the Ice's Commons category is recorded as Hit the Ice (1943 film)[22].
  • Hit the Ice's color is recorded as black-and-white[23].
  • Hit the Ice's country of origin is recorded as United States[24].
  • Hit the Ice was released on January 1, 1943[25].
  • Hit the Ice's distributed by is recorded as Universal Pictures[26].
  • Hit the Ice's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Hit the Ice'}[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Hit the Ice was produced by Alex Gottlieb[19]. It was directed by Charles Lamont[4]. True Boardman wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include Bud Abbott[10], Lou Costello[11], Ginny Simms[12], Patric Knowles[13], Elyse Knox[14], and Sheldon Leonard[15].

Publication

Hit the Ice was published on January 1, 1943[25]. The original language of it was English[21]. Genres include comedy film[7], crime film[8], and musical film[9].

Why It Matters

Hit the Ice ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Producer Alex Gottlieb
    Publication date +1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
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