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Northwest Outpost (1947)

An aspiring Olympic skater tangles with the guests at her father's inn whom jeopardize her chances for winning the olympics.

Bob Harris (Don Ameche) is a reporting trying to cover a fire at the Grand Palace Hotel in a small town in Switzerland. He drops the story when he meets the daughter (Sonja Henie) of the man whom owns the inn he's staying at when he learns that the inn keeper once won the Olympics twenty-eight years before, but lost the title when it was learned he accepted a gift for lessons which the judges decided made him a professional. When Greta, the daughter, goes down the same path as her father with the help of some of the inn's other guests, Harris steps in to prevent history from repeating itself.

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Who's Afraid of Love
Music by Sidney D. Mitchell and lyrics by Lew Pollack

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Fast Facts

This was Sonja Henie's Hollywood debut.
Don Ameche would help Henie deliver her lines by nudging her.

Lines to Remember

Bob: Well, hello. Need any help?
Greta: No, thank you. I've been doing this since I was six.
Bob: Oh, you don't know my qualifications for this job. I'm young, strong, willing and anxious to get ahead. With a little experience I'll be a first class skate lacer upper.
Greta: Ouch! That's too tight.
Bob: Well, you see--I'm still an ameteur.
Greta: I think you did it on purpose.
Bob: Why?
Greta:So you could massage it if you hurt too much.
Bob: Oh, so you were peeping, huh?
Greta: I was not.

Bob: Come on, get out of this bed.
Danny: This is not a bed, it's a hideout.
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Danny: If I had sunk any deeper in that gag, you'd of had to feed me through a pipeline.

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