I ordered Iceland from the library for no other reason than some of my ancestors came from there. It's a 1942 musical comedy with Sonja Henie, John Payne, Jack Oakie and Sammy Kaye and his orchestra. John and Jack are US Marines posted to Iceland during the war. It's got a script by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan with H Bruce Humberstone directing.
John flirts with Sonja and accidentally makes the family think he wants to marry her. He spends most of the movie trying to get out of the arrangement. There's other complications with the unwed younger sister and Sonja's previous beau, played by Sterling Holloway. There's musical numbers, some on ice. I didn't find it more than average and I fast forwarded through most of the music bits. I can't waste time on that sort of thing. Not something I would need to buy for my collection. Others may like it more.
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